Service bulletin 12570
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 |
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| NHTSA id | 6091815 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2000-11-15 |
| Manufacturer's number | 12570 |
| Manufacturer's date | 1999-03-01 |
| NHTSA component | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY |
NHTSA's summary
SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FRONT OUTER TIE RODS SQUEAK AND / OR POP NOISE OVER BUMPS AND / OR TURNING. *TT
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, Tie rods and steering linkage
| FORD TAURUS | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
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| FORD TAURUS SHO | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
| MERCURY SABLE | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| 5897 | 1999-06-04. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A SQUEAKING AND / OR POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OUTER TIRE RODS. *TT |
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