# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 603595
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-02\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 982742
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## 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

- 1996 to 1997 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12570](/bulletins/6091815.md), 2000-11-15, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT OUTER TIE RODS SQUEAK AND / OR POP NOISE OVER BUMPS AND / OR TURNING. \*TT
- [5897](/bulletins/605254.md), 1999-06-04, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. EXPERIENCING A SQUEAKING AND / OR POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OUTER TIRE RODS. \*TT
- [9941](/bulletins/604749.md), 1999-05-11, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A MOANING NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING DURING ENGINE IDLE. \*TT
- [98241](/bulletins/604053.md), 1999-03-16, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS ON PASSIVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM \( PATS \). \*YC
- [9851](/bulletins/601289.md), 1998-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXERPEINCING A MOANING NOISE HEARD FROM THE POWER STEERING DURING ENGINE IDLE. \*TT
- [97120897251](/bulletins/600584.md), 1998-05-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. THE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE \(FEAD\) BELT MAY SLIP MOMENTARILY IN WET CONDITIONS CAUSING A REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST OR THE GENERATOR LAMP. \*YC
- [9705019584](/bulletins/52930.md), 1997-11-13, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. CONCERNS OF GRUNT OR GROAN DURING WHEEL RETURN. \*YC
- [BC1030697020](/bulletins/51763.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. GROAN OR MOAN NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING WHEN RETURNING FROM A RIGHT TURN. \*JD
- [BC3142970220](/bulletins/51734.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. GROAN OR MOAN NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING WHEN RETURNING FROM A RIGHT TURN. \*TW
- [BC3061970228](/bulletins/51670.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. REPEAT POWER STEERING GRUNT/GROAN AFTER COMPLETION OF TSB 97\-02\-04. \*TW

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