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Ford Focus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13156 · NHTSA communication 6091968 · issued Aug 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a squeak / rattle in the instrument panel, poor radio fit in instrument panel or excessive compact disc (cd) skipping. *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.