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Ford Escort 1991–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 7369 · NHTSA communication 610796 · issued Nov 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
1991–1998
model years
16
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit grinding noise, or greater than normal brake roughness, when applying the brakes immediately after installing motorcraft front brake pad part number br-18 (xu2z-2v001-ra). *t

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.