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Service bulletin 050197

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 id51967
Published by NHTSA1997-07-17
Manufacturer's number050197
Manufacturer's date1997-02-14
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

NHTSA's summary

REAR BRAKE MOAN/HOWL NOISE. *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
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1996, 1997
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 1997
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1996, 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
19961741996-11-06. Brakes
96V2150001996-10-29. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

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
0500106A2006-10-27. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *KB
05003052006-04-12. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *TT
05002042004-04-06. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *TT
0500102A2002-04-24. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *YD THIS BULLETIN SUPERSEDES 05-001-02 DATED MARCH 4, 2002. *TT
05003012001-06-04. Service bulletin. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE A LOW FREQUENCY HOWL / MOAN NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE REAR BRAKE AREA DURING LOW SPEED AND / OR LOW SPEED TURNS SUCH AS A PARKING LOT MANEUVER, WITH NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE APPLIED. *TT
05001012001-05-15. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, WHILE DRIVING THROUGH DEEP OR BLOWING SNOW / WATER, THE SNOW / WATER MAY ENTER THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS CAUSING RUST TO DEVELOP ON THE REAR BRAKE DRUM AND SHOE FRICTION SURFACES. THIS CONDITION CAN LEAD TO TEMPORARY FREEZING OF THE REAR BRAKE LININGS TO THE DRUMS. *TT
0509992000-02-25. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON REAR WHEEL PARK BRAKE ACTUATOR / LEVER SERVICE. *TT
0510992000-02-24. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING SNOW / WATER ENTERING THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS. *TT
0505972000-01-07. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH BRAKE ACTUATOR LEVER RATTLE (ALL WHEEL DRIVE). *NLM
0505971998-04-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A RATTLE IN THE AREA OF THE REAR WHEELS CAUSED BY THE PARKING BRAKE ACTUATOR LEVER(S). *YC