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Service bulletin BC1016397230

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 id51512
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberBC1016397230
Manufacturer's date1997-01-23
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES AT ALL SPEEDS OR IDLE ON VEHICLES. *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
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997
FORD WINDSTAR1996, 1997
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
01V1990002001-06-18. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
20011202001-06-08. Suspension

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
021322002-11-04. Service bulletin. GRUNT / POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION AT SPEEDS BELOW 20 MPH WHEN TURNING. *TT
021522002-11-04. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POPPING / GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR MAKING TURNS. *TT
52492001-01-13. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
98-47312000-11-02. Service bulletin. CLUNK OR PLOP COMING FROM FRONT END. *AK
971102000-08-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION-DIAGNOSTIC AAN INSPECTION FOR FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE (S)- SERVICE TIP. *AK TIP.
114742000-07-10. Service bulletin. SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF REAR END NOISE OVER BUMPS. *TT
9851372000-06-20. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT END GRIND / CRUNCH NOISE DURING A SLOW SPEED TURN. *TT
121142000-06-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT END GRIND/CRUNCH NOISE DURING A SLOW SPEED TURN. *MJS
81992000-06-08. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END (FRONT STABILIZER LINK) UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.
66122000-05-11. Service bulletin. 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