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Ford Focus 1999–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14183 · NHTSA communication 613884 · issued Jun 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vechiles equipped with 4500n cassette radios may exhibit a condition where the radio comes back on after the ignition is turned off while playing cassettes. *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.