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Service bulletin BC0308961101

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 id50716
Published by NHTSA1997-06-17
Manufacturer's numberBC0308961101
Manufacturer's date1996-11-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

THUMP/CLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AREA. *TW

The document

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Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997

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

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