2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

STARTED WITH ERRATIC JUMPING OF INSTRUMENT NEEDLES SYNCHRONOUS WITH ELECTRICAL POPPING IN SOUND SYSTEM AND FLICKERING OF ALL LIGHTS. HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO NOW, KILLING THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WHILE UNDER POWER CONDITIONS, LEAVING VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND NECESSITATING SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL WHILE AT FULL ROAD SPEED, AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE TO REGAIN OPERATIVE CONTROL, ALL WHILE IN OPERATION ON THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR OCCASIONS DURING THE PAST THREE WEEKS TO THIS DATE. VEHICLE ALSO HAS ELECTRICAL "HICCUPS" RESULTING IN DISENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION UNDER OPERATING CONDITIONS, WHICH HAS SO FAR (SIX INCIDENCES) RE-ENGAGED WITHIN TEN SECONDS PURSUANT.THIS MORNING, JULY 11, 2013, WHILE AWAITING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE KILLED AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM LOCKED UP FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, INCLUDING INABILITY TO MOVE SHIFTER, NO RESPONSE TO KEY IN IGNITION; COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES LATER, IT SUDDENLY UNLOCKED, WAS ABLE TO BE PUT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED, AND DRIVEN AWAY WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY DIFFICULTY, AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. ALL OF THE ABOVE EVENTS HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. IT IS APPARENT TO ME THAT SOMETHING IS DEFECTIVE IN THIS VEHICLE, AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF CHRYSLER TRUCKS AND MINIVANS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PARTS IT INSTALLS IN IT'S PRODUCTS AND NEEDS TO ADDRESS AND CORRECT THESE VERY REAL AND EXPENSIVE SAFETY HAZARDS AT THE FIRST POSSIBLE MOMENT. *TR

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED VAN WITH 66000 MILES ON IT, DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING NOW BECAUSE OF ITS PROBLEM. STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ALL LIGHTS DO A PULSE/ SURGE, AND EFFECT DRIVING VEHICLE. WE HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND SEE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. I FOUND A RECALL #07V192000 THAT APPEARED TO ADDRESS MY PROBLEM BUT CHRYSLER SAYS THAT MY VIN # IS NOT COVERED. I ALSO FOUND RECALL #10V008000 WHICH ALSO ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM BUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED DURING THE DATES OF THIS ONE. OBVIOUSLY CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE ON VEHICLES MANUFACTURED DURING THE SAME TIME AS MINE BUT THEY HAVE EXCLUDED CERTAIN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED DURING THIS TIME FRAME THAT HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, LIKE MINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN ELECTRICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. KMJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MODIFIED VAN FOR DISABLED WIFE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND AFTER SEEING A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON THE NEWS FOR OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES, HE FELT HIS VEHICLE WAS ALSO UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. ..UPDATED 08-07-13 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WOULD ACTIVATE INSTEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY ON 5/22/13. VERY LOUD BANG WAS HEARD APPROX 7PM BUT THE SOURCE OF THE BANG COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED OR EVEN CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS VEHICLE-RELATED. NO ABNORMAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF VEHICLE WAS DETECTED AT THAT TIME. NEXT MORNING, 5/23/13, DROVE VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED A RUBBING VIBRATION IN FRONT END, THEN SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. TURNED VEHICLE AROUND AND DROVE IT BACK TO DRIVEWAY AND PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE DRIVEN OF ABOUT 1000 FEET. AS VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CLOUDS OF BILLOWING WHITE SMOKE FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEELWELL APPEARED. INSPECTED OUTSIDE OF TIRE. NO APPARENT PROBLEM. OPENED HOOD. NO APPARENT REASON FOR WHITE SMOKE. THEN BOOM, AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND TIRE RESTED ON WHEEL RIM. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS LIFTED ON THE TOW MECHANISM, THE PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND UNCOILED ITSELF. THE SPRING HAD UNCOILED ITSELF INTO THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RUBBING VIBRATION, BURNING RUBBER SMELL AND SMOKE, AND THE BLOWOUT. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SUDDEN BLOWOUT AND LIKELY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE LAST 25 MILES DRIVEN PRIOR TO THE COIL SPRING FAILURE WERE FREEWAY MILES, AND THE FAILURE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AN HOUR EARLIER ON 5/22/13 AT 60 TO 70 MPH WITH THE LIKELY OUTCOME THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND RUN OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER. DEALER SAID THAT IN HIS 30 YEARS, HE HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. FAILED PARTS HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY OWNER. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED.

WHEN RAINING OR DRIVING THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE, THE POWER STEERING LOCKS UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. THIS MAY LAST UP TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

JUST RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS,RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE SWITCH WAS UNDER RECALL. THE OTHER NIGHT MY HUSBAND WAS FOLLOWING ME HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKELIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, AFTER TESTING THINGS OUT WE THOUGHT WE FIGURED THE PROBLEM AND CHANGED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. TODAY WHEN I WENT FOR THE HEADLAMP SWITCH RECALL THE TECH CAME OUT AND SAID OH AND BY THE WAY YOU HAVE NO BREAK LIGHTS. NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO CHECK AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN COMPUTER ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000. *TR