1994 Dodge Caravan brakes problems

Filed Apr 16, 2009 · Brakes · KS

Went to work on april 1, 2009 had brakes, when I went to go home the brakes went all the way to the floor, and anti brake light came on, changed front brakes , did not need it , but did it anyway, was going to change the back but they did not need it, bled the brakes, all worked fine , then went oklahoma april 11th , stayed in motel and brakes where fine, got up next morning and went to do some things and again the brakes went all the way to the floor and ABS light comes on ,still has plenty of fluid.

Filed Oct 23, 2002 · Brakes · NC

While driving the ABS warning lights comes on and stays on ,then the brakes gets hard.vehicle will not stop. Driver had to let vehicle decelerate to a low speed and pull on the emergency brakes to stop vehicle. Mr

Filed Jun 6, 2002 · Brakes · PA

When applying brakes pedal went to the floor .then, vehicle stopped. Once going up a hill brakes went completely out, consumer coasted to side of road. Please provide any further information.

Filed Mar 25, 2002 · Brakes · FL

Brake light comes on and brake pedal will drop to floor, but vehicle will stop. Took vehicle to dealer, and they stated that it was a master cylinder. Three months later, master cylinder needed to be replaced again. Please provide any further information.

Filed Jan 11, 2002 · Brakes · CA

While driving about any MPH could step on the brakes pedal to stop or to slow down vehicle, but brakes will not operate, and cause extended stopping distance. Dealer had been contacted. Please provide more information.

Filed Jun 15, 2001 · Brakes · OK

After replacing brakes drove out of driveway, and when applying brakes pedal went to floor, and vehicle did not stop. Consumer could not determine what could cause brakes not to operate.

Filed May 14, 2001 · Acceleration, Brakes · TN · crash · 5 injuries

I lost control of the van trying to stop instead of hitting the truck I hit the steering wheel froze the brakes locked and the gas pedal sped up dodge said its not there fault please check it out and see if the van was to blame also the seat belts did not work because I hit the window before the airbags deployed please help.

Filed Apr 6, 2001 · Brakes · LA

While driving on interstate in traffic, I ran over a metal object with the left front tire and subsequently heard a thud under the vehicle, but everything seemed to be ok. I drove another 20 miles @ 60 to 70 MPH with no indication of problems, until I applied my brakes to get of at my home exit. At that time the check brakes failure light came on and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor with essentially no stopping action. I finally stopped the vehicle with the emergency brake. Upon inspection, I found that the object that I had run over (a relatively small metal object)had hit the exposed brake lines where they connect to a proportioning valve assembly about half way between the left front and left rear wheels. Although there was a small metal and rubber gard to protect the brake lines, they were insufficient and the metal object bent the gard and broke both brake lines that came from the master brake cylinder to feed the rear brakes. Although the vehicle has a dual master cylinder, since one cylinder feeds the back right brake and the other feeds the back left brake (while also feeding the opposite front brake), the failure of the gard to protect the lines resulted in total brake system failure. Fortunately, I was not in a critical stopping situation, or a serious accident could have occurred. My feeling is that the placement of these exposed brake lines driectly in line behind the front wheel with relatively little protection, resulting in common mode failure of the entire brake system is an unsafe situation, and better protection should be considered. With as many of these sinilar vehicles on the road, I would be interested in knowing how many such incidents have been reported. I almost let this go by without reporting it, so I am sure that it must to have happened many more time than the number of reports that you may have received. Thanks, norris crawford.

Filed Mar 14, 2001 · Acceleration, Brakes · AZ · crash

While driving 65mph cruise control engaged on its own and vehicle accelerated to 85mph. Consumer applied brakes, but pedal was locked. She used both feet on brake with no results. Then, put vehicle in neutral to slow it down, and vehicle went into reverse, hitting another vehicle, $ amount of damage unknown.

Filed Mar 1, 2001 · Brakes · IN · crash

Consumer was making a panic stop when one side of brakes locked up real hard, throwing vehicle to one side, losing control , and hitting a wall. Vehicle was totaled.