1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LEAK WAS AT CORRODED PORTION OF REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE. FORTUNATELY, FAILURE OCCURRED BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THIS WAS SECOND OCCURRENCE OF CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS 1 YEAR AGO. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED WHILE IN DRIVEWAY BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. PRETTY LUCKY! *TR

Mileage: 170,000

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LEAK WAS AT CORRODED PORTION OF FRONT STEEL BRAKE LINE. FORTUNATELY, FAILURE OCCURRED BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK UP AND THIS CAN CAUSE INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER TO THE IF IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE SPEED OR TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE PEDAL WILL GO ALWAYS TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKES WILL NOT WORK SOMETIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

THE BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE HAVE GONE OUT 6 TIMES. THE INITIAL TIME WAS AT 30,000 MILES AND EVERY 10,000 MILES SINCE THEN. EACH TIME THE MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED FUTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOW DISCOVERED IT IS THE STEERIING KNUCKLE THAT LOCKS THE CALIPER AND BRAKE PAD INTO THE KNUCKLE. IT BRAKE PAD GRINDS INTO THE KNUCKLE CAUSING PITS INTO THE MEDAL OF THE KNUCKLE AND BRAKE PADS WORN OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES. THESE ARE WARRANTY COVERED PARTS THAT WILL BE REPLACED BY THE WARRANTY COMPANY IF THEY ARE GIVE A REASON FOR THIS DEFECT AND DEFECT IS CAUSED BY A COVERED PART. THE DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS BEEN INFORMED AND THEY WILL NOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT FIXED AT THE CHRYSLER DEALER EVERY TIME. THE WARRANTY COMPANY ADVISED ME THAT THIS COULD BE A DESIGN FLAW WITH MY PARTICULAR VECHICLE AND THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD GET OUT THER TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE GAVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT A COLLISION OCCURRING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WATER ENTERS VEHICLE FROM DASH AREA, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPER HAD NO GASKET ALONG BOTTON. TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING. FOUR SETS OF BRAKE PADS AND TWO SETS OF ROTORS FAILE IN TWO YEARS PERIOD. *YH

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT A COLLISION OCCURRING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WATER ENTERS VEHICLE FROM DASH AREA, CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPER HAD NO GASKET ALONG BOTTON. TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING. FOUR SETS OF BRAKE PADS AND TWO SETS OF ROTORS FAILE IN TWO YEARS PERIOD. *YH

HEARD A NOISE WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT REAR BRAKE SHOES HAD WORN OUT COMPLETELY AND GOUGED INTO THE DRUMS. HAD IT REPAIRED. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR A SQUEAK. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS WERE HEAT STRUCK AND PITTED. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE ROTORS, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THEM. ROTORS ON JEEPS FROM 96-99 HAD BEEN RECALLED, POSSIBLE THAT THESE CHRYSLER ROTORS MIGHT BE DEFECTIVE ALSO. *AK *ML

DEALER STATED THAT ROTORS WERE RUSTY AND PITTED. YET THE BRAKE PADS WERE ONLY 25% WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 65 MPH, A VIBRATION WAS NOTED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DRIVER PULLED INTO THE MEDIAN ON US 15, AND THE GRASS AND MUD SLOWED THE WEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND DENIED ANY HISTORY OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE YARD. WHEN MOVING THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. CALLED BONIFACE-HIERS CHRYSLER-DODGE, MERRIT ISLAND CSWY, MERRIT ISLAND, FL 32952 AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEM. NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND SAID THE BRAKE SHOE WAS RUSTED TO THE DRUM. COST OF REPAIR $90.00. CLEAN BREAK AND TURN DRUMB. PICKED VEHICLE UP AND BREAK WAS DRAGING. MADE ANOTHER APPT. AND TOOK VEHICLE BACK. WAS TOLD BREAK DRUM WAS OUT OF ROUND. THEY TURNED THE DRUMB AGAIN AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. THE BREAK IS STILL DRAGING. WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THROUGH WATER PUDDLES BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR..HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS A DIRECTIVE OUT ON THE REAR BREAK CYLINDERS BUT NOT SURE????( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DISC BRAKE PADS ARE PREMATURELY WORN OUT.ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE DISC ROTORS BRAKE ROTORS ARE RUSTED AND PITTED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHEER DETAILS.*AK

BOTH FRONT ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION AT 20,000 MILE OF WEAR. DEFECTIVE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

ENGINE OIL LEAK DUE TO BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THUMPING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. SILENCER PADS AND STRAPS REPLACED ON GAS TANK. STILL THUMPS. BRAKES: HOWLING FROM REAR BRAKES. PADS/MASTERCYLINDER AND SPRINGS REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE OIL LEAK DUE TO BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THUMPING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. SILENCER PADS AND STRAPS REPLACED ON GAS TANK. STILL THUMPS. BRAKES: HOWLING FROM REAR BRAKES. PADS/MASTERCYLINDER AND SPRINGS REPLACED. *AK

THE LEAK IN WHEEL CYLINDER CAUSED BRAKES TO MAKE GRINDING SOUND. YH

IN ICY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES F, BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE WITHOUT EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE APPARENTLY DUE TO FAILURE OF POWER ASSIST. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 24 HOURS DURING A TRIP TO FLINT, MI. UPON RETURNING TO VIRGINIA, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENBRIER CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, WHO INSPECTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. *AK

IN ICY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES F, BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE WITHOUT EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE APPARENTLY DUE TO FAILURE OF POWER ASSIST. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 24 HOURS DURING A TRIP TO FLINT, MI. UPON RETURNING TO VIRGINIA, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENBRIER CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, WHO INSPECTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. *AK

BRAKES WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE. WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, VEHICLE WILL NOT GIVE DRIVER FULL CAPACITY TO STOP. HE HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, NOT MANUFACTURER. *AK

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO STOP. WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE SPORATICALLY *AK

AT 25,000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE PREMATURELY WORN OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.

EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR.

BRAKE SHOES AND PADS MAKE GRINDING NOISE, REPLACED AND STILL CONTINUE TO MAKE NOISE.

ON BRAKING IT IS HARD TO BE SURE THE BRAKES ARE WORKING BUT IT STOPS THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. YH

WHILE DIRVING ABOUT 35MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY RESISTED. BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR OF VEHICLE. OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. DEALER IS REPAIRING VEHICLE. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS.

VEHICLE HAS HAD A RUBBING SOUND IN THE REAR BRAKES. SIX TIMES DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIRS, BUT THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO GRIND. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO, ON THREE OCAASIONS, LURGED FORWARD WHILE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL. RECENTLY, THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE HAS LOCKED UP. *AK