# Service bulletin 985A18

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: 601018
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-12\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 985A18
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-03\-18
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT BRAKE ROUGHNESS \(BRAKE PEDAL PULSATION, STEERING WHEEL SHAKE AND / OR NIBBLE\) UNDER LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATIONS FROM 105 TO 0 KM/H \(65 TO 0 MPH\). \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1993 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1993 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [985A6](/bulletins/601004.md), 2000-12-14, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY CYCLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON ROUGH ROADS OR ON AN INCLINE WHILE MAKING A SHARP TURN. \*YC
- [9673](/bulletins/613326.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION STATING THAT THE REAR BRAKES ON VEHICLES WITHOUT THE ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) WERE CHANGED ON 11/18/95 FROM DRUM BRAKES TO DISC BRAKES. \*TT
- [99194](/bulletins/6090082.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION FOR SERVICING AND DIAGNOSING BRAKE VIBRATION, BRAKE INSPECTION, AND BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [9814](/bulletins/605562.md), 1999-07-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. \*TT
- [9845](/bulletins/601264.md), 1998-07-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR. AVAILABILITY OF HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. \*YC
- [985A13](/bulletins/601012.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. THE USE OF PETROLEUM\-BASED GREASE AS A LUBRICANT IN SERVICING DISC BRAKES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE. \*YC
- [985A11](/bulletins/601009.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION REGARDING ELIMINATION OF SANDING ROTORS AND DRUMS. \*YC
- [985A5](/bulletins/601003.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT FROM ROTUNDA IS NOW APPROVED FOR WARRANTY AND SERVICE USE. \*YC
- [BC1017497120](/bulletins/51527.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. AS OF OCTOBER, 1996 FORD ENGINEERING HAS RELAESED FERODO NT8 REAR SERVICE LININGS PART NUMEBER \(\#F3SZ\-2200\-BA\) FOR REAR DISC BRAKE APPLICATIONS.
- [BC3523971201](/bulletins/51504.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. FERODO NTS REAR SERVICE LININGS PART NUMBER \(\#F3SZ\-2200\-BA\) FOR REAR DISC BRAKE APPLICATIONS ON 1993 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. \*JD

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