TSB F-150 — Ford Software update
F-150 is a software update on file with NHTSA for the Ford F-150, 2021–2025 model years, filed and re-filed as 7 documents. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.
What the bulletin says. Quality improvements include: - Key off load battery drain prevention by ensuring the Powertrain Control Module shuts down making the Transfer Case Control Module to stop sending messafes to other modules
NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.
Worth checking your VIN against. F-150 is filed as a software update, which unlike an ordinary bulletin can mean free or reimbursed work when a vehicle qualifies. Ask a dealer using the document ID below, and check open recalls separately at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Vehicles and model years F-150 names
Every document filed under F-150
Manufacturers re-issue a bulletin as the repair changes, and file separate copies for technicians and for owners. All of them carry the same number.
| Document ID | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BCMC-26.DG F-150 | June 18, 2026 | Software update |
| ACM-26.S F-150 | June 10, 2026 | Software update |
| SCCM-24.AA.AC F-150 | February 25, 2026 | Software update |
| ACM-25.AS F-150 | October 2, 2025 | Software update |
| 25-OTA TCCM-25.E F-150 | April 28, 2025 | Software update |
| 25-OTA HCM-25.AN.AR F-150 | April 16, 2025 | Software update |
| 25-OTA ACM-25.AH.AR F-150 | April 11, 2025 | Software update |
What F-150 covers
Electrical, Steering, Seat belts — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.
Questions buyers ask
What is TSB F-150?
F-150 is a software update filed with NHTSA by Ford, covering the Ford F-150 across the 2021–2025 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: Quality improvements include: - Key off load battery drain prevention by ensuring the Powertrain Control Module shuts down making the Transfer Case Control Module to stop sending messafes to other modules
Which vehicles does F-150 cover?
NHTSA's file names Ford F-150 (2021–2025). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.
Is TSB F-150 a recall, and is the repair free?
F-150 is filed as a software update, not a recall — but this is the kind of communication that can mean free or reimbursed work if your VIN qualifies. Take the number to a dealer and ask. Recalls are separate and always free; check yours by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
How do I get the full text of F-150?
Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under F-150, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.
Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under F-150. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.