2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE AT IDLE WHEN THE AC WAS ON. NUMEROUS ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH AC SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW. ASSUMED THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS BAD AGAIN, AND DID NOT USE AC. PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE A CRACKED DRIVE PLATE (TORQUE PLATE, FLYWHEEL). VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER STATED KNOWN PROBLEM, RECENTLY FIXED THREE WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEM. $125.00 PART PLUS LABOR TO REMOVE TRANSAXLE AND REPLACE DRIVE PLATE. *JB

THE REAR DOOR HANDLES ARE APPARENTLY FAULTY. MY MOTHER TRIED TO OPEN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF IN HER HAND, THEN APPROX. A MONTH LATER THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE ALSO BROKE OFF AS I WAS TRYING TO PUT MY CHILD IN THE CAR. NO EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS USED, IT APPEARS THAT THE HANDLES ARE JUST CHEAPLY MADE. IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE HANDLES/LABOR WILL BE $198 EACH TO BE FIXED, WHICH TO ME SEEMS INCREDIBLY RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING THE PARTS ARE CHEAPLY MADE. *TR

OUR 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN HAS HAD MAJOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THE MOST RECENT WAS THE REPEATED FAILURE OF THE SERPENTINE BELT. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER (FEBRUARY 2007). THE BELT SLIPPED OFF THE PULLEYS LEAVING ME TO TRY TO CAREEN IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE WITH NO POWER STEERING AND AN OVERHEATING ENGINE. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AT OUR LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP. THE SECOND TIME OCCURRED WHILE IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE. THE BELT POPPED OFF AS I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND I NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO GET THE CAR OFF THE BUSY STREET - AGAIN WITH THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. THE CAR WAS THEN REPAIRED AT A NEW ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC SHOP. THE TENSIONER PULLEY AND IDLER PULLEY WERE REPLACED. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE FIXED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND THE BELT POPPED OFF AGAIN. I SLIGHTLY RAN OFF THE ROAD AND WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNTRY ROAD WITH NO ONE IN SIGHT. A LOCAL MECHANIC SAID THE NEW TENSIONER PULLEY WAS DEFECTIVE AND I DROVE (IN ANOTHER VEHICLE) TO A DEALERSHIP 30 MILES AWAY TO PURCHASE A NEW TENSIONER. TWO DAYS LATER IN THE MIDDLE OF A VISIT TO A NATIONAL PARK, THE BELT SLIPPED OFF AGAIN AND LEFT ME STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN IN A HOT CAR. WE THEN REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT BEING RESOLVED, GOT THE BELT PUT ON ONE MORE TIME BY A AAA MECHANIC AND MADE IT HOME ON A WING AND A PRAYER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWENTY SECONDS FOR HIS VEHICLE TO START. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER 00V268000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SHOCK TOWER IS CORRODING, WHICH CAN CAUSE THE THREE BOLTS TO RUST AND BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,750 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF EVERY TIME THAT IS RAINING HARD. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE CHANGE THE TENSIONER AND THE BELT WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT. WHEN THIS COMES OFF THE VEHICLE DIES WHICH WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. SO FAR ME AND MY WIFE ARE BEEN LUCKY. *TR

SHORT IN THE HORN SWITCH CAUSES THE HORN TO SOUND ERRATICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION IS TO PULL THE FUSE, THEREBY OVERIDING THE SAFETY DEVICE. THE PERMANENT SOLUTION IS TO HAVE THE SWITCH REPLACED, WHICH WE ARE TOLD ALSO REQUIRES THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $800.00.*AK

CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY THAT CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAGS**NAR**CC THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED AND SOON AFTER ARRIVING HOME, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LXI**NAR**CC THE CONSUMER STATED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE SERPENTINE BELT THAT OPERATES THE POWER STEERING, ENGINE COOLING, AND ALTERNATOR HAS PERIODICALLY JUMP FROM THE PULLEYS DURING HEAVY RAINS ON WELL DRAINED STREETS. *JB

EXTERIOR HANDLE ON REAR SLIDING DOOS BREAK EASILY. MY DAUGHTER IN LAW PULED ONE SIDE TO OEN AND IT BROE OFF. MY 5 YEAR OLD GRANDSON PULED ON THE HANDLE ON THE OTHER SIDE LATER AND IT TO PROKE OF. THE COST OF THE NEW HANDLE IS 166.00. I APPEARS THE THE QUALITY OF MATERIAL IS OF A POOR QUAILTY AND THE PRICE FOR A NEW ONE IS OUTRAGEOUS.