FROM THE TIME WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WE HAD NOT BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED. THREE TIMES FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE TO THE DATE OF THE FIRST ACCIDENT, WE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE BRAKES TO BE CHECKED. INCLUDING SERVICE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS (3/14/98) BEFORE THE INITIAL ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR COLLISION REPAIR AND AT THAT TIME WE ASKED FOR IT TO BE TAKEN TO SERVICE FOR THE BRAKES TO BE FIXED BEFORE WE PICKED IT UP. WHEN WE CALLED TO CHECK ON THE STATUS, THE COLLISION MANAGER TOLD US THAT IT WOULD STILL BE A FEW DAYS BECAUSE HE PICKED IT UP FROM SERVICE WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS FINISHED AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. HE PERSONALLY DROVE IT BACK TO COLLISION AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO SERVICE BECAUSE HE KNEW THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING APPROPRIATELY. AFTER THAT WE WERE CONTACTED BECAUSE THEY FOUND TWO HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKS IN THE REAR AND ALL THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS AFTER THEY HAD SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED OUT THE BRAKES ON MARCH 14 AND TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. WE AGREED TO HAVE THEM DO THE WORK AND FOR THE FIRST DAY OR TWO THE BRAKES APPEARED TO BE WORKING BETTER. WITHIN A WEEK, HOWEVER, THEY WERE FUNCTIONING AS POORLY AS ALWAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON 10/30/98. IT WAS ANOTHER SLOW-SPEED (20-25 MPH) ACCIDENT WHERE I SAW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENING, REACTED AND HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING TO CRASH. IN BOTH ACCIDENTS, IT WASN'T AS