{"nhtsa_id":46462,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-09-01","document_id":"95193","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"A 'CLUNK' NOISE MAY BE HEARD WHILE TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS (5-15 MPH/ 8-24KM/H). THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY INCORRECT TORQUING OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM-TO-CHASSIS BOLTS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE BOLTS ARE SELF-LOCKING AND WILL NOT BACK OUT, BUT MUST BE RETORQUED TO THE HIGHER TORQUE VALVE TO RESOLVE THE NOISE CONCERN.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46462","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"control-arm","name":"Control arm","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ASPIRE","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_aspire"]}],"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":[]}