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Ford Escort 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin BC0540961107 · NHTSA communication 50779 · issued Nov 7, 1996

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles may exhibit a "click" noise from the area of the front cv joints while shifting between drive and reverse. *tw

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.