2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OR LESS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY HESITATION OF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE DEALER DETERMINED A SPARK PLUG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM RETURNED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL SPARK PLUGS, SPARK PLUG BOOTS, AND THE IGNITION. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A FAULTY EGR VALVE. OTHER PEOPLE TO WHOM THE CONTACT SPOKE TO HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE CHRYSLER 3.3 LITRE ENGINE. THE CONTACT HAS TO PAY $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE EVERY TIME THAT VEHICLE IS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. UPDATED ON 06/01/2006. *AK *TS

TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK, BLINKER BLINKS RIGHT WITH LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON, BLINKER BLINKS LEFT WHEN RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ON OR BLINKER WILL FAIL TO BLINK AT ALL. *NM

MY 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS FOR A PROBLEM CHRYSLER HAS PUT A BULLETIN OUT ON REGARDING MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC CODES P0300-P0306 (SPARK PLUGS). THE LIGHT HAS COME ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DURING A 7 MONTH PERIOD. DEALER REPLACED SPARK PLUGS ALL 4 TIMES AND REPROGRAMMED THE TRAN MODULE. THEY ARE GIVING ME THE EXCUSE THAT I AM PROBABLY JUST GETTING DEFECTIVE SPARK PLUGS. I HAVE HAD A COMPUTER IN THE CAR THAT I DROVE WITH AND IT SHOWED NOTHING TO THEM AS THEY TELL ME. THEY SAY CAR ISN'T DOING ANYTHING WHEN THEY DRIVE IT. AFTER 4TH REPAIR I HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER DRIVING ONLY A FEW DAYS TELLING THEM IT STILL IS NOT FIXED, THEY SAY IT DOESN'T DO IT FOR THEM AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. THE CAR BUCKS, SURGES, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO MIS, CAR HAS BACK FIRED GOING UP HILL, NO POWER GOING UP HILLS OR INCLINES, CAR EVEN LOSES POWER GOING 55 MPH PLUS ON HIGHWAYS, WHEN LIGHT DOES FINALLY COME ON CAR WILL NOT LET YOU GO OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR, FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL BUCKS AND SURGES. THE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON AGAIN YET FOR THE 5TH TIME BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY WITH THE SAME CODES FOR THE SPARK PLUGS, AND AGAIN I WILL BRING IT BACK TO HAVE IT NOT FIXED AGAIN , BY THEM CHANGING THE SPARK PLUGS YET AGAIN. I ALSO SAW A BULLETIN ON THIS SITE ABOUT A CREAK, TICK, AND POP SOUND IN STEERING COLUMN WHICH I ASKED DEALER TO CHECK WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT IN LAST VISIT, THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING, AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT, NOW I SEE OTHER PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SAME PROBLEM,, NOT FIXED. I HAVE NO CLUE IF THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, COULD HAPPEN . SWAY BAR WAS REPLACED FOR NOISE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, AND REAR WINDOW MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED ALSO ON THIS CAR. *NM

CONSUMER 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY BALL SOCKETS WERE LOOSE, RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING RED AND PINK FLUID. *TS THE BUSHINGS HAD WORN OUT, WHICH WAS DUE TO THE RATTLE THE CONSUMER WAS HEARING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY EXPLAINED TO THE CONTACT THAT THIS WAS A RESULT TO WATER GETTING INTO THE REAR DRUM AND FREEZING. ON DECEMBER 21, 2004 THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB

RECURRING BRAKE PROBLEMS VEHICLE HAS 40000 MILES ON IT AND LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES. LAST TIME ROTOR WAS REPLACED AT 34000 MILES AND ONCE AGAIN THE ROTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALERS CAN NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 AWD CHRYSLER PACIFICA WITH ABOUT 25K MILES. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START IT UP REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY SINCE EARLY JULY 2005. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5X TO HAVE PROBLEM FIXED. FIRST TIME COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO THEY TIGHTENED NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. 2ND TIME NO CODES FOUND, NO PROBLEM FOUND. 3RD TIME DUPLICATED PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. 4TH TIME CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, SENT BACK WITH A RECORDER TO RECORD CAR OVER THE WEEKEND. 5TH TIME REPLACED POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM CAR BACK AGAIN. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A STEERING PROBLEM . ALL THE DEALERSHIP THAT HE HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO HAVE REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION. ONE OF THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PUMP, RACK, PINION, AND THE HOSES. BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. THE STEERING VIBRATES THE ENTIRE CAR WHEN TURNING. CHRYSLER TRIED TO REPAIR THE CAR FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL,. SECOND TIME THEY SAID IT WAS NOT NORMAL, AND THEY REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION. CHRYSLER TOLD CONTACT TO PUT A 2005 RACK AND PINION IN THE VEHICLE, BUT IT DID NOT FIT. THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND PUT A 2004 BUT THAT STILL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ONE WEEK LATER, THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP, AND STILL IT DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE ZONE MANAGER TOLD CONTACT TO TAKE THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. CAR WAS KEPT FOR ONE WEEK AND ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE RACK AND PINION. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. . ONE OF THE DEALERSHIP PLANNED TO ADVISE CONTACT OF THE LEMON LAW. BUT THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED HIM YET. DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT IF SOMEONE WANTED TO FIX VEHICLE TO TELL HIM TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM TO PUT A SMALLER POWER STEERING PULLEY WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE PUMP WHICH WOULD, IN TURN, INCREASE THE PRESSURE OF THE PUMP BECAUSE THE PRESSURE WAS SLOW. *AK *NM

1. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WHILE ACCELERATING. 2. NO DAMAGE AS OF YET BUT ALMOST SLAMMED INTO GUARD RAILS THAT WAS LOCATED AT A DROP OFF OF ABOUT 1700 FT. 3. VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY CHRYSLER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. FAULT WAS DUPLICATED WITH THE TECH IN THE CAR. CHRYSLER ENGINEERING DEPT TOLD THE TECH THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A FAULT WITH THE SYSTEM BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FAULT HAPPENING IS SO LOW THAT THEY WERE NOT TO CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THEIR SUGGESTION IS NOT TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF VEHICLE ACCELERATION. (SAME WIRE CONTROLS DOWNSHIFT AND BRAKE CONTROL FOR CRUISE). *JB

WHEN DRIVING THE VAN AT ANY SPEED IT WILL JUMP GEARS REV UP AND THEN PUSH OUT TO DRIVE REAL FAST IT GOES FROM DRIVE TO NUTRAL REAL FAST WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 9 TIMES SINCE HAD THE VAN JUST GOT IT IN MARCH.