My pads and rotors were worn down on my 2008 Town and Country at 14,000 miles. We drive our vehicles normally and this is our 4th Town and Country (others were 2001, 2005, and 2006--and none had premature brake/rotor wear). Fortunately, I was able to get the dealer to replace them under warranty. Has anyone else experienced this with this latest generation of Chrysler vans?
Jeff
I work for a brake repair shop and trust me you are not alone.Enterprise and alot of other people bought the same van and had the same trouble.I hate to say but it doesnt stop there.About every 14 to 15 thousand miles you have to replace the front pads.As of now they dont have an upgrade,for instance ceramic pads, but I am sure they will very soon
They sell ceramic pads for this vehicle. I have found them at autozone and Advance Auto parts.
I can't tell you how many times we have had to replace pads for my 2008 van
Very Important Info for Town & Country/Grand Caravan Owners for Front brakes .... if you are going through front brakes more often than rears ,(like 3 times in the front before the rears need changing) it is probably that the rear brakes aren't fully engaging properly , i went through Numerous front brakes and was even ridiculed by the mechanic who services the company vans by telling me to change my driving habits and stop driving like an Idiot ,when I'm actually a normal driver . Well after about 7 front brake jobs and 2 days before the front rotors would shake erratically I changed mechanics .i was granted permission to go to my friend who is a Professional mechanic and uses Mechanic Blogs and expensive Scan Tools to Diagnose automobiles properly , Long be hold I was right ...... the PROBLEM is in the ABS system !!!!! Air gets trapped in the lines but just enough for the brakes to work less in the rear with no ABS light and no Brake light shown The Procedure 1) connect a Scan tool to the OBD 2 connector and search ABS brake bleed 2) follow the scan tool instructions , the computer starts pulsing the brake pedal by activating the ABS pump , after several pumps it will tell you the exact calipers to bleed while it activates the pump for each to evacuate the Air from the system and exact lines its needs to after this procedure the Van STOPS PERFECT!!!!!! don't be fooled into replacing Front brakes over and over when a simple Computer Bleed of the ABS system will save your Wallet!!!! By the way Most mechanics have no clue of this , I researched Brake issues on Blogs and Web sites and different mechanics , Finally I it took the Right guy to see the Obvious and took 15 Minutes to do the procedure Good Luck to all searching for a Cure of Chrysler brake issues
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