1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE 2 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS - A CRITICAL COMPONENT. IT HAPPENED AT 30000.

NO APPARENT REASON FOR THIS FIRE. NO IGNITION SOURCE KNOWN IN THE AIR INLET FILTER HOUSING. LOOKING FOR INPUT ON OTHER VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT CAUSED IT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISE WHILE MOVING. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE FLYWHEEL NEEDED REPLACEMENT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A BRAND NEW CAR, EACH TIME VEHICLE IS DRIVEN CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING- STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT/VERY TIGHT TO TURN. ON SOME OCCASIONS HAS LOST CONTROL. *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE USES UP TO A PINT OF ANTI-FREEZE EVERY COUPLE THOUSAND OF MILES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS IN COLDER WEATHER OF APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES, OR COLDER. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENTIRE DASH (SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, ODOMETER, ETC) WILL BE INOPERATIVE. WHILE IN VIRGINIA OVER THE HOLIDAYS THIS PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING EVERY DAY. ORIGINALLY, THIS HAPPENED ONLY WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. WHILE IN VIRGINIA OVER THE HOLIDAYS IT ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. AT THAT TIME, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ALSO CAME ON, AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP, UNTIL YESTERDAY, SINCE DECEMBER 30, 1999, WHEN I RETURNED HOME TO BEAUFORT. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO AN UNKNOWN VOLTAGE RISE (FROM 2.5 AMPS TO 3.0), BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. WE HAVE CONTACTED CHYRSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHO HAS OPENED A CORPORATE FILE (#660213), BUT HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION FROM THEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THOUGH BUTLER CHRYSLER BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM WHEN WE PURCHASED IT. WE FIRST FOUND THAT IT STILL EXISTED IN NOVEMBER, AND HAS REOCCURRED PROBLEMS SINCE, UNTIL IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM 12/30/99 TO BE FIXED. THEY RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO US YESTERDAY, NOT REPAIRED, UNTIL THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. WE FEEL THIS IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE TO BE DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROX. 50MPH, IT WOULD JERK & MAKE POPPING NOISE WHEN ON AN INCLINE & THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS APPLIED. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

FAULTY SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS CAUSING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING, REPAIRS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEMS. NLM

LETTER TO FOLLOW, BASICALLY STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES AT 30 MPH, CHRYSLER SAYS IT MICHELINS TIRES, MICHELIN SAYS ITS CHRYSLERS SUSPENSION, EITHER WAY THE VAN STEERING WOBBLES AT 30 MPH, SHAKES STRONGLY WHEN BRAKING FROM SAY 70 TO 50 MPH ALMOST AS IF THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE ON, MICHELIN CLAIMS THE TIRES SAFE EVEN WITH THE WOBBLE, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD BE ON AN ICY MICHIGAN ROAD IN THE WINTER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/65R16 )