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Service bulletin 14978

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 id622691
Published by NHTSA2001-10-22
Manufacturer's number14978
Manufacturer's date2001-06-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME 4X4 SUPER CABS (WITH TORSION BARS) BUILT FROM JANUARY 2001 DO NOT HAVE THE REAR SWAY BAR AS THIS WAS DELETED IN PRODUCTION. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD RANGER2001

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
0424192005-04-28. Service bulletin. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS - NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. *TT
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
150972001-09-06. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR ALIGNMENT OUT OF SPEC CONDITION. *TT
011332001-09-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SHOCK SPACER WASHER USAGE FOR ELECTRONIC VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER 4/1/2001 ONLY. *TT