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Service bulletin 4683

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 id615226
Published by NHTSA2001-01-08
Manufacturer's number4683
Manufacturer's date1998-08-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RUBBING OR SQUEAK NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. *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

Steering

Vehicles listed
FORD F-1501997, 1998
FORD F-2501997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20041642004-05-18. Steering
20031412003-05-27. Steering
03V1960002003-05-27. STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR

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
04L192004-11-03. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE REMINDER - LITERATURE PROGRAM 04L19 - TIE ROD INSPECTION PROCEDURE. *TT
178232004-08-05. Service bulletin. POWER STEERING LEAK - SERVICE TIP. *TT
177312004-07-24. Service bulletin. WHINE FROM POWER STEERING. *TT
165152004-01-30. Service bulletin. OIL LEAK AT HIGH PRESSURE PUMP FITTINGS AND/OR PLUG. THIS INCLUDES SUPER DUTY F-SERIES. OASIS. *TT
0315132003-10-10. Service bulletin. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. *TT
03992003-09-17. Service bulletin. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. *TT
166052003-09-04. Service bulletin. REDUCED POWER STEERING ASSIST AND/OR POWER STEERING LEAKS WHEN DRIVEN IN TEMPERATURES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN -25 DEGREES CELCIUS. *TT
036102003-07-23. Service bulletin. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. CANADA VEHICLES ONLY. *TT *JB
117942001-01-12. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A RUBBING OR SQUEAK NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. *TT
981692000-04-07. Service bulletin. STEERING -ALIGNMENT-TOE SET PROCEDURE SERVICE TIP. YD