U3000 on Ford vehicles

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.

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

Bulletins and campaigns Ford filed with NHTSA whose summary names U3000. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

• SSM 49530 Service bulletin
  2021-02-02 · Steering
• Some 2021 F-150 vehicles may experience a lack of steering assist upon start-up along with a Steering Assist Fault message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) U3000:96 and U3001:68 in the power steering control module (PSCM). This may be due to battery voltage below 8 volts when attempting to start the vehicle. Power steering assist will be restored when batte
• SSM 49684 Service bulletin
  2021-03-22 · Electrical System
• Some 2021 F-150 vehicles may exhibit diagnostic trouble code (DTC) U3000:49 stored in the image processing module A (IPMA). This may be due to the learned values in the IPMA not allowing the code to be cleared. To clear the DTC, download and run the IPMA - Reset the Image Processing Module A (IPMA) Learned Values application in Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS), then run the IPMA - Image Pro
• TSB 21-2249 Service bulletin
  2021-07-29 · Electrical System
• Some 2021 F-150 and Mustang Mach-E vehicles may exhibit various driver assistance system warning messages or inoperative features and/or diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) U3000:49, U3000:89, U2107:68, C1001:54 and/or C1001:78. This may be due to software in the image processing module A (IPMA). To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to reprogram the IPMA to the latest level.
• TSB 22-2057 Service bulletin
  2022-02-24 · Electrical System
• Some 2021 Mustang Mach-E vehicles may experience an illuminated powertrain malfunction (wrench) indicator with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P1A3C, U3000:16, U3000:64, U3000:04 and/or U3000:45 in the off board charging controller (OBCC) module and the high voltage (HV) battery will not charge using a level 3 DC fast charging station/electrical vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). This may be due to O
• TSB 22-2109 Service bulletin
  2022-03-23 · Electrical System
• This article supersedes TSB 22-2069 to update the Service Procedure. Some 2021 F-150 and Mustang Mach-E vehicles may exhibit various driver assistance system warning messages or inoperative features and/or diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) U3000:49, U3000:89, U2107:68, C1001:54 and/or C1001:78. DTC B1578:78 may also set after an image processing module A (IPMA) on-demand self test is performed. This
• TSB 22-2295 Service bulletin
  2022-07-22 · Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual
• Some 2021-2022 F-150, Mustang Mach-E and 2022 Expedition/Navigator vehicles may exhibit various driver assistance system warning messages or inoperative features and/or diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) U3000:49, U3000:89, U2107:68, C1001:54 and/or C1001:78. DTC B1578:78 may also set after an image processing module A (IPMA) on-demand self test is performed. This may be due to software in the IPMA. T
• SSM 51137 Service bulletin
  2022-10-20 · Power Train
• Some 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E/Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), 2020-2022 Aviator PHEV, and 2022 Transit battery electric vehicle (BEV) vehicles may experience an illuminated powertrain malfunction (Wrench) indicator and/or malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with secondary on board diagnostic control module (SOBDM) diagnostic trouble code (DTC) U3000:49. This may be due to an internal S
• TSB 22-2496 Service bulletin
  2022-12-20 · Unknown Or Other
• This article supersedes TSB 22-2402 to update the vehicle model years affected. Some 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E base model (non-GT) built on or before 25-Jul-2022, 2022-2023 e-Transit vehicles built on or before 17-Sep-2022 may experience an illuminated powertrain malfunction (wrench) indicator with diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) P1A3C, U3000:16, U3000:64, U3000:04 and/or U3000:45 in the off-board c
• SSM 48831 Service bulletin
  2020-05-21 · Steering
• Some 2020 Escape/Corsair vehicles may exhibit a lack of power steering assist with DTC U3000 in the PSCM. This DTC is set when a battery charger is installed on the vehicle and the ignition is cycled on. For vehicles that set this DTC due to the use of a battery charger, the DTC can be cleared and power steering assist restored without replacement of the PSCM. To clear this DTC using the FDRS scan
• SSM 48990 Service bulletin
  2020-07-10 · Steering
• Some 2020 Escape/Corsair vehicles built on or before 26-Jun-2020 may exhibit a lack of power steering assist with DTC U3000 in the PSCM. This DTC is set when a battery charger is installed on the vehicle and the ignition is cycled ON. For vehicles that set this DTC due to the use of a battery charger, the DTC can be cleared and power steering assist restored without replacement of the PSCM. To cle
• SSM 49762 Service bulletin
  2021-04-29 · Steering
• Some 2020-2021 Escape/Corsair, 2021 Bronco Sport vehicles may exhibit a lack of power steering assist with DTC U3000 in the PSCM. This DTC is set when a battery charger is installed on the vehicle and the ignition is cycled ON. For vehicles that set this DTC due to the use of a battery charger, the DTC can be cleared and power steering assist restored without replacement of the PSCM. Using the FDR
• SSM 50952 Service bulletin
  2022-07-20 · Equipment
• Some 2021-2022 F-150 vehicles equipped with On-Board Scale may exhibit DTC U3000:54 stored in the VDM after replacement and will not clear. A warning message may also be displayed in the center display screen. If programmable module installation (PMI) was not followed or the original VDM will not communicate, the U3000:54 may be stored. If the original VDM communicates, perform a PMI before VDM re

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.