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Service bulletin BC0055972301

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 id51406
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberBC0055972301
Manufacturer's date1997-01-23
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:SHACKLE

NHTSA's summary

A CHUNCH/GRUNT NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLE BUSHING MAY BE REPAIRED BY INSTALLING AN IMPROVED SHACKLE ASSEMBLY.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
MERCURY VILLAGER1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

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

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967222000-06-21. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A CRUNCH / GRUNT NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION OF SOME VEHICLES. *TT
971111997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION-NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE- NOISE-"CRUNCHING/GRUNTING" FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. *JD
BC00559702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. CHUNCH/GRUNT NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLE BUSHING MAY BE REPAIRED BY INSTALLING AN IMPROVED SHACKLE ASSEMBLY. *JD
BC06909610231997-04-24. Service bulletin. IMPROVED REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS AVAILABLE. *TT
BC12419509061996-04-25. Service bulletin. CRUNCHING NOISE COMING FROM REAR LEAF SPRING. *TW
BC41599503011995-03-30. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LOW TONED RATTLE/CLUNK FROM THE REAR PORTION OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVINE LESS THAN 25 MPH. *TW
BC04009412011995-01-10. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNK NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. *TW