2015 Dodge Grand Caravan Brakes Problems

“Approaching a t interesection on a reidential street at about 15 MPH, I turned right and the vehicle steering was hard and I held on to the steering wheel to direct the vehicle to the street on the right. I stepped on the brakes it did not respond. I stepped on the parking brake foot pedal and the brake dashboard lite turned on but vehicle kept going..I panicked and somehow I managed to slow down and shift the vehicle to p the to d then to p and turned off the ignition. I checked the engine, brake fluid and power steering fluid..everything was ok.”

“Back left wheel smelled very hot when I got out of the van.went to touch very hot to touch took to local mechanic,after calling dealer ship said out of warranty.back left calipers were bad had to replace both rear calipers,rotors and brake shoes.I believe anything to do with brakes are a hazard the wheel got hot from calipers not working properly could have caused a blowout and brake system failure.im not a mechanic but the mechanic I took it to was disgusted that the calipers had gone bad expecially at that mileage. …”

“Rear brake condition, 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan se (dual front piston brake version): a tire change at 85752 miles and slightly more than four years of road use revealed normal front rotors with 8mm of brake pad material remaining on the front pads but as little as less than 1mm on the rears with both rear rotors heavily corroded on their face as well as having significant areas of missing material on the face due to corrosion as large as 1.5' x 1' and as deep as 1mm. …”

“The van was pulled in to a driveway with a slight tilt, put in park, with the key removed from the ignition, in park. The primary driver almost always uses the parking brake, and believes it was on at this time. The sliding door behind the drivers side door was opened, something taken out, and closed. At that point in time, the van started rolling backward, to the point where it actually impacted the house on the other side of the street. Problem has not been reproducible. …”

“I heard the sound of metal scraping on metal when I applied the brakes. I took it to Boubin Auto Repair and they said they replaced the rear calipers, rotors and pads. They failed to connect the parking brake cable on the right side. The parking brake cable broke later and I took it to Hubbell's Auto Repair and they replaced the parking brake cables. Years later, I once again heard the scraping sound of metal on metal when applying the brakes. This was about 2.5 years after it first happened. The vehicle has about 67,000 miles on it now. I bought it new in 2015. …”