# Service bulletin 98241

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: 604053
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-03\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 98241
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-07
- NHTSA component: STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE

## NHTSA's summary

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS ON PASSIVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM \( PATS \). \*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

- 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1996 to 1998 FORD MUSTANG
- 1996 to 1999 FORD TAURUS
- 1999 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1997 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1998 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004164](/recalls/tc/2004164.md), 2004-05-18: Steering
- [2003141](/recalls/tc/2003141.md), 2003-05-27: Steering
- [03V196000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V196000.md), 2003-05-27: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
- [1997165](/recalls/tc/1997165.md), 1997-09-30: Steering
- [97V165000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V165000.md), 1997-09-30: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04L19](/bulletins/10010001.md), 2004-11-03, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE REMINDER \- LITERATURE PROGRAM 04L19 \- TIE ROD INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [17744](/bulletins/10008240.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. POWER STEERING NOISE. \*TT
- [031513](/bulletins/10003192.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [0399](/bulletins/10002781.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: STEERING. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [03610](/bulletins/10001861.md), 2003-07-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. CANADA VEHICLES ONLY. \*TT \*JB
- [16040](/bulletins/636235.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: STEERING. EXPERIENCING A CLICKING / POPPING NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. \*TT
- [14211](/bulletins/620386.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. A NEW POWER STEERING LINE HAS BEEN RELEASED THAT WILL MINIMIZE THE CONDITION. \*TT
- [13858](/bulletins/620277.md), 2001-07-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. \*TT
- [0156](/bulletins/619435.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE END SEALS OF THE STEERING RACK AND PINION. \*TT
- [0145](/bulletins/619422.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES EQUPPED WITH A 3.8L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE WHILE TURNING. \*TT

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