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i have a 2003 chry town and country. about every 3-4 weeks it comes back with no brake pedal. we bleed the abs with a scanner then do 4 corners in a cross pattern. the air seems to be in the lf. we replaced the lf hose and caliper per napafix. no leaks at the master, abs module or lines. any ideas? thanks, mike

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Hi Mike,
All I can suggest is that when you bleed you follow the directions in the manual. It may be that you are not bleeding sufficient fluid or not bleeding it out at a high enough flow rate to actually clear the very small diameter bubbles out of the system. I also notice that the proper procedure when the abs is to be bled is to first bleed the brakes at the four corners, then do the scanner procedure to bleed the abs, and finally again do four corner bleed. I can copy those pages out of the '04 manual and attach them to an email. To do that I do need to know your email address. Although you have told Allexerts what your email address is I don't see it. So to tell me you have to ask a NEW question (NOT a follow-up to this public question)and check the PRIVATE box. Then in the question space tell me your email address.
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