Defect Alert: Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan Rotor Issues
We are receiving a large number of calls to the 1-800 Lemon Law hotline pertaining to brake and rotors problems with Dodge Caravan, Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country vehicles. While dealers sometimes say that brakes are normal wear and tear items, we are finding rotors and pads that need to be replaced every 5,000 -10,000 miles, and that is certainly not the norm.
If you are experiencing grinding brakes, trouble stopping or your brake pedal pushes to the ground, continue going back to an authorized Dodge or Chrysler dealership to have the problem addressed. Make sure you hold on to every repair invoice. And if you are back in the shop repeated times, regardless of whether you are paying for the repairs, contact a Lemon Law attorney to discuss your rights under state and/or federal law. You could be entitled to free legal representation under the fee-shifting provisions of your state’s Lemon Law. You can find a list of lemon law attorneys throughout the country by clicking here.
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March 12th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
2008 Chrysler Town and Country Mini-Van Brake problems.
We now have to replace the front brakes including rotors and pads for the 3rd time and ther rear brakes for the second time with only 62000 miles on the car.
Each time we have been told that the rotors can not be cut even though they have never been cut. I find this very unusual.
The first time the front brakes needed replacement was at about 24,000 miles. Chysler has a recall or service bulletin at the time and refunded part of the cost.
Now I am being told by the Chrysler dealer that I need to pay $850 for front and rear brake replacement including rotors again.
March 17th, 2012 at 7:40 pm
2008 Dodge Caravan.
Front and rears replaced at 20,000 kms!! INSANE!!! Rears got so hot you could not touch the rim. Brakes should be a recall as they do not last at all. If this wasnt an issue then why are most of us owners having brake issues so early on in the life of this vehicle????? JUST IS NOT RIGHT!!!
March 29th, 2012 at 8:25 pm
2007 Dodge Grand Caravan
I have 31,700 miles on my van. In June 2010 (24,000 miles) I had to have new front brakes and rotors put on, in December 2011 I had to have new rear brakes but on….now just last week I had to put new front brakes AGAIN got only a little over 7,000 miles out of them and had to have the rotors machined. Don’t know if anyone else is having this problem – I heep getting what I call a clunk and the dealer called a click in the front drivers wheel – turned out have to replace the axel – Are you kidding me, this van is not even 5 years old with extremely LOW miles….
April 14th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
2009 Chrysler Town & Country with 24,000 miles. Back brakes ran in excess of 600 degrees F. and the vehicle was undriveable for any extended length of time. Shame on you Chrysler; this situation is unacceptable
April 17th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
2010 Chrysler Town and Country left over (purchased 02/2011) with 14,000 miles on it today – replaced front rotors today and they tell me they need to replace the rears as well – but want to charge me $500+. This is ridiculous………Chrysler clearly knows there is a problem – they issued an automatic extended warranty on the front braking system – so all I have to pay is a deductible – I AGREE – SHAME ON YOU CHRYSLER……..I was so proud to have purchased an American made car – but am so ashamed that the product we are putting out is so CHEAP it doesn’t even last 15,000 miles……..SHAME ON YOU!
April 18th, 2012 at 9:35 am
Just very frustrated with this whole braking problem with my 2009 Chrysler Town and Country. I’m about to replace my pads and rotors for about the 4th time in only 54,000 miles. Has anyone received any satisfaction from anyone at Chrysler or any other organization?
April 23rd, 2012 at 3:55 pm
We have handled numerous brake claims regarding these vehicles.
April 25th, 2012 at 11:25 am
I just purchased a 2011 Chrysler Town and Country with 80 miles on it and we had to replace the rotors and break pads. It was obviously covered, but while my wife was sitting at the service department there were two other minivan owners getting them replaced as well. Both have said it has been a reoccuring problem for them. the only explination we got from the service department was that it must have been a bad batch. I am sorry but this is BS….there has got to be a better explination than this.
May 7th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Got a used, 70 K miles, 2009 Grand Caravan that had replaced rotors and pads, and it is still giving problems. Hot RF wheel and vibrations.
May 8th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
I have a 2009 Chrysler Town and Country with 57,000 miles on it and had to change the front breaks rotors and pads three times and going on its 4th time, I took it to the service department at Chrysler and said that the pads and rotors are from Auto Zone and are cheap and no good Quality; the Auto Zone part store said that there the top of the line pads and rotors and that the Chrysler service department are BS… You SHAME ON YOU CHRYSLER !!!!!!!Plus I had to replace the Fuel Pump$600.00 +$225.00 labor,Heater Hose $125.00 I did the labor, Air Conditioning High pressure Hose $325.00 and the front Wheel Bearing that I bought and put on my self $ ??? SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
I own 3 2008′s and 1 2011…….similar brake problems on every one.
The 10 month old 2011 with 17000 miles had one caliper seize last week, the other this week, both calipers replaced, but before I could get home the first one seized again…….wheel so hot you can’t touch it. Now they tell me they need parts which are backordered with absolutely no ETA on parts…….could be a week or a month. This is a business vehicle which is now out of service. This happened once on one of the 2008′s………at that time dealership told me that New England region had over 450 sets of calipers on backorder. Time for a class action lawsuit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 13th, 2012 at 9:51 am
I just replace the rear rotors on our 2009 Town & Country with less than 11,000 miles…….Only drive the car for golf trips and to the Outer Banks with our Labs. Stopped going to local Chrysler garage……No satisfaction from them.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I own a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan in February I had replaced the masyer cylinder all brake lines rotars pads emergency brake and pedal and calibers. In the middle of March my brakes began to slip sometimes Limmer they didnt want to stop. On Friday I wad on.my way to work and the pedal went to the floor. The abs light kettle coming on too. Well they said they cant find anything wrong with them and they are working now. After investigating I found out that this is a common provlem with this van. I believe with this it is a danger to our lives and others. They need to dip something about this problem!!!
May 22nd, 2012 at 11:45 am
David: if this becomes a repetitive issue on the 2011 model, please call us at 1 800 LEMON LAW.