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Service bulletin 641

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 id602369
Published by NHTSA1998-10-29
Manufacturer's number641
Manufacturer's date1998-07-10
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

COMPLAINTS REGARDING NOISY OR HARD TO OPERATE TELESCOPIC STEERING ACTION. *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

Vehicles listed
SAAB 9-31999
SAAB 9001994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19960461996-03-18. Steering
96V0080001996-01-23. STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

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
64421962000-09-28. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN 482 REGARDING NOISE FROM POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE CHECK VALVE MOUNTED INSIDE THE POWER STEERING BANJO BOLT MAY LOOSEN AND CREATE POWER STEERING NOISE. OTHER POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS ARE HIGH FLUID LEVEL IN THE FLUID RESERVOIR, OR THAT THE FLUID GETS ABNORMALLY WARM ON VEHICLES WITHIN CERTAIN VIN RANGES. *TT
6442196ED22000-09-28. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING UPDATED CAMPAIGN INSTRUCTIONS FOR CUSTOMER SATISFICATION CAMPAIGN 482 ON NOISE FROM POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE CHECK VALVE MOUNTED INSIDE THE POWER STEERING BANJO BOLT MAY LOOSEN AND CREATE POWER STEERING NOISE. OTHER POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS ARE HIGH FLUID LEVEL IN THE FLUID RESERVOIR, OR THAT THE FLUID GETS ABNORMALLY WARM ON VEHICLES WITHIN CERTAIN VIN RANGES. *TT
6441999-11-02. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ADDRESSING COMPLAINTS OF EXCESSIVE NOISE, LOW POWER ASSIST, LEAKAGE, OR OVERHEATING OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. *TT
38320461999-09-28. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON REPLACING THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM SIREN. *TT
38320461999-01-21. Service bulletin. REPLACING ANTI - THEFT SYSTEM SIREN FOR MODELS WITHIN VIN X2000001 - X2004200 AND MODELS WITHIN VIN X7000001 - X7001033. *YC
05/9505801995-11-01. Service bulletin. SQUEAKING STEERING COLUMN. *TW