{"nhtsa_id":10176947,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-07-07","date":"2020-06-16","document_id":"SSM 48899","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2018-2020 F-150 and F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with tailgate step assemblies may exhibit a step assembly that binds/will not open or opens/pops up while driving. This could be due to an incorrect adjustment of the step assembly. Before replacing any components for this concern, follow the Tailgate Step Adjustment procedure in Workshop Manual, Section 501-04, General Procedures.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176947-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176947-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10176947","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2018,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-150","2019_ford_f-150","2020_ford_f-150"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-250","2019_ford_f-250","2020_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-350","2019_ford_f-350","2020_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-450","2019_ford_f-450","2020_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-550","2019_ford_f-550","2020_ford_f-550"]}],"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":[]}