Ford F-250 Sd, Ford F-350 Sd, Ford F-450 Sd, model years 2018 to 2019. Filed by Ford Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 12 November 2019. 86,296 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2019 F-250, F-350 and F-450 Super Duty trucks. The Daytime Running Lights (DRL) may not dim when the headlight switch is moved into the "On" position. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number …
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Ford's own number for this recall: 19C10. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19V808 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 19V808 cover?
- Ford F-250 SD, Ford F-350 SD, Ford F-450 SD, model years 2018-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2019 F-250, F-350 and F-450 Super Duty trucks. The Daytime Running Lights (DRL) may not dim when the headlight switch is moved into the "On" position.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- DRL that cannot dim may reduce the visibility of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Ford has notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the Body Control Module (BCM) software, free of charge. The recall began November 25, 2019. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19C10.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ford calls this recall 19C10, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “DRL that cannot dim may reduce the visibility of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19V808 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Ford Motor Company |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Headlights |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 November 2019 |
| Model years | 2018-2019 |
| Vehicles named | FORD F-250 SD, FORD F-350 SD, FORD F-450 SD |
What the notice says today
The consequence
DRL that cannot dim may reduce the visibility of other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Ford has notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the Body Control Module (BCM) software, free of charge. The recall began November 25, 2019. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19C10.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Ford F-250 SD recalls: 61 US campaigns
- Ford F-350 SD recalls: 71 US campaigns
- Ford F-450 SD recalls: 61 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 19V808, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v808/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 19V808 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5f6883c6 - Consequence
f1ecfc4f - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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