# Service bulletin 98S15

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: 615127
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-12\-29
- Manufacturer's number: 98S15
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

## NHTSA's summary

SAFETY RECALL AND OWNER NOTIFICATION TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF TIRE PUNCTURE SHOULD SPRING FACTURE OCCUR. \*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

- 1993 FORD TAURUS
- 1993 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1998121](/recalls/tc/1998121.md), 1998-06-15: Suspension
- [98V094000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V094000.md), 1998-05-06: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [98S15](/bulletins/615138.md), 2001-01-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. SAFETY RECALL INVOLVING INSTALLATION OF THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES FRONT COIL SPRINGS \- STABILIZER LINK REPLACEMENT PARTS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. \*TT
- [BC8890950401](/bulletins/3031400.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION:REAR; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. UNKNOWN
- [RCL/94E55](/bulletins/3013100.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. UNKNOWN
- [9556](/bulletins/39880.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. PREMATURE WEAR ON INNER EDGES OF REAR TIRES MAY BE CAUSED BY REAR CAMBER AND TOE SETTINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN SPECIFICATION. \*TW
- [9534](/bulletins/39217.md), 1995-03-30, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. RATTLING OR CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRON SUSPENSION. \*TW
- [9511](/bulletins/39127.md), 1995-03-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. PREMATURE WEAR ON THE INNER EDGES OF REAR TIRES. \*TW

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