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Service bulletin 15896

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 id637777
Published by NHTSA2002-12-06
Manufacturer's number15896
Manufacturer's date2002-05-01
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. *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

Brakes

Vehicles listed
FORD FOCUS2000, 2001

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

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172782004-01-20. Service bulletin. EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, FRONT BRAKE CREEP/GROAN NOISE, FRONT BRAKE DUST AND/OR ROTOR WEAR. *TT
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156422002-04-19. Service bulletin. ABS/ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1937 OR THE STABILITY ASSIST SYSTEM ACTIVE/FAIL LAMP FLASHING. *TT
154432002-04-17. Service bulletin. FRONT BRAKE NOISE WHICH MAY BE DUE TO PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE WEAR. *TT
153012002-04-15. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE. *TT
150122001-10-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE FRONT BRAKE PAD LININGS THAT EXHIBIT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF WEAR. *TT
150522001-09-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE DUE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE LINING MATERIAL. *TT
140912001-07-24. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW FOUR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (4WABS) LAMP ON AFTER SYSTEM SERVICE AND AFTER CLEARING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC). *TT