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Service bulletin SU00398

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 id602177
Published by NHTSA1998-10-15
Manufacturer's numberSU00398
Manufacturer's date1998-08-07
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

A GROAN OR CURNCH NOISE MAY BE HEARD FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR DIPS IN THE ROADWAY. *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
TOYOTA AVALON1995, 1996, 1997
TOYOTA CAMRY1997, 1998

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
SU001022002-07-11. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR BEARING O-RING SERVICE TIP. *TT
0121992000-04-17. Service bulletin. BRIEF INFORMATION ON FRONT SUSPENSION SUPPORT NOISE. *TT
SU001002000-04-14. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING FRONT SUSPENSION SUPPORT NOISE. *TT
SU002991999-10-14. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE FRONT SUSPENSION SUPPORT NOISE. *TT
9808121998-11-09. Service bulletin. A GROAN OR CRUNCH NOISE MAY BE HEARD FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR DIPS IN THE ROADWAY. *YC