Man I hope you get it all figured out. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

More than likely something with your ABS. The ABS braking system kicks in when it thinks your skidding or loosing traction. Same thing you experience when you lift a Jeep and have to adjust the steering wheel to avoid malfunctioning and ABS kicking in..

 

What could make a steering wheel go all soft and not steer properly? I can see how that could trigger abs, but I never get tcs light. Does the "trailer sway dampening" trigger the tcs light to come on? Only 16k miles...

 

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-tsb-re...control-module

dont know if this will be it but i saw it and thought of your post

 

Dosen't seem to apply to me. I have an 09 and it was front and rear brake.

 

Wow man that is crazy, my 08 X 6 speed, with 39,000 miles, E- brake assembly was rusted stuck rubbing for sometime, then the other night it just seized up solid. I just picked it up from dealer today, 400 bucks, replaced E- brake shoes, springs and other parts that go with the assembly. I had my right rear caliper replaced about 5,000 miles ago, it was sticky. My right rear wheel got insane hot at times. What is it with these Jeeps and all these brake issues. I'm guessing for me it must have something to do with living in northeast ohio and all the road salt and cold temps that mess things up. I never off road my Jeep, so I know it has nothing to do with mud/sand or other debris getting in there.

 

Dealer says drivers rear caliper is shot. Just inspected 800 miles ago, everything fine. They say that one bad caliper can the other brakes activate and get stuck, Is this true? How can one bad caliper make 2 other brakes mess up?

Sounding like they wont fix it because i'm 2 months out of warranty, but only have 16k miles.

 

This doesn't make any sense to me. Unless the tire was skidding along the ground and affecting the speed sensor, how would the computer know that the caliper was stuck? The caliper cannot get stuck applying anymore force than was being applied when it got stuck, and you did not say anything about slamming on the brakes and skidding before this happened, so that does not seem likely.

If the trailer sway control somehow reacted to the drag to the right, it would have activated the front brake on the left side to steady the vehicle out. Activating a brake on the same side would just make the imbalance to the right worse. So, that doesn't seem likely either.

I would bet that any damage to the caliper is a result of being locked up and overheating, not the cause. A frozen piston will not make a rotor glow like that unless you keep stepping on the brake increasing pressure (or the ABS system does it for you). I still think the root cause will turn out to be a computer/ABS/control problem, not a mechanical brake problem.

 

Can the abs system put solid pressure on a break? I think its pretty obvious the caliper is a result of another malfunction.


The brakes were being applied at a standstill. I almost stalled out while I was stuck in traffic trying to get off the road.

Only other thing would be hill start, does that apply brakes to all wheels?

 

Wow. That's crazy. Sorry this happened, and I hope you get this figured out ASAP and they cover it for you.

I'm following this one.