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Service bulletins for the 2018 Ford F-550

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.

235 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About P008A on the 2018 Ford F-550: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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SSM 504482022-02-04. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. Some 2017-2022 F-Super-Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine may exhibit a hard start, lack of power and/or runs rough concern with an illuminated malfunction indicator light (MIL) and diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0087 and/or P008A. This may be due to low fuel level or fuel gelling in cold ambient temperatures. If no root cause is determined after normal Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) pinpoint test MA, recommend that the customer use a different brand of fuel and use Motorcraft® PM-23-A Diesel Fuel Anti-Gel and Performance Improver. Inform the customer that bio-diesel blended fuels have a higher occurrence of fuel gelling. Fuel gelling and or low fuel conditions causing a P0087 and/or P008A is not covered under warranty.
SSM 496872021-03-31. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Some 2017-2021 F-Super-Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine may exhibit a hard start, lack of power and/or runs rough concern with an illuminated malfunction indicator light (MIL) and diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0087 and/or P008A. This may be due to low fuel level or fuel gelling in cold ambient temperatures. If no root cause is determined after normal Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) pinpoint test MA, recommend that the customer use a different brand of fuel and use Motorcraft PM-23-A Diesel Fuel Anti-Gel and Performance Improver. Inform the customer that bio-diesel blended fuels have a higher occurrence of fuel gelling. Fuel gelling and or low fuel conditions causing a P0087 and/or P008A is not covered under warranty.
SSM 490622020-09-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Some 2017-2020 F-Super-Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine may exhibit hard start, lack of power or runs rough concern with malfunction indicator light (MIL) and diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0087 and/or P008A. This may be due to low fuel level or fuel gelling in cold ambient temperatures. If no root cause is determined after normal PCED diagnostic test MA recommend that customer use a different brand of fuel and Motorcraft PM-23-A Diesel Fuel Anti-Gel and Performance Improver. Inform the customer that Bio Diesel blended fuels have a higher occurrence of fuel gelling. Fuel gelling and or low fuel conditions causing a P0087 and/or P008A is not covered under warranty.
SSM 476562019-01-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. Some 2018-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on 1-Dec-2017 and through 1-Aug-2018 may exhibit an illuminated MIL with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P2122, P2127, U0401, U0109, P0480, P008A, P025C, P027A and/or P064A. This may be due to powertrain control module (PCM) connector C1232B not being properly seated to the PCM.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.