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Service bulletin 020298

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 id600810
Published by NHTSA1998-06-09
Manufacturer's number020298
Manufacturer's date1998-04-17
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR; SUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

A SQUEAKING OR HARD RUBBING NOISE MAY BE HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING OVER BUMPS. *YC

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

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER SEBRING1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
DODGE AVENGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
EAGLE TALON1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V4210022000-12-18. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
99V0660031999-04-05. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
19972051997-11-20. Suspension
97V2010001997-11-13. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

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
0207972000-01-06. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH LOW FREQUENCY RUMBLE/ GEAR TYPE NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICEL. *NLM
0205981999-11-09. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE MAY BE HEARD FROM EITHER SIDE. *YC
0207991999-08-11. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE REAR SHOCK AREA. *TT
0202991999-05-21. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EXHIBITING FRONT COIL SPRING CREAKING, POPPING, OR SQUEAKING. *TT
0207981998-08-10. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT KNOCKING OR TAPPING NOISE BEING HEARD FROM THE REAR SHOCK REAR WHILE TRAVELING OVER BUMPS. *YC
0207971998-04-07. Service bulletin. FRONT OF VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A LOW FREQUENCY RUMBLE/GEAR TYPE NOISE. *YC
0222941995-02-07. Service bulletin. RIGHT STEERING DRIFT OR LEAD DURING NORMAL STRAIGHT-LINE DRIVING. *TW