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Jeep Liberty/Liberty Diesel Brakes

100 messages,  Last post on Sep 02, 2011 at 5:32 AM

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#91 of 100 Re: brakes - lock up [meme12] by winter2

May 25, 2010 (9:48 am)

Replying to: meme12 (May 25, 2010 8:08 am)
Generally, brake system flush is not on the maintenance menu and you have to request it. Shop around as the price varies from place to place. Bringing your own fluid will generally save you a few dollars.
 
If the shop uses BG Products, which is good stuff, then go there.
If the rest of the fluids are original, like power steering, it might be worth your while to have that done too.
 
One other thought about the rear lock up is that you never mentioned if you had antilock brakes. If so, have the sensors checked.

#92 of 100 Re: brakes - lock up [winter2] by meme12

May 25, 2010 (1:42 pm)

Replying to: winter2 (May 25, 2010 9:48 am)
i do have anti lock brakes - it sounds like i need to have all my fluids replaced and a few things checked:)
thank you - very much appreciated

#93 of 100 Parking brake assembly by kayakhomer

Jun 04, 2010 (1:58 pm)

I have a 06 liberty diesel that was making a grinding, dragging noise from the rear drivers side wheel. When I removed the rear tire and brake rotor I found the remains of a aluminum rivet in the "hat" portion of the rotor. I then discovered that the backing plate that holds the parking brake assemble had come loose from the axle. It is only held in place by two small aluminum rivets. Has anyone else had this problem and how do you get at the backing plate to replace the rivets?

#94 of 100 locking breaks by gbeck5

Jul 15, 2010 (6:55 pm)

I have replaced the breakpads and the calliveter on my 2005 jeep liberty. What else could be causing them to lock up every other day

#95 of 100 Re: 2005 Jeep Liberty Diesel Brake Problem [gmc11] by cornbob01

Aug 17, 2011 (11:42 am)

Replying to: gmc11 (Jan 02, 2010 7:42 am)
I am An owner of a 2005 Jeep CRD as well. I am now experiancing the brake problem that you were talking about in #82. I Have taken my jeep to the dealership back and fourth for over 3 months now. I was wondering if you had found out what the problem was. I am looking forward to getting my jeep fixed and just need and awnser and the dealership cant give me one.

#96 of 100 Re: 2005 Jeep Liberty Diesel Brake Problem [cornbob01] by gmc11

Aug 17, 2011 (12:18 pm)

Replying to: cornbob01 (Aug 17, 2011 11:42 am)
I finally told the dealer to replace the pads and to check the rotors. They resurfaced the front discs and found that both rear rotors were delaminated (junk). They put new rear rotors on and one of the rear calipers was seized so they replaced that. They replaced the pads on all four wheels. This solved the problem. The brakes felt like new again and the peddle did not fade. This was done at approximately 55,000 miles on the odometer.

#97 of 100 05 Liberty brakes locking up by iaokie

Aug 24, 2011 (4:57 pm)

My 05 libertys brakes lock up intermittenly
One day there fine the next day I'm driving down the road and all 4 brakes slowly start to lock up to the point of not being able to move without pushing the gas pedal half way to th floor
Ive be told it's the proportional valve or master cylinder
Any ideas

#98 of 100 Re: 2005 Jeep Liberty Diesel Brake Problem [gmc11] by cornbob01

Aug 26, 2011 (4:42 am)

Replying to: gmc11 (Aug 17, 2011 12:18 pm)
I told the dealership to replace all pads,calipers,and rotors. Then they test drove it for 2 days and said it was fine but it wasn't. Problem still exists. Brake petal goes to the floor more if you hit the brakes, then let off and hit them again. Dealership states that they have replaced everything except the hoses which arn't leaking.
Any other ideas?

#99 of 100 Re: dealer wants to replace rotors [sthoge] by gmc11

Sep 02, 2011 (5:23 am)

Replying to: sthoge (May 13, 2010 12:22 pm)
Excellent advice! After reading this, I checked my owner's manual for the torque spec and sure enough the owner's manual states the same thing that you say. When I checked the torque, some were so tight I thought I'd break the wheel bolts trying to loosen them and others backed off easily. I will be torqueing the bolts from now on every time I have my tires rotated and balanced.

#100 of 100 Re: 2005 Jeep Liberty Diesel Brake Problem [cornbob01] by gmc11

Sep 02, 2011 (5:32 am)

Replying to: cornbob01 (Aug 26, 2011 4:42 am)
I checked the brakes of some other vehicles with anti-lock brakes and found that they do the same thing. The anti-lock brakes stop the vehicle by modulating the brakes on and off very rapidly. What if they are staying in the off mode and bypassing the fluid? BTW, my brakes will still go to the floor if I apply constant pressure to them when the vehicle is running. If the vehicle is off however, the brakes are firm and will not go to the floor. We need a mechanic to explain that.

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