# Service bulletin 97615

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 51997
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-07\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 97615
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-03\-17
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

## NHTSA's summary

BRAKES\- "SQUEALING" NOISE AND/OR STICKING DURING FIRST FEW BRAKE APPLICATIONS AFTER A RAINFALL AND/OR WHEN BRAKES ARE COLD. \*JD

## 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

- 1995 to 1997 FORD RANGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12230](/bulletins/615491.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. ALL VEHICLES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICIAN MUST CALL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE REMOVING AND / OR REPLACING THE MODULE. \*TT
- [99194](/bulletins/6090082.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION FOR SERVICING AND DIAGNOSING BRAKE VIBRATION, BRAKE INSPECTION, AND BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [9814](/bulletins/605562.md), 1999-07-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. \*TT
- [980319](/bulletins/603512.md), 1999-02-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. CONCERNS WITH FALSE ABS ACTIVATION WHILE LIGHT BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. \*YC
- [9845](/bulletins/601264.md), 1998-07-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR. AVAILABILITY OF HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. \*YC
- [985A36](/bulletins/601043.md), 1998-06-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. A GRABBING AND/OR STICKING CONDITION DURING THE FIRST FEW BRAKE APPLICATIONS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE COLD OR IN THE MORNING AFTER AN OVERNIGHT RAIN MAY OCCUR ON SOME VEHICLES. \*YC
- [985A21](/bulletins/601021.md), 1998-06-18, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ISSUES WITH THE REAR ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \( RABS \) LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE AFTER FRONT WHEEL LOCK UP DURING 4X4 OPERATION. \*YC
- [985A13](/bulletins/601012.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. THE USE OF PETROLEUM\-BASED GREASE AS A LUBRICANT IN SERVICING DISC BRAKES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE. \*YC
- [985A11](/bulletins/601009.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION REGARDING ELIMINATION OF SANDING ROTORS AND DRUMS. \*YC
- [985A5](/bulletins/601003.md), 1998-06-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT FROM ROTUNDA IS NOW APPROVED FOR WARRANTY AND SERVICE USE. \*YC

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