# Service bulletin 17228

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: 10004084
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-18
- Manufacturer's number: 17228
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

## NHTSA's summary

CORROSION ON THE LIFTGATE STRUT BALL\-STUDS. \*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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 FORD FOCUS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB160067](/bulletins/10205032.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Safety recall 05S27 \- Rear door latch corrosion \- requests for recall service action \- built on or before 01/26/2005
- [TSB\-14\-0163](/bulletins/10058100.md), 2015-07-31, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. FORD: DUE TO HIGH CORROSION AREAS, WHERE VEHICLES ARE OPERATED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, LOWER CONTROL ARM \(LCA\) CAN SEPARATE FROM FORWARD ATTACHMENT OF SUBFRAME. MODEL 2001\-04 ESCAPE. \*PE
- [TSB\-14\-0162](/bulletins/10058099.md), 2015-07-31, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. FORD: REAR DOOR LATCHES ARE EXPERIENCING CORROSION IN PAWL PIVOT AREA THAT PREVENT PROPER ENGAGEMENT OF PAWL INTO CATCH, WHEN OPERATED IN AREAS CAUSING HIGH CORROSION. MODEL 2000\-05 FOCUS. \*PE
- [16222](/bulletins/10008600.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. INTERIOR DECKLID TRIM PANEL DISCONTINUED. \*MJ
- [16436](/bulletins/10008358.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. HIGH DECKLID CLOSING EFFORT. \*MJ
- [17269](/bulletins/10004918.md), 2004-01-20, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SQUEAKING NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING. \*TT
- [17059](/bulletins/10003168.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. HOOD RELEASE CABLE BREAKING/BINDING IN COLD WEATHER. \*TT
- [16888](/bulletins/10002604.md), 2003-09-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SQUEAK AND RATTLE CONDITION FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. \*TT

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