2008 BRAUN TOWN & COUNTRY Complaints

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY BRAKES HAVING TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 20000 MILES. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN, THE BRAKES WERE GRINDING AND SQUEALING. I WAS TOLD THAT I GOT IT TO THEM IN TIME TO SAVE THE ROTORS. THE REPAIRS STILL COST IN EXCESS OF $300. MY VAN WAS BOUGHT TO ACCOMMODATE TRIPS FROM FORT WALTON BEACH TO ST PETERSBURG FOR MY SON'S DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND SURGERY. THE VAN NOW HAS APPROX 33000 MILES ON IT AND I'M HAVING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKES THAT ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SQUEAL AGAIN. *TR

APRIL 29 2010 CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH LIT UP TACH WENT TO 6K AND CAR SEEMED TO BE IN NEUTRAL. WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED CAR BUCKED AND SHUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR 6 WEEKS. IGNITION WAS REPLACED. CAM SHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. CAR FAILED AGAIN BUT DIFFERENTLY. WONT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD? GEAR. TACH AT 6K AND SPEED AT 45-50 MAX. HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR PAYING FOR MY OWN RENTAL FOR >3WEEKS. *TR

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY BRAKEPAD/ROTOR DAMAGE (REQUIRING COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ALL COMPONENTS). *TR

BAD BRAKES ON 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY ROTORS WARP AND BRAKES WARE OUT WITHIN 8,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES 3 TIMES AND CUT ROTORS TWICE AND REPLACED THEM TWICE IN 36,000 MILES OF DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND HE TOLD ME THE NEW VANS ARE HEAVER THAN THE OLD VANS AND THEY DIDN'T INCREASE THE BREAK SIZE AND THIS IS CAUSING THEM TO OVER HEAT AND WARP THE ROTORS AND WARE THE BRAKE PADS OUT EVEN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND EVEN BRAKE FAILURES LISTED ON LINE AND TO CHRYSLER. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY NEW OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING THE RECALL THIS MODEL TO FIX THIS PROB. YOU NEED TO STEP IN AND HURRY UP THE RECALL BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR KILLED, NOT TO MENTION IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO KEEP FIXING THIS PROB. *TR

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY RADIATOR DEFECT AT 28000 MILES ROTORS AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 15000 MILES (FROM 15K TO 30K MILES ON VEHICLE). BRAKES HAVE BEEN DONE 3 TIMES AND ARE IN NEED OF A NEW SET LESS THAN 1500 MILES SINCE LAST NEW SET. I DAMAGED THE BACK END OF MY T+C BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP; LUCKILY, MY CHILDREN WEREN'T IN THE CAR. CHRYSLER IS GIVING THE RUNAROUND AND WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, THEY BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING LIKE METAL ON METAL AND THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE (I HAD THEM CHECKED THREE TIMES WITHIN A 3 MONTH PERIOD AND ONE OF THE TIMES MY FAMILY AND I WERE AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER 6 HOURS WAITING!) CHRYSLER'S COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME ON BOTH PHONES (CELL AND HOME) AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK. *TR

BRAKES AND ROTORS CONTINUE TO FAIL. REPLACED BOTH BRAKES AND ROTORS1/13/09 AT 20,000 MILES, REPLACED BOTH BRAKES AND ROTORS AGAIN 10/13/09 AT 38,500 MILES AND NOW AT 50,000 MILES THE ROTORS ARE GOING AGAIN CAUSING A VIBRATION. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM WHEN EVEN THE DEALER RECOGNIZED IT. *TR

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN&COUNTY WITH LESS THEN 20,000 ALMOST ALL HIGHWAY DRIVEN MILES NEEDED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED TWICE! *TR

WHILE DRIVING 2008 TOWN&COUNTRY ON EXPRESSWAY EXPERIENCED VIBRATION FROM REAR WHEEL AND BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. AT THIS TIME I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK FIRST AVAILABLE EXIT. CHECKED REAR TIRES, BOTH OK,SMELLED STRONG BURNING ODOR COMING FROM REAR DRIVER WHEEL. RIM WAS EXTREMELY HOT, COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM ROTOR & BRAKE CALIPER AREA. BRAKE CALIPER SEEMED TO BE STUCK. HAD HAPPENED ON PREVIOUS INSTANCE APPROX 2MONTHS BEFORE. ON PREVIOUS INSTANCE DEALER CLEANED BRAKE SAID COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THIS INSTANCE DEALER CLAIMED CORROSION BETWEEN STAINLESS STEEL CLIPS AND BRAKE PAD MATERIAL CAUSED BRAKES TO SEIZE. I PERSONALLY ASKED DEALER TO INSPECT PARTS. STAINLESS CLIPS WERE SHINY NO SIGN OF CORROSION BETWEEN DIS-SIMILAR METALS AS DEALER STATED. DEALER STATED THEY HAVE WITNESS THIS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN AND ADMITTED COMPONENT DESIGN AS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER STATED CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFICES ADVISE NOT TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY AS DEFECT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BRAKE PADS, BUT I AM SURE THIS DID NOT FIX THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AS THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF CORROSION AS DEALER STATED WHICH WOULD CAUSE STICKING. ALSO HAD FRONT BRAKES WEAR OUT AT 14K MILES WITH ROTORS COMPLETELY WORN AS WELL. DEALER ALSO ADMITTED DEFECTIVE BUT STATED NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I AM MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH THE SEIZING OF THE RE BRAKE AS I FEEL I HAVE NOW 2 TIMES BEEN GIVEN BAND-AID SOLUTIONS BY 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND TRUE ROOT CAUSE NOT ESTABLISHED. I AM CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF MY FAMILY AND OTHER WITH REGARDS TO THE SEIZING BRAKE INCIDENTS AND FEEL THAT EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS WITH SUCH AN EVENT LOSS OF CONTROL IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. ALSO I HAVE CONCERN THAT THIS EVENT COULD HAVE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A FIRE AS I HAVE WITNESSED A BURNING SMELL AND SEEN SMOKE IN THE AREA WHEN THE EVENT HAD OCCURRED. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THIS MATTER COULD BE PROPERLY INVESTIGATED AS CHRYSLER IS NOT GIVING IT THE PROPER ATTENTION IT DESERVES. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 CHRYSLER A YEAR AGO. MY BRAKES FELT FUNNY AND SQUEAKY FROM DAY ONE. AS DAYS WENT BY, THE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING ON A REGULAR BASIS. AT 21,000 MILES I DECIDED TO MAKE AN APPT. TO HAVE THEM CHECKED.. BEFORE I COULD GET IN, I LOST MY FRONT BRAKES WHILE DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL. THE DEALER PAID FOR THE PARTS BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR. AFTER RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT THE 2008 OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING A LOT AND THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. DOES THIS HAVE TO KILL SOMEONE BEFORE IT GETS MADE PUBLIC? THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. BEFORE THERE IS A DEATH. FROM WHAT I READ, THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME EVERY 20,000 MILES AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL. *TR

BOUGHT A 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY SEPT 2008 IN JUNE 2009 BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING BADLY HAD CHRYSLER CHECK BRAKES THEY HAS 8,927 MILES ON THEM AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE BUT DUST GETS IN AND CASUES THE SQUEAKING. FOR MONTHS GOT WORSE AND WORSE EMBARRISSING EVERYTIME YOU STOP EVERYONE LOOKS AT U CAUSE YOUR SQUELING SO LOUDLY AFTER LOOKING UP ON INTERNET AND FINDING THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2008 BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILAGE AND HAVING A FREIND WHO TRADED HER CAR IN AND GOT A DIFF CAR BECAUSE OF SUCH PROBLEMS I DECIDED TO HAVE CHRYSLER CHECK MY BRAKES AGAIN APRIL 23,2010 AND NOW MY BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS IN FRONT WERE BAD AND NEEDED NEW REPLACEMENT I HAVE ONLY 18,000 MILES AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I HAVE OWNED OTHER DODGE AND CHRYSLER MINIVANS AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AT SUCH A LOW MILAGE OR DEAL WITH CONSTANT SQUEAKING. *TR