Service bulletins for the 2023 Ford F-450
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.
286 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SSM 51503 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit music not playing and/or Apple CarPlay/Android Auto not detected through the USB port. These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
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| SSM 51502 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with navigation may exhibit an intermittent audible chime while driving with active trailer profile. This may be due to the trailer navigation informing the driver of forthcoming bridges. Visual indicators appear on the map when center display screen is on the navigation domain. No visual indicators appear while other screens are active. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Engineering is currently working on a solution and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. It is recommended that customers should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Continue to monitor OASIS. |
| SSM 51501 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit concerns with missing pop up information on the center display screen after selecting Active Vehicle on the FordPass app. This may be due to Apple CarPlay/Android Auto running on the center display screen. These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. As an interim action, disable Apple CarPlay/Android Auto and send another activation request. The customer should get the activation request in the following ignition cycle. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51499 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit Waze app freezing events on the center display screen while the FM radio is playing. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. As an interim action, disconnect the universal serial bus (USB) cable from the port and reconnect. It may be necessary to completely disconnect the phone from SYNC (or delete the phone entirely and reintroduce the phone to SYNC). Engineering is working on a solution and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51498 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with Pro Power Onboard may exhibit a pop up message Pro Power Onboard Turned Off on the center display screen. This occurs when wattage thresholds are exceeded. The message can not be cleared using the close soft button (reset button works after load disconnected). This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Engineering is currently working on a solution and will be released via over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51496 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit an intermittent audible pop and/or static noise heard through the speakers when the steering wheel controls are pressed. These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51495 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit an unrequested audio source switch (or switches to privacy mode) when some third party apps are streamed through the accessory protocol interface module (APIM). These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51492 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit an increase in audio volume and/or distortion from the speakers when accessing languages through the accessory protocol interface module (APIM). These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51490 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may experience various display anomalies from the center display screen such as momentary center display screen color change, screen freeze while trying to connect a phone, overlapping soft buttons, text overlap, brightness bar not updating, and/or word repetition. These issues will typically recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51474 | 2023-04-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may experience the inability to use a QR code to set up Amazon Alexa. When a QR code is scanned, the wake word option may not appear on the center display screen to access Amazon Alexa. This may be due to the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) software and replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51473 | 2023-04-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may experience a concern where no prompts appear on the center display screen for further activation after selecting Active Vehicle on the FordPass app. This may be is due to the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) software and replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
| SSM 51472 | 2023-04-05. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:FUEL GAUGE. Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may experience a concern where the average fuel economy text on the center display screen is cut off when set to (Km and L/100 Km). There is no text cutoff issue when the measurement unit settings are set to (miles and MPG) or (Km and Km/L). This may be due to the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) software and replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are enabled and that the vehicle has been run long enough to receive updates via OTA. Monitor OASIS for additional information. |
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