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Service bulletin 98169

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 id609742
Published by NHTSA2000-04-07
Manufacturer's number98169
Manufacturer's date2000-04-07
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

STEERING -ALIGNMENT-TOE SET PROCEDURE SERVICE TIP. YD

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, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998
FORD F-1501997, 1998
FORD F-2501997, 1998
FORD NAVIGATOR1997 to 1998

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
117942001-01-12. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A RUBBING OR SQUEAK NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. *TT
9827211999-02-25. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A POPPING / SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING. *YC
976141997-07-17. Service bulletin. STEERING COLUMN- HIGH SPEED VIBRATION- 4X2 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.4L ENGINE. *JD
9625211997-06-17. Service bulletin. STEERING - CLUNK NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN ON ACCELERATING AND BRAKING. *TW
BC96829610011997-05-27. Service bulletin. CONCERNS FOR THE LABOR TIME STANDARD IN TBS 96-19-02 (STEERING - GRUNT NOISE DURING STEERING WHEEL RETURN FROM FULL RIGHT TURN) IS INCORRECT. *TT