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Service bulletins for the 1998 Ford Explorer

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.

352 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Steering are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
130492000-11-15. Service bulletin. STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOOT(S). *TT
125102000-11-14. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING GRUNT / GROAN / NOISE WHILE TURNING. *TT
134402000-05-16. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING VERY LIGHT STEERING VIBRATION / SHIMMY / NIBBLE AT ENGINE IDLE OR LOW SPEEDS (PARKING LOT TYPE MANEUVERS). *TT
992112000-02-11. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXHIBITING A GRUNTING NOISE HEARD FROM THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM DURING SLOW SPEED TURNING, OR WHILE STATIONARY WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT OR COMING OFF THE STEERING STOPS. *TT
9967771999-12-02. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOOT(S). *TT
98-34231999-10-07. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING NOISE. *TT
9960881999-09-08. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A GRUNT NOISE WHILE TURNING. *TT
58121999-06-04. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. CONCERNS WITH POWER STEERING MAKING A GRUNTING / GROANING NOISE WHILE TURNING. *TT
982411999-03-16. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS ON PASSIVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM ( PATS ). *YC

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.