BRAUN Complaints

CAR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, HAPPENED 3 TIMES TO DATE, CAN RESTART BY SHIFTING OUT OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART CAR WITH KEY. SPEEDS HAVE BEEN 50 TO 70 MPH. TAKEN TO DEALER BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM AND WILL OUT TRY ANY FIX. *TR

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT. MOST HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE SLIDING DOORS NOT COMPLETELY SHUTTING AND REOPENING AS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE WAY. THE DEALER CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE DOOR SENSORS. THE MOST RECENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ALARM STARTED BEEPING (WHILE DRIVING WITH THE KEY IN), THE RADIO WENT TO 12:00 THEN RESET IT BACK TO THE CORRECT TIME. THIS LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES, THEN IT WAS ALL DONE AND WORKING FINE. 3 TIMES THAT WE HAD STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS THE CAR JUST STALLED. BUT IT WAS ABLE TO RESTART RIGHT AWAY. ONE TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT START UP AT ALL FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN IT STARTED ON THE FIFTH TRY. JUST YESTERDAY, WE HAD TO HAVE THE VAN TOWED, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, SHE STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE CAR STALLED BUT IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL. THE DOORS DID NOT UNLOCK, THANKFULLY HERS WAS STILL UNLOCKED. THE HAZARDS WOULD NOT WORK, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON. WE HAD IT TOWED THE DEALER, WHERE IT DID EVENTUALLY START. THE DEALER REPLACED A MODULE FOR THE ELECTRONIC KEY 1 WEEK AGO, BUT THE ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED STILL. *TR

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY: FAULTY VALVE STEMS. THREE OF THE FOUR VALVE STEMS HAVE BROKEN IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS. THEY WERE THE ORIGINALS. I'M EXPECTING THE FOURTH TO GO ANYTIME NOW. THEY ALL BROKE WHEN I WAS UNSCREWING THE CAP TO CHECK PRESSURE OR ADD AIR. AS SOON AS I STARTED TO TWIST, THE WHOLE THING JUST CAME OFF IN MY FINGERS, WITH THE TOP OF THE STEM STILL EMBEDDED IN THE PLASTIC CAP. HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE TPMS BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE PART. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE HORN WENT OFF CONTINOUSLY, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FRONT AND BACK WERE SPRAYING FLUID AND GOING BACK AND FORTH. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS BLINK ON AND OFF. I COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS GOING OFF AND ON. I WAS WITH MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN, 3 YRS OLD AND 15 MONTHS GOING DOWN A MAJOR INTERSTATE. I HAVE TO PULL OVER IN THE HIGHWAY AND REMOVE THE FUSE FOR THE HORN BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I DID THE HORN WOULD NOT TURN OFF. VERY SCARY LUCKY I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE. *TR

CHRYSLER 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN HAS GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT BEARINGS. THERE IS A RECALL K-19 FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR VANS BUILT FROM 12/07-02/08. MY VAN BUILT 01/08 BUT NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE PROBLEM THE RECALL IS TO REPAIR. CHRYSLER WILL NOT EXPLAIN WHY OUR VAN IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *TR

ARE THE 1ST OWNER OF 08 CHRYSLER T&C. HAVE HAD A GRINDING WHINING NOISE IN THE FRONT END SINCE MILEAGE WAS AT @20,000 MLS. HAVE HAD THE VAN LOOKED A NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS THE TIRES, THEN THE BRAKES, THEN A "NORMAL" SOUND AND TO JUST LIVE WITH IT-HAVE FIXED EACH TIME WHAT THEY SAY WITH THE NOISE STILL THERE...WHILE DRIVING IT THE NOISE HAS GOTTEN LOUDER AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE...NOW AFTER HAVING IT LOOKED AT IT WAS FOUND THAT IT WAS THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS....TOO WORRIED TO DRIVE IT AS THE SHAKING AND NOISES MY FAMILY COMES FIRST.....HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE REPLACE TO FIND OUT THEY WERE EXTREMELY BAD! COST WAS $656 TO REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS! THE DEALER KEPT AND DISPOSED OF THE PART ARE WE ARE UNABLE TO GET IT TO ACCESS THE SERIAL NUMBER(WE TRIED) I WAS MORE WORRIED THAT THE BEARINGS WOULD BREAK WHILE DRIVING AND RESULT IN THE VAN LOOSING CONTROL WITH FAMILY INSIDE AND GOING IN THE DITCH. CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME IT WAS IN BUT NOW AS THE VAN HAS 46000 ON THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR VANS MFG 12/01/07-02/28/08 AND THIS ONE WAS MFG ON 11/30/07. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFT GATE WARNING ALARM DID NOT SOUND AS THE LIFTGATE WAS OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DETERMINE HOW TO ACTIVATE THE FEATURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH THAT FEATURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE COME EQUIPPED WITH THE FEATURE FOR SAFETY REASONS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,940.

BOUGHT VAN 12/30/10 WITH 18,883 MILES. 1/10/11 - BREAKS RUNNING VERY HOT, PULSATE, AND LOCK UP. DEALER SAID FRONT ROTORS WARPED. R&R'D FRONT ROTORS. 1/27/11 - BREAKS STILL PULSATE AND RUNNING VERY HOT. DEALER RESURFACED BOTH REAR ROTORS. 2/17/11 - BREAKS STILL RUNNING VERY HOT. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH FRONT BREAKS. 3/10/11 - BREAKS STILL RUNNING VERY, VERY HOT AND LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. WINDOWS HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENTLY OPENING BY THEMSELVES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CHILD PASSENGER WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR CLOSED INDEPENDENTLY, JAMMING THE CHILD'S HEAD IN THE DOOR. THE CHILD WAS UNINJURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND BUT ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,050.

I HAVE HAD BOTH BACK TIRE ALUMINUM INFLATION VALVE STEMS CRACK. THE FIRST ONE I NOTICED THAT THE TIRE CONTINUALLY DEFLATED AND HAD IT REPLACED BEFORE MY TIRE LOST ALL OF ITS PRESSURE. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE RESULTED IN THE VALVE STEM CRACKING AND SEPARATING COMPLETELY CAUSING A FLAT TIRE. IS THE METAL USED IN THE STEM TOO BRITTLE OR WEAK? I AM FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THIS FAILURE OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. AS A RESULT I HAD TO HAVE THE STEMS REPLACED WITH RUBBER ONES SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO VIEW THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR THE BACK TIRES, AND THAT IS A BUMMER BECAUSE I PAID EXTRA TO HAVE THIS SYSTEM IN MY CAR. I AM VERY WORRIED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY...WHAT IF THE VALUVE WAS TO BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING? THE AIR DOES NOT SLOWLY COME OUT, IT RELEASES ALL OF THE AIR OUT OF THE TIRE AT ONE TIME. I DO HAVE THE OLD PARTS, STILL. *TR