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Service bulletin 9724

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 id51381
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number9724
Manufacturer's date1997-01-20
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

STEERING - GRUNTING OR GROANING NOISE DURING STEERING WHEEL RETURN FROM FULL RIGHT TURN - VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 11/8/96. *TW

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, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997

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
97050195841997-11-13. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF GRUNT OR GROAN DURING WHEEL RETURN. *YC