# Service bulletin 982720

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: 603584
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-02\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 982720
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS CONCERNING ROOF RACK TAP PLATES. \*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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1999133](/recalls/tc/1999133.md), 1999-06-30: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12289](/bulletins/615536.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. \*TT
- [5373](/bulletins/615448.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. \*TT
- [99\-8\-15](/bulletins/606419.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [12852](/bulletins/6092013.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. USE KLEENEX BRAND JUNIORS OR LI'L TRAVELERS TO REFILL TISSUES FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH THE HIGH SERIES CENTER CONSOLE FACIAL TISSUE COMPARTMENT. \*TT
- [98163](/bulletins/6090873.md), 2000-03-31, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. LOCKS FAILED. YD
- [99242](/bulletins/6090184.md), 2000-03-09, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. INFORMATION ON REPLACING AND / OR REPAIRING MALFUNCTIONING \(DOOR, IGNITION AND DECKLID\) LOCKS. \*TT
- [99228](/bulletins/6089689.md), 2000-03-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. EXPERIENCING WATER LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE MOONROOF OPENING. \*TT
- [99203](/bulletins/6089643.md), 2000-02-10, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE FRONT BUMPER BRACKET. \*TT
- [6429](/bulletins/606842.md), 1999-09-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. INFORMATION ON REFILLING TISSUES FOR THE CENTER CONSOLE FACIAL TISSUE COMPARTMENT. \*TT
- [98203](/bulletins/604389.md), 1999-04-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS WITH THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ADHESIVES USED FOR BODY PANEL REPAIRS. \*TT

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