Brakes on 98 t&c minivan

Does your vehicle have anti-lock brakes? If so the bleading may not have been done properly to protect the system.

Richard.

This is correct. With ABS, it is sometimes necessary to have a scan tool to properly bleed the system.

-Kirk Matheson

yes it does have anti-lock brakes. is there anything that wwe can do now to fix it?

Take it to a dealer and have them fix it.

You can bleed ABS brakes in the usual way as long as you don't let the master cylinder run dry and suck air, and as long as there isn't an existing hole in the system that has allowed air to get in. In your case you probably have corrosion in the caliper piston which let air get into the system, and once that happens you have to have them bled at a dealer, or a shop with a pretty advanced scan tool.

Ted