{"nhtsa_id":10189579,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-03-31","date":"2021-03-24","document_id":"SSM 49687","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189579-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189579-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10189579","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":["P0087","P008A"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"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":[]}