2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

IGNITION LOCK GETS STUCK, CAN NOT START THE VAN. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS GOT STRANDED WITH AN INFANT IN THE CAR, WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VAN STARTED BECAUSE OF AN IGNITION LOCK NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

ON MY 2002 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY WITH 38,000 MILES, THE RACK AND PINION BEGAN LEAKING IN OCT 2007. THE INTERNAL 'FALLING APART' OF THE RACK CAUSED A CLOG OF THE STEERING PUMPS SCREEN FILTER WHICH CAUSED A LOUD WHINING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. IN APRIL 2008, BOTH THE RACK & PINION AND THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE LEAK AND THE WHINING NOISE: PARTS - $320, LABOR - $900. *TR

POWER STEERING HAS FAILED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES. SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING, SOMETIMES WHEN BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, SOMETIMES WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN RESULTING IN A NEAR- MISS AND JUMPING A CURB. TO THIS DATE STEERING CONTINUES TO EMIT A WHINING NOISE. HOSES WERE REPLACED, STEERING COLUMN REBUILT. MORE THAN ONCE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM RESULTING IN GREAT INCONVENIENCE TO US. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED DUE TO PRESSURE FROM THE STEERING RACK. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

2002 CHRSYLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WITH AIRBAG PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT FLICKERS AND AFTER IT FLICKERS IT STAYS ON. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIRBAGS PROBABLY DO NOT WORK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *KB THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE AIR BAG PROBLEM OVER 10 TIMES. *JB

POWER STEERING WHINING DUE TO IMPROPER HOSE DESIGN. HOSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER WITH TEMPORARY RESULTS. PUMP OK. THERE SHOULD BE ALOT MORE COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE, THE DEALER SEEMED WELL AWARE OF IT. *TR

MY POWER STEERING IS BEGINNING TO GO OUT AGAIN AFTER HAVING TO HAVE THE HOSES REPLACED FOR A 2ND TIME. I BELIEVE THE HOSES ARE REALLY DEFECTIVE AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CORRECTED YET! *TR

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR CHRYSLER POWER STEERING HOSES AND MINE WAS FIXED TWO YEARS AGO & THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AGAIN SAYING WEAR & TEAR. ALSO, THEY PUT OUT A NOTICE (BUT NOT TO OWNERS) THAT THE OIL PLATE ON THESE VEHICLES ARE LEAKING & THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM WHICH I'VE ALREADY CONSULTED 50 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VAN AND SAME PROBLEM. *TR

BOUGHT 2002 T&C EX USED FROM CHRYSLER DEALER IN XENIA, OHIO. ALL MAINTENANCE DONE BY SAME DEALERSHIP. CAR HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER GETTING HOME FROM VACATION TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DIED - NO WARNING. MECHANIC FOUND 9 CODES AND ONE THAT REFERENCED NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. THEY CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FILTER AND FOUND IT TO BE CLEAN - TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH LESS THAN 65K MILES ON IT. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS A PROPER LEVELS AND WAS NOT BURNT IN ANY WAY - STILL A NICE RED COLOR. REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH A JASPER REMAN WITH 3 YR/75K MILES WARRANTY AND THAT TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT WHILE 60+ MILES FORM HOME WITH BOTH OF OUR KIDS IN THE CAR. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO OUR DESTINATION AND NOT STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS TIME 3RD GEAR APPARENTLY DIED AND OUR MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A POPULAR TRANSMISSION AND VERY POPULAR FOR FAILING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER ONE MINUTE. THE LIGHTS WOULD ALSO FLICKER OCCASIONALLY. THE DEALER INSTALLED A FRONT CONTROL MODULE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT VERIFIED HIS VIN, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE INVALID. THE ENGINE SIZE AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.