2000 DODGE DURANGO — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHEN TRYING TO STOP, THE BRAKES SEEM TO GRAB AND THEN THE CAR SLIDES AND THEN THE BRAKES WOULD GRAB AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES AND RESULTED IN CONCERN RE: THE SAFETY OF THE BRAKES. SOMETIMES THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND AFTER THIS HAPPENS. THEREFORE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DODGE DEALER TO HAVE THE BREAKS CHECKED AND NO PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED. BUT ON 4/7/01, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, A LOUD ROARING SOUND OCCURED AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLIDE AS IF THERE WERE NO BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED A COLLISION INTO THE REAR OF A VEHICAL AT A STOPLIGHT. THE NOISE CONTINUED AFTER THE COLLISION FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, FOLLOWED BY A STRONG BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO A PARKING LOT AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN HOME AND DOES HAVE BRAKING ACTION NOW. *AK