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Service bulletin 16685

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10001938
Published by NHTSA2003-07-28
Manufacturer's number16685
Manufacturer's date2003-03-01
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

NHTSA's summary

EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, FRONT BRAKE CREEP/GROAN NOISE, FRONT BRAKE DUST, AND/OR ROTOR WEAR CONCERN. *TT *JB

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Brakes

Vehicles listed
FORD FOCUS2001, 2002, 2003

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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172782004-01-20. Service bulletin. EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, FRONT BRAKE CREEP/GROAN NOISE, FRONT BRAKE DUST AND/OR ROTOR WEAR. *TT
169262003-09-09. Service bulletin. STABILITY ASSIST (ADVANCETRAC/IVD) SYSTEMS MAY NOT BE RECALIBRATED PROPERLY USING WDS. *TT
158962002-12-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. *TT
156422002-04-19. Service bulletin. ABS/ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1937 OR THE STABILITY ASSIST SYSTEM ACTIVE/FAIL LAMP FLASHING. *TT
154432002-04-17. Service bulletin. FRONT BRAKE NOISE WHICH MAY BE DUE TO PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE WEAR. *TT
153012002-04-15. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE. *TT
150122001-10-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. *TT
150522001-09-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE DUE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE LINING MATERIAL. *TT