{"nhtsa_id":614096,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-09-28","date":"2000-05-01","document_id":"6442196","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN 482 REGARDING NOISE FROM POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE CHECK VALVE MOUNTED INSIDE THE POWER STEERING BANJO BOLT MAY LOOSEN AND CREATE POWER STEERING NOISE. OTHER POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS ARE HIGH FLUID LEVEL IN THE FLUID RESERVOIR, OR THAT THE FLUID GETS ABNORMALLY WARM ON VEHICLES WITHIN CERTAIN VIN RANGES. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/614096","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_saab_9-3"]},{"make":"SAAB","model":"9-3 CONVERTIBLE","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"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":[]}