{"nhtsa_id":51358,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-01-02","document_id":"9713","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"A \"GRUNTING\" OR \"GROANING\" NOISE MAY OCCUR AS THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNS TO ITS CENTER POSITION DURING A FULL RIGHT TURN ON SOME VEHICLES- THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE STEERING GEAR VALVE SLEEVE CREATING A RESONANCE THROUGH THE STEERING SYSTEM. *JD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51358","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_mercury_sable"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}