Hi Norah: I live just down the street from you and have an 89 Sport 4x4.
I have done 3 complete brake jobs front and rear in the past 300,000km with
only 1 set of rotors at 240,000. The only reason I changed them then was
one warped. There is no way a rotor should be shot at 22,000km let alone
pads! What dealer are we talking about here. Want to make sure I don't go
there! I do all my own work. Don't trust any service organization really.
Brian Cleary
bcleary@interlog.com
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> From: Norah Kiraly <janor@ican.net>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Brake Question
> Date: June 10, 1997 7:53 PM
>
> Hi guys!
>
> Is anyone aware of a premature brake-pad wear problem on the 4x2
automatics?
>
> I've been driving my '95 for 22 months now and I've only got 22,000 km on
> it. When I went in for an oil change, the Chrysler mechanic recommended
> that I get new front brake pads and rotors, repack the front wheel
bearings
> and service the rear brakes. I went in and took a look at it myself and
> noticed that the front brake pad, passenger side was thinner than the
> driver's side, but it still didn't look like it needed replacing quite
yet
> and the rotor didn't even look scored.
>
> I went in to the showroom to talk with the sales rep who leased the truck
to
> me, who luckily happens to be a friend of mine. She went storming in to
see
> the Service Manager yelling that: "This is impossible. I know Norah and
the
> way she drives. She's also my best customer and plans on getting her
next
> Dakota here. You better check this out yourself!" The Service Manager
also
> agreed that the brakes should be fine for another 5,000 km and they'll
check
> it on my next oil change. I still don't think they should wear out at
> 37,000 km.
>
> I also learned from the Manager, that the mechanics get paid by the job
and
> not salary. So naturally they want to get the job in order to get a
paycheck.
>
> It just seems a little too soon for this to start happening. Strange
thing
> is that the exact same thing happened with my '93 at around the same
time.
> The only difference was the the brake pad really did wear down quickly
and
> ended up damaging the rotor so that I did have to have it replaced. I
> started to wonder if it was my driving pattern, but then dismissed that
idea
> as my '81 LeMans didn't need any brake work for the last 3 years that I
had
> it, and I put a hell of a lot more mileage on it than the last two Daks.
>
> Between the 3 vehicles that I've had in the last 7 years. The common
> denominator here is the fact that both brake problems were on the
passenger
> side, both were Dakota 4x2 club cab automatics, and both happened around
the
> 2 year mark with approximately the same mileage - 22,000 on the '95 and
> 30,000 km. approx. on the '93.
>
> Has anyone else had a similar problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Norah Kiraly
> current: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
> previous: '93 Dakota blue 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
>
>
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