Ford bulletin SSM 51652
What it saysSome 2022 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine, and built on 13-May-2022 and through 05-Aug-2022 at Kentucky Truck Plant or built on 13-Jun-2022 and through 09-Aug-2022 at Ohio Assembly Plant may exhibit… NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Ford filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated May 22, 2023, received May 31, 2023, about the back over prevention. It names 7 model years (2022). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
Some 2022 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine, and built on 13-May-2022 and through 05-Aug-2022 at Kentucky Truck Plant or built on 13-Jun-2022 and through 09-Aug-2022 at Ohio Assembly Plant may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with various diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). While attempting to perform TSBs 23-2077, 23-2076, and/or 23-2082, vehicles that were produced without a particulate matter sensor will not show a PCM software update available in Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS). Refer to EFC10061 (MBG-2022-174N in Canada) and monitor OASIS for updates.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSM 51652 | Service bulletin | May 22, 2023 | 10236589 | PDF, 8 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
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Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themAlso filed against model years this site has no page for: 2022 Ford F-550 SD; 2022 Ford F-600 SD; 2022 Ford F-650 SD; 2022 Ford F-750 SD.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 3 model years this bulletin names have filed 266 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 39 of them name Power Train — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
On 2 separate occasions (3-25-23, 3-26-23) the transmission was frozen in drive, could not bring it up to neutral ,reverse,or park. The first incident took about 10 minutes to put the truck in another gear. The second incident took about 20 minutes to engage in neutral and then another 20 minutes to engage the reverse mode.
2022 Ford F-250 Super Duty · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Mar 29, 2023 · ODI 11514343
Multiple fail alerts for the transmission and engine. The transmission was not shifting gears, very loud noise inside cab and vehicle would barley move at times. Initially, dealer said nothing wrong and cleared the dash alert. Issue returned the next time it was driven.
2022 Ford F-350 Super Duty · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Sep 7, 2022 · ODI 11483407
The vehicles DEF system malfunctioning issue causes a warning to illuminate on the dash stating the “Speed Will Be Limited To 50 MPH in 50 Miles” but the DEF Fluid is and was in fact near full or full.
2022 Ford F-450 Super Duty · Power Train · filed with NHTSA Dec 26, 2024 · ODI 11632513
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the back over prevention
Source: same model, same component group11 other manufacturer communications filed against these Ford models under the same component group (back over prevention), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Ford list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25N17 | Other | Mar 25, 2026 | Advance Notice – Customer Satisfaction Program 25N17 Certain 2015-2025 Model Year Multiple Vehicle Lines Rear View Camera Replacement If Req… |
| TSB 24-2036 | Service bulletin | Feb 6, 2024 | Some 2023-2024 F-Super Duty chassis cab vehicles built on or before 02-Jan-2024 equipped with a 6.7L engine may exhibit an illuminated MIL w… |
| SSM 52134 | Service bulletin | Dec 12, 2023 | Various 2021-2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with the rear camera on demand feature may exhibit a Please Check Surroundings For Safe… |
| SSM 52003 | Service bulletin | Oct 20, 2023 | Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with 360-degree camera and blind spot monitoring with trailering may exhibit diagnostic trouble cod… |
| SSM 51929 | Service bulletin | Sep 18, 2023 | Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit diagnostic trouble code (DTC) C006A:00 in the telematics control unit module (TCU). If this is a… |
| SU4 P2 SuperDuty | Service bulletin | Aug 18, 2023 | Software Update 4 P2 for 2023 Super Duty vehicles is now available. Quality improvements include: -12V key off load improvement. - wifi… |
| SU5 P2 SuperDuty | Service bulletin | Aug 11, 2023 | Software Update 5 P2 for 2023 Super Duty vehicles is now available. Quality improvements include: - Enables the Lane Keep Assist sensitiv… |
| SU4 P1 SuperDuty | Service bulletin | Aug 11, 2023 | Software Update 4 P1 for 2022 Super Duty vehicles is now available. Quality improvements include: - Minimize time customer cannot enter t… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Ford SSM 51652 a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the SSM 51652 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way.
Which vehicles does SSM 51652 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 7 model years: 2022 Ford F-250 Super Duty, 2022 Ford F-350 Super Duty, 2022 Ford F-450 Super Duty, 2022 Ford F-550 SD, 2022 Ford F-600 SD, 2022 Ford F-650 SD and more. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: built 13 May 2022 – 9 Aug 2022; 2022 F-Super Duty: built 13 May 2022 – 5 Aug 2022 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.