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Ford Focus 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14221 · NHTSA communication 620390 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2000–2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built after 02/05/2000 have the drivers side seat belt pretensioner located on the seat belt retractor in the b-pillar, not on the receiver / buckle. *tt

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.