2013 Ford F-150 Technical Service Bulletins

140 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2013 Ford F-150. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10055574Feb 1, 2014Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). Ford: the roof opening panel frame assembly need replacing due to an issue with sunroof binding on some trucks. Model 2013-2014 f150.
• 10054927Jan 27, 2014Vehicle speed control, Engine cooling. Ford: after extended operating at highway speeds, in high humidity or damp conditions, vehicle will experience an intermittent stumble and/or misfire on hard acceleration. Model 2013-2014 f-150.
• 10054928Jan 20, 2014Engine cooling. Ford: a raw odor of fuel is coming from engine oil and/or an engine oil level indication of overfull. Model 2011-2014 f-150.
• 10054920Jan 15, 2014Engine cooling. Ford: some trucks will experience a no or hard start condition if weather is below -15 celsius, 0 fahrenheit. Model 2011-2014 f-150.
• 10055041Jan 1, 2014Equipment. Ford: while repairing the front axle, damage to pinion bearing is noted after operating in severe cold climates. Model 2009-2014 f-150.
• 10055029Jan 1, 2014Suspension. Ford: on some vehicles, fluid is present on shock absorber shaft to body interface or there is wetness at rear reservoir snap ring and no replacement should occur, since shock weepage is normal. Model 2010-2014 f-150 raptor.
• 10055020Jan 1, 2014Exterior lighting. Ford: the low to high beam or high to low beam is an intermittent transition and would need the affected hid 13008 headlamp housing replaced. Model 2013-2014 escape, 2013 explorer, f150.
• 10054704Dec 1, 2013Engine cooling. Ford: some trucks, while at hot idle, would shudder or run rough, during stop and go driving and/or diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p0015 and malfunction indicator lamp (mil) might be illuminated. Model 2013 f150.
• 10054549Nov 1, 2013Exterior lighting. Ford: there is a water leak in the area of the center high mount stop lamp (chmsl) and would need to be isolated to determine the cause, if any. Model 2011-2013 f-150.
• 10054547Nov 1, 2013Equipment. Ford: the torca*clamp, that secures two catalyst pipes, requires replacement due to repeated stretching and no longer provide necessary clamping force sealing exhaust joint. Model 2010-2014 f-150.
• 10054546Nov 1, 2013Suspension. Ford: the shock absorber has fluid or wetness at rear reservoir snap ring and weepage or leakage is normal and will not have a detrimental effect to lift of shock absorbers or suspension. Model 2010-2013 f-150.
• 10054545Nov 1, 2013Electrical system, Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: due to a possible non ford aftermarket pcm software program installed, malfunction indicator lamp (mil) is on and diagnostic trouble codes (dtc) p00c2, p0340 is accompanied by p2228 in powertrain control module (pcm) and calibration in pcm needs reviewing. Model 2013 f-150.
• 10054972Oct 1, 2013Equipment. Ford: when attempting to access factory keyless entry key code, using ids tool, would receive an error message due to production software change in body control module. Model 2013 f-150, edge, mkx, 2014 f-super duty, taurus, mks, flex, mkt, explorer.
• 10054971Oct 1, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: the instrument cluster transmission temperature gauge may exhibit gauge slow to display reading after hot soak restart. Model 2011-2013 f-150, 2011-2014, f-super duty, 2012-2014 expedition.
• 10054969Oct 1, 2013Body and structure, Latches, locks and linkages. Ford: outside door handle is difficult to open and may need several attempts to release the door. Model 2012-2013 f-150.
• 10054967Oct 1, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: on some trucks, the gasoline turbo direct injected (gtdi) may exhibit malfunction indicator lamp (mil) with diagnostics trouble code (dtc) p0627 in powertrain control module (pcm). Model 2013 f-150.
• 10052788Aug 28, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: some vehicles, when transmission in 6th gear and engine lugging up grades at 15000-2000 rpm, will buck or jerk or both, slightly, at a steady cruise. Model 2011-2013 f-150.
• 10053471Jun 15, 2013Equipment. Ford:lincoln: on some vehicles, there are various related concerns about the sync features, such as sync features inoperative, lack of or slow response to phone and voice button operation. Models 2012-2013 focus, e-series, edge, expedition, fusion, explorer, f-150, f-250, navigator, 2013-2014 flex, 2012-2014 fiesta, mustang, 2013 escape, c-max, taurus, 2012 mkz.
• 10053466Jun 11, 2013Engine cooling. Ford: malfunction indicator light (mil) for gasoline turbocharged direct injection (gtdi) engine, on some trucks, will intermittently, illuminated with diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0236, p0238, p025e, p007d. Models 2013 f-150.
• 10053419Jun 7, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Lincoln/ford: transmission engagement in 5th gear when starting and wrench indicator and/or seat belt minder may illuminate with speedometer reading zero and odometer displaying dashes, while driving, in some vehicles. Models 2012-2013 navigator, 2011-2014 mustang, 2011-2013 f-150, 2012-2013 expedition.
• 10053458Jun 1, 2013Brakes. Ford: on some vehicles, during a programmable module installation (pmi) of anti lock brake (abs) module an ids error message appears, if ids session started with new abs module connect. Models 2010-2013 f-150.
• 10053457Jun 1, 2013Equipment. Ford: on some vehicles, with mytouch, my experience displayed time jumping or audio popping during initial ignition on cycle, or slow navigation calculations, due to amount of data, within size of contact list, creating processing problem for module during key on cycle. Models 2011-2013. No model listed.
• 10053447Jun 1, 2013Wheels. Ford: there is a noise coming from the front hub integrated wheel end (iwe) areas and when shifted into 4x4 mode, the noise will cease. Models 2008-2013 f-150, expedition, navigator, mark lt.
• 10053429Jun 1, 2013Latches, locks and linkages, Body and structure. Ford: on some vehicles, the outside door handles needs to be pulled at least twice before opening. Models 2010-2013 f150, mustang.
• 10053425Jun 1, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Lincoln/ford: on certain vehicles and trucks, the multifunction indicator lamp (mil), will illuminate with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p1636 (inductive signature chip communication error) present in pcm or tcm. Models 2011-2013 f-150 expedition, navigator, f-super duty, 2010-2014 mustang.
• 10053423Jun 1, 2013Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). Ford: a power sliding rear window, on some vehicles, may experience a possible inoperative rear window defrost. Models 2010-2013 f-150.
• 10053422Jun 1, 2013Electrical system, Equipment. Ford/lincoln: on certain vehicles, the intelligent access or push button start may have an intermittent ikt, similar symptoms as discharged ikt battery. Models 2012-2013 f-150, f super duty, expedition, navigator, flex, edge, explorer, taurus, mustang.
• 10053325May 29, 2013Equipment. Ford: the sun visor vanity mirror door, on some vehicles, fails to close or is loos and causes mirror light to stay on. Models 2012-2013 mustang, explorer, f-150 and 2012 escape.
• 10052843May 15, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: on some trucks, a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illumination may occur and the powertrain control module (pcm) needs to be reprogram to latest calibration. Model 2013 f-150.
• 10052801May 13, 2013Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). Ford: on some vehicles, the rear sliding glass center panel has a water leakage at the side panel. Model 2010-2013 f-150.
• 10053411May 1, 2013Engine cooling. Ford: due to loose, missing, modified or damaged ground g400, various malfunction indicator light (mil) dtc's, related to glow plug control module (gpcm), may be exhibit on some diesel equipped trucks. Model years 2011-2013. No models listed.
• 10053410May 1, 2013Suspension. Ford: on some trucks, while operating in 4x2 mode, there will be noise coming from front hub integrated wheel end (iwe) and will cease once shifted into 4x4 mode. Models 2011-2013 f-150.
• 10053409May 1, 2013Engine cooling. Ford: on some trucks, the exhaust reductant system or the nox control module would experience various mil dtc's related to glow plug control module (gpcm), due to loose, missing, modified or damaged ground g400. No models listed. Model years 2011-2013.
• 10053408May 1, 2013Equipment. Ford: on various vehicles with my touch,after any apim programming, replacement or disconnect from front display interface module (fdim), touchscreen calibration must be performed. Model years 2011-2013. No models listed.
• 10053407May 1, 2013Engine cooling. Ford: on some trucks, on hard acceleration, after extended drive at highway speeds, an intermittent stumble and/or misfire may occur, during extreme humid or damp conditions. Models 2011-2013 f-150.
• 10052207Apr 1, 2013Electrical system, Engine. Ford: some vehicles, with turbochared gasoline direct injection engines, will exhibit flashing malfunction indicator lamp, an intermittent stumble and/or misfire during hard acceleration during extreme humid or damp conditions. Models 2011-2013 f-150.
• 10052032Jan 24, 2013Transmission and drivetrain. Ford: after startup, with cold engine, would have a bucking, jerking during parking lot maneuvers and powertrain control module (pcm) should be reprogrammed with latest, higher calibration. Model 2012-2013 f-150.
• 10052069Jan 14, 2013Equipment. Ford/lincoln: see document search button for owner letter. Information regarding extended warranty for covering accessory protocol interface module regardless of mileage. Models 2011-2013 edge, explorer, mkx, focus, escape, flex, fusion, taurus, mks, mkt, mkz, f-150, f-super duty.
• 10051743Jan 14, 2013Electrical system. Ford: see document search button for owner letter. A software upgrade is available for certain vehicles. Models 2012-2013 edge, explorer, mkx, focus, escape, flex, fusion, taurus, mks, mkt, f-150. *pe updated 5/10/13. *pe updated 9/17/13.
• 10051724Nov 1, 2012Exterior lighting. Ford: due to an open headlight switch, the headlamps, park lamps or lamps are inoperative and headlamps will remain on because of aftermarket or genuine ford accessories (gfa), installed incorrectly. Causing possible damage to switch. 2009-2013 f-150.

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