{"nhtsa_id":10165697,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-10-04","date":"2019-09-05","document_id":"TSB 19-2230","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2018-2019 F-150 vehicles equipped with a 5.0L engine built on or before 12-Feb-2019 may exhibit a rattling sound coming from the transmission bellhousing area. This may be due to the torque converter studs contacting the engine to transmission spacer plate. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure steps to replace the engine to transmission spacer plate with a new engine to transmission spacer plate that includes a bend for additional clearance.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10165697-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10165697-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10165697","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-150","2019_ford_f-150"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}