TSB TSB160072 — Ford Service bulletin

TSB160072 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the Ford Crown Victoria, 2005–2011 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. Inpected or repaired under 13R01 - Requests for recall service action under 13S08

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
1Vehicle named
7Model years

Vehicles and model years TSB160072 names

VehicleModel years
Ford Crown Victoria 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Every document filed under TSB160072

Document IDFiledType
TSB160072 April 21, 2016 Service bulletin

What TSB160072 covers

Body & structure, Steering — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB TSB160072?

TSB160072 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Ford, covering the Ford Crown Victoria across the 2005–2011 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: Inpected or repaired under 13R01 - Requests for recall service action under 13S08

Which vehicles does TSB160072 cover?

NHTSA's file names Ford Crown Victoria (2005–2011). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB TSB160072 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. TSB160072 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of TSB160072?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under TSB160072, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under TSB160072. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.