{"nhtsa_id":10187924,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-03-03","date":"2021-02-26","document_id":"SSM 49628","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2017-2021 F-Super Duty vehicles may intermittently exhibit excessive steering oscillation. A new instructional video has been published in the Workshop Manual (WSM) to provide specific measurement instructions on the appropriate tools and methods to determine which steering linkage joints are exceeding lash specifications and which are operating as designed. The left side tie rod end and sector shaft arm drag link joints should not be replaced without obtaining the proper lash measurements. Refer to WSM, Section 211-03 Steering Linkage > Diagnosis and Testing > Symptom Chart.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10187924-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10187924-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10187924","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2021,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-250","2018_ford_f-250","2019_ford_f-250","2020_ford_f-250","2021_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2021,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-350","2018_ford_f-350","2019_ford_f-350","2020_ford_f-350","2021_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2021,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-450","2018_ford_f-450","2019_ford_f-450","2020_ford_f-450","2021_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2021,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-550","2018_ford_f-550","2019_ford_f-550","2020_ford_f-550","2021_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":[]}