Brake Fluid Leak Problems of Dodge Caravan

I was in my drive way backing out to get on the the road. When I depressed the brake pedal it went all the way to the floor and I saw a trail of fluid on the driveway. I was able to stop and park the car. When I took a look under the car I saw a pool of what appears to be break fluid and fluid leaking from the juction type box under the drivers side just behind the front tire. Upon further invetigation via the internet I found this to be a common problem in this year and model. Lucky for me it happened before I left the driveway otherwise this could have been quite costly or even fatal.

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Was traveling home from work, rush hour traffic heavy but moving close to posted speed limit (65 mph). Traffic slowed in front of me and I also slowed, then traffic came to a sudden stop, so I also increased pressure on the brakes. While doing so, the pedal went right to the floor, I lost brake pressure and started moving to the left to avoid a collision but was not able to. My van hit the car in front of me. I had time and space to stop and not collide if the brakes would not have failed, but when I lost brakes, the distance between my van and the car in front of me closed too quickly for me to avoid the collision. The van was damaged on the front right (passenger) side, but when I got the van back home off of the tow truck, I saw brake fluid on my driveway from the driver's side of the van. A few days later I got the van on jackstands to locate the fluid leak and found the problem to be terribly corroded brake lines running along the driver's side of the vehicle in the area of the driver's door. There is some flexible steel braided line and where it joins the rigid line, there is a so much corrosion that the line is literally rusting away. Searching on the internet I have found this is a very common problem with Chrysler minivans from 1997 to 2000. I feel it is a manufacturing problem. I am 55 years old and have worked on cars all of my adult life and have never seen brake lines corrode like this. As there are many vans like mine on the road, I wonder how many other vans have brake lines that are in similar condition as the ones on this van? it was simply a matter of time before these lines would fail. Now when I drive in traffic and see a Chrysler product van I ask myself "does that driver know anything about the brake line problem?" I think people need to be informed! there are so many potential accidents just waiting to happen! Chrysler needs to do something!.

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The front "flex" brake lines on our Dodge Caravan apparently leaked brake fluid without warning, causing loss of most of braking power. Fortunately, the vehicle was not being driven at speed when the failure occurred. I now understand that corrosion between the "flex" part of the line and the metal tube part is common in the 1996 - 2000 year Chrysler minivans. Total cost to replace those lines was $630.

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The contact owns a 2000 Dodge Caravan. The contact was driving and when he attempted to slow down, the brake pedal extended to the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop where the contact was informed that the brake fluid pipe was corroded and the brake fluid leaked out. The vehicle was being repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were approximately 170,000.

: the contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, the brake pedal went all the way to the floor, and the stopping distance was extended. The vehicle was taken to a private repair shop, where it was determined that there was a brake fluid leak. There was a NHTSA recall # 06e022000, pertaining to the hydraulic service brakes. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN.

Anti-lock brake light keeps coming on. Brake fluid leaks & it was just changed on 5-31-00. Dealer feels nothing is wrong with vehicle.

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