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 1990 Dodge Dynasty submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 96V099000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. AFTER DRIVING 45 MPH, CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE, BUT SAW NOTHING BURNING. AFTER GETTING BACK INTO THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES, CONSUMER FELT A PULSING SENSATION. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD FOUR TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS ABS AS STATED IN RECALL 96 V 099 000, BUT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V099000. *AK
THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED AND DRIVER WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT WITH NO BRAKES. I AM A FRIEND OF COLLEDGE STUDENT WHO IS A FRIEND OF MY SONS, SO I AM KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE ATTEMPTING TO GET THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM FIXED. I KNOW THE CAR IS OLD AND CHRYSLER SAYS NO RECALL IS IN EFFECT NOW BUT THIS CAR HAS ABS RECALLS AND WE WANT TO KNOW IF CHRYSLER SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESOLUTION OF THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT?*AK
WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES ARE GRIND AND THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. DEALER REPLACED BOTH SIDE OF THE BRAKES, AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. *AK
PASSENGER REAR CALIPER SEIZED LAST YEAR, PARTS $795. DRIVER REAR CALIPER NOW SEIZED. ONGOING ABS ISSUE SINCE PURCHASE, HYDRAULIC PUMP STARTS FOR NORMAL STOPS 90% OF TIME. ALL DODGE DEALERS/CHRYSLER 800 SERVICE DENIES ANY SERVICE RECALLS.
NO SUMMARY
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO GO AROUND ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE, AND THE DEALER TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM REPLACING THE WIRE THAT HAD CORROSION
THE BRAKE PADS WERE PULLING FROM SHOES. WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE BRAKES PADS AND SHOES/ROTORS & CALIPERS REPLACED. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, CONSUMER HAD SYSTEM TAKEN OUT DUE TO EXPENSE AND CONTINUAL FAILURE.
ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
ABS/BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON DUE TO LOOSE BLEEDER SCREW, ALSO BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE DUE TO FAILED ACCUMULATOR.
ABS, BRAKES MAKES LOUD NOISE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
ABS: ROTORS WARP; BRAKES MAKES NOISE, JERKY; PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR BEFORE IT CATCHES. TT
VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM HAD FAILED COMPLETLY WHILE DRIVING.(EA95-016). *AK
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED 25,000 MILES AND 50,000 MILES, RESULTING IN COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS, ALSO ABS LIGHT GO ON/OFF. TT
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, EXCESSIVELY LONG DISTANCE, ABS INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON. TT
BRAKE AND ANTI BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR HIT A DEER. RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. 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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