This condition can increase steering efforts, affecting steering control.

Steering — Gear Box — Shaft Sector

Summary

Vehicle description: Passenger vehicles and mini-vans. The rack and pinion steering gears may have damaged input shaft bearings.

Actions

Dealers will inspect the date code on the rack and pinion steering gear, and, if necessary, replace those rack and pinion assemblies that fall within the suspect date code range. The date codes for Windstar model vehicles are 97jb09 or 97jc08; the date codes for Mustang model vehicles are 97J09B or 97J08B.

Documents (1)

• Recall Document

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