2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HORN, WASHER FLUID, AND LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE RANDOMLY GO OFF AND WONT STOP UNLESS THE BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED.THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE THE CAR TO START ON ITS OWN AND WONT TURN OFF IF ALREADY RUNNING. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING BUT IT ONLY LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IS SHOWING AGAIN A PROBLEM WITH THE ECM. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO EXPLANATION FROM CHRYSLER AND NO RECALL ISSUED.

I STARTED MY VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT AND THE WIPERS, SEAT BELT ALARM AND LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT OPERATE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT AGAIN. I BEGAN DRIVING AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT STOPPED. I CONTINUED ON TO MY DESTINATION AND THEN WENT HOME. THE NEXT DAY, I WAS RUNNING AN ERRAND ON MY LUNCH BREAK AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RETURNED TO WORK AND WHEN I LEFT FOR THE DAY, I HAD ANOTHER ERRAND TO RUN AND HALF WAY TO MY DESTINATION, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! I HAD TO DRIVE 20 MILES HOME WITH THE WIPERS AND ALARMS GOING AND THE WINDOWS DOWN BECAUSE THE POWER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HEADLAMPS, AND PASSENGER DOORS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR IT TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTELLIGENT POWER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 08/31/17*LJ *CN

I WAS DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON & SUDDENLY STINKY SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE VENTS. I TURNED THE AIR OFF & THEN BACK ON & IT FELT LIKE IT WAS BLOWING HEAT & THE HOLE DASH STARTED FEELING EXTREMELY HOT THEN I COULD SEE FIRE COMING UP THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. I PULLED OVER CALLED 911 BUT THEY ARRIVED TO LATE & MY VAN WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY, SEEMS AS IF IT CANNOT FIND THE CORRECT POSITION TO SHIFT TO CAUSING AN EXTREME VIBRATION. AT TIMES IT FEELS AS IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO COME TO A STOP. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS SHOULD THE TRANSMISSION STOP WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS PROBLEM ALSO SEEMS TO DISTRACT, OR SCARE THE DRIVER SINCE AT TIMES THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD BANG.

CAR GETS TOTALLY POSSESSED. IT CUTS OFF IN THE OF DRIVING ONE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY. THE LIGHTS WIPERS AND HORN GOES ON BY ITSELF AND DOESNT STOP UNTIL THE BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED. I CAME OUT THE STORE AND MY WIPERS AND HORN WAS GOING OFF THE KEYS WERE IN MY HAND. WHILE PUMPING GAS THE RADIO STARTED PLAYING AND WIPERS GOING OFF. THE KEYS WERE IN MY HAND THE DOORS UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES ONE THEY OPENED. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE CAR WON'T OFF WHEN THE KEY COMES OUT. IN THE PARK AND OFF POSITION SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T START AT ALL.

MY CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAD PERFORMED THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH HOWEVER MY VAN STILL SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST IT STARTED UPON MORNING WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT THE DAY, BUT NOW IT SHUTS OFF EVEN AFTER 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND HAVING TO BE CAUTIOUS SO THAT I WONT BE REAR ENDED OR WORSE. I HAVE TAKING IT IN TO BE DIAGNOSED BUT THE TECHNICIANS AFTER HAVING THE VAN HOOKED UP TO THEIR DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE ARE STILL UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING WRONG. NO ERROR CODES ARE SHOWING. ALSO NOW, WHILE PARKED AND THE ENGINE OFF WITH NO KEYS... MY DOORS WILL JUST OPEN BY THEMSELVES OR AUTOMATICALLY LOCK. IT DID IT YESTERDAY MORNING HOWEVER MY CAR WAS RUNNING, THE VAN LOCKED SOUNDING MY ALARM THAT SOUNDED AS IF I HAD PRESSED THE KEY TO LOCK. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE CAN CALL OR EMAIL ME TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS HOW I CAN RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM,

WHEN YOU SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF THE KEYS CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO START THE VEHICLE UP, PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND THEN PUT IT INTO PARK AGAIN AND SHUT IF OFF. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION

TAKATA RECALL IM NOT SURE IF IT HAS TO DO WITH OTHER SERVICE RECALLS THAT WERE PERFORMED EARLIER OR WHAT. EVERY SINCE I HAD THE RECALLS FIXED IVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY LIGHTS FLASHING, LIGHTS ON DASH FLASH ON AND OFF, CANT ROLL UP OR DOWN WINDOWS, AIR OR HEAT DOESNT WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENS, ITS LIKE IT JUST GOES CRAZY. IT DOES IT MORE DRIVING, BUT DOES IT SITTING STILL AS WELL. NOT SURE OF AN EXACT DATE WHEN ALL THIS STARTED BUT IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND I HAD TO STOP DRIVING IT. NOT SURE IF ITS ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER, OR WHAT. I DO HAVE VIDEO OF IT...

THE ELECTRICAL WIRES GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON, AND ALL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD DO TO STOP IT. LATER ON, I DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE WIRES TOUCHED AGAINST SOMETHING IN THE DOOR, IT WOULD CAUSE THIS REACTION.