{"nhtsa_id":10092374,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-21","date":"2016-08-01","document_id":"SSM 45956","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2016 FOCUS RS MODELS ARE SHIPPED WITH FRONT COIL SPRING SPACERS THAT KEEP THE SUSPENSION FROM BOTTOMING OUT AND TO PROVIDE RAMP CLEARANCE DURING SHIPPING. THE VEHICLE IS SHIPPED WITH A STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD AND SECTION 2 IN THE PDI SERVICE RECORD DIRECTS THE TECHNICIAN TO REMOVE THE BLOCKS PRIOR TO CUSTOMER DELIVERY. FAILURE TO REMOVE THE SPACERS WILL RESULT IN A ROUGHER THAN NORMAL RIDE AND WILL MAKE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE SHARE THIS SSM WITH YOUR SALES AND PDI DEPARTMENTS.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10092374","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"FOCUS RS","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_focus"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}