P050F: owner reports and bulletins
Got P050F on your scanner? Tell the mechanic your year, make, model and any symptoms and you'll get the likely cause and what to check first. Ask about this code.
What owners report to NHTSA
6 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P050F, 6 of them since 2015, across 4 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: service brakes.
Most-reported models
| Vehicle | Complaints | Model years reported |
|---|---|---|
| GMC TERRAIN | 3 | 2018, 2019 |
Manufacturer service bulletins that name P050F
18 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P050F, from 4 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:
- FORD BRONCO (2024), bulletin 11009592: Some 2024 Bronco vehicles equipped with the 2.3L engine may exhibit a red brake warning lamp and brake system warning message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P050F in the anti-l…
- FORD EXPLORER (2020, 2021, 2022), bulletin 10207899: Some 2021-2022 Bronco vehicles equipped with the 2.3L engine may exhibit a red brake warning lamp and/or brake system warning message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P050F in th…
- BUICK ENCLAVE (2018), bulletin 10190319: Service Brake Assist Message displayed on Initial Start Up with DTC P050F Set Condition Some customers may comment that on first start up they receive a "Service Brake Assist Message" displayed. During diagnosis a techni…
- CHEVROLET TRAVERSE (2018), bulletin 10190319: Service Brake Assist Message displayed on Initial Start Up with DTC P050F Set Condition Some customers may comment that on first start up they receive a "Service Brake Assist Message" displayed. During diagnosis a techni…
- CHEVROLET EQUINOX (2018), bulletin 10129086: This preliminary information was created to express that engineering is investigating the issue of a service engine soon lamp on and a code P050F low vacuum code storing.
- GMC TERRAIN (2018), bulletin 10129086: This preliminary information was created to express that engineering is investigating the issue of a service engine soon lamp on and a code P050F low vacuum code storing.
Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.