Service bulletins for the 1998 Ford F-150
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.
285 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Latches and locks are shown. Show all
| 16835 | 2003-09-16. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH. TAILGATE LOCKING BY ITSELF WHEN SLAMMED SHUT OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OVER ROUGH ROADS. *TT |
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| 16602 | 2003-09-04. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH. LOCKING TAILGATE LOCKS ITSELF. *TT |
| 15145 | 2001-11-15. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REMOTE LOCKING TAILGATES MAY EXHIBIT A TAILGATE LOCKING ITSELF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OVER ROUGH ROADS OR IS SLAMMED SHUT. *ET |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.