2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

STALLS WHILE DRIVING USUALLY AT LOW SPEED.LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES IS DANGEROUS. RESTARTS WHEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED LARGE NUMBER OF TIMES ON AUTO INTERNET SITES .CAR HAS 108000 MILES AND HAS BEEN STALLING THIS WAY FOR MANY MONTHS FROM TIME TO TIME USUALLY AFTER COLD START. MECHANICS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE STALLS AND UNABLE TO CORRECT.

CAR STALLS (STOPS RUNNING) RANDOMLY AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHICH CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'VE ALMOST RUN INTO A TREE OR OFF THE ROAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON FIRST AND THEN YOU REALIZE THE ENGINE ISN'T RUNNING ANYMORE. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN START IT AGAIN. IT MAY BE FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DRIVE OR IT MAY STALL AGAIN. TOTALLY RANDOM AS TO WHEN IT DOES THIS. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY AS OF YET. I'VE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITH THIS COMPLAINT AND EACH TIME THEY CAN'T REPLICATE IT OR IT WAS DUE TO THE KEY FOB RECALL WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON MY CAR 3 TIMES.

STRONG FUEL SMELL THROUGH THE HEATING / DEFROST / AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WHEN STOPPED / STATIONARY. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM.

WHILE IN MOTION THE CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF,STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I COULD NOT STEER. IT HAS TURNED OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN. IT WILL START BACK UP BUT CAN NOT GO LONGER THAN A MILE BEFORE IT DOES IT AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED INDEPENDENT DEALER WORKS FOR DEALERSHIP AND OWNS THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING MODULE. *JB

THE VAN DOES NOT START AT TIMES. THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL BE TURNED AS IF TO FIRE UP AND THERE IS NO CONNECTION, IT JUST CLICKS. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM SIGN IT/DRIVE IT IN DENTON, TX ON APRIL 21, 2018. IT HAS NOT STARTED OVER 45 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD IT AND IT IS ALWAYS FROM THE CRANK-UP POSITION (MEANING IT HAS NEVER JUST CUT OFF). I HAVE CHANGED THE STARTER, BATTERY, CRANK SENSOR, AS WELL AS THE STARTER RELAY FUSE. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2009 YEAR, MAKE , AND MODEL FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. I BELIEVE IT IS IN THIS 2008 MODEL TOO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT HAYWIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LIGHTING FLASHED ON AND OFF, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WENT TO ZERO, AND THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO NORMAL, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED BEFORE THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OLD AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURES COULD BE DUE TO FAULTY WIRING ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED FOR HOURS IN THE DRIVEWAY. FOR NO REASON THE ALARM WENT OFF ON MY CAR. FOUND KEY FOB TO SHUT OFF ALARM. DAUGHTER WENT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, THEN CAME TO TELL ME THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM MY REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR. WENT OUTSIDE AND HEARD NOISE THAT DOOR WAS TRYING TO OPEN. USED KEY FOB TO TRY TO UNLOCK DOOR. TRIED TO MANUALLY OPEN DOOR. DOOR WOULDN'T OPEN AND SMOKE CONTINUED. DIDN'T KNOW IF FIRE WAS INSIDE DOOR AND WAS PARKED BY GARAGE SO CALLED 911 TO PUT OUT POTENTIAL FIRE. CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SO CONTINUED TO PARK CAR IN STREET NOT CLOSE TO HOUSE. CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND AN INVESTIGATOR DUE TO CONCERN OF FIRE. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR LATCH AND MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ADDITION TO DOOR HANDLE FOR $1200, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO GET WORK DONE UNTIL I GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE INVESTIGATION. ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER GOT A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS. THEY SAID DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF MY VEHICLE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURER'S CONTROL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR INCIDENT. *DT UPDATED 10/30/18*JB

INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH ACTIVATE AND MOVE BACKWARDS A FEW INCHES AND THEN FORWARDS A FEW INCHES. THIS IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUDIBLE CHIME AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHING ON ONCE. THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WILL ALSO BRIEFLY START TO DROP TOWARD 0 WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASH ON BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS TURN OFF. THE MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY OR IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN TO MOVE ALL THE WAY FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THIS BEHAVIOR AT TIMES WILL REPEAT EVERY MINUTE OR SO. OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT OCCUR FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THE VAN WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD THE STEERING AND BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WANT TO START. IT COULD BE 5 OR 10 MINUTES BEFORE I GET IT TO START AND I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OVER NIGHT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AND HAVE A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP.. I COULD OF BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE. THE HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WINDOW WIPER WATER IS SPRAYING, FLASH LIGHTS FLASHING RANDOMLY GO ON AT ANY TIME SOME TIMES WHILE I'M DRIVING, SOME TIMES LATE AT NIGHT AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP ALL OF THIS IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR LET IT KEEP GOING UNTIL THE BATTERY DRAINS. THE SPEEDOMETER GOES ON WHEN I OPEN THE DOOR BUT WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OFF/BLANK. THIS SCARES ME I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT!