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Lincoln LS 2000–2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16748 · NHTSA communication 10002650 · issued Apr 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2000–2003
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Difficulty fully engaging a lug nut wrench or socket over the nut on vehicles with exposed wheel lug nuts only. *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.