1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER APPLIED GAS, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A QUARRY DUMP TRUCK AT AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VAN WAS TOTALED. DT

THE MOUNTING STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED, SEVERAL FATIGUED AND STRESS CRACKS WAS FOUND IN THE STEEL PLATE THAT MADE UP THE STRUT TOWER. TS *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS WILL FROST UP ON THE LENS REDUCING THE VISIBILITY OF THE LIGHTS WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT NIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER, BOTH HEADLIGHT HOUSINGS ARE PERMANENTLY DISCOLORED WITH A FROSTED LOOK THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED. MR *NLM *DT *JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE, FRONT STRUT MOUNTING TOWER IS RUSTING THROUGH TO THE POINT THAT THE STRUT IS ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CHRYSLER SERVICE MANAGER AGREES THAT IT IS A CLEAR DFECT IN THE CORRISION PREVENTION SYSTEM BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE ARE AT LEAST 18 OTHER REPORTS IN THIS DATABASE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE ON '96 CHRYSLER TWN & CNTY, DODGE CARAVAN AND PLYMOTH VOYAGER MINIVANS. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOCKSPRING ON HER VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT HAS CONTACT THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURE AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY WONT COVER HER RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS MORE THAN 70.000 MILES SO SHE IS OUT OF LUCK. TS

THE HEADLIGHT LENSES FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TS *JB

CONSUMER NOTICE AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WENT INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICE BRAKE LINE HAD BLOWN OUT AND WAS CORROSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THREE FAILURES BETWEEN 40000-69,500 MILES! WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ERRATIC. SOME TIMES OPERATE BY THEMSELVES, WON'T RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION, ETC. PAID DEALER TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE SWITCH THE FIRST TIME, 'DEFECTIVE' MOTOR THE SECOND TIME, AND NOW HAVE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THIRD TIME. OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT. ---DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS----769749. *AK

DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED SO PROBABLY NOT WORKING, SPEED CONTROL WILL NOT ENGAGE, HORN SOUNDS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO CERTAIN ANGLES WHILE DRIVING, FRONT WINDSHILED WIPER MAKES UNCOMMANDED START-UP AND SHUTS ITSELF DOWN, AUTOMATIC SEAT AND MIRROR ADJUSTMENT SETTINGS BECOME LOST ON A DAILY BASIS. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIX IT BUT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGE AND THEY WERE NOT SURE IT IF WOULD BE THE SAME PROBLEM AS WHAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE RECALL. WE HAD A COPY OF THE NOV. 6 PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFICE ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL IS STILL PENDING. I FELT THAT YOU NEEDED TO HEAR ANOTHER REPORT OF THIS FAILURE. I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING AND I HAVE NO HORN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT NOW. THANK YOU! DT