{"nhtsa_id":51811,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-17","date":"1997-02-01","document_id":"BC1034297020","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"REPEAT POWER STEERING \"GRUNT/GROAN\" ISSUE IS ENCOUNTERED AFTER TSB 97-02-04 HAS BEEN PERFORMED, CHECK FOR THE CORRECT APPLICATION OF THE REPLACEMENT STEERING GEAR SHORT RACK INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. *JD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51811","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"FORD","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}