BRAKES HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM SENSE PURCHASED NEW. THEY SOMETIMES GET HOT ENOUGH TO CATCH FIRE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD THIS NORMAL. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE BRAKES WE TOOK THE CAR TO INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE PADS,ROTORS,CALIPERS AND BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET PARTS. THESE ALSO GOT HOT CAUGHT FIRE. WE THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WE SHOULD HAVE USED OEM PARTS. WE THEN HAD THIS DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE AFTERMARKET PARTS WITH OEM PARTS. THE BRAKES AGAIN CONTINUED TO RUN HOT. 3,000 MILES LATER THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SMOKE CAME INTO THE VEHICLE. DURING THE 99,000 MILES WE HAVE USED THIS MINIVAN THE BRAKES ALWAYS RAN HOT AND HAVE CAUGHT FIRE THREE TIMES. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THOUSANDS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE AVERAGE BRAKE LIFE ON THIS VAN IS ABOUT 20,000 MILES. OUR PREVIOUS DODGE VAN RAN 120,000 MILES BEFORE ANY BRAKE WORK. THE CHRYSLER MINIVAN HAS A PROBLEM WITH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE NOT BEING COMPLETELY RELEASED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED. THIS CREATES EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING AND SOMETIMES FIRE. *TR