Wow, 2 reponses in a few hours. This mailing list is GREAT!
I have a 96 Dakota. Someone else suggested the ABS pump. These are
great tips to tell the service guys. Unfortunately, I have to wait
until Tuesday. The worst part of all of this is that I have to drive my
girlfriends (gulp) "Camaro" until I get it fixed. Imagine the horror
...
Thanks for the help
Sean Meldrum wrote:
>
> At 03:00 PM 5/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have a 4x2 Dakota Sport (3.9L). Recently, the ABS and Parking Brake
> >come on at startup and stay on. I took it to the dealer and they said
> >my brakes needed to be readjusted; that's why the sensor was being
> >tripped. That was fine - for about a day. It just started doing it
> >again yesterday. At one point, I lost about half of my braking pressure
> >when I went to stop and the pedal shook (a la ABS). Has anyone else
> >had/heard of this problem and if so, what can I tell the dealer to look
> >for or how to fix it?
> >
> >2. Anyone know of some *good* performance upgrades for the 3.9L engine?
> >I know a few exhaust manufacturers are beginning to make some headers
> >and stuff (Jardine). Anyone else? Anything about hood scoupes either?
> >
> >Thanks ... Mat
> >
> >
>
> You've probably got a bad wheel sensor. I had one fail 3 weeks after I
> took delivery of mine. Had a bad master cylinder too. What year truck are
> we talkin' about? If it's a '97 the wheel sensor probably won't be a
> problem but I waited 2 months for the master cylinder. I've had the
> pedal/pressure problem as well but it only happened after I went through
> car wash and hasn't done it after the first 2 or 3 times it happened. If
> they ran the proper diagnostics these problems will show up.
>
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