Brake Drum Wheel Cylinder Problems of Dodge Dakota

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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Wheel cylinder for the rear brakes was faulty and leaking. This led to the brakes being partially on constantly, and the brake shoes to wear to below safe limits within a year.

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Brake line failure, rear brakes seized. Replaced rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders 6,500 miles ago (approximately 1 1/2 years ago). Several weeks ago 9/23/2011 my truck suffered rear brake line failure - steel line that runs from front to back - failure adjacent left rear tire within frame housing. I discovered the line wall failure within an area of extreme corrosion of the line - approximately six inches of the brake line with remaining nine plus feet of the line in like new condition. Further review discovered the left rear brake assembly to be severely corroded, ie shoes, springs, adjusters, etc. As well as the left front rotor assembly. Review of the physical body of the truck found the left front cab body mount to be "gone" (rusted away!) as well as several areas of the left side of the body proper also exhibiting oxidation (two years ago this was not the case at all). The remainder of the truck, center section as well as the right side (brakes included) to be in like new condition exhibiting normal wear and tear, with no corrosion. My conclusion, as well as a number of other "gear head friends", is that the new ice inhibitor being added to the center section of our connecticut roads during the winter months is promoting extreme premature corrosion resulting in ultimate failure of brake, and possibly fuel line components, of our vehicles.

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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.

Lack of braking bias to the rear of my 2000 Dakota r/t pickup. This has caused my truck to go through 3 sets of rotors in 55, 000 miles. I have also had several near accidents to to the reduced braking. I have similar trucks built in 98 and 99 without this issue.

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Not sure if rear wheel drive. Manufacturer contacted. Very lucky leaking brake cyliders caught by mechanics during routine tire rotation. Safety issue.