# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 609753
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-04\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 981616
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-04\-07
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:REAR

## NHTSA's summary

LEFT REAR SIDE OF VEHICLE APPEARS LOW. \*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

- 1998 FORD RANGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998035](/recalls/tc/1998035.md), 1998-02-20: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [042419](/bulletins/10014096.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS \- NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. \*TT
- [17777](/bulletins/10008552.md), 2004-08-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. \*TT
- [15692](/bulletins/636326.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. \*TT
- [15097](/bulletins/621022.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR ALIGNMENT OUT OF SPEC CONDITION. \*TT
- [5249](/bulletins/615366.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. \*TT
- [4634](/bulletins/615172.md), 2001-01-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. \*TT
- [12749](/bulletins/6091721.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAG IN THE REAR END. \*TT
- [6326](/bulletins/6091671.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAG IN THE REAR END. \*TT
- [6727](/bulletins/608447.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. THIS ONLINE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BULLETIN CONTAINS PROCEDURES FOR VEHICLES WITH A REAR END SAG. \*TT
- [6285](/bulletins/607049.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CONCERNS WITH A SAG IN THE REAR END. \*TT

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