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Service bulletin 16720

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 id10001957
Published by NHTSA2003-07-29
Manufacturer's number16720
Manufacturer's date2003-03-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

POWER SLIDING DOOR CONDITIONS. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD WINDSTAR1999, 2000, 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20154372015-09-29. Structure
11V0300002011-01-26. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB1600652021-12-20. Service bulletin. Safety recall 11s16 - LCA rear attaching flanges or rear subframe body mount corrosion - requests for recall service action
16-00652020-12-07. Service bulletin. For 1999-2003 Windstar vehicles Safety Recall 11S16 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where a front subframe lower control arm (LCA) rear attaching flange or rear body mount could separate from the vehicle subframe. Separation of one LCA attachment or both rear body mounts may result in a loss of vehicle directional control, increasing the risk of a crash.
TSB-14-01682015-08-01. Service bulletin. FORD: SAFETY RECALL ON FRONT SUBFRAME LOWER CONTROL ARM (LCA) REAR ATTACHING FLANGE OR REAR BODY MOUNT THAT CAN SEPARATE FROM SUBFRAME IF VEHICLE IS OPERATED, FOR EXTENDED PERIOD, IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS. MODEL 1999-03 WINDSTAR.
22142005-04-07. Service bulletin. ROOF DITCH MATERIAL CRACKING. THIS INCLUDES 1997-2003 F-150 AND 2002 BLACKWOOD MODELS. *EH SERVICE TIP. *TT
164232004-07-28. Service bulletin. SERVICING BODY SIDE MOLDING OR CLADDING / CONTACT REQUEST. *MJ
0301042004-07-23. Service bulletin. CREASE IN THE HEADLINER ABOVE THE LEFT A-PILLAR. *TT
021842004-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER SLIDING DOOR OPERATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS. *TT
175252004-06-14. Service bulletin. WINDSHIELD COWL PANEL GRILLE (LEAF SCREEN) BREAKING AT THE GRILLE OPENING. *TT
156792002-11-07. Service bulletin. SLIDING DOOR(S) CONTACTING THE REAR QUARTER GLASS. *TT THIS INFORMATION UPDATES PREVIOUS INFORMATION, DATED 03/01/2002. *TT
143882001-04-18. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES THE FRONT DOOR WINDOW BELT MOLDING IS LOOSE. *JB