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Service bulletin 050397

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 id51965
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number050397
Manufacturer's date1997-03-17
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

NHTSA's summary

BRAKES - CHASSIS DYNAMICS DIAGNOSIS. *TW

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

Brakes

Vehicles listed
DODGE RAM1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19970951997-05-07. Brakes
97V0680001997-04-28. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0511992000-04-12. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING A REVISED POWER BRAKE BOOSTER CHECK VALVE. *TT
0505972000-01-07. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH ACCELERATED BRAKE LINING WEAR, FRONT VERSUS REAR. *NLM
0506991999-08-11. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING ACCELERATED BRAKE LINING WEAR, FRONT VERSUS REAR. *TT
0507991999-08-11. Service bulletin. BRIEF INFORMATION ON THE USE OF ASBESTOS FIBER BRAKE LININGS. *TT
0504981998-08-10. Service bulletin. VEHICLES LISTED ON THIS BULLETIN ARE EQIPPED WITH REAR HEIGHT SENSING PROPORTIONING VALVE THAT ADJUST BRAKE PRESSURE TO THE REAR BRAKES BASED UPON DISTANCE BETWEEN FRAME AND REAR AXLE. *AK
0504971998-04-07. Service bulletin. FRONT BRAKE LINING WEAR PREMATURELY WHEN COMPARED TO THE WEAR EXPERIENCED ON THE REAR BRAKE LININGS. *YC
0502951995-11-01. Service bulletin. FRONT DISC BRAKE NOISE. *TW