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Service bulletin 0500402

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 id635672
Published by NHTSA2002-10-30
Manufacturer's number0500402
Manufacturer's date2002-08-19
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING REAR BRAKE CYCLIC RUBBING SOUND FROM REAR OF VEHICLE DURING MEDIUM TO LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATION ON VEHICLES WITH REAR DRUM BRAKES. *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 COUNTRY2001, 2002, 2003
CHRYSLER VOYAGER2001, 2002, 2003
DODGE CARAVAN2001
DODGE CARAVAN2002
DODGE CARAVAN2003

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