{"nhtsa_id":10189562,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-03-31","date":"2021-03-15","document_id":"SSM 49662","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2018 F-150 vehicles may exhibit temporary heavy, stiff, or slow steering assist and/or diagnostic trouble code U3003:68 after an engine auto start stop event. This may be due to a reduced steering assist state caused by a low state of charge battery. Follow the Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 414-01 to evaluate the health of the battery, and reprogram the PSCM with the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 3504 and applicable labor operations in Section 3 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189562-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189562-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10189562","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":["U3003"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_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":[]}