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2019 brake fluid change 56k miles

ic3man5

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Managed to get around to bleeding the brakes all around in attempts to quell the brake squeaks this truck has. I replaced all the pads and rotors last year and the squeaks popped up about 3-4 months ago. Fluid was pretty dark, unless Chrysler is using some type of darker brake fluid, I don't think I've really seen anything this dark all around.

Brakes feel a lot better now compared to what it was, too soon to tell if it fixed anything yet. My theory is the fluid is broken down or poor from factory and with the e-brake constantly applying the fluid doesn't have enough "pull" to bring the pads far enough away from the rotor on cold mornings especially.
 

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Brake fluid should be slightly light yellow opaque, but not the dark color you collected. MY Nuesd 2020, I noted the last week or so my brakes felt a little soft. I got a fresh sealed bottle of DOT3 brake fluid and topped up the reservoir and now the brakes feel so much better. The reservoir did not need much to reach Max. so maybe it was a result of normal brake wear. No squeaks over the last 10 months and I am reasonably sure the brakes are factory.

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