Three problems related to brake fluid leak have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was coming around a turn and saw a car making a left turn in front of me. I tried to slow down by braking and the van appeared to accelerate. I barely avoided running into the turning car by swerving around it. I then found that only my emergency brake was working. I got home and my neighbor helped locate the problem. The brake fluid had leaked out through the brake line. There are 6 connections to the cab. Two are for lines running to the rear of the van. They have 6 inch sections of flex tubing between the solid tubing. The leak is at the rearward connections between the solid and flex tubing. Both rearward connections have the corroded solid metal for the first few inches after the flex tubing. I noted that there are a number of complaints about brake failure due to corrosion of brake lines on the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan and caravan on the internet.
1999 awd abs Grand Caravan, personal use only , no towing, mild NJ winter conditions. Car parked for three days after extended trip (2,880 miles over 3weeks)at highway speeds with no problems. On second leg of k-turn while attempting to reposition car in driveway (speed less than 5miles/ hr) brake pedal suddenly deprressed all the way to the floor. Inspecting below the van showed brake fluid leak from a ruptured rear brake line close to braided flex line close to abs module. All steel lines found to be extensively corroded /rusted up to and involving fixtures at attachment to inner brake hoses at the rear, up to the master cylinder and the front wheel lines at the attachment to front hoses. Dodge dealership (autoland) totally hands-off in trying to address this glaring safety issue - "no recalls, no mechanisms to report this issue to Chrysler", more infuriating is that no replacement parts are available for these defective parts, they have all been discontinued. . . . Right at the time that most of these cars will be needing the braking plumbing changed!!! meanwhile there all these ticking time bombs of caravans out there with tenuous braking ability once these defective lines rupture. Please recall these before someone dies, before somebody's family cries!!! I shudder to think this could have occurred during my long road trip.
Abs light keeps blinking and brake fluid leaks out. Problem occurred two times. Dealer contacted and cannot duplicate the problem. Problem still exists. Provide further information.