# Service bulletin 16016

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: 636204
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-11\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 16016
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING NOISE HEARD ON LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. \*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

- 2001 to 2002 FORD ESCAPE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2014110](/recalls/tc/2014110.md), 2014-04-02: Suspension
- [2000242](/recalls/tc/2000242.md), 2000-10-25: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB160071](/bulletins/10205036.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Safety recall 14S02 \- Corrosion at forward attachment of lower control arm \- requests for recall service action
- [16\-0071](/bulletins/10183772.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; STRUCTURE. 2001\-2004 Escape vehicles Safety Recall 14S02 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where a corrosion\-related separation of the forward attachment of the lower control arm \(LCA\) from the subframe may occur. Separation of the LCA from the subframe may result in diminished vehicle directional control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- [TSB\-14\-0143](/bulletins/10056443.md), 2014-12-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. FORD: THE LOWER CONTROL ARM \(LCA\) FORWARD ATTACHMENT WILL SEPARATE FROM SUBFRAME, CAUSING DIMINISHING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, DUE TO OPERATING IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MODEL 2001\-2004 ESCAPE. \*PE
- [16696](/bulletins/10001942.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. WHINING / PROPELLER / HELICOPTER TYPE NOISE FROM FRONT WHEEL / KNUCKLE BEARING AREA. \*TT \*JB
- [16046](/bulletins/636245.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SHOCK LEAK AND / OR NOISE CONDITION. \*TT
- [16154](/bulletins/636171.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH ALUMINUM WHEELS MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DURING LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURNS. \*TT
- [14982](/bulletins/622692.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. INFORMATION REGARDING ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS. \*TT
- [00B56](/bulletins/618567.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. INFORMATION ON FRONT STABILIZER BAR REPLACEMENT. \*JB

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