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Service bulletin RP-13-R-01

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 id10054006
Published by NHTSA2013-12-11
Manufacturer's numberRP-13-R-01
Manufacturer's date2013-10-02
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN

NHTSA's summary

FORD: SWING LINK JOINTS ON LOWER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, HAS CORROSION, AND COMBINED WITH COLLAPSED UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, ON SOME VEHICLES, CAUSES STEERING COLUMN TO SEPARATE, LEADING TO STEERING CONTROL LOSS. MODEL 2005-2011 CROWN VICTORIA, GRAND MARQUIS, TOWN CAR. *PE

The document

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Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
FORD GRAND MARQUIS2007
LINCOLN TOWN CAR2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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