# Service bulletin 17572

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: 10008135
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-07\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 17572
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

## NHTSA's summary

DELAYED DISABLING OF THE REAR LIFTGATE EXTERNAL OPENING SWITCH AFTER LOCKING THE DOORS \- SERVICE TIPS. \*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

Latches and locks

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 FORD FOCUS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [05V030000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V030000.md), 2005-02-01: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

## 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
- [16\-0067](/bulletins/10183768.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. For 2000\-2005 Focus vehicles built on or before 1/26/2005 Safety Recall 05S27 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where the rear door latches may experience corrosion in the pawl pivot area preventing proper engagement of the pawl into the catch. Initially, customers may experience difficulty closing the rear door that may eventually progress to a point where the rear door may not latch properly. If not latched properly, the door may open while driving.
- [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
- [TSB\-14\-0148](/bulletins/10056643.md), 2015-01-22, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. FORD: ON SOME VEHICLES, OPERATING FOR AN EXTENDED TIME IN HIGH CORROSION AREA, A SAFETY RECALL 05S27 WAS ISSUED, WHERE REAR DOOR LATCHES EXPERIENCE CORROSION IN PAWL PIVOT AREA PREVENTING PROPER ENGAGEMENT OF PAWL INTO CATCH. MODEL 2000\-05 FOCUS. \*PE

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