Ford Focus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13460 · NHTSA communication 614628 · issued Nov 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Experiencing front brake groan / grunt noise which is characterized by a groaning / grunting sound emitted by the front brakes when the driver reduces foot pressure on the brake pedal while the vehicle is stopped. *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.