2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

I HAVE A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVAN, I WILL BE DRIVING AND CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF, I'VE HAD SPARK PLUGS CHANGED AND TOOK IT TO DEALER COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. THE KINDA ACTED LIKE I WAS CRAZY TIL I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A TON OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. SOMETIMES IT WILL STALL ON ME 5 OR 6 TIMES A DAY, ITS VERY DANGEROUS POWER STEERING AND EVERYTHING ELSE JUST FAILS. I HAVE TO THROW THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART AS I AM AVOIDING CRASHING INTO ANYTHING. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER CAR AND DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOURSE TO TAKE IT TO A BUNCH OF MECHANICS AND WASTING MONEY WHEN CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS RECURRING PROBLEM. I READ THEY ISSUED A RECALL ON 2010 T&C MINIVANS AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CARS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED, THE HAZARD WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, AND A WARNING CHIME SOUNDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER AN IGNITION SWITCH RECALL IN MAY OF 2016. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE RECALL DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM IN THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE 2008 T&C VANS. MINE WENT OUT AND WHEN THE MECHANIC TRIED TO GET ONE FROM THE LOCAL DEALER HE WAS TOLD THAT IT IS BACKORDERED ALONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED BACKORDERED. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS IT AFFECTS MANY ITEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS. THE IGNITION SWITCH CLICKS AND THE VAN SHUTS DOWN AT THE SAME TIME CONSEQUENCE: IF THE IGNITION KEY INADVERTENTLY MOVES INTO THE OFF OR ACCESSORY POSITION, THE ENGINE WILL TURN OFF, WHICH WILL THEN DEPOWER VARIOUS KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AIR BAGS, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKING. LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY OF THESE SYSTEMS MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF CRASH AND/OR INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS IS WHAT I FOUND OUT TO BE THE ISSUE IN MOST CASES. THERE WAS A RECALL BACK ON JUNE 2014; THEY FIX THAT PROBLEM IN MY VEHICLE ON JUNE 2015; NOW IS BACK AGAIN; THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT CONTINUES RESURFACING.THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED FOUR ( 4 ) TIME IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2016 ALREADY DURING DRIVING TIME ( VEHICLE IN MOTION); ALSO SOME TIMES WON'T EVEN START RIGHT AWAY; BACK IN 2014 IT WAS CALL: RECALL CAMPAIGN ID IS: 14V373000 DATED JUNE 26, 2014. COULD BE RECALL L25 OR R03. NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS THE CORRECT, THEY HAVE TOLD ME R03. *TR

I WAS DRING WHEN I NOTICE TEMPERATURE GAGE GOING UP I PULL OVER TO CHECK AND I BEGGING TO SMELL GAS SO I OPEN THE RESOIRVER FOR COOLING FLUID IN I SOME) A STRONG ODOR OF GAS I TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY STATED IT IS A POSSIBLE LEAK IN THE HEAD GASKET

THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN TURN OFF THEY WILL DO THIS WHILE PARKED OR DRIVING SCARY WHEN ITS DARK

CAR ENGINE SHUTS OFF AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE SHUTS OFF HOT OR COLD. THE CAR HAD AN EARLIER RECALL L25 TO REPLACE THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. L25 DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS CAN NOT WAIT MONTHS FOR PARTS. THIS MUST BE DONE ASAP. CAR WAS MOVING ON HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREET. HAS OCCURED AT 15 MPH AND 40MPH. HAS OCCURED MANY TIMES.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN THE VAN SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND WOULDN'T RELEASE THE KEY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE VAN STARTED AGAIN. I BEGAN TO DRIVE HOME THROUGH CITY STREETS WHEN ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE VAN ONCE AGAIN DIED AND LOST POWER TO THE BRAKES AND STEERING AND WOULDN'T RELEASE KEY EVENTUALLY THE CAR MAYBE A CLICKING SOUND AND ALLOWED ME TO START CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND FOUND NO ERROR CODES.