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Service bulletin 17214

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 id10004075
Published by NHTSA2003-11-18
Manufacturer's number17214
Manufacturer's date2003-09-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

TRANSAXLE STUCK IN GEAR OR AN UNABLE TO SHIFT CONDITION DUE TO A LOOSE SHIFT CABLE. *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

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD FOCUS2003

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
05812005-12-07. Service bulletin. DIFFICULT OR UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR. *TT
042152005-04-15. Service bulletin. DIFFICULTY CHANGING GEARS - UNABLE TO ENGAGE GEARS. *TT
178042004-08-05. Service bulletin. GRINDING WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. *TT
04812004-07-24. Service bulletin. CLUNKING OR RATTLE NOISE IN THE TRANSAXLE, MAINLY AT IDLE IN NEUTRAL, WITH CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASED. *TT
176972004-07-24. Service bulletin. GEAR RATTLE OR GEAR ROLLOVER NOISE FROM THE TRANSAXLE AT IDLE, IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL UP (ENGAGED). *TT
175072004-06-14. Service bulletin. CLUNKING FOR RATTLING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
170622003-10-10. Service bulletin. INABILITY TO SHIFT GEARS DUE TO LOOSE SHIFT CABLES. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT