{"nhtsa_id":619281,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-05-22","date":"2001-04-01","document_id":"01B72","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM STATES THAT ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE REAR LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PRE-FLATTENED DURING THE BUILD PROCESS OF THE SPRING TO THE KNUCKLE. THIS IMPROPER ASSEMBLY PROCESS MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SPRING CAP FASTENER TORQUE. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES IN THIS PROGRAM REQUIRE INSPECTION WHICH WILL DETERMINE IF THE SPRING CAP BOLTS REQUIRE TIGHTENING OR IF AN AXLE WEDGE ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/619281","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER EV","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_ranger","2000_ford_ranger"]}],"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":[]}