Affected Component: EQUIPMENT

Date Published
DEC 19, 2014
NHTSA TSB #
10096405
TSB Document
Summary
"SITUATION: AN ISSUE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A NUMBER OF XF (X250), XJ (X351), AND XK (X150) VEHICLES WHERE THE RESIDUAL TORQUE ON THE STEERING GEAR PINION BOLT COULD BE BELOW THE LOWER SPECIFICATION AND IN SOME CASES THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING GEAR. THE LATTER WILL ONLY BE THE CASE IF THE EARLY STEERING DEGRADATION IS IGNORED BY THE CUSTOMER."