Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 12/13/2003 | 125000 | 20 | 07/07/1997 |
| Parking brake repeatedly fails to hold, despite multiple attempts to repair, sometimes fails in on position causing extensive damage to parking and main rear brake. chyrsler unwilling to address problem. *ak | |||
| 80000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer states that the parking brake does not stay engaged. *ak | |||
| 3 | |||
| Consumer states vehicle has an emergency brake problem, when one thinks the emergency brakes are holding they are really wearing away the shoes, and there is sudden and unwanted jamming of the brake linkage, consumer stated a service bulletin was issued, however there needs to be a recall.*jb | |||
| 11/09/1998 | 20 | 10/01/1998 | |
| Emergency brake unexpectedly releases / windshield wipers unexpectedly cycle once | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 09/01/2001 | 1 | 02/01/2000 | |
| Emergency brake intermittently disengages. the van almost ran me over when the brake disengaged while i was winching the boat on the trailer, very dangerous design!!!*ak | |||
| 09/20/1998 | 999 | 09/01/1997 | |
| Each time the emergency brake is applied, it releases on its own. the brake was rarely used,and therefore it doesn't seem like it should be defective. *ak | |||
| 01/08/1999 | 1 | 01/01/1999 | |
| The right rear park brake does not engage. problem found 8 jan 99. suspect loose or damaged park brake assy within the brake drum. assy makes noise when applying tension on the parking brake cable. left rear park brake functions properly. normal brake operation (brake pedal) tested good, equal force on left and right brakes. problem isolated to the right rear park brake assy. | |||
| 12/07/1998 | 1 | 11/01/1996 | |
| Parking brake pedal releases spontaniously when parked on a forward incline | |||
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL - MECHANICAL - LINKAGE AND CABLE | |||
| 01/06/2005 | 156000 | 50 | 07/01/1997 |
| Emergency brake fails to function when temperature is below freezingg; dealer unable to repair despite multiple attempt; brake freezes in locked and unlock position causeing damage to brake drums (locked) and loss emergency brake (open). *ak | |||