The front brakes go at 10,000. miles and the back at 30,000; on all other vehicles, I replaced the front brakes at 20,000 miles and rear at 40,000. Does anyone know if there is a problem with this car? Front brakes are discs and rear brakes are drums. I am deciding whether to keep or sell this car. Any information would help.
2007-10-24 12:11:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chrysler
alot depends on your driving style - if you wear them out that quickly on your van, you will probly do the same on another vehicle. give yourself more time to stop so that you can stop without applying the brakes so hard
2007-10-24 12:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by Chad M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
10,000 seems quite short for fronts, unless you drive your minivan like a mad fool?
Yes these vehicles are known for bad front brake calipers. Are your rotors totally destroyed? Were they replaced or machined last pad change? What brand pad are you having installed?
I use NAPA Engineered Application pads and new rotors each time and they last about 70K miles. I put new Calipers on and flushed the brake fluid at 100K miles just to be safe. I did my rear brakes at 100K miles again just to be safe(drums and spring kit too).
I would evaluate your current mechamic for replacement. Your quick wear out could just be the result of cheap junk parts from someplace like Checker? (real bad luck with their stuff) I remove a lot of their stuff in the course of a year.
I race cars in SCCA and cut our van no slack driving in town and have performance suspension and 17 inch performance tires. SCCA Member since 1978.
Good Luck
ASE Cert Auto Tech, 95 Neon, 96 T&C-ABS and 3.8L
2007-10-26 14:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drum brakes wear more slowly then disc brakes. I would start having the brake system checked and inspected. You may have a problem with the brake lines, or event he master cylinder. The master cylinder controls the amount of pressure supplied to each brake to help keep them even.
2007-10-24 12:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it just sound like you wear them out in a hurry.. i see the front brakes replaced between 30 and 50k fronts go first then the rear about 20k or more later. sounds fairly normal to me
2007-10-25 00:20:44 · answer #4 · answered by chrysti's midlife crisis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Driving habits are most common to this problem.
2007-10-25 12:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jackolantern 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋