2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED, THEN STARTED MAKING NOISE. TURNED OUT TO BE A LEAKING UPPER POWER STEERING HOSE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS HOSE BUT OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE PAID TO GET THE HOSE REPLACED, AND WE ARE WONDERING IF THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS POWER STEERING HOSE THAT MAY AFFECT MORE VEHICLES THAN ORIGINALLY WERE RECALLED. I DO HAVE THE OLD POWER STEERING HOSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 20045 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE MAKES LOUD NOISES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NOVEMBER 15, 2007 AND THEY REPLACED THE SWAY BAR BUSHING; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT PERMANENTLY CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON FEB 12, 2009. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD RECUR TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $475. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,836 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,132. UPDATED 3/16/09 *CN UPDATED 03/20/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT CHANGE INTO DIFFERENT GEARS. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND DROVE ROUGHLY WHILE IN MOTION. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED LIT UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERABLE IF DRIVEN AT 35 MPH OR LESS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

MY 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WILL NOT SHIFT WHEN DRIVING THE RPMS GO UP TO 4000 AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR I CAN NOT DRIVE IT ON THE FREEWAY IT WILL ONLY LET YOU DRIVE ABOUT 40 MPH BECAUSE THE RPMS ARE TO HIGH AND I( AM AFRAID OF DAMAGING THE MOTOR DRIVING WITH SUCH HIGH RPMS TRANSMISSION IS AN A604 4SPEED THE SAME AS THE CHRYSLER PACIFICA WHICH HAS AN ACTIVE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH I NOTICED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT THE PLASTIC COVERING ON THE REAR OUTSIDE LIGHTS WAS ALMOST ALL THE WAY OFF. I STOPPED THE CAR AND SAW THAT IT HAD COME UNGLUED AND WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF SO I TOOK IT OFF TO AVOID CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I COME TO A STOP AFTER FILLING THE VAN WITH FUEL THE ENGINE WILL DIE. IT HAS ALWAYS RESTARTED BUT RUNS ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER RESTARTING. IT IS RELATED TO THE FIRST STOP AFTER REFUELING WHETHER IT IS A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE STATION OR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE I STOP. IT'S DANGEROUS AS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH ON A HOT DAY, THE ADHESIVE GLUE MELTED AND CAUSED THE REAR TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY LENS TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE BEHIND HIM COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE AN '04 T AND C WHICH I BOUGHT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO...GREAT VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THE STEERING WHINE...BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT FILLED AND BLED (TO REMOVE SUPPOSED AIR BUBBLES) MORE THAN ONCE...WOULD SEEM TO BE IMPROVED THEN GO BACK TO SAME OLD THING...THE NOISE WOULD START WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND WOULD BE WORSE IN COLD WEATHER...WAS TOLD TO TURN THE WHEEL WHILE I WARMED UP THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY..THIS SEEMED TO GET THE GROANING UNDER CONTROL...ONE MORNING I WAS IN A PARTICULARLY BAD MOOD AND TURNED THE WHEEL PRETTY VIOLENTLY AND AS I BACKED OUT I SAW A PUDDLE OF RED STEERING FLUID ON THE GROUND...ALL THE FLUID JUST GUSHED OUT...HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND ONE OR MORE LOOSE CLAMPS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM HOSES...THE CLAMPS WERE REPLACED AND THE STEERING FLUID FILLED AND NO MORE PROBLEM!!! THAT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO (WINTER TIME) AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RESURFACED...BUT HAD TO GO THROUGH AN AWFUL LOT TO GET TO THIS POINT...LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

RACK AND PINION STEERING ON MY 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LX NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $1,000 PER THE DEALER. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 59,000 MILES. LEAKS POWER STEERING FLUID, MAKES NOISES WHEN TURNING, AND FEELS LIKE STEERING WILL LOCK UP. NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED. *TR

SPORADICALLY, MY REAR HATCH WILL FAIL TO OPEN. IT TRIES TO RELEASE, BUT SOMETHING CATCHES, AND IT CLOSES. OTHER TIMES IT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER I USE THE REMOTE BUTTON ON THE KEY OR THE BUTTON IN THE VAN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES, AND WHEN IT DOES, I JUST HAVE TO OPEN THE HATCH MANUALLY. IT WILL ALWAYS CLOSE WITH THE KEY OR BUTTON. *TR