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P27B4 on Ford vehicles

P27B4 is named on 5 Ford model years (2020–2023): 16 manufacturer filings and 1 owner report in NHTSA’s files, across F-250 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, E-Transit, Edge.

Powertrain 5 model years 16 manufacturer filings 1 owner report

Which Ford model years name P27B4

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2020 Ford F-250 Super DutyElectrical System5—
2020 Ford F-350 Super DutyElectrical System5—
2020 Ford F-450 Super DutyElectrical System5—
2023 Ford EdgeFuel/Propulsion System—1
2022 Ford E-TransitFuel/Propulsion System1—

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

Electrical System 8 Power Train 6 Fuel/Propulsion System 2 Engine 1
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What Ford owners said

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners’ own words, scrubbed of anything identifying. Unverified reports filed with NHTSA — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

This total electronic communication breakdown immediately triggered an un-commanded cascade of secondary transmission performance faults, specifically P0751 (shift solenoid A Stuck off) and P2700, P2701, P2704, P27B2, P27B4 (transmission…
2023 Ford Edge Aug 16, 2026 NHTSA owner report

Ford filings that name P27B4

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Ford filed with NHTSA whose summary names P27B4. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

What P27B4 means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P27B4 sits in the generic range of the OBD-II standard, so it means the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States — but WhichTrim does not carry a definition for it and will not invent one. What is on this page is the record: who named it and on what.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Ford and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P27B4 a known problem on Ford vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 16 manufacturer filings and 1 owner report naming P27B4 on 5 Ford model years (2020–2023). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Ford models does P27B4 appear on most?

2020 F-250 Super Duty (5 documents), 2020 F-350 Super Duty (5 documents), 2020 F-450 Super Duty (5 documents).

Does P27B4 on a Ford mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.