NHTSA Complaint #10246206 — 1992 DODGE CARAVAN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 DODGE CARAVAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. THE ABS WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY, WHICH EXTENDED THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE WORN ABS PUMP AND PISTON. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THERE WAS A PRIOR RECALL DEFECT REPAIR; HOWEVER, THE RECALL REMEDY HAS NOT CORRECTED THE SAFETY DEFECT. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 197,250 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 215,000. UPDATED 11/19/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT CHARGED, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE BRAKE. UPDATED 11/19/08. *JB