Brakes stop working

[granguzs]

PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME!! THE BRAKES ON MY 93 GRAND CARAVAN STOP WORKING, THE ABS LIGTHS ARE ON, I CHECKED ALL FUSES AND THEY LOOK OK, I ALSO CHECKED THE RELAY, ANY SUGESTION?? I WILL APRECIATTE VERY MUCH

[kizon]

Same thing happened on my Grand Caravan I ran a stop sign because of it. It was a good thing nothing was coming. A part in the brake system is on recall for the longest time. I went to the local Dodge dealership and luckily they took it in and fixed it for free.

[yale329]

Hope you fixed it by now. If not, check your master cylinder to see if it's extremly wet. Total brake failure is very unusal.

[granguzs]

i,ve heard that abs brakes on caravans give a lot of problems. my brakes works but i have to press the pedal very hard, i think the pump doesnt work, i want to change the whole unit for a regular unit, w/o abs.those anybody knows if this is possible? i have a bendix 10 system and want to change it for a regular system (vaccum system)

[davidanddelo]

I have also personally experienced total brake failure on my '93 minivan. As one of the other respondents has said, if you push REALLY hard, the brakes are still there.

I am about to raise some hell at the dealer as this has been "fixed" once before. I'm beginning to believe that there may not be a fix (only a change to another brake system).

It has happened about a half-dozen times over the past 3 or 4 years I've owned the car. Both the ABS and the Brake light come on suddenly without warning (sometimes I'm not even touching the brake). After the lights are on, I still have a few power assisted pushes left. The really weird thing is that it continues to "fix" itself. When it does, the boost (ABS) motor runs for a good 30 seconds to get the vacuum back up.

[azakram]

Check all tires for any oil leak, some time break cylinder leaks and it causes total break loss. Happen to me.
ABS is a problem and it is not going away although I have fixed all the breaks.

[Alexandra Spears]

At one point I was having issues with low brake fluid in my master cylinder, turned out to be a leaking rear wheel cylinder. The shop caught it when I was getting my front brakes done.