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Service bulletin 98232

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 id603716
Published by NHTSA1999-03-03
Manufacturer's number98232
Manufacturer's date1998-11-23
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON REDUCED POWER STEERING ASSIST DURING HUMID CONDITIONS. *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
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1995, 1996, 1997

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
BC32409702101997-07-17. Service bulletin. BRIEF GRUNT FROM THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN RETURNING THE WHEEL FROM A FULL RIGHT HAND TURN. *TW
BC03069702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. INCREASED POWER STEERING EFFORT AND NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE VEHICLE DYNAMICS MODULE (VDM). *TW
BC03069723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. INCREASE IN POWER STEERING EFFORT. *JD
951911996-04-25. Service bulletin. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM MAY HAVE A 'GRUNT' AND/OR 'GROAN' NOISE. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID MOVEMENT WITHIN THE POWER STEERING RACK.