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Service bulletin 17777

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 id10008552
Published by NHTSA2004-08-04
Manufacturer's number17777
Manufacturer's date2004-05-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. *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
FORD E SERIES1997 to 2003
FORD E-1502004
FORD E-2502004
FORD E-3502004
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
FORD F-1501996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
FORD F-250 SD2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-3502004
FORD F-450 SD2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD RANGER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1996 to 2002

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19990341999-03-03. Suspension
19981471998-07-21. Suspension
98V1610001998-07-15. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
19980951998-05-12. Suspension
19980351998-02-20. Suspension

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
07652007-07-25. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE TUBE FRACTURE AT CENTER CARRIER. *KB
071092007-07-13. Service bulletin. VIBRATION FROM THE DRIVELINE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *KB
0619162007-03-19. Service bulletin. SHUDDER/VIBRATION ON MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION. *KB
052482006-01-25. Service bulletin. VIBRATION/HARSHNESS ABOVE 45 MPH (72 KM/H) AFTER TIRE BALANCE. *TT
059192005-12-08. Service bulletin. FRONT TIRE WEAR ON INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE EDGE. *TT RAPID FEATHERING WEAR OF FRONT TIRES. *TT RAPID SHOULDER (TOE) WEAR ON INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRES. *TT
0505022005-12-07. Service bulletin. FRONT END SHUDDER/VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING - VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 11/18/2004. *TT
051312005-10-08. Service bulletin. SHUDDER/VIBRATION ON MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION. *SC
0506182005-10-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *SC
0424192005-04-28. Service bulletin. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS - NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. *TT
042362005-04-18. Service bulletin. VEHICLE LEAN SAG WHEN OBSERVED FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. *EH