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Service bulletin ST00498

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 id602271
Published by NHTSA1998-10-20
Manufacturer's numberST00498
Manufacturer's date1998-08-14
NHTSA componentSTEERING:LINKAGES

NHTSA's summary

THE STEERING RACK BUSHING ON SOME VEHICLES HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REDUCE NOISE FROMTHE RACK HOUSING BRACKET NO. 2. *YC

The document

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Components

Steering, Tie rods and steering linkage

Vehicles listed
LEXUS ES3001997

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