# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 615226
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 4683
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## 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

- 1997 to 1998 FORD F\-150
- 1997 to 1998 FORD F\-250

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004164](/recalls/tc/2004164.md), 2004-05-18: Steering
- [2003141](/recalls/tc/2003141.md), 2003-05-27: Steering
- [03V196000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V196000.md), 2003-05-27: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04L19](/bulletins/10010001.md), 2004-11-03, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE REMINDER \- LITERATURE PROGRAM 04L19 \- TIE ROD INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [17823](/bulletins/10008572.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. POWER STEERING LEAK \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [17731](/bulletins/10008232.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. WHINE FROM POWER STEERING. \*TT
- [16515](/bulletins/10005089.md), 2004-01-30, Service bulletin: STEERING. OIL LEAK AT HIGH PRESSURE PUMP FITTINGS AND/OR PLUG. THIS INCLUDES SUPER DUTY F\-SERIES. OASIS. \*TT
- [031513](/bulletins/10003192.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [0399](/bulletins/10002781.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: STEERING. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [16605](/bulletins/10002490.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: STEERING. REDUCED POWER STEERING ASSIST AND/OR POWER STEERING LEAKS WHEN DRIVEN IN TEMPERATURES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN \-25 DEGREES CELCIUS. \*TT
- [03610](/bulletins/10001861.md), 2003-07-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. TIE ROD END INSPECTION PROCEDURE. CANADA VEHICLES ONLY. \*TT \*JB
- [11794](/bulletins/615295.md), 2001-01-12, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. EXPERIENCING A RUBBING OR SQUEAK NOISE AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. \*TT
- [98169](/bulletins/609742.md), 2000-04-07, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. STEERING \-ALIGNMENT\-TOE SET PROCEDURE SERVICE TIP. YD

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