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Service bulletin BC0822961010

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 id50417
Published by NHTSA1997-04-24
Manufacturer's numberBC0822961010
Manufacturer's date1996-10-10
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS W/ LIFTGATE OPENING EFFORTS &/OR THE LIFTGATE NOT STAYING OPEN, ESPECIALLY IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPS. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD AEROSTAR1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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98321998-05-27. Service bulletin. FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS MADE OF XENOY PLASTIC HAVE HAD THE CONDUCTIVE PRIMER REMOVED FROM SERVICE PARTS. *YC
97471997-06-27. Service bulletin. FRAME- RIVET REPLACEMENT WITH BOLTS- SERVICE TIPS. *JD
952171996-04-25. Service bulletin. A WINDNOISE MAY BE HEARD AT THE A-PILLAR IN SOME VEHICLES. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY INCOMPLETE SEALING AT THE A-PILLAR. INSTALL A FOAM SEALANT INTO THE LOWER SECTION OF THE A-PILLAR TO SEAL AN AIR LEAK IN THE A-PILLAR.
9516121996-04-25. Service bulletin. DOOR-REPLACEMENT SLIDING - SERVICE TIP. *SD
951611996-04-25. Service bulletin. SHEET METAL-ROOF PANEL AND DRIP RAIL REPLACEMENT- SEAM SEALER APPLICATION PROCEDURE.*SD