2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2003,WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AROUND TOWN ON ERRANDS WITH OUR FOUR CHILDREN, SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. ULTIMATELY, A HOLE BURNED THROUGH THE LEATHER SEAT AS A RESULT OF A MALFUNCTION/FAILURE IN THE HEATED SEAT SYSTEM. LUCKILY, MY WIFE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SHUT OFF THE SEAT AND GET EVERYONE OUT OF THE CAR IN TIME TO AVOID A FULL BLOWN FIRE. HOWEVER, THIS SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND A TRAGEDY WAS AVERTED ONLY BY HER QUICK REACTION. A SEAT HEATING SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MECHANISM TO SHUT ITSELF OFF BEFORE IT GETS THIS HOT IS UNREASONABLY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. *LA

SEPT. '02, BRAKES REPLACED. JAN. '03, RACK/PINION REPLACED. FEB. '03, HEATER DID NOT WORK ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, NOR REAR DRIVER SIDE. OCT. '03, SPEEDOMETER/POWER FAILED TO OPERATE. STAYED IN LOW GEAR. DEALER SAYS IT'S THE SENSOR. PART FOR HEATER ORDERED FROM DETROIT, TAKES DAYS TO REPAIR DUE TO TAKING OUT ENTIRE DASH. CHRYSLER "APOLOGIZED" WHEN I EMAILED, BUT OFFERED NOTHING TO OFFSET COST OF REPAIRS. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLAT TIRE DUE TO A SLOW LEAK WHICH CAME FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ALUMINUM RIM. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE TIRE WAS WATER TESTED AND A SLOW LEAK WAS DETECTED AT THE EDGE OF THE RIM. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE RIM AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE RIM WAS FLAKING/CORRODED. THE EDGE OF THE RIM WAS CLEANED WITH A POWER TOOL AND GREASED. THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND INFLATED. THIS WAS THE SECOND FLAT TIRE DUE TO A SLOW LEAK AT THE EDGE OF THE RIM. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. THE SAME REPAIR PROCEDURE WAS USED. *SCC *NLM

VAN SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR DEPRESSED, CLOSING BUTTON AND SLIDING DOOR CLOSED, SMASHING CONSUMER'S FINGERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 CHRYSLER T&C IN WET WEATHER, THE DRIVE BELT SLIPPED OFF DURING A LEFT TURN. THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY BECAME VERY HARD DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS SHE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT BERMONT MOTORS SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN GOING THOUGH PUDDLES. LOSS OF STEERING HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN GOING THROUGH PUDDLES? THE DRIVE BELT SLIPS OFF IN WET WEATHER AND PUDDLES! HOW SAFE IS A LOSS OF STEERING, EVEN JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE? *JB

UP TO 1999 MODEL TOWN & COUNTRY, BY CHRYSTLER, WE UNDER RECALL FOR A PART IN THE STEERING COLUMN. MY VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED IN 1999, BUT WAS THE 2000 MODEL. RECENTLY, I HAD TO HAVE THE SAME PART REPLACED IN MY VEHICLE THAT WAS UNDER THE RECALL FROM CHRYSTLER, BUT IT IS NOT COVERED. I FEEL THAT THE SAME PART SHOULD BE COVERED REGARDLESS OF THE MODEL YEAR.*AK

WHILE RAINING AND ON VACATION WE DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE RADIATOR LIGHT CAME ON, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ, "HOT," WE LOST POWER STEERING, AND THEN THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED ONLY TO LEARN THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED OFF AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. *AK

DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE, THE PUSH BUTTON IS VERY HARD TO PRESS. PASSENGER IS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONSUME HEARD A LOUD HISSING NOISE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIM HAD CORRODED. *AK *JB

WHENEVER SERPENTINE BELT GETS WET UNDER ANY CONDITION, RAIN OR RUNNING OVER A PUDDLE, IT TENDS TO SLIPS OFF OF THE PULLEYS, MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE.*AK