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Service bulletin 0145

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 id619422
Published by NHTSA2001-05-30
Manufacturer's number0145
Manufacturer's date2001-03-05
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUPPED WITH A 3.8L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE WHILE TURNING. *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, Power steering

Vehicles listed
FORD WINDSTAR1999, 2000, 2001

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
177442004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER STEERING NOISE. *TT
142112001-08-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. A NEW POWER STEERING LINE HAS BEEN RELEASED THAT WILL MINIMIZE THE CONDITION. *TT
138582001-07-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT
01562001-05-30. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE END SEALS OF THE STEERING RACK AND PINION. *TT
145222001-03-14. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE AFTER REPLACING THE YF2Z-3A719-AA POWER STEERING HOSE PER SPECIAL SERVICE MESSAGE 1421, AND AFTER PERFORMING BLEED PROCEDURES. *TT
142112000-09-21. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. *TT
81192000-06-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT
138582000-06-08. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT
81192000-06-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT NOISE OR SHUDDER ON SLOW TURNS. *TT