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Ford Focus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14049 · NHTSA communication 613702 · issued Apr 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a noise from the front struts due to normal suspension travel at full rebound (extension) while driving over speed bumps. **mr

Vehicles covered

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.