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Service bulletin 0500301

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 id619506
Published by NHTSA2001-06-04
Manufacturer's number0500301
Manufacturer's date2001-04-20
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

NHTSA's summary

A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE A LOW FREQUENCY HOWL / MOAN NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE REAR BRAKE AREA DURING LOW SPEED AND / OR LOW SPEED TURNS SUCH AS A PARKING LOT MANEUVER, WITH NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE APPLIED. *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

Vehicles listed
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
CHRYSLER VOYAGER2001
DODGE CARAVAN1997 to 2001
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19961741996-11-06. Brakes
96V2150001996-10-29. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0500106A2006-10-27. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *KB
05003052006-04-12. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *TT
05004042005-02-08. Service bulletin. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT. *TT
05002042004-04-06. Service bulletin. SNOW/WATER INGESTION INTO REAR BRAKE DRUM. *TT
05004032003-10-23. Service bulletin. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT. *TT
05004022002-10-30. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING REAR BRAKE CYCLIC RUBBING SOUND FROM REAR OF VEHICLE DURING MEDIUM TO LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATION ON VEHICLES WITH REAR DRUM BRAKES. *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
05007002001-05-03. Service bulletin. SOME LOW MILEAGE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOUD SQUEAL SOUND FROM THE REAR DISC BRAKES THAT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE LIGHTLY APPLIED AT LOWER SPEEDS. *TT
0509992000-02-25. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON REAR WHEEL PARK BRAKE ACTUATOR / LEVER SERVICE. *TT