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Service bulletin 17254

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10004908
Published by NHTSA2004-01-15
Manufacturer's number17254
Manufacturer's date2003-10-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

CLICKING/POPPING NOISE FROM UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING. 2004 E SERIES AND EXPLORER SPORT TRAC ALSO INCLUDED. *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
FORD E SERIES1992 to 2003
FORD EXPLORER SPORT2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD EXPLORER SPORT2003
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2001, 2002, 2003
FORD RANGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
04272005-12-15. Service bulletin. STEERING SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS - 4.0L ENGINE. *TT
164272004-07-28. Service bulletin. LOW SPEED OR STATIONARY NOISE/VIBRATION AT LOWER STEERING SHAFT AREA WHEN TURNING. *MJ
0319122004-06-16. Service bulletin. STEERING SHUDDER FELT WHEN TURNING, DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR AT STOP. *TT
0319122003-11-15. Service bulletin. STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT
159062002-12-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON POWER STEERING LEAK CONDITION. *TT
158992002-12-06. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING THEFT LIGHT RELOCATION. *TT
157692002-11-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF STEERING WHEEL LEATHER PEELING. *TT
160402002-11-06. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A CLICKING / POPPING NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TT
156472002-04-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V6 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING RATTLE NOISE WHICH MAY BE HEARD AND FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN. *TT
0125012002-04-18. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT