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Saab 9-3 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 6442196ED2 · NHTSA communication 614093 · issued Jun 1, 2000

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

Official summary

Subject regarding updated campaign instructions for customer satisfication campaign 482 on 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

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.