Ford bulletin SSM 54668
What it saysSome 2021-2023 Mach-E and 2022-2024 F-150 vehicles may have customers or dealerships that wish to activate new BlueCruise features (example: Lane Change Assist). NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Ford filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Mar 17, 2026, received Apr 6, 2026, about the lane departure. It names 6 model years (2021–2024). 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 communicationSome 2021-2023 Mach-E and 2022-2024 F-150 vehicles may have customers or dealerships that wish to activate new BlueCruise features (example: Lane Change Assist). New BlueCruise features can only be activated/delivered via an over-the-air update (OTA). Inform customers that they will need to wait for the update to be pushed to their vehicle. There is no way to manually push the update. If the update fails, OTA will re-attempt an update later.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSM 54668 | Service bulletin | Mar 17, 2026 | 11030788 | PDF, 65 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 themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 6 model years this bulletin names have filed 2,142 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 304 of them name Forward Collision Avoidance — 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.
While driving on thruway, it began to snow.. One. by one the safety sensors reported failure due to being blocked. Even basic criosese control stopped working. As conditions cleared none of the sensors recovered. I pulled off at an exit to clear any remaining snow that may have been blocking the sensors.
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E · Lane Departure · filed with NHTSA Dec 20, 2021
I am randomly receiving the errors: "Front Camera Fault" "Pre-Collision Assist Not Available" Also, my cruise control no longer works while this error is active. Error will clear itself after a few minutes, but will still pop up from time to time
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E · Forward Collision Avoidance · filed with NHTSA Jan 13, 2023
The vehicle lost both cruise control functions (adaptive and normal) during the drive and will only reset to normal cruise control after shutting off vehicle and restarting it. Then it will only work on normal cruise control temporarily
2024 Ford F-150 · Forward Collision Avoidance · filed with NHTSA Jun 29, 2025
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 lane departure
Source: same model, same component group6 other manufacturer communications filed against these Ford models under the same component group (lane departure), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSB 25-2512 | Service bulletin | Oct 24, 2025 | This article supersedes TSB 25-2104 to update the labor times associated with the Service Procedure. Some of the vehicles listed in the Mode… |
| SSM 54065 | Service bulletin | Jul 21, 2025 | Some 2022-2024 Mustang Mach-E vehicles may exhibit an inoperative BlueCruise and lane centering with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) U3000:49… |
| SCCM-25.DC | Over-the-air update | Jun 9, 2025 | Quality improvements include: -Ensures the lane change assist turn signal flashes until the change maneuver is complete |
| SSM 52822 | Service bulletin | Aug 24, 2024 | Some 2024 F-150 non-Lightning vehicles equipped with BlueCruise may exhibit a subtle back and forth movement of the steering wheel with the… |
| TSB 24-2251 | Service bulletin | Aug 22, 2024 | This article supersedes TSB 24-2087 to update the vehicle lines, model years affected, action and service procedure. Some 2021-2024 Mustang… |
| TSB 23-2137 | Service bulletin | May 5, 2023 | Some 2021-2023 Mustang Mach-E vehicles may exhibit various driver assistance system warning messages or inoperative features and/or Diagnost… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Ford SSM 54668 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 54668 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 54668 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 6 model years: 2024 Ford F-150, 2023 Ford F-150, 2022 Ford F-150, 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E, 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E, 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.