Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Chrysler Fifth Avenue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE STOOD UPON FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE ABS WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THE CONTACT'S PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC FOR THIS PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS CAR. IT IS A 1991 CHYRSLER NEW YORKER. THE REAR BRAKES HAVE ONE FLAT PIN THAT COMES OUT OF THE WHEEL CYLINDER. THIS SMALL FLAT PIN PUSHES ON A THIN FLAT PART OF THE REAR BRAKE SHOE. BECAUSE THE PIN IN FLAT AND DOES NOT HAVE THE FORK DESIGN LIKE THE OLDER MODELS, THE PIN SLIPS OFF THE BRAKE SHOE AND OVER EXTENDS. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF THE BRAKE FLUID AND THE LOSS OF THE REAR BRAKES. I ALSO NOW HAVE PICTURES OF WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURS. *JB
ON FIVE OCCASIONS VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE USE OF BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER'S SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER'S SHOP AT THIS TIME FOR THE FIFTH TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTED OUT AND RESULTED IN DASH BOARD FIRE, SEVERAL COMPONENTS (ELECTRICAL) FAILED PRIOR TO FIRE. YH
ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BRAKE PEDAL FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO STOP VEHICLE. TWO YEARS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL TO CORRECT PROBLEM.
BRAKES FAILED.
THE ABS SYSTEM FAILS ON THE VEHICLE AT A SIMPLE STOP THEY DO NOT STOP THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
EA95-016 ACTIVE, FAILURE OF ABS BRAKING SYSTEM, ACTUATOR THAT CONTROLS THE ABS SYSTEM IS FAULTY. TT
THE ABS BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BRAKES FEEL SPONGY. TT
ABS FAILED, HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE, ALSO ABS LIGHT CAME ON. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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