Service bulletin 985096
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 | 613246 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2000-06-20 |
| Manufacturer's number | 985096 |
| Manufacturer's date | 1998-11-01 |
| NHTSA component | SUSPENSION |
NHTSA's summary
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
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
| LINCOLN TOWN CAR | 1998, 1999 |
|---|
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| 1998251 | 1998-12-22. Suspension |
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| 98V322000 | 1998-12-16. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT |
A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.
| 99B09 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COSMETIC CRACKS IN FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY OPERATING CONDITIONS. *JB |
|---|---|
| 00B60 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES THE REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS ON THE FRAME MAY DEVELOP MINOR CRACKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY SERVICE. *JB |
| 6218 | 2000-11-03. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. *TT |
| 12072 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. 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 |
| 985017 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A GRUNT OR SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING THE STEERING TO FULL LOCK, TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. *TT |
| 99B09 | 1999-08-16. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY DEVELOP COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME OF THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. *TT |
| 98219 | 1999-04-28. Service bulletin. DISLODGMENT OF REAR AIR SPRING FROM AXLE SPRING SEAT DURING ACCELERATION OR FULL SUSPENSION TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SOME LIMOUSINE VEHICLES THAT ARE OPERATED AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM LOADS. *AK |
| 98219 | 1999-03-01. Service bulletin. THE REAR AIR SPRINGS MAY DISLODGE LIMOUSINE VEHICLES. *YC |