Rscotts1
Elite Explorer
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- October 17, 2001
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- City, State
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 XLS
Have heard stories of a few 2002 XLS/XLT's having problems with steering column vibration/rattle. I had this same problem with mine and thought I'd share my experiences/problems/fixes: In December I took my 2002 XLS into the dealer for the above mentioned problem. The steering column was rattling and vibrating..kind of felt like X had excessive steering wheel play. Was really annoying, especially on rough roads. The dealer replaced the front wheel bearings along with 3 different steering shaft parts per TSB 15580. The X drove fine after that but approx 200 miles later the problem was back, this time much more worse! So I head back to the dealer. This time they tell me that they cannot repair it and hand me the very same TSB and point out that the problem has been referred to engineering and a fix is expected 2nd quarter 2002. Talk about being unsat!! Well two months later the dealer calls to inform me that a new TSB is out (TSB 15647). This TSB list's a new part (Steering Intermediate shaft) part #1L2Z-3B767-BB, which is supposed to cure the problem. Due to take in my X next week to have new part installed. Hope this finally takes care of the VERY ANNOYING vibrating/rattling in the steering wheel/column. Hope this helps any other 2002 XLS/XLT owners who have experienced this same problem. Will keep you all posted as to how the fix performs.
