# Service bulletin BC0308970201

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: 51108
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: BC0308970201
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-02
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

THUMP/CLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AREA. \*JD

## 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

- 1996 to 1997 FORD TAURUS
- 1995 to 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [5249](/bulletins/615366.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. \*TT
- [98\-4731](/bulletins/607143.md), 2000-11-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. CLUNK OR PLOP COMING FROM FRONT END. \*AK
- [8199](/bulletins/612411.md), 2000-06-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END \(FRONT STABILIZER LINK\) UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.
- [6612](/bulletins/610705.md), 2000-05-11, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE DUE TO FRONT STRUT, FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS OR SYMPTOMS SUCH AS PREMATURE REAR BRAKE PAD WEAR DUE TO SEIZED REAR BRAKE CALIPERS OR SLIDES. \*TT
- [983571](/bulletins/607839.md), 1999-10-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO INCORRECT PART NUMBERS FOR REAR CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLYS. \*TT
- [9813](/bulletins/605560.md), 1999-07-09, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NOISE FROM UNDERBODY / REAR SUSPENSION WHICH SOUNDS AS IF SUSPENSION IS BOTTOMING OR THE SHOCK ABSORBERS ARE LOOSE. \*TT
- [97111097231](/bulletins/53658.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. DIAGNOSTIC AND INSPECTION PROCEDURE FOR FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE. \*YC
- [BC2311970501](/bulletins/52806.md), 1997-09-12, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. \*TW
- [BC0308A97020](/bulletins/51622.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. THUMP/KLUNK NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION AREA. \*TW
- [BC1021697230](/bulletins/51578.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE SUSPENSION OF IS BOTTOMING OR LOOSE SHOCK ABSORBERS. \*JD

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