Recall 97V165000: 1998 Ford Mustang and 1 other model

Report received

Sep 30, 1997

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

2,250vehicles

Model years

1998

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

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

Possible consequence

This condition can increase steering efforts, affecting steering control.

Remedy

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.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1998 Ford Mustang236 complaints
• 1998 Ford Windstar1,433 complaints