# Service bulletin 17086

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10003181
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-10\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 17086
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHICH APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE STEERING IDLER ARM. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2002 to 2003 FORD F\-150

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004164](/recalls/tc/2004164.md), 2004-05-18: Steering
- [03V349000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V349000.md), 2003-09-22: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04L19](/bulletins/10010001.md), 2004-11-03, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE REMINDER \- LITERATURE PROGRAM 04L19 \- TIE ROD INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [17823](/bulletins/10008572.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. POWER STEERING LEAK \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [17731](/bulletins/10008232.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. WHINE FROM POWER STEERING. \*TT
- [17346](/bulletins/10008177.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT. STEERING IDLER ARM NOISE. \*TT
- [03B08](/bulletins/10003473.md), 2003-10-22, Service bulletin: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN. THE PITMAN ARM RETAINING NUB MAY NOT BE TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATIONS. THIS COULD RESULT IN CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF A NOISE OR VIBRATION. FORD IS PROVIDING A NO\-CHARGE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM , \#03B08, TO TIGHTEN THE PITMAN ARM NUT TO THE PROPER TORQUE. \*TT
- [031513](/bulletins/10003192.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [0399](/bulletins/10002781.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: STEERING. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [16605](/bulletins/10002490.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: STEERING. REDUCED POWER STEERING ASSIST AND/OR POWER STEERING LEAKS WHEN DRIVEN IN TEMPERATURES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN \-25 DEGREES CELCIUS. \*TT
- [031703](/bulletins/10001918.md), 2003-07-25, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP. WHINE NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP MOST NOTICEABLE WHILE TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. \*TT \*JB
- [03610](/bulletins/10001861.md), 2003-07-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. CANADA VEHICLES ONLY. \*TT \*JB

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