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Service bulletin 982721

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 id603585
Published by NHTSA1999-02-25
Manufacturer's number982721
Manufacturer's date1998-04-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A POPPING / SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING. *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, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
FORD F-2501999
FORD F-250 SD1994 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-250 SD1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-3501999
FORD F-350 SD1995, 1996, 1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD1998
FORD F-450 SD1994 to 1996
FORD F-450 SD1998
FORD F-450 SD1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD1995
FORD F-550 SD1997 to 1998
FORD F-550 SD1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SUPER DUTY F2501995
SUPER DUTY F3501994
SUPER DUTY F4501997
SUPER DUTY F5501996

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
117942001-01-12. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A RUBBING OR SQUEAK NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. *TT
99822000-11-08. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING STEERING WHEEL FIGHT AFTER HITTING BUMPS OR RUTS IN THE ROAD ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
981692000-04-07. Service bulletin. STEERING -ALIGNMENT-TOE SET PROCEDURE SERVICE TIP. YD
9625211997-06-17. Service bulletin. STEERING - CLUNK NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN ON ACCELERATING AND BRAKING. *TW
BC00011961101997-06-17. Service bulletin. A 'CLUNK' NOISE MAY BE HEARD/FELT THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN MANEUVERING IN PARKING LOTS, DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR DRIVING OVER BUMPS. *TW
BC04759611141997-06-17. Service bulletin. A "CLUNK" NOISE HEARD/FELT THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN MANEUVERING IN PARKING LOTS, DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR DRIVING OVER BUMPS. *TW
BC27019505031995-11-01. Service bulletin. LIGHT CLICKING SENSATION OR LOOSENESS AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. *TW