Two problems related to brake master cylinder have been reported for the 1999 Dodge Ram 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Got my truck Feb. 14,2000 and in 2001 I had to start replacing front driver side brakes. I did this approximately 2 times a year. It always seemed to be the ones on drivers front wore out others where fine. On oct. 12,2004 a rainy night going home the truck started to shimmy when I used brakes. When I was going to turn right the brakes locked up on front and threw truck into embankment now wife messed up her neck due to impact. I did not file report cause no one else was at fault. The problem became more frequent. I continued replacing pads until recently. On July 28,2008 I changed everything except brake boost and master cylinder. The shimmying is back after 3 months. The vehicle pulls when I use the brakes and will throw you into other lane or off the road. I have had several close calls with other vehicles on the road through the years as I tried to repair the trouble. I have not received any recalls on this problem, but am tired of replacing pads. I have not fixed body damage from 2004 till I get this problem fixed. I have had others tell me of similar problems with their Dodge trucks. What can be done to fix this?.
(1) brakes experience intermittent failure when trying to come to a complete stop. Pedal goes all the way to floor. Have to pump the brake quickly to work. (2)failure of brakes caused vechile to not stop properly when another vechile crossed lanes of traffic, brake failure caused vechile to hit other vehicle (3) replacement of the front brakes and rotors, and rear brakes and drums did not rectify problems.