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Service bulletin 98154

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 id609534
Published by NHTSA2000-04-03
Manufacturer's number98154
Manufacturer's date1998-08-03
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM

NHTSA's summary

REAR BRAKES ARE BINDING OR OVERHEATING AFTER HAVING BEEN SERVICED. YD

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
MERCURY VILLAGER1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 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
BC01049601021996-04-25. Service bulletin. MAY EXHIBIT A GRINDING/SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES. THE NOISE TYPICALLY APPEARS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN ITS COLD OR IN THE MORNING UNDER FIRST APPLICATION. ENGINEERING IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A REVISED MATERIAL THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE BY JOB 1, 1997.
BC12529509061996-04-25. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GRINDING/SQUEALING NOISE WHEN IT IS COLD IN THE MORNING AND AT THE FIRST APPLICATION OF BRAKES. *TW
95781995-11-01. Service bulletin. THE REAR BRAKES MAY BIND OR OVERHEAT AFTER HAVING BEEN RECENTLY SERVICED. *TW
BC33209502011995-03-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GRINDING/SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES. *TW