{"nhtsa_id":11024021,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-10-08","date":"2025-10-04","document_id":"SSM 54269","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2021-2025 Expedition/Navigator/F-150/F-Super Duty/F-53 Motorhome/F59 Commercial Stripped Chassis/F-650/F-750/Transit vehicles equipped with a 2.7L,3.5L EcoBoost (non-hybrid), 3.5L Cyclone, 6.8L or 7.3L engine, may exhibit a rattle/scraping noise from the bellhousing area on start-up. Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 303-00 Engine System - General Information > Diagnosis and Testing and 303-06 > Starting System has been updated. Additionally, WSM, Section 303-01 > Removal and Installation > Engine to Transmission Spacer Plate has been added to address this condition. Refer to the revised WSM sections for normal diagnosis.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11024021-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11024021-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11024021","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPEDITION","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_expedition","2022_ford_expedition","2023_ford_expedition","2024_ford_expedition","2025_ford_expedition"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-150","2022_ford_f-150","2023_ford_f-150","2024_ford_f-150","2025_ford_f-150"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-250","2022_ford_f-250","2023_ford_f-250","2024_ford_f-250","2025_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-350","2022_ford_f-350","2023_ford_f-350","2024_ford_f-350","2025_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-450","2022_ford_f-450","2023_ford_f-450","2024_ford_f-450","2025_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-53","year_from":2021,"year_to":2024,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-550","2022_ford_f-550","2023_ford_f-550","2024_ford_f-550","2025_ford_f-550"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-650 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-650","2022_ford_f-650","2023_ford_f-650","2024_ford_f-650","2025_ford_f-650"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-750 SD","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_f-750","2022_ford_f-750","2023_ford_f-750","2024_ford_f-750","2025_ford_f-750"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TRANSIT","year_from":2020,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_transit","2021_ford_transit","2022_ford_transit","2023_ford_transit","2024_ford_transit","2025_ford_transit"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"NAVIGATOR","year_from":2021,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2021_lincoln_navigator","2022_lincoln_navigator","2023_lincoln_navigator","2024_lincoln_navigator","2025_lincoln_navigator"]}],"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":[]}