{"nhtsa_id":10189763,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-04-03","date":"2021-03-02","document_id":"21B10","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain 2017-2020 Model Year F-150 Equipped with a 3.5L GTDI Engine Powertrain Control Module Reprogram for Cam Phaser Rattle In some of the affected vehicles, an undesirable noise may develop from the cam phasers in the 3.5L GTDI engine. This noise might occur as a rattle when starting the engine after the vehicle was turned off for an extended period of time, or as a knocking noise when the engine is idling after it is warmed up. A cam phaser that has developed an undesirable noise does not affect the vehicle safety, performance, or emissions","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189763-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189763-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10189763","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2017,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-150","2018_ford_f-150","2019_ford_f-150","2020_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":[]}