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Service bulletin TSB-14-0143

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 id10056443
Published by NHTSA2014-12-03
Manufacturer's numberTSB-14-0143
Manufacturer's date2014-08-11
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

NHTSA's summary

FORD: THE LOWER CONTROL ARM (LCA) FORWARD ATTACHMENT WILL SEPARATE FROM SUBFRAME, CAUSING DIMINISHING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, DUE TO OPERATING IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MODEL 2001-2004 ESCAPE. *PE

The document

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Components

Suspension, Control arm

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCAPE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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