1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

SAFETY COMPLAINT - CORRODING RIMS ON CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LIMITED, (STANDARD EQUIPMENT) CAUSE LEAKS AND FLAT TIRES. THE RIMS LEAK BECAUSE OF A FAULTY MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT CAUSES THE CHROME TO FLAKE OFF AROUND THE TIRE BEAD. *PH

MY 1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY'S HORN STOPPED WORKING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON. MY 3RD PARTY MECHANIC SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VAN HAS 61000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. IT COST ME $250. THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING. SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM THAT STOPS THE HORN AND THE AIRBAGS FROM WORKING WOULD GENERATE A RECALL.*AK

PLASTIC GAS TANK DEVELOPED A HOLE AND BEGAN LEAKING. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE -- COULD IT BE A DESIGN FLAW?*AK

PASSENGER SEAT BECAME EXTREMELY HOT AND PRUDUCED SMOKE AND BURNT THROUGH THE LEATHER BECAUSE THE SEAT HEATER SHORTED OUT.*AK

WHEN GOING UP HILL (DRIVEWAY) VEHICLE DOES NOT PULL LIKE NORMAL, IT HESITATES AND STUTTERS. I MUST PUT IT INTO LOW IN ORDER TO PULL THE HILL. ALSO, WHEN REVERSING VEHICLE VIBRATES AND MOVES VERY SLOWLY. VEHICLE DRIVES FINE IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS PULLING UP HILL AFTER A STOP AND REVERSING AT ANY TIME.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15/20 MPH TRANSMISSION HOSE BURST. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE. CAUSE OF THE HOSE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

DRIVER BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE WHILE TRAVELING WITH SEAT HEATER ON. DRIVER'S LEGS BEGAN TO BURN FROM THE SEAT, AND TURNED THE SEAT HEATER OFF. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 OF MY MY 4 CHROME ALLOY WHEELS AS THEY ARE COMING APART AT A SEAM NEAR THE BEAD OF THE TIRE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE RIMS SUSTAINED A BLOW, BUT IT SHOWS NO SIGN OF IMPACT. THIS STRIKES ME AS A SEVERE DEFECT WITH POSSIBLE SERIOUS INJURY IMPLICATIONS. THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS RUDE AND DISMISSED ANY POSSIBILITY OF A POTENTIAL DEFECT.*AK

I OWN A 1999 TOWN & COUNTRY LXI. ON JAN. 24, 2003 I HAD TAKEN IT TO MY LOCAL GARAGE FOR A BROKEN SEAT . I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT TRACK AT THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN. CHRYSLER'S POSITION IS THAT THIS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT A SEAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF A CRASH, AND NOT FAIL DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. TO ME , THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VIEW MIRROR IS HEATED. THERE IS A GEL TYPE RESIDUE COMING FROM THE MIRROR WHICH HAS DAMAGED IT TO THE POINT WHERE CONSUMER CAN NOT SEE OBJECTS FROM IT. ALSO THE PASSENGER SIDE VIEW MIRROR INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT MOVE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. *PH