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Service bulletin 982742

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 id603595
Published by NHTSA1999-02-25
Manufacturer's number982742
Manufacturer's date1998-04-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING GROAN NOISE. *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
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997

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

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