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Service bulletin 12161

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 id613176
Published by NHTSA2000-06-19
Manufacturer's number12161
Manufacturer's date1998-11-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *MJS

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 F-1501997, 1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19990341999-03-03. Suspension
19981471998-07-21. Suspension
98V1610001998-07-15. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
19980951998-05-12. 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
0506182005-10-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *SC
177772004-08-04. Service bulletin. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. *TT
156922002-11-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
155022002-04-18. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH POP/CLUNK/CLICK NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING LOW-SPEED TURNS IN FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS. *TT
140292001-08-13. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING A POPPING NOISE FROM THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. *TT
002582001-03-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNKING SOUND ON SOME SVT LIGHTNING VEHCLES DURING PARKING MANEUVERS. *TT
128822000-11-20. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
128792000-11-20. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
64892000-11-17. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3-LEAF OR 4-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
00842000-07-21. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH A CHATTERING NOISE FROM THE REAR AXLE HEARD WHEN TURNING OR CORNERNING. **MR