heres what he tells me now........"Well, after replacing the hydraulic
boost, they got pressure back in the system. Then the brake light came on
and stayed on. So another call to tech and they were informed that the
switch in the master cylinder tripped, and there is no way to reset it other
than replace the master cylinder. The service rep said he is going to try to
get the mastercylinder done for me as a freebie, since I'm already taking it
up the shorts for 900.00."

good lord I'm glad I don't live there!


"maxpower" > wrote in message
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>
> "rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > hey Glen, 2003 Grand caravan. friend has one with front brakes
> bad.....wife
> > driven so who knows....lol anyway 44,000 mi, fried pads, rotor, broke
> the
> > piston in the left front caliper. he was told the piston doesn't come
> > separate.....so he changed out the entire caliper. pedal goes to floor
> > obviously until bled but he bled it 12 ways to Sunday, still went to the
> > floor and has no more time to work on it, so took it to the dealer.
> >
> > Now they attempted to bleed the entire system, and got the same results.
> > They attempted to order a master cyl. but got a red flag asking for
call
> to
> > tech. After they called and stated what was going on, the guy at tech
> > said.......let me guess, the left front caliper was replaced, wasn't it?
> > after telling him yes, he proceeded to tell the dealership person that
> > there's an issue with the 2003's. if you get air in the system, it
> destroys
> > the hydraulic assist unit and it must be replaced. So they ordered it,
and
> > told my friend they would have it done tomorrow. He called me tonight
and
> > asked if I had heard of a hydraulic assist module. I hadn't, but not
> > turning wrench full time anymore, so there's lots of new stuff out there
> I'm
> > unfamiliar with. he states 900.00 including labor to replace it and
turn
> > the rotors.
> >
> > any ideas what this unit is they are replacing for him ?
> >
> >
> There was an issue on the hydraulic assembly that would cause air to get
> into the left caliper all the time and replacement of the hydraulic
assembly
> was the fix. But you say a brake job was done and the calipers were
> replaced, there would be no need to replace the hydraulic assembly for
that
> reason.....it was not letting air get into the caliper......the person
that
> installed them got air in it, there fore why would the hydraulic assembly
> need replacing????
> The system needs to be bled with the scan tool that is the only way I have
> had any luck with removing air from that system. someone better call the
> Chrysler star center back up and talk to a different tech and tell them
that
> the air was not in the system until the caliper was replaced, and I bet
you
> get a different answer......and that would be to not replace the hydraulic
> unit.
>
> good luck
>
>