# Service bulletin 17278

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: 10004922
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-01\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 17278
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

## NHTSA's summary

EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, FRONT BRAKE CREEP/GROAN NOISE, FRONT BRAKE DUST AND/OR ROTOR WEAR. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 to 2003 FORD FOCUS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05105](/bulletins/10017934.md), 2005-12-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. REAR BRAKE SQUEAL. \*TT
- [17302](/bulletins/10004943.md), 2004-01-21, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. VEHICLES NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) MAY HAVE THE RED BRAKE LIGHT AND AMBER ABS LIGHT ON AFTER HYBRID ELECTRONC CLUSTER \(HEC \- INSTRUMENT CLUSTER\) REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [16926](/bulletins/10002637.md), 2003-09-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. STABILITY ASSIST \(ADVANCETRAC/IVD\) SYSTEMS MAY NOT BE RECALIBRATED PROPERLY USING WDS. \*TT
- [16685](/bulletins/10001938.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, FRONT BRAKE CREEP/GROAN NOISE, FRONT BRAKE DUST, AND/OR ROTOR WEAR CONCERN. \*TT \*JB
- [15896](/bulletins/637777.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. \*TT
- [15642](/bulletins/630689.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ABS/ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1937 OR THE STABILITY ASSIST SYSTEM ACTIVE/FAIL LAMP FLASHING. \*TT
- [15443](/bulletins/630467.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. FRONT BRAKE NOISE WHICH MAY BE DUE TO PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE WEAR. \*TT
- [15301](/bulletins/630206.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE. \*TT
- [15012](/bulletins/622826.md), 2001-10-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. \*TT
- [15052](/bulletins/621048.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE DUE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE LINING MATERIAL. \*TT

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