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Service bulletins for the 1997 Ford F-150

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.

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

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9835731999-10-13. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CAB VIBRATION. *TT
9835701999-10-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT OIL LEAKAGE. *TT
991641999-10-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. CONCERNS WITH A HARD TO TURN IGNITION KEY AND / OR A HARD TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION CYLINDER. *TT
98113441999-09-24. Service bulletin. WHEELS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT LOOSE LUGNUTS AND / OR BROKEN WHEEL STUDS. *TT
98113421999-09-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. INFORMATION ON REMOVING THE RADIO CHASSIS FROM SOME VEHICLES. *TT
9833061999-09-23. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. CONCERNS OF FRAME STRIKE ON THE REAR AXLE. *TT
9833021999-09-23. Service bulletin. WHEELS. THIS BULLETIN MENTIONS HOW SOME HUB O-RINGS MAY BE CUT DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE WHEELS. *TT
9833011999-09-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES PROCEDURES ON NEUTRALIZING THE EXHAUST, TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE MOUNTS. *TT
9830741999-09-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH AXLE WIND-UP AND / OR CLUNKING, POPPING, RATCHETING TYPE NOISES WHEN MAKING CORNERING MANEUVERS. *TT
9830701999-09-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. SOMVE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BUZZ / LOW GROWL NOISE COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE TRANSFER CASE MANUAL SHIFT LEVER. *TT
98B331999-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. OWNER NOTIFICATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE CYLINDER HEADS. *TT
9961391999-09-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. CONCERNS WITH FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NOISE. *TT
9961131999-09-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. EXPERIENCING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NOISE. *TT
9960421999-09-08. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. INFORMATION ON USING 1999 PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR SIDE MIRROR REPLACEMENT. *TT
9960341999-09-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING A ENGINE KNOCK AT COLD START-UP. *TT
129051999-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE AXLE WIND UP AND / OR CLUNKING, POPPING, RATCHETING TYPE NOISES WHEN MAKING CORNERING MANEUVERS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HI OR LOW RANGE MODE. *TT
64771999-09-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR SPRING RATTLE. *TT
99461999-09-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. CONCERNS WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING AT THE RADIATOR. *TT
9913131999-08-26. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SUBJECT REGARDING ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATION, INCREASED BREAK PEDAL EFFORT AND / OR FALSE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) CYCLING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TT
991391999-08-26. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TT
991311999-08-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE OIL ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
991071999-08-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. CONDITIONS ON REAR DRUM GRABBING DURING FIRST FEW BRAKE APPLICATIONS WHILE BRAKES ARE COLD. *TT
991291999-08-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. EXPERIENCING A WHINE / BUZZ TYPE NOISE IN THE SPEAKERS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT RADIO OR TWO-WAY RADIO ON VEHICLES WITH AN IN-TANK ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. *TT
991281999-08-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WHISTLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING WITH A/C IN THE OFF POSITION AT SPEEDS ABOVE 64 KM/H (40 MPH). *TT
99961999-08-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. EXPERIENCING A DELAYED OR NO 2-3 UPSHIFT, PRIMARILY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD ON VEHICLES WITH FORD QALITY REMANUFACTURED (FQR) 4R70W TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE UNITS WITH JULIAN BUILD BETWEEN 062-97 AND 040-99. *TT

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