# Service bulletin 98158

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: 609538
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-04\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 98158
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-03
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

FRONT END SHIMMY MAY OCCUR AT VARIOUS DRIVING SPEEDS AND IS USUALLY INDUCED WHEN HITTING BUMPS, SUCH AS LARGE POTHOLES OR ROUGH RAILROAD CROSSINGS. SHIMMY IS NOT ALWAYS VERIFIED DURING ROAD TEST. \*AK

## 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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1991 to 1997 FORD F\-250
- 1991 to 1997 FORD F\-350
- 1988 to 1989 FORD F250
- 1988 to 1990 FORD F350

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998095](/recalls/tc/1998095.md), 1998-05-12: Suspension
- [88V015000](/recalls/nhtsa/88V015000.md), 1988-02-09: SUSPENSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12882](/bulletins/6092047.md), 2000-11-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [12879](/bulletins/6092045.md), 2000-11-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING CLIP KITS FOR VEHICLES EXHIBITING A REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [6489](/bulletins/6091993.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3\-LEAF OR 4\-LEAF REAR SPRINGS MAY EXHIBIT A REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [96720](/bulletins/613341.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING FRONT END SHIMMY OCCURRING AT VARIOUS DRIVING SPEEDS AND IS USUALLY INDUCED WHEN HITTING BUMPS SUCH AS LARGE POTHOLES OR ROUGH RAILROAD CROSSINGS. \*TT
- [6477](/bulletins/606869.md), 1999-09-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING RATTLE. \*TT
- [980310](/bulletins/603504.md), 1999-02-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING VIBRATION AT CRUISE OVER 50 MPH. \*YC
- [BC2360970501](/bulletins/52809.md), 1997-09-12, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. FOR CONCERNS OF NOISY/SQUEAKY STEERING AND DIAGNOSIS IS FOR THE PITMAN ARM, RECOMMENDED SERVICE IS TO REPLACE THE PITMAN ARM. \*TW
- [97628](/bulletins/52011.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB. NOISE\- "RATCHETING"\- FRONT AXLE\- 4X4\- SELF\-ENGAGEMENT OF AUTOMATIC HUB LOCKS\- BRONCO, F\-150 AND F\-250 UNDER 8500\# GVW. \*JD
- [97627](/bulletins/52010.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB. NOISE\- "RATCHETING"\- FRONT AXLE\- 4X4\- SELF\-ENGAGEMENT OF AUTOMATIC HUB LOCKS\- F\-250 AND F\-350 OVER 8500\# GVW. \*JD
- [97713](/bulletins/51920.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. NOISE\- "BUZZING"\- UNDERHOOD WHEN AIR SUSPENSION IS IN OPERATION. \*JD

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