# Service bulletin BR00498

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: 602183
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-10\-15
- Manufacturer's number: BR00498
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-07
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

## NHTSA's summary

NEW FRONT BRAKE PAD KITS ARE AVAILABLE TO REDUCE FRONT BRAKE GROAN NOISE, GRINDING NOISE, SQUEAK OR VIBRATION. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1996 TOYOTA AVALON

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TTT063620](/bulletins/10214323.md), 2022-06-21, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. TT: Some Toyota vehicles installed with Toyota Complete Maintenance Care \(TCMC\) brake pads may exhibit a groan or squeak noise in various driving conditions
- [T\-TT\-0636\-20 Rev](/bulletins/10190453.md), 2021-04-19, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES. TT: Some Toyota vehicles installed with Toyota Complete Maintenance Care \(TCMC\) brake pads may exhibit a groan or squeak noise in various driving conditions.
- [T\-TT\-0636\-20](/bulletins/10187241.md), 2021-02-16, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; SERVICE BRAKES. TT: Some Toyota vehicles installed with Toyota Complete Maintenance Care \(TCMC\) brake pads may exhibit a groan or squeak noise in various driving conditions.
- [T\-TT\-0636\-20](/bulletins/10186195.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. TT: Some Toyota vehicles installed with Toyota Complete Maintenance Care \(TCMC\) brake pads may exhibit a groan or squeak noise in various driving conditions.
- [T\-SB\-0141\-13](/bulletins/10131984.md), 2018-04-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; PARKING BRAKE. A new Special Service Tool \(SST 09709\-00002\) has been introduced to aid in the inspection procedure for certain vehicles equipped with a floor pedal\-type parking brake system. This bulletin references the correct method for installing the Brake Pedal Force Gauge. Refer to the appropriate Repair Manual for parking brake pedal travel inspection and adjustment specification.
- [T\-SB\-0141\-13](/bulletins/10061620.md), 2016-04-12, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [BR00699](/bulletins/609185.md), 1999-12-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SUBJECT REGARDING FRONT BRAKE GROAN NOISE, GRINDING NOISE, SQUEAK OR VIBRATION. \*TT
- [980812](/bulletins/602529.md), 1998-11-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. NEW FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE FRONT BRAKE GROAN NOISE. \*YC
- [97052301097](/bulletins/53039.md), 1997-11-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. REDUCING REAR BRAKE "MOAN" NOISE. \*YC
- [BR00297](/bulletins/51258.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. TO IMPROVE SERVICEABILITY OF THE FRONT ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, THE DIAMETER OF THE SPEED SENSOR MOUNTING HOLE, IN THE STEERING KNUCKLE, HAS BEEN INCREASED. \*JD

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