Brake Hoses, Lines/piping, And Fittings Problems of Dodge Grand Caravan

The brakes did not hold when backing up. I was driving when brakes went soft. I had vech towed to a local mechanis and it was disecovered a gas bubble in brake line . I searched and found a recall noted this was found and would reocour. Mafracture states it could reacour aganin at anytime.

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Service brake failure while driving, diagnosed by repair shop as a ruptured brake line. Inspection of other brake lines showed heavy corrosion. Vehicle was in motion (straight line) on a city street and retained minimal braking. I was able to stop at a stop light (no collision) and 'limp' to the repair shop. Repairs consisted of replacing the hydraulic brake lines.

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Part 2 I've read on here that gates has a belt/pulley fix for this problem. If they have one, Chrysler can make one. This is a dangerous problem that can happen any time to many Dodge vans, it results in other damages, sudden loss of power steering control, possible injury even death to many people at one time. Many other vehicles have serpentine belts without this problem so it can be fixed. It's a repeated design flaw & should be corrected immediately. A ntsb rule goes something like this "a company is responsible for any foreseeable problems in their product" the same goes for the brake lines corroding enough for failure to occur in just a few years, this is also unacceptable. This is a $29,850 vehicle not a $2,000 1967 Volkswagen beetle, my beetle has the original break lines. And in good shape. All break lines are to be stainless steel to resist rust and corrosion. This is purely lack of quality in materials used to make these lines and the company also should be made to correct the problem by warning all owners about the problem and replacing all defectable lines with good quality lines.

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I was driving my vehcile and my anti-lock brakes system responded to the ice on the road and I procided to pump my brake pedal to slow the vehicle down and then I noticed that the brake pedal would go all the way to the floor to stop the vehicle so I got home and checked the brake lines for leaks and didn't find any and that my brake resivore was full.

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The contact owns a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, all of the brake fluid drained from the brake lines and the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into a tree. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

Rear brake lines have rusted and failed. They have rusted and failed in the area just behind the abs module where the braided lines are connected to the rigid lines. The rest of the brake lines are in fine shape. The only areas where they are bad is where the braided sections connect to the rigid sections.

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Left rear brake line has broken in the same place as the previous 2 lines broke. I am looking at a fourth brake line in two years! these brake lines are factory parts with identical defects in the welded steel line.

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While driving @ 35 mph I tried to apply my brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I was able to get the car stopped and off the roadway. When I looked under my van I had lost all brake fluid. I was towed to a repair shop and informed the brake lines burst. This van has been in the family since 2003. Every year the brake lines must be replaced. This should not be. Thanks to my expertise I was able to prevent an accident today. Was I lucky???.

I have an sxt version of this minivan. While replacing the disc pads I found that the parking brake cable on the rear driver side is worn almost in two. I checked several of my neighbors vehicles and found only the sxt versions with the rear sway bar seem to be affected. The se version did not have a rear sway bar. The parking brake cable is routed between the fuel tank and the sway bar and it rubs on the sway bar with any movement of the vehicle. This will cause two problems; 1) the parking brake will fail or only be applied to one side. If the vehicle is raised on the passenger side and the parking brake has failed and the wheels are not blocked, the vehicle could roll off of the jack. 2) the severed part of the parking brake cable could damage the wheel brake line and cause it to rupture resulting in total loss of all brakes.

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving approximately 45 mph the contact depressed the brake pedal and noticed that it dropped to the floor board; however, the contact was able to stop the vehicle. After inspecting the vehicle the contact noticed the brake line fractured. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing nor was it repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

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The contact owns a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan. While driving approximately 30 mph, the contact applied the brakes but the pedal was depressed to the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed that some of the brake lines were severely corroded and fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 126,000 and the current mileage was 128,000.

As my friend who borrowed my vehicle approached an intersection in ann arbor, michigan, the brakes completely failed, causing her to collide into a vehicle which consequently hit another vehicle. The police report correctly indicates no operator fault, but rather a faulty brake line which burst, leaving a pool of brake fluid on the ground at the scene of the accident. Most vehicles have a braking system that makes it impossible for both front and rear brakes to fail simultaneously. Unfortunately the 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan does not have such a system. All brakes were lost, my vehicle collided with another vehicle (which was totaled and resulted in an injured driver) which subsequently hit the vehicle in front of it. The brakes themselves were inspected weeks prior to the accident but the brake line rusted and created the incident.

Loss of brakes due to rear brake line rusting out near abs control at the stainless steel line connections. .

Complete brake failure due to rusted brake lines and sudden loss of all brake fluid no stopping ability except emergency brake (only effective at low speed).

Complete brake failure due to rusted brake lines and sudden loss of all brake fluid no stopping ability except emergency brake (only effective at low speed).

1998 Dodge Grand Caravan complete brake failure do to rusted brake lines.

I have a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan sport and I had nothing but problems with it from the brake lines rotted away to the anti freeze line rotted away also the steering getting hard to were it wont budge also lights flickering and overheating so there's nothing on my van that isn't a problem I spent thousands of dollars on these problems and they just continue to happen anything on my van that holds fluids just rots away from the inside out and now the water pump housing that's bolted onto the motor were the hose attaches to goto the firewall so that you have heat and ac inside the van rotted off so there's a hole were the nipple would be to connect a hose to and the dealership wont help me in anyway shape or form so im basically on my own so I guess there waiting for someone to die before they fix anything on these vans they have so much concern for the civilians that buy there car vans ext. They keep up like this everyone who buys a vehicle from them is certain to die and they wont have any customers to sell to period because they will all be dead. . . . Its time to take our story to the press and you will see how fast the will fix these issues so if your a owner of a Dodge Chrysler and having problems such as me we should get the press involved and have them write a story about there lack or care for there customers safety so lets team up and write me at [xxx] and lets put a flame under there butts. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Failure of my brake lines. This is the two brake lines leading to the rear brakes as they leave the "distribution block". The corrosion was near the junction at the hard tubing and flexible tubing. The plastic clamp accumulates dirt and salt and corroded the lines. Remainder of the tubing looks ok. Poor engineering, a definite design flaw. Were is the recall? failed without warning. Total loss of braking. Many complaints of this using a simple google search.

I was driving to get lunch before picking up my son from school. I pulled into a burgerking parking lot as I went to stop at a stop sign the brake pedal went to the floor. When I finally stopped the Mini van I noticed that there was a trail of brake fluid on the ground. Upon further inspection the left front brake line had exploded.

My son stepped on the brake and the pedal went to the floor upon inspection the rear brake line was leaking right behind the braded part about a foot behind the abs unit the other rear lind is in bad shape at the same point.

Sudden brake failure when departing my home. Pedal went fully to the floor. Later inspection revealed heavy corrosion at the brake line joints with the short section of flexible brake line just rear of the abs box. No significant corrosion aside from the vicinity of the flex line. One of the corroded brake lines had a pinhole leak that triggered the brake failure.

The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the brake line on her vehicle has ruptured at least three times within the past eight months. While driving at an unknown speed, the brakes failed. The vehicle was repaired by a mechanic with parts purchased from the Dodge dealer. The vehicle has been repaired three times for this failure and the contact is currently too afraid to drive the vehicle. The failures occur without warning. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 51,500.

The contact owns a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. The contact stated that the brake line failed on two occasions while driving 55 mph. The first time was in October of 2006 and the second time was on June 27, 2007. The contact was able to pull off the road both times and the vehicle was towed. The current and failure mileages were 101,000.

Lost brakes on 2000 Dodge caravan with 58k miles. All the brake lines were badly corroded at the juncture of the flex tubing and the solid tubing. It looks like dissimilar metal to me. The brake lines should not rust out in that short of a time and low mileage all lines were replaced. Not by a Dodge dealer.

The rear brake lines failed on our 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. This vehicle has abs. From the abs unit to the rear brake distribution block, the twin brake lines are a combination of steel and steel braided lines. The entire lines are approximately 8 feet long. Of the 8 feet length, there is a section of flexible steel braided line approximately 7 inches long. At the junction of the steel line and the braided steel line, the line failed. There is not evidence of damage or abuse. The junction just failed. Luckily we were just pulling out of the garage when the brake pedal just went to the floor. Brake power was completely lost.

1) travel to local oil change garage. 2) in parking lot the brake pedal went to floor of the vehicle with drastic loss of braking. 3) vehicle had to be towed home (cost $85. 00). I replaced both rusted (one ruptured) brake lines (which ran from the abs controller to the rear brakes) with auto parts store hardware ($41. 00 lines & fittings, & $5. 00 fluid) after being informed that rusting lines are not the manufacturer's responsibility and that manufacturer replacement lines are not stocked after 2 or 3 years. (this makes no sense to me as I would expect that brake line failures would not occur in the first few years of service. ) I have also discovered that the lines running to the master cylinder show similar deterioration which will soon require their replacement as well. The lines are corroding in the immediate vicinity of the stainless steel braided hose sections which appear to be of metal differing from what the brake line itself is made from. Given that the failure is occurring in an area which appears to have dissimilar metals (an obvious failure point in areas using salt on the roads during winter - see articles covering "galvanic corrosion") the manufacturer should have made effort to keep this from happening and should offer some sort of repair / recall arrangement. Fortunately for me, this happened in a parking lot, not at seventy miles per hour on an interstate or in rush our traffic, but I'm sure that I'm not the only one riding around with this ticking time bomb on board. Could you do something about this?.

My car is a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan le. It has 120,000 miles on it. I purchased the car new. Rear brake line failure. Failure due to design flaw. Dissimilar metals (steel and stainless steel) used on a joint (flexible coupling) on rear brake lines. Dissimilar metals joint caused electrolytic corrosion and failure (rupture) of brake line. The brake line joint with dissimilar metals design flaw is a time bomb waiting to happen in many of the Dodge and Chrysler. The potential for a very high number of deaths and major injuries due to this design flaw is huge.

I have a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. I found that I have severely rusted brake lines. (I just happened to look my self) they look like they will burst any minute. I have detailed pictures. Seems wrong to me that a car manufacturer would be so cheap as to use brake lines that rust.

1999 Dodge Grand Caravan metal brake line burst and the consumer was denied a reimbursement for repair costs. When parked consumer's wife put footon the brake and brake pedal went to the floor. She was left without brakes. If this had occurred on the highway and /or heavy traffic it could have resulted in serious injury or death. Vehicle was towed to a Chrysler ealership, and consumer was informed that brake line burst. Consumer's request for reimbursement was denied because warranty expired.

While driving 60 mph the brakes failed. The consumer stated the brake lines were replaced.

While driving, brakes failed without warning. Dealer diagnosed that the brake fluid line, located near the gas tank, had corroded resulting in the brake failure.