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Service bulletin 982513

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 id603541
Published by NHTSA1999-02-24
Manufacturer's number982513
Manufacturer's date1998-04-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.5L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. *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
FORD CONTOUR1998
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1998

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
148362001-05-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CD4E TRANSAXLE, (DOES NOT APPLY TO MTX) MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT / MOAN TYPE NOISE WHEN RETURNING FROM A RIGHT TURN. *TT
98114852000-07-11. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER CONCERN OF NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. *TT