# Service bulletin 03196

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: 10004035
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-15
- Manufacturer's number: 03196
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-09\-29
- Replaces: 022116
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

HARSH RIDE/SUSPENSION SITS LOW IN FRONT. BASE VEHICLES WITH STEEL WHEELS OR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HANDLING PACKAGE. \*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

- 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004236](/recalls/tc/2004236.md), 2004-07-09: Suspension
- [04V328000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V328000.md), 2004-07-07: SUSPENSION:REAR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04155](/bulletins/10011151.md), 2005-01-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. SQUEAK OR RUBBING NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION \- FRONT SPRING INSULATOR REVISED. \*TT
- [16388](/bulletins/10008325.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. REAR AIR SUSPENSION HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT / SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [17545](/bulletins/10008116.md), 2004-07-22, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. COSMETIC CRACKING OF LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING SLEEVE. \*MJ
- [16886](/bulletins/10002603.md), 2003-09-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH STEEL WHEELS BUILT BETWEEN APRIL 25, 2003 THOUGH MAY 11, 2003 MAY EXHIBIT HARSH RIDE CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO THE FRONT SPRINGS. \*TT

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