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.
Which Ford model years name P27B4
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints| Model year | Filed under | Bulletins | Owner reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty | Electrical System | 5 | — |
| 2020 Ford F-350 Super Duty | Electrical System | 5 | — |
| 2020 Ford F-450 Super Duty | Electrical System | 5 | — |
| 2023 Ford Edge | Fuel/Propulsion System | — | 1 |
| 2022 Ford E-Transit | Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | — |
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.
What Ford owners said
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners’ 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…
Ford filings that name P27B4
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsBulletins 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.
- TSB-20-2063 Service bulletin2020-03-05 · Electrical System
- Some 2020 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on or before 5-Feb-2020 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P203B, P2201 and/or DTC P27B4 stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). The vehicle may also exhibit a forced idle condition. This may be due to various strategies within the PCM software. To correct the condi
- TSB 20-2074 Service bulletin2020-03-12 · Power Train
- Some 2020 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.2L/7.3L gas engine and 10R140 transmission built on or before 5-Dec-2019 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P27B4 stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). This may be due to various strategies within the PCM software. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to reprogra
- TSB 20-2336 Service bulletin2020-09-22 · Engine And Engine Cooling
- Some 2020 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine built on or before 19-Aug-2020 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P0300-P0308, P0603, P203B, P208B, P208C, P2201, P24C2, P27B4, P07F6 and/or P27B5 stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). The vehicle may also exhibit a forced idle condition. This may be due to various stra
- TSB 25-2343 Service bulletin2025-07-25 · Fuel/Propulsion System
- This article supersedes TSB 22-2491 to update labor times from M-time to AP-time and add a cap. Some of the vehicle listed in the model statement above may exhibit at least one of the following conditions: - Illuminated red triangle with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P27B4 stored in the secondary on-board diagnostic module C (SOBDMC) - Charge Status Indicator (CSI) is blinking red with DTC P0A7F s
What P27B4 means
Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-IIP27B4 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.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standardIs 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.