2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR HATCH DOOR KEPT OPENING. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED REAR HATCH OPENS RANDOMLY. UPDATED 12/11/18*JB

MY CAR START BUT DON'T RUN . SOME VEHICLES HAS THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAY THAT IS THE TIPM MODULE. I WISH TO KNOW IF THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS

TIPM MODULE HAS BEEN DEEMED DEFECTIVE BY MULTIPLE MECHANICS. I WAS INFORMED OF AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. VAN REFUSES TO START. HAVE NOT HAD VAN RUNNING IN TWO MONTHS NOW. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TO ELIMINATE THOSE AS THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LANE DEPARTURE SYSTEM, NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM, AND THE REAR BACK UP CAMERA FAILED. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIMBERLY CAR CITY (625 W KIMBERLY ROAD, DAVENPORT, IA 52806, (563) 391-8300) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BUMPER, MODULES, AND WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO WATER EXPOSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. A CHRYSLER ENGINEER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAIR31876429. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

THE BLIND SPOT SENSORS ARE CORRODED AND RUINED DUE TO THE FACT THEY ARE INSTALLED AND SUBJECTED TO RAIN, SNOW AND SALT.

STARTED HEARING HUMMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE 35-70 MPH. THOUGHT IT TO BE TIRES. REVIEWED RECALLS AND FOUND RT REAR WHEEL BEARINGS RECALL M13 / NHTSA 12V-141 ON MY MODEL. CALLED THE DEALER WHO SAID MY CAR NOT INCLUDED . $60 CHECK OUT AND $500 REPAIR. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE PAID $350 (ATTACHED). CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION,. NO WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER ASSISTANCE. UNPROFESSIONAL DEALER ATTITUDE AND ONLY A SORRY FROM CHRYSLER.

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS INOPERABLE. OPENING USING BUTTONS, AND MANUALLY ATTEMPTING TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE WON'T WORK. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AND DODGE CARAVANS. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET THE FIRST TIME WE NOTICED IT.

AT 106000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT MAKING A LOUD NOISE. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC MAKING THE REPAIR, THE PARTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WERE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED.

AT ABOUT 100K MILES, THE VAN BEGAN TO MAKE A TICKING SOUND. IT WASN'T UNTIL I PASSED 150K I HAD AN ISSUE WITH A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 2... TURNS OUT, THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE PENTSTAR V6

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE VEHICLES WINDSHIELD OF FROST AND FOG THE A/C UNIT GOES OUT. THE A/C UNIT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD OF FOG AND FROST. THIS IS A WELL KNOW PROBLEM TO CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO EVEN HELP WITH THE NEEDED REPAIR.