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Service bulletin 16168

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 id636176
Published by NHTSA2002-11-06
Manufacturer's number16168
Manufacturer's date2002-08-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK OR RUBBING NOISE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *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 THUNDERBIRD2002
LINCOLN LS2000, 2001, 2002

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
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153412002-04-15. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 4/27/01 MAY EXHIBIT A POPPING, CLICKING OR SNAPPING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING. *TT
011512001-10-31. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE STEERING WHEEL NIBBLE, VIBRATION, AND AN AUDBILE LOW FREQUENCY HUM/BOOM NOISE. *SLC
147782001-05-31. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON DOUBLE POWER STEERING PRESSURE SWITCHES. *TT
146102001-04-03. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE RESET. *JB
137492000-06-12. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON SPECIAL PROCEDURES WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE (SCLM). *MJS
79152000-06-08. Service bulletin. REQUIRES SPECIAL PROCEDURES WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK MODULE (SCLM). (V6 ENGINE AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION)
00342000-06-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL TYPES OF STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AND NOISE. *MJS