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Service bulletin 98-4731

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 id607143
Published by NHTSA2000-11-02
Manufacturer's number98-4731
Manufacturer's date1998-09-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

CLUNK OR PLOP COMING FROM FRONT END. *AK

The document

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Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997, 1998

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

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