BRAUN Complaints

MY HUSBAND WHO WAS DRIVING MY 2009 TOWN AND COUNTRY CHRYSLER AND HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT =- RESULTING IN A TOTAL FOR THE CAR. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 65 MILES AN HOUR AND IT HIT A TREE AND DOWN AND EMBARKMENT AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF - NONE. MY HUSBAND WAS VERY LUCKY AND SUFFERED ONLY A SMALL CONCUSSION, BRUISES AND A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE AND SEVERAL CUTS. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT OUR CAR WAS NOT HIT ON THE SPOT TO DEPLOYED THE AIR BAGS - DOES THAT MEAN THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT WE SHOULD STEER SO THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE DEPLOYMENT. HMM DON'T THINK SO!! *TR

YESTERDAY WHILE OPERATING MY 09 TOWN AND COUNTRY AT 45 MPH WITH MYSELF ( 4 MONTHS PREGNANT) AND MY 5 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR, EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASH LIGHT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE, CHIMES WENT OFF AS THOUGH A DOOR WAS OPEN, THE WIPERS BOTH FRONT AND BACK TURNED AND MY DRIVERS SET STARTED SLIDING BACK AND FORTH AS IF BEING ADJUSTED ALL WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER CORP REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. THEY DO NOT SEEM CONCERNED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I WAS SCARED, IT WAS VERY DISTRACTING TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNED ON AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 7,300 UPDATED 7/26/10 *CN UPDATED 07/29/10*JB UPDATED 08/03/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. AS THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND STARTED TO BLINK ON AND OFF. THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. ANOTHER DRIVER EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. WHEN THE DEALER RAN THE TEST, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,776. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,059.

VAN STALLED OUT ON CURVED ROAD @ APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WITHOUT WARNING NARROWLY AVOIDING A REAR END COLLISION BY THE TRAILING CAR. 2 WEEKS PREVIOUS TO THIS IT STALLED OUT 5 TIMES MAKING LEFT TURNS AND 1 TIME MAKING RIGHT TURN. VAN WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHEN IT JUST BEGAN STALLING BUT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. VAN WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AFTER THE HIGH SPEED STALL AND AGAIN THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. *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

MY 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WITH LESS THAN 27,000 MILES REQUIRED RE-DO OF ALL ROTORS DUE TO WHAT THE DEALER SAID WAS EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED BECAUSE I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A WOBBLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL UPON BRAKING. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED 1 YR AGO AS A DEMO AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A BRAKE PROBLEM LIKE THIS IN ANY VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED, SO I HAVE TO BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DUE TO "MY IMPROPER DRIVING/BRAKING" HABITS AS WAS INFERRED BY THE DEALER. *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