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Ford Focus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 996840 · NHTSA communication 608783 · issued Aug 1, 1999

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

Official summary

Subject pertaining to vehicles equipped with the 4500n (cassette) or 4600n (cd) radios exhibiting intermittent and / or inoperative speakers. *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.