# Service bulletin 97120897251

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: 600584
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-05\-27
- Manufacturer's number: 97120897251
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-05\-27
- NHTSA component: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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

- 1995 to 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1993 to 1997 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15767](/bulletins/637456.md), 2002-11-26, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SUBJECT REGARDING POWER STEERING LINE PART ORDERING INFORMATION. \*TT
- [0156](/bulletins/619435.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE END SEALS OF THE STEERING RACK AND PINION. \*TT
- [9851](/bulletins/601289.md), 1998-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXERPEINCING A MOANING NOISE HEARD FROM THE POWER STEERING DURING ENGINE IDLE. \*TT
- [BC1031597020](/bulletins/51773.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. POWER STEERING LINE LEAKS ON 95/96 3.8L TRAILER TOW EQUIPPED TUBE AND FIN COOLER SYSTEMS SEE OASIS MESSAGE 4685. \*JD
- [BC1030697020](/bulletins/51763.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. GROAN OR MOAN NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING WHEN RETURNING FROM A RIGHT TURN. \*JD
- [BC3150970219](/bulletins/51744.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. POWER STEERING LEAK AT THE CONSTANT TENSION CLAMPS. \*TW
- [BC3142970220](/bulletins/51734.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. GROAN OR MOAN NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING WHEN RETURNING FROM A RIGHT TURN. \*TW
- [BC3061970228](/bulletins/51670.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. REPEAT POWER STEERING GRUNT/GROAN AFTER COMPLETION OF TSB 97\-02\-04. \*TW
- [9716](/bulletins/51361.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. SOME POWER STEERING HOSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A REVISED DESIGN AND SHOULD NO LONGER BE USED FOR SERVICE. \*JD
- [96255](/bulletins/50962.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. STEERING \- CONTINUOUS REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE \- VEHICLES WITH 3.0L ENGINE. \*TW

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