# Service bulletin 17094

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10003184
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-10\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 17094
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. \*TT

## 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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 to 2003 FORD TAURUS
- 2000 to 2002 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 2000 to 2003 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004252](/recalls/tc/2004252.md), 2004-07-19: Suspension
- [04V332000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V332000.md), 2004-07-15: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB160068](/bulletins/10205033.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. Safety recall 04S17 \- Front coil springs \- requests for recall service action
- [16\-0068](/bulletins/10183769.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. For 1999\-2001 Taurus or Sable vehicles Safety Recall 04S17 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where the front coil springs could potentially fracture. A fractured front coil spring could move past the spring seat and contact a front tire. If a front coil spring should fracture and come in contact with a tire, the tire may rupture resulting in rapid air loss, which could increase the risk of a crash without warning.
- [TSB\-14\-0165](/bulletins/10058102.md), 2015-08-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. MERCURY/FORD: SAFETY RECALL REGARDING FRONT COIL SPRINGS CAN FRACTURE ON VEHICLES OPERATING FOR EXTENDED PERIODS IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS. MODEL 1999\-01 TAURUS, SABLE. \*PE
- [TSB\-14\-0149](/bulletins/10056656.md), 2015-01-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. MERCURY/FORD: FRONT COIL SPRINGS CAN FRACTURE, AFTER OPERATING, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS, MOVE MOVE PAST SPRING SEAT AND CONTACT RUPTURE FRONT TIRE, RESULTING RAPID AIR LOSS. MODEL 1999\-2001 TAURUS, SABLE. \*PE
- [04M04](/bulletins/10009716.md), 2004-10-18, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. FRONT COIL SPRING EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 04M04.
- [16710](/bulletins/10001950.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. \*TT \*JB
- [8199](/bulletins/612411.md), 2000-06-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END \(FRONT STABILIZER LINK\) UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.
- [0025](/bulletins/612315.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE A BUSSING OR GROANING AND OR RATTLING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 12\-11\-99. \*MJS

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