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 1994 Dodge Grand Caravan 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
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLING WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LOSS OF CONTROL. POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED AND THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR. *YH
WHILE DRIVING ON SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID WHEN BRAKING, THIS HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE ATTEMPING TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. GRINDING NOISES IN THE BRAKES AND UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE IMPACT. REPORT PROBLEM TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS SAY "NO PROBLEMS FOUND".*AK
I READ AN ARTICLE REGARDING SCHOOL BUSES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BRAKES, THE SAME IS HAPPENING WITH MY 94 DODGE CARAVAN LE 3.3 WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING SLOWLY USUALLY LESS THAN 20MPH AND I GO TO BRAKE , THEY TEMPORARILY LOSE THEIR BRAKING ABILITY FOR A FEW SECONDS AS IF THE ABS KICKS IN FOR A FEW SECONDS ON ITS OWN.
SET CRUISE CONTROL ON 55MPH AND VEHICLE ACCLERATED UPT 80 MPH. DRIVER PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. BUT THEN DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SPEED. DRIVER HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ONCE. CRUISE HAS WORKED OK SINCE. *AK *ML
WHILE BRAKING, THE INSTANT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON- AT THE SAME TIME IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT BRAKES RELEASE, THE PEDAL FEELS HARD, AMOUNT OF BRAKING FORCE IS GREATLY REDUCED RESULTING IN NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. ESTIMATED OCCURRENCE IS FOUR TIMES OVER A FEW WEEKS. OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. OTHERWISE BRAKING IS NORMAL. LOCAL DEALER ADVISED NO RECALL FOR THIS YEAR MODEL BUT THERE IS A RECALL ON PRIOR YEAR MODELS WITH SAME PROBLEM. THANKS
THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. GRINDING NOISES IN THE BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP (SERVICE DEPARTMENT) HAS INSPECTED THE BRAKES 3-4 TIMES. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN DO NOTHING UNTIL THE BRAKES FAIL. I INTEND TO CONTACT CHRYSLER CORPORATION ASAP, BUT CANNOT GET THROUGH ON THEIR 800#.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. ALSO, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER HAD TO CLEAR ALL THE CODES OUT OF THE ABS SYSTEM. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK
EXPERIENCING ABS BRAKE FAILURE WHILE GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. PROBLEM OCCURRED 30 MINUTES AFTER GOING OVER AN OVERPASS. ABS SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. BRAKE CONTINUALLY GRADED TO NOTHING. VEHICLE WAS INVOLED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
ABS PROBLEM; INTERMITTENTLY, WITHOUT WARNING, AT LOW SPEEDS, ON ANY ROAD SURFACE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL VIBRATES AND GOES SOMEWHAT TO THE FLOOR. MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE, AND FOR A SECOND OR 2 THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK AT ALL. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES, THEY STARTED SMOKING & OVERHEATING. PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD TO COOL DOWN. HAS BEEN TO MECHANIC 3 TIMES & HAD PADS & ROTORS REPLACED; DEALER SAID NO PROBLEMS W/BRAKES; PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ANOTHER DEALER STATED THAT BRAKES WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING BURNING ODOR WHEN BRAKING.
WHILE DRIVING BRAKES DID NOT WORK, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK EITHER. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO GET REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. IN ALL OF THESE VISITS THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
BRAKE NOISE, FOLLOWED BY BRAKES FADING.
WHILE DRIVING, UPON BRAKING, EXP ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, PEDAL TRAVELED TOO FAR DOWN, ALMOST TO FLOOR; ALSO, EXPERIENCED PEDAL PULSATION AS THOUGH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KICKING, BRAKE ACTION SEEMS INADEQUATE TO STOP, DLR CAN'T CORRECT. *AK
WHEEL SENSOR FOR ABS SYSTEM FAILED 5 TIMES.
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, WHEN UPON APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL DROPS WITH NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THERE WERE NO BRAKES, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, REARENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT . HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
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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