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Service bulletin 981616

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 id609753
Published by NHTSA2000-04-07
Manufacturer's number981616
Manufacturer's date2000-04-07
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

LEFT REAR SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS LOW. *AK

The document

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Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD RANGER1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19980351998-02-20. Suspension

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0424192005-04-28. Service bulletin. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS - NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. *TT
177772004-08-04. Service bulletin. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. *TT
156922002-11-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
150972001-09-06. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR ALIGNMENT OUT OF SPEC CONDITION. *TT
52492001-01-13. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
46342001-01-03. Service bulletin. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
127492000-11-14. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAG IN THE REAR END. *TT
63262000-11-09. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAG IN THE REAR END. *TT
67272000-11-03. Service bulletin. THIS ONLINE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BULLETIN CONTAINS PROCEDURES FOR VEHICLES WITH A REAR END SAG. *TT
62852000-11-03. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CONCERNS WITH A SAG IN THE REAR END. *TT