2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

DT: AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT DEPLOYMENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO REPAIRED THE AIR BAG. CONSUMER STATED DEALER DID NOT SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO THIS HAPPENED , AND CURRENTLY AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED PERIODICALLY AND STAYED ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN WENT OFF. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. CURRENTLY, THE LIFTGATE LIGHT WAS ON. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHY THE LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER HAD A REPAIR DONE TO LATCH ON REAR AUTOMATIC LIFTGATE, BUT THE LIGHT STILL STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING-THIS WAS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY-THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVANS, BUT THIS WAS A 2002 MODEL. THIS WAS FINE FOR ABOUT A DAY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, BUT STARTED COMING ON AGAIN. *AK

2002 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY EX (MILEAGE 50,000) CAUGHT FIRE. DROVE CAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO MY OFFICE ON PLATT ROAD, ANN ARBOR. AS I TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT, POWER STEERING FAILED, WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE IT. NOTICED DENSE WHITE SMOKE COMMING INTO THE CAR FROM THE DASHBOARD AND THROUGH THE DOOR PILLARS. GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES, OPENED THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND CAREFULLY OPENED IT. NOTICED A FIRE AT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MY ASSOCIATE RUSHED INTO THE OFFICE BUILDING AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE USING A FIRE EXTINGUSHER. AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED CALLED AAA TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY DID INFORM ME THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HOSE CONTAINING THE STEERING FLUID HAS FAILED, THE STEERING FLUID HAD LEAKED ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND CAUGHT FIRE. *NM

HEADLAMPS FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. SOMETIMES FLICKER AND COME BACK ON. WE DON'T DRIVE MUCH AT NIGHT, WE HAVE OWNED THIS VAN FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. WE HAVE DRIVEN IT 5 OR 6 TIMES AT NIGHT, AND WE HAVE HAD HEADLIGHT FAILURE 3 TIMES. AFTER THE 2ND INCIDENT, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY FLASHED THE VEHICLE COMPUTER MEMORY. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WE HAD THE PROBLEM, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED AND CAME BACK ON. THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE PROBLEM, THE LIGHTS WENT ON/OFF SEVERAL TIMES (3 OR 4) IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 5 MINUTES. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SWITCH INSIDE THE VEHICLE IS GETTING HOT DURING HEADLIGHT OPERATION. *JB

DT: THE HEADLIGHTS WERE FLICKERING, DID THIS ALL THE TIME. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE CONSUMER BOUGHT VEHICLE WHICH WAS A MONTH AGO AROUND JUNE 17TH, 2005. ONCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN REALLY DIM. WAS WORRIED THEY WILL GO OUT. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

2002 TOWN AND COUNTY LXI SOMETIMES LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN WITH POWER BUTTON, REMOTE CONTROL, NOR MANUALLY. A DINGING/BELL NOISE OCCURS WHEN IT FAILS. SOMETIMES POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE WITH POWER BUTTON NOR REMOTE CONTROL. DOOR BEGINS PROCESS TO CLOSE AND BEFORE IT LATCHES, IT KICKS BACK OPEN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2004 FROM MY PARENTS WHO PURCHASED IT NEW FROM THE DEALER. THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS FROM TIME OF PURCHASE, BUT THE DEALER COULD NEVER GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE REOCCURRING AND HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.INCIDENT DATE AND FAILURES ONLY REFLECT MY EXPERIENCES, NOT MY PARENTS.INCIDENT DATE IS ONLY FOR THE FIRST, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN AND HAVE THIS FAILURE/PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS, SINCE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I DID READ ABOUT ANOTHER INVESTIGATION CONCERNING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE LIFTGATE.

DT: THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME OF 1-10 MINUTES. THIS AL OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CLOCK SPRING, AND EACH TIME THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE AIR BAGS DISENGAGED. ALSO S THERE WAS A RECALL UP TO THE 2000 MODELS BUT NOT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MODEL. DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING AND THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. CONSUMER PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. *AK

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY CHROME WHEELS ARE CAUSING THE TIRE EQUIPMENT TO GO FLAT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE GOODYEAR DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEYOND REPAIR AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET WHEELS. *JB

ABS SYSTEM INCLUDING WHEEL SENSOR FAILED. ABS WAS DEACTIVATED. CHRYSLER HAS PROPOSED REPLACING ABS MODULE AND WHEEL SENSOR AT MY EXPENSE. REPAIRS NOT YET PERFORMED.

KNOCKING IN THE FRONT WHEEL AREA. TECHNICIAN CLAIMS IT MAY BE A BUSHING OR A STRUT (OR A BUSHING ON THE STRUT).

RACK AND PINION LEAKING. I WAS TOLD BY A TECHNICIAN THAT I COULD LOSE MY STEERING IF NOT FIXED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.