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Ford Focus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13459 · NHTSA communication 614627 · issued Nov 1, 1999

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

Official summary

Experiencing a noise from the front struts due to normal suspension travel at full rebound while driving over speed bumps. *tt

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.