Consumer Complaint Detail

BRAKE PARTS / DISC BRAKE ROTOR / 9999

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280050 Incident Date: May, 11 2004
Consumer's City: FAIRFAX Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Brake Parts Inc.
Model Name: DISC BRAKE ROTOR Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4G258S1YC Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 12 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 05 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a jeep grand cherokee limited w/ 36,000 miles brakes pulsate at 40 mph and almost out of controll @ 55 mph and over when applying brakes. almost side swiped a bus with my child in car to keep it on the road. have returned to dealer ( john irish auto plaza san rafael ca) jim graves has been very understanding. its not the dealer i am upset it is with chrysler/ daimler!!! they have a serious problem , are they waiting for someone to die!!! they replace with the same defective rotors they should provide another brake rotor system to see if it takes care of the problem. i hear stillen has something that may work. history: 8181 miles brakes shimmy; excessive run out, 9377 miles replace front rotors, 15832 miles front & rear have excessive run out resurfaced f & r rotors,21293 miles shimmy excessive run out; replaced front clippers & rotors, 26,133 miles f & r rotors have run out, 28921 miles vibration f & r rotors have excesive run out; resurfaces f & r rotors. 29450 need rear brakes, 29492 miles replaced rear brakes and rotors. 33101 miles shimmy vibration f & r rotors have excessive run out. resurfaced f & r rotors. 36202 miles vibrations again taking back to dealer. manager agreed this is really bad! *ak