{"nhtsa_id":46473,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-10-01","document_id":"95206","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"UPPER BALL JOINTS MAY HAVE EARLY WEAR ON SOME VEHICLES. THIS MAY BE DUE TO ENTRY OF MOISTURE AND CONTAMINATION INTO THE BALL JOINTS. REPLACE THE WORN BALL JOINT(S) W/ A NEW INTEGRAL SEAL-TYPE BALL JOINT WHICH HAS IMPROVED SEALING TO REDUCE ENTRY OF MOISTURE AND CONTAMINATION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46473","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"control-arm","name":"Control arm","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ECONOLINE","year_from":1992,"year_to":1995,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}