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Service bulletin 15091

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 id621099
Published by NHTSA2001-09-07
Manufacturer's number15091
Manufacturer's date2001-07-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SCRUNCH NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN WHEN MAKING NEAR FULL LOCK TURNS. *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, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER2002
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002

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
156472002-04-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V6 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING RATTLE NOISE WHICH MAY BE HEARD AND FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN. *TT
149472001-07-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT