1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED. SERVICE MECHANIC INDICATED IF A BUMP IS HIT HARD ENOUGH IT COULD PUSH THE STRUT THROUGH TO THE WHEEL WELL, CAUSING FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL TO LOCK UP. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHERE RUST CAME FROM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

MY CRUISE CONTROL IS INTERMITTENT, MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENLY, MIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. HORN SPORADICALLY DOES NOT WORK.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED, CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED RECALL 00V268, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF HIGH RPMS WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. *SLC

INSIDE SIDEWALL ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL SUDDENLY SPLIT AWAY. ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIPT WITHOUT ANY WARNING TO A LOWER GEAR CAUSING THE SPEED OF THE CAR TO IMMEDIATELY DROP FROM 65-70 MPH TO 50MPH OR LESS AND ON OTHER OCCASSION THE TRANSMISSION LOCKUP, PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS RELAY CONTROL FOR TCM, REPLACED, TO NO AVAIL. TRANSMISSION LEAKS OIL AND OTHER FLUID, REPLACE SHAT SEAL,GASKET AND RESEALED PAN. REPLACE FUEL GAS TANK TO ACHIEVE RELIABLE FUEL GAUGE MEASUREMENT. STEERING LOCKS UP ESPECIALLY ON HARD LEFT TURN, REPLACE RACK AND PINION.

FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED DUE TO WINDSHIELD HEATER MOLDING HAVING MANY BURN SPOTS. *AK THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *SCC

FAILURE OF PART CAUSED CRUISE CONTROL, HORN AND AIRBAG TO BE NON-OPERATIONAL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT OCCURED AT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. IF AN ACCIDENT HAD OCCURED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OPERATE THE HORN TO ALERT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED WHILE IN USE ON THE FREEWAY WHICH ALSO COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

WE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH ABS LIGHT ON, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING, CHRYSLER CHANGED THE CLOCK SPRING, NOW EVERYTHING IS OK. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 895 FOR FUEL RAIL. DEALERSHIP IS CROSSROAD CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH I 240 SERVICE ROAD(WALKER AND SANTA FE) 405 631 0303 EXT ##121 TOM. NO REPAIR PARS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL CAUSING FUEL FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE.*AK WHILE DRIVING, THE FUMES CONTINUED TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND FOUND THAT THE FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING *YH

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT WAS KNOCKED INTO REVERSE. PASSENGER INSIDE VEHICLE QUICKLY SHIFTED VEHICLE BACK INTO PARK. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK *JB