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Service bulletin BC1031597020

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 id51773
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's numberBC1031597020
Manufacturer's date1997-02-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS

NHTSA's summary

POWER STEERING LINE LEAKS ON 95/96 3.8L TRAILER TOW EQUIPPED TUBE AND FIN COOLER SYSTEMS SEE OASIS MESSAGE 4685. *JD

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, Power steering

Vehicles listed
FORD WINDSTAR1997, 1998

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
157672002-11-26. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING POWER STEERING LINE PART ORDERING INFORMATION. *TT
01562001-05-30. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE END SEALS OF THE STEERING RACK AND PINION. *TT
971208972511998-05-27. Service bulletin. THE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE (FEAD) BELT MAY SLIP MOMENTARILY IN WET CONDITIONS CAUSING A REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST OR THE GENERATOR LAMP. *YC
BC31509702191997-07-17. Service bulletin. POWER STEERING LEAK AT THE CONSTANT TENSION CLAMPS. *TW