# Service bulletin SSM 45956

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10092374
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-02\-21
- Manufacturer's number: SSM 45956
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

2016 FOCUS RS MODELS ARE SHIPPED WITH FRONT COIL SPRING SPACERS THAT KEEP THE SUSPENSION FROM BOTTOMING OUT AND TO PROVIDE RAMP CLEARANCE DURING SHIPPING. THE VEHICLE IS SHIPPED WITH A STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD AND SECTION 2 IN THE PDI SERVICE RECORD DIRECTS THE TECHNICIAN TO REMOVE THE BLOCKS PRIOR TO CUSTOMER DELIVERY. FAILURE TO REMOVE THE SPACERS WILL RESULT IN A ROUGHER THAN NORMAL RIDE AND WILL MAKE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SHARE THIS SSM WITH YOUR SALES AND PDI DEPARTMENTS.

## 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

- 2016 FORD FOCUS RS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 46477](/bulletins/10100503.md), 2017-05-24, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. 2016\-2017 FOCUS RS MODELS ARE SHIPPED WITH FRONT COIL SPRING SPACERS THAT KEEP THE SUSPENSION FROM BOTTOMING OUT AND TO PROVIDE RAMP CLEARANCE DURING SHIPPING. THE VEHICLE IS SHIPPED WITH A STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD AND SECTION 2 IN THE PDI SERVICE RECORD DIRECTS THE TECHNICIAN TO REMOVE THE BLOCKS PRIOR TO CUSTOMER DELIVERY. FAILURE TO REMOVE THE SPACERS WILL RESULT IN A ROUGHER THAN NORMAL RIDE AND WILL MAKE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SHARE THIS SSM WITH YOUR SALES AND PDI DEPARTMENTS.

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