# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10004908
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-01\-15
- Manufacturer's number: 17254
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## 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

- 1992 to 2003 FORD E SERIES
- 2001 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 to 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 1995 to 2004 FORD RANGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0427](/bulletins/10018061.md), 2005-12-15, Service bulletin: STEERING. STEERING SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS \- 4.0L ENGINE. \*TT
- [16427](/bulletins/10008352.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: STEERING. LOW SPEED OR STATIONARY NOISE/VIBRATION AT LOWER STEERING SHAFT AREA WHEN TURNING. \*MJ
- [031912](/bulletins/10007369.md), 2004-06-16, Service bulletin: STEERING. STEERING SHUDDER FELT WHEN TURNING, DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR AT STOP. \*TT
- [031912](/bulletins/10004041.md), 2003-11-15, Service bulletin: STEERING. STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. \*TT
- [15906](/bulletins/637796.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. INFORMATION ON POWER STEERING LEAK CONDITION. \*TT
- [15899](/bulletins/637783.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE. SUBJECT REGARDING THEFT LIGHT RELOCATION. \*TT
- [15769](/bulletins/637460.md), 2002-11-26, Service bulletin: STEERING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF STEERING WHEEL LEATHER PEELING. \*TT
- [16040](/bulletins/636235.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: STEERING. EXPERIENCING A CLICKING / POPPING NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. \*TT
- [15647](/bulletins/630700.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. 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
- [012501](/bulletins/630622.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: STEERING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. \*TT

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