1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE FROM 45 MPH BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT APPLIED REPEATED STEADY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL CAMPAIGN (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V099000- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK) AND WOULD NOT TAKE THE LIABILITY FOR ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY A WARRANTY REPAIR THAT CHRYSLER DOES NOT HONOR. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BRAKES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED IN TWO MONTHS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, PRESSURE MOTOR, AND PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE MISSING. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE MOUNTING BRACKET ASSEMBLY WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126000.

MOANING NOISE COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. IN MARCH 08 I TOOK MY 1993 TOWN AND COUNTY MINI VAN IN AND MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THIS SEEMED TO WORK UNTIL THE MOANING SOUND STARTED AGAIN IN OCTOBER 08. AFTER KEEPING THE VAN FOR FOUR DAYS MY MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND DID NOT HEAR THE NOISE. I PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS QUIET UNTIL MARCH 09. AT THIS TIME I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. AFTER ONLY ONE WEEK I AM AGAIN HEARING THE MOAN START. MY VEHICLE HAD 47,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AND NOW HAS 55,700 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER ALREADY HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 96V099000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE CONTACT PAID FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FILTER MODULE, BRAKE ROTORS, AND BRAKE CALIPER. THE REPAIR CORRECTED THE FAILURE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR, BUT IT HAS RECENTLY RECURRED. THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATES RANDOMLY. THE CONTACT IS UPSET BECAUSE THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THE DEALER IS REPAIRING THE VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE PART, WHICH CAUSES THE PROBLEM TO RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000. UPDATED 02-23-09 *BF THE ABS MODULE HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE AND THE ABS ACCUMULATOR HAD LOST ITS PRECHARGE.. UPDATED 02/25/09. *JB

WE HAVE A 1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINI VAN, AND DISCOVERED A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THESE HAVE, WET OR EVEN DAMP, THE BELTS WILL BE THROWN OFF THE ENGINE CAUSING EVERYTHING FROM NO CHARGING TO LOSING YOUR POWER STEERING. I GUESS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT , BUT WILL NOT CORRECT. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS TO REPLACE THE SMOOTH PULLEY BELT ADJUSTER, TO A PULLEY WITH SIDES THAT KEEP IT ON................MY PROBLEM, MY WIFE NEARLY WRECKED RECENTLY WHEN THE BELT CAME OFF WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE BELT CAME OFF. I AM LUCKY I DIDN'T GET A CALL FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL THAT DAY. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE PULLEYS. IT COSTS AROUND $150-170 FOR CONSUMERS TO BUY THE KIT, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CHRYSLER FIXES THIS. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND WHILE STOPPING THE VEHICLE FROM 25 MPH, THE BRAKES BECAME DIFFICULT TO APPLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ABS BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED UNDER NHTSA RECALL #96V099000, REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO EXAMINE OR PERFORM REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RESIDENCE, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 11/30/2006 - *NM

RIO RANCHO CHRYSLER DEALER, LOCATED AT 25 RIO RANCHO RD., POMONA, CALIFORNIA 91766, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS CAUSED THE FOLLOWING: A.FAILURE TO CORRECT THE ABS SYSTEM LEAK AND RESULTING ABS LIGHT COMING AND STAYING ON. WITHIN DAYS OF DEALER??S REPAIR WORK, THE LEAK AND ABS LIGHT PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED. NOW THE DEALER STATES IT TO BE A NEW PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED DURING THE COUPLE OF DAYS OF DEALER??S WORK. THE DEALER SAYS THE NEW PROBLEM IS THE SHORTED ABS PRESSURE SWITCH, WITH A REPLACEMENT COST OF $565. THE DEALER FURTHER ASSERTS THE NEWLY DISCOVERED SHORTED ABS SWITCH HAS RENDERED ABS PUMP INOPERATIVE AND CAUSING THE LEAK FROM BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. THE DEALER IS WRONG ON BOTH COUNTS. THE ABS SYSTEM WORKS WELL SO LONG THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL IS ADEQUATE, AND THE LEAKAGE IS NOT FROM RESERVOIR CAP BUT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE ABS SYSTEM, WHICH WAS NOT CORRECTED THE FIRST TIME. B.THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF NHTSA RECALL 96V099000, WITHOUT ANY CHARGE TO THE OWNER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER, IN CONCERT WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION, REPLACED THE ABS ACCUMULATOR WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL BASIS AND CHARGED THE VEHICLE OWNER $521.88 FOR IT. EVEN IF ONE ASSUMES THAT THE ACCUMULATOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A $274.38 CHARGE FOR LABOR. BECAUSE IT??S DISMANTLING AND REMOUNTING IS PART OF ABS PISTON, PUMP AND MOTOR REPLACEMENT, WHICH BY DEALER??S OWN ASSERTION WAS COVERED UNDER THE ABOVE RECALL. C.THE DEALER IN IT??S QUEST TO MILK, GOUGE AND HOSE THE CUSTOMER FOR MORE MONEY, DELIBERATELY LEFT THE TPS CONNECTER AJAR DESPITE A SECOND VISIT BY THE OWNER, RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE STALLING AT OR NEAR IDLE SPEED IN TRAFFIC AND ON HIGHWAYS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S HYDRAULIC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED EVEN WITH THE USE OF BOTH FEET APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE'S HAD AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE DESIGN WAS ALL 4 WHEEL ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ABS FAILED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THE COMPUTER WOULD NOT COMPLY. ALSO, THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE SERVICE DEALER. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND FIXED THE VEHICLE UNDER RECALL# 96V099000.

1993 TOWN AND COUNTRY MINI VAN ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED . IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE ACCUMULATOR, PUMP MOTOR, ABS PUMP, AND RELAY WERE ALL REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AND /OR NOT REPAIRABLE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY FAILED. THERE IS A RECALL, #96V099000 CONCERNING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES; HOWEVER THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE FAILURE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THE FAILURE WAS IN FACT THE RECALLED PART.