Diagnostic Tips

3.0L/6.7L – Illuminated MIL With Various Reductant System Related DTCs – 2016-2022 Ford F-150 F-Super Duty

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2019 Ford F-Super Duty

NHTSA ID Number: 10236685 Manufacturer Communication Number: TSB 23-2161 Summary Some 2018-2021 F-150 vehicles equipped with a 3.0L diesel engine, 2016-2022 F-650/F-750 vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine, and 2017-2022 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L engine and built on or before 08-Mar-2022 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) … Read more

8F35 Transmission – Harsh Upshift/Downshift And/Or Harsh Engagements – 2019 Ford Edge & Lincoln Nautilus

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2019 Ford Edge

NHTSA ID Number: 10168743 Manufacturer Communication Number: TSB 19-2331   Summary Some 2019 Edge/Nautilus vehicles equipped with an 8F35 transmission and built on or before 10-Sep-2019 may exhibit a harsh upshift and downshift, harsh engagements when shifting from PARK to REVERSE, PARK to DRIVE and/or REVERSE to DRIVE. These harsh engagements may result in an engagement clunk … Read more

3.5L Duratec – Illuminated MIL With DTCs P02EE, P02EF, P02F0, P02F1, P02F2, And/Or P02F3 – 2020-2021 Ford Transit

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2020 Ford Transit

NHTSA ID Number: 10187936 Manufacturer Communication Number: SSM 49546   Summary Some 2020-2021 Transit vehicles equipped with a 3.5L Duratec and built on or before 29-Jan-2021 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with any combination of the following diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs): P02EE, P02EF, P02F0, P02F1, P02F2, and/or P02F3. This may be due to the … Read more

8F24/8F35/8F40/8F57 – Transmission Fluid Inside The Main Control Electrical Connector – 2018-2020 Ford & Lincoln

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2020 Lincoln Corsair

NHTSA ID Number: 10171966 Manufacturer Communication Number: SSM 48579 Summary Some 2018-2020 vehicles equipped with the 8F24, 8F35, 8F40, or 8F57 transmissions may have a trace amount of transmission fluid in the main control electrical connector. This is due to the connector being submerged in transmission fluid during the main control manufacturing process. A trace amount should … Read more

5.0L Flex Fuel – Illuminated MIL With DTCs P0171/P0172/P0174/P0175 – 2018-2020 Ford F-150

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2020 Ford F-150

NHTSA ID Number: 10179316 Manufacturer Communication Number: SSM 49050   Summary Some 2018-2020 F-150 vehicles equipped with a 5.0L engine may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0171, P0172, P0174 and/or P0175. This may be due to incorrect flex fuel learning, which is often caused by customer refueling habits when adding … Read more