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Lincoln Continental 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 48742 · NHTSA communication 10174408 · issued Apr 15, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2017–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017-2020 Continental vehicles built on or before 10-Jan-2020 may exhibit a creak type noise when opening or closing either front door. This may be due to fatigue in the sheet metal of the door in the area of the door check arm. If fatigue is found, a revised door assembly has been released for this concern. The part numbers of these revised door assemblies are GD9Z-5420125-C (left door) and GD9Z-5420124-C (right door).

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.