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Service bulletin 03-002-16

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10076273
Published by NHTSA2016-07-07
Manufacturer's number03-002-16
Manufacturer's date2016-05-04
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT: Replace Rear Axle OVERVIEW: This bulletin involves replacing the rear axle unit. SYMPTOM/CONDITION: The customer or technician may hear a whining noise between 32-64 kph (20-40 mph) coming from the rear axle.

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension, Transmission and driveline, Differential

Vehicles listed
DODGE VIPER COUPE2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
53010704A2021-05-24. Service bulletin. On vipers not equipped with the ACR package, during track use with high cornering forces the axle vent on the cover can leak axle fluid.