# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 613176
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 12161
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION: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

- 1997 to 1999 FORD F\-150

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1999034](/recalls/tc/1999034.md), 1999-03-03: Suspension
- [1998147](/recalls/tc/1998147.md), 1998-07-21: Suspension
- [98V161000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V161000.md), 1998-07-15: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
- [1998095](/recalls/tc/1998095.md), 1998-05-12: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [050618](/bulletins/10016789.md), 2005-10-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. \*SC
- [17777](/bulletins/10008552.md), 2004-08-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. \*TT
- [15692](/bulletins/636326.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. \*TT
- [15502](/bulletins/630612.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. CONCERNS WITH POP/CLUNK/CLICK NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING LOW\-SPEED TURNS IN FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS. \*TT
- [14029](/bulletins/620494.md), 2001-08-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. EXHIBITING A POPPING NOISE FROM THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. \*TT
- [00258](/bulletins/616825.md), 2001-03-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNKING SOUND ON SOME SVT LIGHTNING VEHCLES DURING PARKING MANEUVERS. \*TT
- [12882](/bulletins/6092047.md), 2000-11-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [12879](/bulletins/6092045.md), 2000-11-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING A REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [6489](/bulletins/6091993.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3\-LEAF OR 4\-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [0084](/bulletins/613578.md), 2000-07-21, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. CONCERNS WITH A CHATTERING NOISE FROM THE REAR AXLE HEARD WHEN TURNING OR CORNERNING. \*\*MR

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