1996 JEEP LAREDO Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems
10 complaints about Service Brakes, Hydraulic
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All Service Brakes, Hydraulic Complaints (10)
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ABS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE VEHICLE HIT A FENCE.THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THERE WERE SHAKES THAT HAD GONE AWAY. THE CONSUMER SLOWED THE VEHICLE WHEN SEEING BUMPS, BUT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO A VIOLENT SHAKE AGAIN ON THE BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A POP. THE STEERING HAD GONE OUT AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A FENCE. *SC *JB
Mileage: 142,000
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS. BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKES. MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE. ROTORS WERE CRACKED. CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL #879 CONCERNING BRAKE ROTORS. *AK
ABS PUMP FAILED. MJS
BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOOSE PRESSURE CAUSING DRIVER TO PUMP BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE.
VEHICLE STEERS TO THE LEFT/EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN BRAKING/REAR WIPER ONLY OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY/BUTTON ON GEA RCHANGE LEVER JAMS ANDEXCESSIV ELEFT FRONT TIRE WEAR.
OWNER LOST BRAKES WHEN APPLYING THEM. CAUSE OF PROBLEM CONTAMINATION OF BRAKE FUILD. DEALERS HAVE ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
OWNER LOST BRAKES WHEN APPLYING THEM. CAUSE OF PROBLEM CONTAMINATION OF BRAKE FUILD. DEALERS HAVE ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
BRAKE FAILURE.
BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED.