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 1993 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS LOCKED UP THE FRONT WHEEL, BUT THE REAR WHEEL KEPT TURNING. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL . *AK THE CONSUMER ALMOST WRECKED 4-5 TIMES WHEN SLIPPERY. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS FOUND LEAKING AND THE ABS DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FAILED. *SC *JB
THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE REAR BRAKES. *PH THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING. *SC
BRAKE ROTOR AND DRUM WARPED DUE TO HEAT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.*JB
ABS MALFUCTION IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ABS MODULE, CAUSING T PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR, AND A DELAYED IN STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
APPROACHED A SIGNAL LIGHT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. HAD A HARD PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AGAINST THE LIGHT AND WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THAT HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
FRONT END SQUEAKED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT FRONT CALIPER TREADS WERE STRIPPED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR BRAKE BACKING PLATES WERE POORLY ENGINEERED AND WERE MADE WITH UNSUITABLE METAL, THEY ARE RUSTED AND CORRODED. *JB
REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK LIKE ANTI-LIKE BRAKES SHOULD..THEY ARE NOT ACTIVE AT ANY TIME OR SPEED .I HAVE HAD DEALERS AND MECHANICS CHECK THEM AND CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG.BUT WHEN I AN STOPPED, I COULD STAND ON THE BRAKES AND LIGHTLY TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL,) AND SPIN THE REAR TIRES EVEN WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DISABLED. THANK YOU. MY E MAIL IS [email protected]. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTED/PITTED AND WORE THE BRAKE PADS DOWN TO AN UNUSEABLE AND UNSAFE CONDITION. I STILL HAVE THE OLD ROTORS, AND I CALLED CHRYSLER AND ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE ROTORS FROM ANY JUNK YARD, AND WAS JUST TRYING TO RIP THEM OFF. I DID NOT TAKE MY TRUCK TO A CHRYSLER REPAIR SHOP, BUTI DID TAKE IT TO A VERY GOOD REPAIR SHOP OF MY CHOISE. WHEN THEY GOT DONE THEY SAID THAT CHRYSLER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS ON SOME VANS, AND THAT THE ONES ON MY TRUCK WERE OF THE SAME SIZE AND STYLE USED ON THE VANS WITH THE PROBLEM. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS IF THERE IS A RECALL OR A FIX THAT I GET SOME PAY BACK FOR MY PROBLEM. I DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD THAT I AM JUST TRYING TO RIP THEM OFF. THANK YOU, SINCERELY YOURS MAX A. HOOL SR. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS PITTED ON BOTH SIDES. ALSO FRONT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT.
ROTORS PITTED AND FLAKING CAUSING THEM TO MAKE NOISE.
WHEN DRIVING AND BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, TWO STUDS THAT HOLD THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND ONE OTHER STUD SNAPPED AND SHEARED OFF, CAUSE BRAKES TO BECOME LOOSE INSTANTLY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND NO RESPONSE. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A DESIGN DEFECT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP. THE ROAD HAD ICE ON IT. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AROUND 15-20 MPH. *AK
VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE LEFT. FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED.
FAILURE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE BRAKE CALIPER, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER WAS DISENGAGED FROM THE DISC DUE TO A RUSTED BOLT. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS. *AK
THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED ABOUT FIVE TIMES WHILE DRIVING.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
IN WET WEATHER WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY LOCK UP, THERE NO BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING CABLE TO REST ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER/BURN. *SD
PURCHASE TRUCK USED WHEN APPLIED THE BRAKE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LOCKED UP AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
BRAKE SHOE BROKE. *SD
THE ROTORS ARE RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THEY CAN NOT BE TURNED. NOW THE BRAKES ARE INOPERTIVE. TT
VEHICLES FRONT RIGHT ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WHEEL LOCKS UP AND CAUSES TRUCK TO SKID AND LOSS CONTROL. TT
REAR BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHEN THERE IS WEIGHT IN THE TRUCK, RESULTING IN SKIDDING, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK
FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS WILL LOCK UP AT ANYTIME. BRAKE PADS BY BENDIX WERE POSSIBLE CAUSE. HILL KELLY DODGE REFUSED TO ASSIST ANY FURTHER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP ON WET ROADS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
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