{"nhtsa_id":11024532,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-10-28","date":"2025-10-24","document_id":"SSM 54326","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STRUCTURE:BODY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2018-2025 F-150 and 2018-2026 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a tailgate step may exhibit a step assembly that binds/will not open or opens/pops up while driving. This could be due to an incorrect adjustment of the tailgate step assembly. Before replacing any components for this concern, follow the revised Tailgate Step Adjustment procedure in Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 501-04.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11024532-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11024532-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11024532","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2018,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-150","2019_ford_f-150","2020_ford_f-150","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":2018,"year_to":2026,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-250","2019_ford_f-250","2020_ford_f-250","2021_ford_f-250","2022_ford_f-250","2023_ford_f-250","2024_ford_f-250","2025_ford_f-250","2026_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2026,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-350","2019_ford_f-350","2020_ford_f-350","2021_ford_f-350","2022_ford_f-350","2023_ford_f-350","2024_ford_f-350","2025_ford_f-350","2026_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2026,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-450","2019_ford_f-450","2020_ford_f-450","2021_ford_f-450","2022_ford_f-450","2023_ford_f-450","2024_ford_f-450","2025_ford_f-450","2026_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2018,"year_to":2026,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_f-550","2019_ford_f-550","2020_ford_f-550","2021_ford_f-550","2022_ford_f-550","2023_ford_f-550","2024_ford_f-550","2025_ford_f-550","2026_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":[]}