Ford Focus 2000–2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 03202 · NHTSA communication 10004885 · issued Jan 1, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2000–2004
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Front end creaking, crunching, grinding and/or rattling noise from the front suspension while driving at slow speeds and/or while turning. *tt *mj
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.