is this a recall stemming from the TSB for fixing the brake booster hose when the stability control malfunction light comes on? had that done a few months ago.
had mine done on Tuesday, you can easily see the design change in the vacuum hose once you pop the hood. they added some sort of reservoir to the vacuum line.
BUT now something extremely odd is happening with my Dart that feels like a very bad issue...
now after the recall, when i come to a complete stop, after about 1 second of being stopped with my foot on the brake, I get a really really odd vibration/sensation in the brake pedal for about 2-3 seconds. Then it stops once the engine drops into it's lowest idle point. seems to get worse as the car warms up/as the brakes are used more. almost feels like lagging fluid or a lagging actuator somewhere that drags it's process out after the car comes to a complete stop.
furthermore, I only experience this sensation in Drive (or tiptronic obviously). haven't felt it when braking in reverse yet or while holding the brake in neutral.
again, this happens after the car is already completely stopped, no other part of the braking process feels different.
This worries me as I am scheduled to have my hoses replaced this Saturday (I went in last Saturday and after waiting an hour, they told me they did not have the hoses in stock!). They at least did confirm it was just the hoses that need to be replaced. I also think they slightly crushed one of my rocker panels in one spot but don't have proof plus you have to almost be under the car to see it. My very first experience at a Dodge dealer reinforces what all of you say about them...
Is the car still reving down? from what i can tell the vaccum pump is attached to the crankshaft so maybe that new design has some sort of valve flutter as the car is reeving down.
yes, sensation happens while the car makes it's final rev down after braking and stops as soon as it levels out.
It feels like something is lagging during that whole process, so I hope this new vacuum tube isn't causing vacuum issues with pressure... i.e.: if it's more of a choke point than the previous one and doesn't allow the vacuum to even out as quickly. I will call my dealership today.
i might have figured out a fix for my issue, but I do not want to get excited until I drive it for at least a good 2 weeks.
let's just say the solution is really fuckin stupid, and im guessing most people who get the recall will have this issue. the people who designed the tube definitely werent thinking or were rushing to get it out to the public.
don't get confused now, they replaced the brake booster vacuum line with one that is safer, but because of THAT design, I started getting flutter in the brake pedal 1-2 seconds AFTER coming to a complete stop. so zip ties don't fix the brake failure, the vacuum tube does. the zip ties fix a side effect of the safer vacuum tube.
so here are the pictures of newly designed tube (1st, 2nd, and 3rd pictures) and here is my remedy to the flutter in the pedal (4th picture):
it seems that the added weight of the new reservoir causes the tube to shake violently under idle. I'm not sure if what I felt was the actual acoustic vibrations of the tube shaking, the tube hitting against the backside of the hood, or if the tube was shaking so hard that the actual vacuum pressure in the tube and going to the brake booster was fluctuating.
but so far so good with that added zip tie. maybe dodge rushed to get the fix out and didn't design an additional bracket, or my car just idles harder than normal. either way almost 1 week and so far nothing since I added it.
please post up once you have completed the recall, and if you experience any changes in anything brake related. hoping I'm a 1-off case.
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