Four problems related to brake drum wheel cylinder have been reported for the 2002 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Ii have replace front rotors, front calipers, rear wheel cylinders and shoes, the brakes have been bleed several times, and brake system was looked at several times by ase master mechanic. Going down the road on the initial push on the peddle the peddle goes more than half way down to the floor, you then release pedal and re apply and it stops as it should with the correct peddle height. All work was done within 10k miles. The truck has 116k miles. This started about 5 months ago.
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Bought truck new in 2002. Since then, the driver's side front caliper has seized up and locked that brake 4 times. The caliper squeezes the pad against the rotor causing the steering wheel to pull hard left, then the rotor overheats and smokes. I pull over before a fire starts. Have replaced calipers, pads, hoses, but symptoms still persist. I have to stop and wait until the brakes cool down (about an hour) before they function normally. Once I get to a repair shop, the brakes function normally and they tell me everything is fine. I looked online and found that I am not the only one this is happening to. . Read more...
2002 Dodge Dakota 2wd 6 cylinder. Occasionally the brakes see to release at low speeds when approaching a stop, causing close calls, near accidents.