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Service bulletin 16097

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 id636112
Published by NHTSA2002-11-05
Manufacturer's number16097
Manufacturer's date2002-08-01
NHTSA componentSEATS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT SEAT BACK FRAME(S) BENDING. *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

Seats

Vehicles listed
FORD WINDSTAR1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20032732003-11-07. Seats And Restraints
03V4590002003-11-06. SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
20011942001-07-16. Seats And Restraints
20003042000-12-29. Seats And Restraints
20002432000-10-24. Seats And Restraints

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
03C052004-07-23. Service bulletin. REPLACEMENT OF LOWER SEAT-TO-FLOOR LATCHES ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2ND AND 3RD ROW SEATS. DEMONSTRATION / DELIVERY HOLD. COMPLIANCE RECALL 03C05. *TT
166112003-09-04. Service bulletin. POWER SEAT THAT MOVES IN A ARC RATHER THAN STRAIGHT FORWARD OR BACK. *TT
148552001-05-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE HIGHBACK FRONT SEATS (WITHOUT SIDE AIR BAGS) MAY EXHIBIT A TWISTED SEAT BACK FRAME. *TT