Ford Focus 2000–2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 03153 · NHTSA communication 10003186 · issued Aug 4, 2003
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2000–2003
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Front end creaking, crunching, grinding and or rattling noise from the front suspension while driving at slow speeds and/or while turning. *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.