# Service bulletin 16\-0071

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: 10183772
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-12\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 16\-0071
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-04\-21
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

2001\-2004 Escape vehicles Safety Recall 14S02 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where a corrosion\-related separation of the forward attachment of the lower control arm \(LCA\) from the subframe may occur. Separation of the LCA from the subframe may result in diminished vehicle directional control, increasing the risk of a crash.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10183772-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10183772-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 to 2004 FORD ESCAPE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2014110](/recalls/tc/2014110.md), 2014-04-02: Suspension
- [14V165000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V165000.md), 2014-04-02: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- [2000242](/recalls/tc/2000242.md), 2000-10-25: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB160071](/bulletins/10205036.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Safety recall 14S02 \- Corrosion at forward attachment of lower control arm \- requests for recall service action
- [TSB\-14\-0143](/bulletins/10056443.md), 2014-12-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. 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
- [042513](/bulletins/10014265.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. SERVICEABILITY OF INSTRUMENT PANEL REGISTER VENTS. \*TT
- [16420](/bulletins/10008347.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. SQUEAK, CREAK OR RATTLE TYPE NOISE FROM REAR LIFTGATE AREA. \*TT
- [16696](/bulletins/10001942.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. WHINING / PROPELLER / HELICOPTER TYPE NOISE FROM FRONT WHEEL / KNUCKLE BEARING AREA. \*TT \*JB
- [15756](/bulletins/636397.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING HANGING DOOR WEATHERSTRIP. \*TT
- [16046](/bulletins/636245.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SHOCK LEAK AND / OR NOISE CONDITION. \*TT
- [16016](/bulletins/636204.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING NOISE HEARD ON LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. \*TT
- [16154](/bulletins/636171.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH ALUMINUM WHEELS MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DURING LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS. \*TT
- [16103](/bulletins/636122.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS. THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT THE REAR UNDERBODY HEAT SHIELD IS DISCONTINUED. \*TT

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