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Originally Posted by lmitch
for the three years that i've owned my Cherokee, the brakes have always acted strange on rainy days... the first time the brakes are used on a rainy day, a light tap on the pedal jerks the car to a stop. this usually reoccurs through the second and sometimes third stop, after which the brakes seem fine. lately, though, there is a new addition to the rainy day behavior - the brakes seem to slip and make a loud noise prior to the heavy lock/jerk. do any other jeep owners out there experience similar brake behavior??
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Jack the car up in 2WD and see it the brakes work (in drive of course).
On my 97 with 124K on it...the wheel cylinders were not functioning or needed to freed up. I freed one and replaced the other....should have done both though. So the car was just stopping using the front discs.
You didn't say if you had ABS. There are things wriitten about that also.
I found out about my problem when doing a California smog test on the dyno....the rear brakes were not working to stop the dyno rollers. Surprise!! My daughter had complain about front lockup in the rain also.