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Service bulletin 98-4817

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 id607230
Published by NHTSA2001-01-02
Manufacturer's number98-4817
Manufacturer's date1998-09-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

NHTSA's summary

SOME 1997-1998 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEER/EXPEDITION OR NAVIGATOR VEHICLES WITH 4-WD 4X4 SYSTEM MAY EXHIBIT BOTH

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

Electrical system, Wiring and fuses

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998
FORD EXPLORER1997, 1998
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1997
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1998
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1997, 1998

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

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