# Service bulletin BC1012497020

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: 51188
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: BC1012497020
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-02
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

REMOVING OR REPLACING ONE OF THE FRONT STRUT SPRING ON A VEHICLE US A ROTUNDA \#014\-00781 STRUT SPRING COMPRESSOR MASTER SET. \*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
- 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
- [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
- [BC1019697230](/bulletins/51556.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. REPLACING FRONT OR REAR STRUTS ON A 1996/97 VEHICLE, THE REPLACEMENT STRUT MAY APPEAR TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2" TOO SHORT WHEN COMPARED TO THE STRUT IN THE VEHICLE. \*JD
- [BC1016397230](/bulletins/51512.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES AT ALL SPEEDS OR IDLE ON VEHICLES. \*JD
- [BC3482972301](/bulletins/51478.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. REPLACING FRONT REAR STRUTS ON A VEHICLE, THE REPLACEMENT STRUT MAY APPEAR TO BE APPOXIMATELY 2" TOO SHORT. \*JD

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