BRAUN Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL RUBBING AND AN UNUSUAL WOBBLE WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED TO ASSIST WITH A PORTION OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,606 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

TURNED CAR ON PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY DROVE ABOUT 500 FEET APPROX. 25 MILES PER HOUR. STEERING WHEEL AND PEDALS LOCKED ENGINE TURNED OFF, COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD PUT IN PARK WAITED APPROX. 2-3 MINUTES TURNED BACK ON STARTED FINE, WENT HOME. CALLED DEALER AND BROUGHT CAR IN. WAITING TO HEAR FROM DEALER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 16,000 MILES. *TR

NEW 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY: WHEN VEHICLE IS OCCUPIED OR UNATTENDED, RANDOM ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS HAVE OCCURRED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS -SLIDING DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE BY THEMSELVES; REAR HATCH OPENS AND CLOSES BY ITSELF; CAR ALARM ACTIVATES BY ITSELF. BYSTANDERS AND/OR PASSENGER COULD EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL INJURIES FROM UNANTICIPATED OPERATION OF SLIDING DOORS AND REAR HATCH. DEALERSHIP STATES IT CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH CHRYSLER ISSUED A RRT RAPID REPAIR TRANSMITTAL 10-064 TO UPDATE SLIDING DOOR MODULES. THE MODULES WERE UPDATED BUT HAD NO POSITIVE EFFECT. DEALER ADVISED CUSTOMER THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATOR MUST ACCIDENTALLY BE PUSHING THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY BUTTONS - A TOTALLY ABSURD REMARK. CONSISTENT FALTERING AND RELUCTANCE OF TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE SMOOTHLY WHILE SHIFTING GEARS - NOT A HAZARD, BUT ANOTHER INDICATION OF POSSIBLE ELECTRIC CONTROL PROBLEMS. *TR

THIS VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS REQUIRED 3 BRAKE REPAIRS AT UNDER 18,000 MILES. WE CAN NO LONGER RELY ON THE VEHICLE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND DO NOT TRUST IT IS A SAFE VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT OUR FAMILY IN.

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, TPS TIRE SENSOR FAILED AND BROKE CAUSING A FRONT TIRE TO BLOW OUT. VEHICLE THEN WENT INTO THE DITCH. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE LUGGAGE RACK ON TOP OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FASTENED SECURELY AND FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BARS WERE NOT SECURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THAT HE SHOULD CONTACT HIS INSURANCE PROVIDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHRYSLER COUNTRY AND TOWN CAR AND FROM THE FIRST DAY I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FAILURE DUE TO THE FUSE BOX POPPING UP THE FUSES AND LEAVING MY CAR WITHOUTPOWER FOR THE FOLLOWING NO TURN SIGNAL, NO WINDOW CONTROL ,NO HEAT, OR AIR CONDITION NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS,ETC AND IT NEVER REPAIRED OR REPLACED WHEN I BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION A RECALL IS WARRANTED. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. IT HAD 9 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, AND WITHIN THE FIRST 100 MILES INTO A CROSS-COUNTRY MOVE, THE RIGHT, REAR WINDOW BECAME UNHINGED. IT IS NOW HANGING BY A WHO KNOWS WHAT. WE ARE STRANDED 300 MILES FROM OUR FINAL DESTINATION AND CHRYSLER HAS NO IDEA WHETHER THIS IS A SYSTEMIC MANUFACTURING ISSUE, A DESIGN ISSUE, OR EVEN WHEN AND HOW IT CAN BE FIXED. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS THAT RIDE IN THIS MINIVAN, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT RISK TO OURSELVES OR OTHERS ON THE ROAD IF WE DRIVE WITH WINDOW THAT IS NOT ATTACHED SECURELY. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN NON-RESPONSIVE SO FAR TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE, HE COULD SMELL A BURNING ODOR. HE STATED THAT THE RIM OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WAS ABNORMALLY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY FIVE PERCENT OF THE BRAKES LEFT AND THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,800.

WHILE PARKED IN OUR HEATED GARAGE, VALVE STEM SNAPPED OFF ALLOWING THE TIRE TO COMPLETELY DEFLATE AS I WASHED THE TIRES OF MY 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME OF THE VALVE STEM FAILURE. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AND CERTAINLY NOT AT 34,000. WE CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER FOR REPAIR. *TR