Service bulletins for the 2003 Ford Focus
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.
109 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Manual transmission are shown. Show all
| 0581 | 2005-12-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. DIFFICULT OR UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR. *TT |
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| 04215 | 2005-04-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. DIFFICULTY CHANGING GEARS - UNABLE TO ENGAGE GEARS. *TT |
| 17804 | 2004-08-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GRINDING WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. *TT |
| 0481 | 2004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CLUNKING OR RATTLE NOISE IN THE TRANSAXLE, MAINLY AT IDLE IN NEUTRAL, WITH CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASED. *TT |
| 17697 | 2004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GEAR RATTLE OR GEAR ROLLOVER NOISE FROM THE TRANSAXLE AT IDLE, IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL UP (ENGAGED). *TT |
| 17507 | 2004-06-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CLUNKING FOR RATTLING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TT |
| 17214 | 2003-11-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. TRANSAXLE STUCK IN GEAR OR AN UNABLE TO SHIFT CONDITION DUE TO A LOOSE SHIFT CABLE. *TT |
| 17062 | 2003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. INABILITY TO SHIFT GEARS DUE TO LOOSE SHIFT CABLES. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.