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Service bulletin BC2360970501

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 id52809
Published by NHTSA1997-09-12
Manufacturer's numberBC2360970501
Manufacturer's date1997-05-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

FOR CONCERNS OF NOISY/SQUEAKY STEERING AND DIAGNOSIS IS FOR THE PITMAN ARM, RECOMMENDED SERVICE IS TO REPLACE THE PITMAN ARM. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD F-1501997
FORD F-2501997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19981471998-07-21. Suspension
98V1610001998-07-15. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
19980951998-05-12. Suspension

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0506182005-10-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *SC
177772004-08-04. Service bulletin. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. *TT
156922002-11-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
128822000-11-20. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
128792000-11-20. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
64892000-11-17. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3-LEAF OR 4-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
121612000-06-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. *MJS
9852002000-06-16. Service bulletin. VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE *MJS
981582000-04-03. Service bulletin. FRONT END SHIMMY MAY OCCUR AT VARIOUS DRIVING SPEEDS AND IS USUALLY INDUCED WHEN HITTING BUMPS, SUCH AS LARGE POTHOLES OR ROUGH RAILROAD CROSSINGS. SHIMMY IS NOT ALWAYS VERIFIED DURING ROAD TEST. *AK
9833061999-09-23. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF FRAME STRIKE ON THE REAR AXLE. *TT