Ford Focus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 7872 · NHTSA communication 612402 · issued Jan 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Noise concern coming from the lower engine splash shield that covers the crank pulley. The condition is caused by tie down chains being mispositioned during vehicle transport.
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.