2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

FOUND BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS STAYING ON AFTER APPLYING BRAKE OR USING REMOTE DOOR LOCKS ON KEY. LIGHTS WILL GO OFF EVENTUALLY, BUT DRIVING IS NOT SAFE. PULLED FUSE AND BRAKE SWITCH- LIGHTS STILL ON.

DRIVING 65 MPH AT HIGHWAY. TURNED HIGH BEAM LIGHTS ON AND HEADLIGHTS STOP WORKING. TURNED FOG LIGHTS ON TO SEE SIDE OF THE ROAD. REDUCED SPEED TO STOP VEHICLE. OPENED HOOD AND CHECKED ECM / FCM BY WIGGLING IT. STARTED VEHICLE AND HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK.

I FOUND LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE FROM HOME FOR SOME HOME DEPOT SHOPPING THAT MY HEADLIGHTS DIDN'T TURN ON. THIS IS LOW AND HIGH BEAMS. FOG LIGHTS, CORNER LIGHTS AND INDICATORS WORK JUST NORMALLY.

THIS TIME I WAS HEADING DOWN WITH MY FAMILY FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST SPOTS AT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 45 MPH AND TWO LANE ROAD WITH LOT OF TURNS. NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN FRONT OR BEHIND ME. I TURNED HIGH BEAMS ON AND THERE WE GO, HEADLIGHTS GONE. I PULLED QUICKLY FOG LIGHTS ON TO HAVE SOME LIGHTS. NO OTHER OPTIONS THAN CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PLACE WHERE I COULD PULL CAR TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN STOPPED I CHECKED IF KNOCKING ECM WORKS BUT IT DIDN'T, NORMALLY IT DOES. I RELEASED FOUR SCREWS AND PULLED ECM OUT. INSTALLED MY SPARE ECM, NO LIGHTS. I INSTALLED THE OLD ECM MODULE BACK AND WIGGLED IT AND LIGHTS CAME ON. I DIDN'T CHECK ON THE SPOT THAT WOULD I HAVE HIGH BEAMS. 1 HOUR LATER WHEN WE GOT TO COTTAGE WE RENTED I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPEN THIS TIME WHEN TURNING HIGH BEAMS ON. LIGHTS GONE AGAIN. THIS TIME KNOCKING ECM MODULE HELPED. I TESTED HIGH BEAM AND LOW BEAMS MULTIPLE TIMES AND NO ISSUES. LOOSING HEAD LIGHT HAVE HAPPEN WITH THIS VEHICLE BEFORE HOWEVER THE ISSUE IS THAT IT IS INTERMITTENT. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY LOGIC HOW TO REPEAT IT WHAT MAKES IT SCARY / UNCOMFORTABLE.

CAR STALLS WHEN FULL GAS TANK. DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT IT'S ALWAYS WHEN FULL. MAKES VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. I'VE LEARNED NOT TO MAKE LEFT TURNS IN FIRST 5 MINUTES AFTER FILLING, OR BEST NOT TO FILL. IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WHEN LOOKING ONLINE, CHRYSLER REPLACES TANK FOR VALVE ON TANK FOR SOME PEOPLE. THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME, BUT OFFER A $1500 FIX. IT TRULY IS A WIDESPREAD SAFETY HAZZARD.

ABS WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE.THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES MOST ALL OF THE TIME BUT WILL GO OUT ON OCCASION THEN ILLUMINATE AGAIN AND AGAIN OR STAY ON .THE BRAKES SEEM TO OPERATE NORMALLY AND PASS ALL MECHANICAL INSPECTIONS.THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WILL GO OUT UPON SHARP ELEVATION CHANGES COMBINED WITH SHARP TURNING MANUVERS.

EVERY TIME I REFUEL CAR WILL HESITE AND STALL. IT'S SPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN U GET FUEL NEXT TO THE FREEWAY BECAUSE IT WILL STALL AS YOU TRYING TO GET TO FREEWAY SPEED AND SOMEBODY CAN HIT YOU FROM BEHIND.

TAKATA RECALL THE FULE RAIL WIRING HARNESS MELTED DOWN.THE WIRING HARNES IS INSTALLED RIGHT ABOVE THE EXHAUST FROM THE FACTORY. THE HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST OVER TIME MELTED A 4 INCH SECTION OF THE INSULATION OFF OF THE WIRING HARNESS CAUSING THEM TO SORT OUT. THE VAN HAD 130000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT LEFT ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED ON THE FREEWAY, IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE THE ENGINE STALL OUT ON THE FREEWAY. CLEARLY THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN 2 INCHES BETWEEN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO MY MECHANIC $150. THEN THEY REPLACED THE OLD HARNESS $400 PARTS $435 LABOR TOTAL $985 DOLLARS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THE CONTACT EXERTED FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING STARTED TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE. ONCE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CHECK UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID LEFT IN THE POWER STEERING CANISTER. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE THE POWER STEERING FLUID EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED IDENTICAL FAILURES AS INDICATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V386000 (POWER STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT 5 MPH AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE LAST FAILURE RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BEING UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,963.