1997 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME WHEN MINIVAN IS ON, AND MY HORN DOESN'T WORK I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH I NEEDED NY HORN TILL NOW. ALSO MY CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK EITHER.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE PART WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK AND THE KEY IS NOT IN THE IGNITION, THE CONSUMER CAN STILL SHIFT THE GEARS TO REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE REARVIEW MIRROR HAD FALLEN. (ASSUMED DUE TO THE HEAT) THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER MOVED THE GEAR SHIFT DOWN AND IN REVERSE AND THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS ADJACENT BUT SEVERAL FEET BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS SEVERELY PUSHED FORWARD AND THE FRONT END OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. *SCC *JB

NHTSA RECALL 96-V-215-000, THE MASTER CYLINDER REAR SEAL, BETWEEN THE HYDRAULIC FLUID AND THE VACUUM RESERVOIR, MAY NOT SEAL ADEQUATELY, ALLOWING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO BE DRAWN INTO THE POWER ASSIST VACUUM RESERVOIR. CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND DID NOT BRAKE AT ALL.*AK

FRONT AXLE BROKE AND CAUSED FRONT WHEEL TO TURN SIDEWAYS UPON VEHICLE EXISTING THE HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ENGINE MOTOR FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CONTROLS. ALSO, THE DOOR LATCHES ACTIVATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE HAD TOUCHED THEM.*AK *PH *JB

THE HORN OFTEN DOES NOT HONK WHEN THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL IS PUSHED. SEVERAL TIMES, I HAVE TRIED TO HONK AND WAS UNABLE TO. ONE HAS TO PUSH HARD AND THEN "SEARCH" FOR THE SPOT THAT WILL MAKE THE HORN HONK. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ME, BUT CHRYSLER HAS NOT HELPED ME.*AK

RIGHT FRONT INSIDE BRAKE SHOE STICKS. NO WARNINGS. UNTIL BRAKE SHOE IS DISTINIGRATES AND HARD TO STOP CAR. - 2ND OCCURRENCE. *AK

RIGHT FRONT INSIDE BRAKE SHOE STICKS. NO WARNINGS. UNTIL BRAKE SHOE IS DISTINIGRATES AND HARD TO STOP CAR.*AK

THE EVAPORATOR HEATER COIL AND EXPANSION VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. PRIOR TO THIS, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT COOLING THE VAN. THIS HAPPENED SINCE JANUARY 2002. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE ABOVE PARTS. *AK THE BATTERY HAD BEEN REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS, THE SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSIONER HAD BEEN REPLACED. *SCC ALSO THE HORN, DRIVER SEAT RACK AND GRILL WERE REPLACED. *JB