2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES SUDDENLY FLASHED OFF AND ON, THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING AND HORN FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

WAS DRIVING AND THE FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL ITEMS STARTING ON THEIR OWN: DOOR LOCKS ' LOCK AND UNLOCK REPEATEDLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ' HIGHEST SETTING NON-STOP WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID (USED ALL THE FLUID) LIGHTS ' FLASHING ON AND OFF HORN ' REPEATEDLY GOING ON AND OFF STOPPED CAR IN ROAD AND TURNED OFF CAR AND TOOK OUT THE KEY AND STILL THE ISSUE CONTINUED FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO DISCONNECT THE CABLE TO THE BATTERY AT WHICH TIME IT ALL STOPPED. THINKING THAT MAYBE THIS WOULD RESET IT ALL WE TRIED TO PUT THE CABLE BACK ON THE BATTERY AND IT ALL STARTED AGAIN. BECAUSE WE HAD TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT, WE STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND ALL THE SAME ISSUES CONTINUED AS ABOVE. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 100 FEET TO PUT THE CAR IN A DRIVEWAY, IT ALL STOPPED EXCEPT A WARNING LIGHT FOR TRACTION CONTROL. AFTER 100 FEET MORE, ALL LIGHTS WERE GONE AND THE CAR SEEMED NORMAL. DROVE THE CAR HOME AND HAD NO ISSUES. LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY TROUBLE CODES (HAVE A CODE READER) AND NO CODES ARE PRESENT LOOKING INTERNET, I FOUND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND OTHER DODGE (DURANGO FOR EXAMPLE, CARAVAN) AND JEEP (CHEROKEE FOR EXAMPLE). ALMOST ALL OF THEM SAID THAT ISSUE WAS TIPM DEFECTIVE. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AND ON. EACH MORNING THE FLASH ON AND OFF ABOUT 3 TIMES AND THEN GO OFF. I REPLACED THE SWITCH ON THE DASH AND THE SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN THAT IS THE DIMMER SWITCH FOR LIGHTS AND WIPERS SWITCH. I REPLACED EACH SUGGESTED THING EXCEPT THE TIPM WHICH IS ESTIMATED OVER $800.

FIRESTONE TIRES P225/65R17, 4 TIRES ON A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY SUBN GY [XXX] [XXX] --I HAVE HAD TO TIRES BLOW OUT IN 2 MONTHS. THE TIRES WERE FAIRLY NEW - THREADS LOOKED GOOD. ONE BLOW OUT WAS AT A LOW SPEED, BUT IT WAS EXPLOSIVE, AND THE OTHER WAS IN THE DIAMOND LANE OF THE LIE AT ABOUT 55 MPH. FIRST TIME THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME THAT TIRE AND REMAINING TWO OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES WERE REPLACED. IN THE VEHICLE WERE MY HUSBAND, (DRIVER) MYSELF (PASSENGER SEAT) MY SON 13 Y/O AND MY MOTHER 87 Y/O IN BACK SEAT. OTHER THAN A SHOCK AT THE SOUND AND VIBRATION AND THEN THE FEAR OF CROSSING OVER TO THE SHOULDER FROM THE LIE HOV LANE (ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC). IT APPEARS WE ARE ALL FINE. AS THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THIS OCCURRED IN 2 MONTHS TIME, A BLOW OUT OF THIS TIRE SIZE AND MAKE, AND WE WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY NOT TO BE INJURED OR INJURE ANYONE ELSE AS THE RUBBER BLEW OFF THE TIRE I - SIMILAR TO A RETREADED TRUCK TIRE - I AM COMPELLED TO REPORT IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH REAR AIR CONDITIONER CITING IN AND OUT CAR TORN IN OVER BUT NOT STARTING RANDOMLY FRONT DOOR LOCKS ONLY WORK SOMETIMES THE DRIVER SEAT GOES BACK AND FORTH RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP AND SHUTS OFF INTERMITTENTLY SOME TIME THE RADIO WON'T SHUT OFF WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUT OFF AND DOOR IS OPENED STAYS ON FOR AT LEAST 5-10 MINUTES CAN'T SHUT OFF EVEN WITH THE BUTTON. WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HAD IT REPLACED FOR JUST UNDER $1000 STILL HAVING ALL THE ISSUES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 182,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, 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.

THE DAY WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES. THE CAR WOULD CRANK AND NOT START FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. WOULD RANDOMLY (EVERY FEW MONTHS) SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING (LEAVING POWER BRAKES/STEERING UNAVAILABLE) AND RANDOMLY JUST NOT START AT ALL. NOW WE ARE HAVING MANY ELECTRICAL FAILURES DAILY FOR NO LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AT A TIME: HORN ON CONTINUOUS HONK, WIPERS GOING CRAZY, WIPER FLUID SPRAYING OUT, CAR SHUTTING DOWN IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, LOCKS GOING UP AND DOWN, THE FRONT SEAT BLOWER MOTOR SHUTTING OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO RANDOMLY THE CAR WILL NOT 'SHUT OFF' WHEN I TAKE THE KEY OUT. IT'S FULLY DRIVEABLE WITHOUT THE KEY AND THE KEY OPENING IS IN THE 'OFF' POSITION. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND THEN THE CAR GOES BACK TO NORMAL. WHEN IT'S SHUT OFF, THE CAR WILL NOT TURN BACK ON FOR APX 20 MINUTES. I WAS MOST RECENTLY STUCK IN A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION JUST AS I WAS MERGING ONTO ANOTHER FREEWAY AT THE TOP OF A CLOVER-LEAF INTERSECTION DURING RUSH-HOUR. UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND UNABLE TO START OR MOVE THE VEHICLE - PRAYING I WOULDN'T GET HIT, BUT I COULDN'T SEE BECAUSE MY WIPER FLUID WAS SPRAYING AT A CONSTANT SPEED AND MY WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN ON. THEY'VE NOW 'GUESSED' THAT MANY OF OUR ISSUES ARE TIPM RELATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEEING THAT IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND WILL COST $1200. THEY'VE ORDERED THE PARTY BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT! PAY THE MORTGAGE, OR DEATH BY CHRYSLER? I HAVE A COPY OF SOME CODES THAT WERE PULLED THE FIRST DAY OF THE 'DAILY' ISSUES: U0141, P2533, C121C, B1A79, B10EC, P0691 - SINCE THEN THE LIST HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A COPY OF THE CODES. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER EXPLAINING THAT THIS CAR IS LEAVING US IN HORRIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN HELPING OUT. I MADE SURE TO SAY MY 'GOODBYES' ON THEIR RECORDED LINES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, LIGHT GRAY SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.