# Service bulletin 020500

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: 610617
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-05\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 020500
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-05\-17
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ABOUT A SQUEAKING / CLICKING NOISE FROM REAR LEAF SPRINGS. \*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

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 2000 DODGE DAKOTA
- 1998 to 2000 DODGE DURANGO

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [04V596000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V596000.md), 2004-12-21: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
- [2004439](/recalls/tc/2004439.md), 2004-12-20: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0201004](/bulletins/10011940.md), 2005-02-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. UPPER BALL JOINT EXTENDED WARRANTY. \*TT
- [1300100B](/bulletins/618863.md), 2001-05-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING A SNAPPING, POPPING OR CLUNKING SOUND WHILE DRIVING AND BRAKING OVER WASHBOARD ROADS, DURING A MODERATELY HARD STOP AT LOW SPEEDS, AND / OR WHILE SLOWLY DRIVING OVER MODERATE BUMPS SUCH AS A DRIVEWAY APPROACH. \*TT
- [0200600](/bulletins/618857.md), 2001-05-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM. SUBJECT REGARDING UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHING SERVICE. \*TT
- [030200](/bulletins/610618.md), 2000-05-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. SUBJECT PERTAINS TO 9.25 AXLE GEAR MARKING COMPOUND CAUSING A MILKY\-LIFE APPEARANCE TO THE AXLE FLUID. \*TT
- [130100](/bulletins/610019.md), 2000-04-14, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION WHERE A SNAPPING, POPPING OR CLUNKING NOISE MAY BE HEARD WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS. \*TT
- [021499](/bulletins/6089816.md), 2000-02-25, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING VIBRATION OR GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEEL AREA. \*TT
- [021599](/bulletins/6089809.md), 2000-02-25, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING A SQUEAK NOISE COMING FROM REAR LEAF SPRING. \*TT
- [020699A](/bulletins/6089735.md), 2000-02-24, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. THIS BULLETIN MENTIONS THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING GREASE IS EVIDENT ON THE BEARING SEAL AREA. \*TT
- [021499A](/bulletins/6089709.md), 2000-02-24, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. EXHIBITING VIBRATION OR GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEEL AREA. \*TT
- [030298](/bulletins/600809.md), 1999-11-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING AXLE LUBRICANT AND SEALING REQUIREMENTS. \*YC

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