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Ford Windstar 1999–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14522 · NHTSA communication 616851 · issued Dec 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may continue to exhibit a power steering grunt noise after replacing the yf2z-3a719-aa power steering hose per special service message 1421, and after performing bleed procedures. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.