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Ford Escort 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin BC0770961015 · NHTSA communication 50403 · issued Oct 15, 1996

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
1997
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Diagnosing vehicles which exhibit the symptom of brake drag. *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.