# Service bulletin 985017

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: 613042
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 985017
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING A GRUNT OR SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING THE STEERING TO FULL LOCK, TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. \*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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 to 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 to 1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998251](/recalls/tc/1998251.md), 1998-12-22: Suspension
- [98V322000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V322000.md), 1998-12-16: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0441](/bulletins/10008536.md), 2004-08-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. CRACKS IN THE REAR OF THE FRAME SIDE MEMBER BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARM BRACKETS. \*TT
- [01114](/bulletins/618089.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VIBRATIONS FELT AT SPEEDS ABOVE 72 KM/H \(45 MPH\). \*TT
- [99B09](/bulletins/618046.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COSMETIC CRACKS IN FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY OPERATING CONDITIONS. \*JB
- [00B60](/bulletins/618044.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. ON SOME VEHICLES THE REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS ON THE FRAME MAY DEVELOP MINOR CRACKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY SERVICE. \*JB
- [12868](/bulletins/6092027.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. \*TT
- [6218](/bulletins/607026.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. CONDITIONS WITH COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. \*TT
- [985096](/bulletins/613246.md), 2000-06-20, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY APPEAR TO SIT HIGH IN THE REAR WHEN THE IGNITION IS FIRST TURNED ON DURING THE FIRST 200 MILES \(320 KM\) OF VEHICLE OPERATION. \*TT
- [985079](/bulletins/613208.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. \*TT
- [12092](/bulletins/613077.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. \*MJS
- [12072](/bulletins/613048.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. VEHICLE MAY APPEAR TO SIT HIGH IN THE REAR WHEN THE IGNITION IS FIRST TURNED ON DURING THE FIRST 200 MILES \(320 KM\) OF VEHICLE OPERATION. \*MJS

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