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Service bulletin 04V09

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 id10009870
Published by NHTSA2004-11-02
Manufacturer's number04V09
Manufacturer's date2004-08-12
NHTSA componentSEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

NHTSA's summary

TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. IS RECALLING CERTAIN SERVICE REPLACEMENT SEATBELT RETRACTORS (DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT RETRACTOR IN GRAY) MANUFACTURED IN DECEMBER 2002 AND SOLD AS A SERVICE REPLACEMENT PART BETWEEN DECEMBER 2002 AND JULY 2004. *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

Seat belts

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCORT1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
FORD ESCORT2003
MERCURY TRACER1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY TRACER2000 to 2003

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20002272000-10-16. Seats And Restraints
00V2280012000-08-18. SEAT BELTS

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