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Service bulletin 13383

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 id6092184
Published by NHTSA2000-11-27
Manufacturer's number13383
Manufacturer's date1999-10-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING EXCESSIVE POWER STEERING NOISE AND FLUID FOAMING INTHE RESERVOIR ON INITIAL ENGINE START-UP. *TT

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

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
FORD FOCUS2000

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
134972000-11-28. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING THE POWER STEERING PULLEY. *TT
74832000-05-16. Service bulletin. UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY ON VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 10/06/1999 AND EQUIPPED WITH 2.0 SPI ENGINES. *TT
73622000-05-15. Service bulletin. BRIEF INFORMATION STATING THAT THE ORANGE O-RING ON THE POWER STEERING PULLEY IS FOR ASSEMBLY PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT USED FOR SERVICE. *TT
134192000-04-06. Service bulletin. VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 10/06/99 EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L SPI ENGINE WILL HAVE A 7 RIB POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY DRIVEN BY A 6 RIB BELT. *TT
73082000-03-31. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE POWER STEERING NOISE AND FLUID FOAMING IN THE RESERVOIR ON INITIAL ENGINE START UP. *TT