1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HORN WOULD NOT WORK. TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS A CLOCKSPRING FAILURE. SAW AN ODI RESUME ONLINE CONCERNING THIS.*AK

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE FOGGY, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO LOOK DIM. THIS RESULTS IN POOR VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. *AK THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT CHRYSLER REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS. *SC

AIR BAG LAMP LIGHTED UP IN DASHBOARD SIMULTANEOUSLY LOSING HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. AR INVOLVED: CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LXI, 1999.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON OR BLINKS INTERMITTANTLY, HORN DOESN'T WORK OR ONLY WORKS SOMTIMES CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK SOMETIMES

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL, HORN AND STEERING WHEEL RADIO CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK-SPRING WHICH WAS A RECALL ITEM ON EARLIER MODELS. I THINK THE 1999 MODELS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST. LMB. *AK

CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN IS DEFECTIVE. AIR BAG LIGHT IS LIT AND THE HORN, CRUISE CONTROL AND RADIO CONTROLS DO NOT WORK.*AK

DRIVER SIDE HEATED SEAT WOULD BECOME VERY HOT AFTER 3 TO 4 MIN. I WOULD OFTEN HAVE TO SUDDENLY LOCATE THE SWITCH WHILE DRIVING TO PREVENT BEING BURNED. ON 1/25/04 I HAD JUST STARTED DRIVING WITH THE SEAT HEATER ON BUT GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO TALK TO MY SISTER. AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES I RETURNED TO MY CAR (STILL RUNNING) TO FIND IT FULL OF SMOKE. I ALSO NOTICED A HOLE BURNED THROUGH THE LEATHER SEAT AND A SMOKING WIRE SHOWING THROUGH. THIS AREA IS AT A SEAM NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE SEAT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. THE HEAT SWITCH IS LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE SEAT AND IS OFTEN KNOCKED ON WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. I FEAR THE PASSENGER SEAT MAY ALSO BURN UP SINCE IT IS OFTEN NOT OCCUPIED BUT IN THE ON POSITION. I NOTICED IN MY 2003 VERSION OF THE SAME VAN, THE SEAT HEAT SWITCHES ARE ON THE DASH INSTEAD. THE CHRYSLER PARTS DEPT. TELLS ME IT WILL BE OVER $800 EACH JUST FOR THE SEAT COVER/HEATER UNIT. I HAVE READ ABOUT SIMILAR SEAT FIRES IN OTHER 1999 TOWN & COUNTRY VANS.

THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS. ITS A DOWN RIGHT SHAME TO HAVE TO PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN A CAR WITH THIS LOW OF MILES.

MAJOR PROBLEM IS SERPENTINE BELT COMING OFF AND CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THIS LAST REPAIR THAT A BRACKET WAS INSTALLED FROM A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED 7-2-99. ONLY THE FIRST REPAIR WAS PRIOR TO THIS DATE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM, FORTUNATELY FOR ME EVERY TIME THE BELT CAME OFF I WAS IN A PARKING LOT.