{"nhtsa_id":10203854,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-12-07","date":"2021-11-05","document_id":"SSM 50260","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:LUBRICANT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020-2022 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 10R140 automatic transmission may exhibit a delayed engagement into drive and/or reverse on initial start-up. The condition may occur at times after sitting over night or for a couple of days. This may be due to the transmission fluid draining back from the torque converter. This is a normal characteristic of the 10R140 transmission and has no effect on durability, do not attempt to repair. Advise the customer to allow more time after first engine start-up and before shifting into gear allowing time for the torque converter to refill.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203854-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203854-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10203854","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"torque-converter","name":"Torque converter","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2020,"year_to":2022,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_f-250","2021_ford_f-250","2022_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2020,"year_to":2022,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_f-350","2021_ford_f-350","2022_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2020,"year_to":2022,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_f-450","2021_ford_f-450","2022_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2020,"year_to":2022,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_f-550","2021_ford_f-550","2022_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":[]}