2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

VAN HAS HAD VERY FEW PROBLEMS, I HAVE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 190000 MILES AND STARTED HAVING THE STALLING WHILE DRIVING ISSUES THAT OTHERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED. THERE ARE NO INDICATORS OR PRE WARNINGS ON DASHAND ACTUALLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO REALIZE THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF. AFTER IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME, MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED TO START WITH A FULL TUNE UP AS NO CODES WERE COMING UP. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE. IT IS A TERRIFYING PROBLEM, TO JUST HAVE CAR STOP AT RANDOM WITH NO WARNING AT ANY SPEED. 3 TIMES...1ST IN MOTION CITY STREET GOING STRAIGHT, 2ND TIME IN MOTION CITY STREET RIGHT AFTER MAKING A TURN, 3RD TIME ON HIGHWAY SLOWING DOWN TO TURN. WHY IS THIS NOT PART OF THE RECALL R09 FOR DURANGOS/GRAND CHEROKEE? I CAN NO LONGER TRUST TO HAVE MY KIDS IN THIS CAR THAT IS DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES...HOW DO I KNOW THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL BE SAFE?

OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY, I WAS HEARING A CLANGING WHEN MY CAR WAS IDLING BUT WHEN I GAVE IT GAS THE NOICE SEEMED TO STOP. SEVERAL DIFFERENT AUTO SHOPS TOLD ME IT WAS THE ENGINE GONE BAD. I FOUND A SHOP THAT WENT A LITTLE FURTHER IN CHECKING AND FOUND THAT MY "FLYWHEEL " WAS BROKE. THE INNER CIRCLE HAD JUST CRACKED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE OUTER CIRCLE, WHICH IS VERY ODD BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLETE SOLID PIECE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ACCIDENDENTS OR BLOWS TO THE VECHICLE SO ITS A BIG SURPRISE THAT IT HAPPENED.

CAR WON'T START AT TIMES, AFTER AWHILE FINALLY STARTS, FUEL PUMP WILL CONTINUOUSLY RUN AFTER CAR IS OFF. GETS WORSE WITH COLD WEATHER. IT DID IT A FEW TIMES AFTER WE BOUGHT IT BUT WE LIVED IN FLORIDA AND DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE MOVED TO TENNESSEE AND NOW ITS CONSTANTLY MESSING UP. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ALSO THE ELECTRICAL BODY CONTROL THROTTLE. THINKING THAT WAS IT. LATER TO FIND OUT THAT IT MAYBE THE FUEL RELAY. AND THAT DODGE DURANGO AND JEEP AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND YET CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE TOWN AND COUNTRY.

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT KEEPS JAMMING AND NOW CAN'T EVEN CONNECT BELT INTO THE LOCKING PART

SOMETIMES THE VAN WILL START SOMETIMES IT WON'T. YOU GET IN PRESS BRAKE AND PUSH THE PUSH START AND IT WON'T START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MADE A LOT OF NOISE WHEN AT A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE FLYWHEEL THAT WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

MULTIPLE TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN USE. MY FATHER HAD IT STALL TWICE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD THE VEHICLE STALL WHILE IDLING AT STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS WHEN TRYING TO PROCEED FORWARD. WE ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WHERE WE TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE AND USING THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT PROPELLING THE VEHICLE AT A PROPORTIONAL RATE - AND THEN WHEN PUT BACK IN DRIVE THE SAME THING OCCURRED - THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING. WE HAD TO PARK, TURN IT OFF, AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WHICH CLEARED THE ISSUE IN THAT MOMENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY TURNS OFF WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF USING IT! WE HAVE OUR BABIES IN THESE VEHICLES WHILE WE ARE USING THEM! I HAVE READ TOO MANY OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS WHO ALSO ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR MECHANICS TO GO HUNTING FOR SOLUTIONS - MOST OF WHICH DO NOT WORK. THIS IS UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS A LARGER ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I'M LISTING MY SPEED BELOW AS 5 MPH BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A FREQUENT CASE; HOWEVER, ANOTHER DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS AT HIGH SPEEDS PREVIOUSLY ON MY VEHICLE.

ON OUR 2012 TOWN AND COUNTRY , WE HAD REPLACED TIPM ON 2/18. AFTER REPLACEMENT , VEHICLE WOULD STILL TURN OFF IN MID-DRIVE , NOT TURN ON AT ALL NOR TURNOVER MANY TIMES . I BELIEVE IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE TO NOT HAVE ANY CODES SHOW UP, THE DEALER AFTER REPLACING TIPM ( PARTS AND LABOR $1400), THEY CAN'T FIND ISSUE WHICH CAUSES A LARGE SAFETY CONCERN AS MY GIRLFRIEND AND CHILDREN ARE LEFT TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT CAN INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF MID DRIVE . IT SEEMS MANUFACTURERS KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED NOR A FIX .

AT FIRST IT USED TO KILL THE BATTERY OVERNIGHT. NOW FAILS TO START. NO WARNING LIGHTS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.