# Service bulletin SSM 53822

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 11018595
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-05\-28
- Manufacturer's number: SSM 53822
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-05\-22
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

When replacing the rear leaf spring assemblies on 2024\-2025 Ranger vehicles built on and before 28\-Apr\-2025, if the vehicle was equipped with composite leaf springs, replacement of both the driver side and passenger side with steel leaf springs will be necessary.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018595-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018595-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2024 to 2025 FORD RANGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [25V310000](/recalls/nhtsa/25V310000.md), 2025-05-09: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
- [24V770000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V770000.md), 2024-10-16: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 52380](/bulletins/10252640.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Some 2024 Ranger Raptor vehicles may exhibit a condition where the ATCM makes a clicking/ratcheting sound when turning the drive mode rotary dial to change the drive mode. Reprogramming or replacing the ATCM will not resolve this condition. Inform customers that a solution for this condition will be released via a software update delivered over\-the\-air \(OTA\) expected in Q4 2024. Software will update automatically if vehicle connectivity is enabled in the vehicle's settings. Schedule a service visit for customers who have disabled vehicle connectivity or who report that they did not receive the update in December 2024. Monitor OASIS for additional information.

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