2002 Chrysler Town & Country Brakes Problems

My check engine light is on and I get a squeaky noise when driving

OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF PARTIAL FRONT BRAKE APPLICATION WHEN NO DRIVER INPUT IS INITIATED. THIS RESULTS IN THE FEELING OF THE CAR DRAGGING. IT IS SUBTLE BUT IF THE CAR IS PUT INTO NEUTRAL THE CAR COMES TO A STOP EVEN WITH NO DRIVER BRAKE INPUT. IN SEVERAL INSTANCES THE FRONT BRAKES GET EXTREMELY HOT AND BEGIN TO SMOKE. THIS IS A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD. AFTER ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO COOL FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THE BRAKES RETURN TO NORMAL AND DRIVING CAN RESUME. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS. THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY RECALLS OR ALERTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES, THE MOST RECENT ONE ON JULY 8, 2017. WEATHER DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR NOR DOES HIGHWAY OR LOCAL DRIVING.

LOSS OF BRAK POWER, PEDAL TRAVELS TO FLOOR. ; AFTER REPLACING MASTER CYLINDER, CALIPER ON THE LEFT FRONT.. MUST RE-BLEED LEFT FRONT** ONLY . MUST PERFORME THIS PROCEDURE EVERY 2 WEEKS...AND THIS IS A FREQUENT OCCURENCE ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL.THE ONLY OPTION IS TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT? WHY WAS THIS NOT A RECALL, IT SEEMS LOT OF OWNERS OF 2002 HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM..,IT'S ONLY THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM, AFTER BLEEDING, THE BRAKES LAST ONLY FEW WEEKS AND SAME THING, BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY AND TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR. AND MUST RE-BLEED LEFT FRONT WHEEL. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF VERY MINUTE BOUBLES. ## VIN PASSED ## CHRYSLER TRUCK 2002, TOWN & CONTRY,2002 3.3 L ##

I HAVE TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT THE CHRYSLER DEALER CALL CENTER AND HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT MY REAR TIRE LOCKING UP AND BRAKES HAS BEEN CHANGED TWICE IN ONE YEAR AND WHEN THEY LOCK UP ONLY ON THAT REAR TIRE IT STARTS TO SMOKE AND SMELL LIKE THE RUBBER IS BURNING AND MY OTHER COMPLAINT THAT STARTED YESTERDAY JULY 24,2010 I WAS RETURNING HOME AND PULLING OFF FROM WHERE I WAS PARKED AS I WAS PUSHING THE GAS FOR ACCELERATION IS WAS HESITATION LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING THE GAS. THEN AS I PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE IT CONTINUOUSLY DONE THE SAME THING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. I WAS AT THE STOP LIGHT IN A CITY AREA AND IT HAD MAJOR HESITATION AND IT WAS DANGEROUS AND VERY FRIGHTENING. JUST IMAGINE A CAR NOT GOING WHEN THE GAS IS PUSHED AND YOU GOT A BIG TRUCKER BEHIND YOU THOSE PEOPLE IN OTHER CARS DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HWY AND MY BRAKE ENGAGED NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE E-BRAKE OR REG BRAKE IT JERKED THE CAR FORWARD AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND AS FAST IT HAPPENED IT CORRECTED ITSELF AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. I CALLED THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT AND ANSWER WAS BRING IT BACK AND I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY, I HAVE ALREADY PAID OUT A GOOD DEAL JUST REGISTERING AND SALES TAX WHAT DO I DO. *TR

AT 28,00 MILES IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE ALL ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THIS IS WAY TOO SOON FOR THIS TYPE OF REPAIR. *JB

THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY - BRAKE, ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF. ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED, WE FELT IF PRUDENT TO NOTIFY YOU SINCE YOU HAVE AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY REGARDING AN EARLIER MODEL OF CHRYSLER MINI-VANS WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO COMPLETE BRAKING FAILURE. WE BELIEVE THE GOAL IS TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT FROM HAPPENING BEFORE THE FAILURE. *NM

ABS SYSTEM INCLUDING WHEEL SENSOR FAILED. ABS WAS DEACTIVATED. CHRYSLER HAS PROPOSED REPLACING ABS MODULE AND WHEEL SENSOR AT MY EXPENSE. REPAIRS NOT YET PERFORMED.

DT: CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT REAR SPEED SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED 4 TIMES AND IT CAUSED THE ABS TO BECOME INEFFECTIVE. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON . THE REGULAR BRAKES WORKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, JUST NOT THE ABS. THE VAN HAS 47,500 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST TIME IT WENT OUT WAS AT 7,500 MILES, THE SECOND TIME WAS AROUND 15,000 MILES, THIRD TIME AROUND 23,000 MILES, AND MOST RECENTLY AT 47,000 MILES. SHE BOUGHT THE VAN BRAND NEW, AND 4 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. ONE OF THE DEALERSHIPS SAID IT WAS VERY RARE FOR SPEED SENSORS TO GO OUT. THE MECHANIC AT WARNER ROBINS TOLD HER THAT CHRYSLER ENGINEERS WERE AWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEED SENSOR, AND WERE WORKING ON IT. SHE SPOKE TO CHRYSLER TWICE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY WOULD GIVE HER A ONE TIME $50.00 CHARGE TO FIX IT. SHE DID GET IT FIXED AND PAID THE $50.00. SHE FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE ABS *AK. UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WE BOUGHT A USED 2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN FROM A CAR RENTAL COMPANY HERE IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA. THE VIN # IS [XXX]. THE VEHICLE WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ABOUT 24,000 MILES ON IT WE BOUGHT IT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, THE ABS LIGHT WENT ON INDICATING THAT THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS WERE MALFUNCTIONING. WE TOOK IT INTO A DEALER HERE IN TOWN AND THEY REPLACED A REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID THE WHEEL SENSOR WAS SHOWING BAD AGAIN. THEY REPLACED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AGAIN. NOW IT IS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THAT MOST RECENT REPAIR AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WE WERE ON VACATION AT THE TIME AND DROVE ABOUT 1000 MILES WITHOUT ABS BRAKES OR TRACTION CONTROL AS IT WAS INCONVENIENT TO TAKE IT IN WHILE ON VACATION. I DID NOT RECEIVE THE OLD PART EITHER TIME BEFORE BUT I WILL GET IT THIS TIME. BY THE WAY THE VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY NOW AND CHRYSLER HAS DECLINED TO REPAIR IT WITHOUT CHARGE. WE FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WE ARE DRIVING FOR CONSIDERABLE PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE; ANTILOCK BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT OTHERS MAY BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT GETTING RESOLVED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THE ABS SYSTEM OR PARTS WITHIN THE ABS SYSTEM OF THIS CHRYLSER MODEL.*AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKING PROBLEMS. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WARPED. DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS , AND DID NOT REPAIR IT. CONSUME R STATED THAT THE WARNING LIGHTS NEVER CAME ON, AND WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED, ALL THE BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. YET, THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED SERVICING. *AK

PREMATURE BRAKE COMPONENT WEAR ON CHRYSLER MINI-VAN. BRAKES HAVE BEEN NOISEY SINCE 2000 MILES, MULTIPLE TRIPS TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS FINALLY NOISE PROGRESSED TO HARSH GRINDING @ 20,000 MILES. DEALER REPLACED PADS AND CLAIMS THIS IS ABNORMAL BUT NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE REQUIRE BRAKES SO SOON, NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WHICH MADE SO MUCH BRAKE NOISE AFTER ONLY 2000 MILES. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE VEHICLE WEIGHT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF NOT RESOLVED.

VEHICLE IN SERVICE 11/02. AT 12,000 MILES ONE ROTOR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO BRAKE PULSATION. AT 15,000 MILES BRAKES SQUEALED WHEN APPLIED AT SLOW SPEEDS (GOOD PADS). LIGHT BRAKE PULSATION STARTED AT 24,000 MILES. ROTORS TURNED AT 33,350 MILES DUE TO HEAVY BRAKE PULSATION IN STEERING WHEEL. AT 35,787 WAS TOLD BOTH FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THEY WERE WARPED. HAVE OWNED TWO PREVIOUS DISK BRAKE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND HAD POOR PERFORMANCE IN REFERENCE TO PULSATING BRAKES THAT I HAVE NOT HAD FROM GM OR FORD PRODUCTS. FRIENDS THAT HAVE CHRYLSER VEHICLES HAVE SAME BRAKE PULSATION PROBLEM. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR AND WAS DENIED. CHRYSLER COMPLAINT # 11578986. WOULD NOT ASSIST AT ALL IN RESOLVING ISSUE WITH BRAKES. *AK

2002 CHRYSLER T&C LX MINIVAN NEED NEW ROTORS AFTER ONLY 15,000 MILES! ROTORS ARE WARPED. CHRYSLER SAY NOT COVERED UNDER THIER HIGHLY ADVERTISED 7 YEAR WARRANTY. NOISE STARTED AROUND 10,000 MILE & HAS GOTTEN WORSE. BRAKES WERE SQUEAKY SINCE WE GOT THE VAN IN DEC OF 2001.OUR 1999 T&C MINIVAN NEVER NEEDED BRAKES PADS OR ROTORS. MY 1992 HONDA CIVIC WITH 200,000 MILES HAS NEVER NEED NEW ROTORS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND A GEAR SHIFT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DRB TEST, IN WHICH THE FAILURE CODE FOUND WAS A LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY AND LOOSE CABLE. THE CABLE WAS TIGHTENED. THEN, DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE THE VAN. NO OTHER PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN 2,347 MILES. DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE THE VAN FOR 15 MILES, AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. ALSO, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ABS SENSOR 3 TIMES. *AK *NM

WHILE PARKED ON A FLAT SURFACE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE HITTING RAILROAD CROSSING. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

BRAKES SQUEAK WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES TWICE, BUT THE SQUEAKING NOISE COULD STILL BE HEARD. ALSO, WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE VEHICLE ROLLEED FORWARD. *AK

THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON THE SAME DAY A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. MECHANIC WHICH REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. *TT