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Service bulletin 98315

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 id600598
Published by NHTSA1998-05-27
Manufacturer's number98315
Manufacturer's date1998-05-27
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES, THE SERVICE BAY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (SBDS) AND/OR NEW GENERATION STAR (NGS) TESTER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO READ THE SIGNAL FROM THE HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR (HO2S). *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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

Vehicles listed
FORD RANGER1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19990611999-04-15. Engine

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

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