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Service bulletin 051099

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 id6089711
Published by NHTSA2000-02-24
Manufacturer's number051099
Manufacturer's date2000-01-31
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION REGARDING SNOW / WATER ENTERING THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS. *TT

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, Brake drums and shoes

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
DODGE CARAVAN1996 to 2000
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

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
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
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
0516951996-04-25. Service bulletin. BULLETIN APPLIES TO VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO DEC. 5, 1995 (MDH 1205XX). A MOANING NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES DURING LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT STOPS OR REAR BRAKE SHOES REQUIRE REPLACMENT. BULLETIN INVOLVES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR BRAKE SHOES, BRAKE DRUMS AND THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL BRAKE SHOE SPRINGS.