Consumer Complaint Detail
DODGE / GRAND CARAVAN / 1999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006063137 | Incident Date: Mar, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WALLKILL | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: GRAND CARAVAN | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1B4GP44R2XB | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 20 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 17 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1) travel to local oil change garage. 2) in parking lot the brake pedal went to floor of the vehicle with drastic loss of braking. 3) vehicle had to be towed home (cost $85.00). i replaced both rusted (one ruptured) brake lines (which ran from the abs controller to the rear brakes) with auto parts store hardware ($41.00 lines & fittings, & $5.00 fluid) after being informed that rusting lines are not the manufacturer's responsibility and that manufacturer replacement lines are not stocked after 2 or 3 years. (this makes no sense to me as i would expect that brake line failures would not occur in the first few years of service.) i have also discovered that the lines running to the master cylinder show similar deterioration which will soon require their replacement as well. the lines are corroding in the immediate vicinity of the stainless steel braided hose sections which appear to be of metal differing from what the brake line itself is made from. given that the failure is occurring in an area which appears to have dissimilar metals (an obvious failure point in areas using salt on the roads during winter - see articles covering "galvanic corrosion") the manufacturer should have made effort to keep this from happening and should offer some sort of repair / recall arrangement. fortunately for me, this happened in a parking lot, not at seventy miles per hour on an interstate or in rush our traffic, but i'm sure that i'm not the only one riding around with this ticking time bomb on board. could you do something about this? *jb |