2013 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AND SHIFTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, IN REVERSE, ESPECIALLY AT STOP LIGHTS.

MY 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY KEEP CUTTING OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH 6 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM NOTHING READ ON HIS MACHINE SO HE REFERRED ME TO CHRYSLER. I TOOK HAD IT TOWED TO CHRYSLER WHO SAID IT WAS THE STARTER AFTER MISDIAGNOSING MY CAR THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND IT WOULD COST $1700 AFTER I ALREADY HAD TO PAY 548 FOR A NEW STARTER. I CHOSE TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED BACK HOME AS I COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY THAT AMOUNT AND A CAR PAYMENT. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WHERE THEY HAVE SETTLED CLASS ACTION SUIT IN 2006 FOR THIS ISSUE CAUSING DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA AND IN 2012 IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE TIPM(TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. MY CAR WAS IN MOTION SEVERAL TIMES AND CUT OFF AND THEN JUST WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOME AND THEN TO CHRYSLER IN LAWRENCEVILLE.

2013 ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHIN FIRST 7 MINUTES OF DRIVING. NO WARNING IT DOESN'T STALL AND RADIO GPS AND OTHER COMPONENTS STAY ON JUST ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 60% OF THE TIME. FIRST TIME WAS ON HIGHWAY AFTER DRIVING 5 MINUTES GOING 60 MPH SHUT OFF AND IT ACTUALLY TURNED ITSELF BACK OUT WITHOUT ME DOING ANYTHING. ANOTHER TIME WAS AFTER DRIVING 3 MINUTES AT A STOP SIGN STARTED TO GO AND CAR SHUT OFF AFTER 1/4 MILE I HAD TO PULL OVER TO RESTART. IT'S SHUT OFF DOZENS OF TIMES REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR LOCATION. 2ND TO LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACK AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. ONCE IT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY, I THOUGH IDLING IT A WHILE BEFORE DRIVING WOULD HELP BUT IT SHUT OFF WHEN I ADJUSTED MY STEERING WHEEL AFTER IDLING FOR 7 MINS.

TAKATA RECALL: THE HEATER RUNS ONE DAY AND STOP THE NEXT DAY AND THE AC ALSO WHEN THE WEATHER COLD THE WINDSHIELD WILL BECOME FOGGY, AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AND OFF ON CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN A WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DALLAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (11550 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY, DALLAS, TX 75238, (214) 327-9361) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

THE WIN MODULE ON THE IGNITION FAILS CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO START, APPEARS TO BE DEAD.

I WAS DRIVING TODAY I LOST POWER TO THE RADIO AND TO THE DASH CLUSTER AND ALL THE WARING LIGHTS CAME ON THE WIPERS CAME ON AND YOU COULDN'T TURN THEM OFF AND THE VAN STAYED RUNNING BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING THEN EVERYTHING WOULD COME BACK ON NORMAL THEN IT WOULD GO CRAZY AGAIN IT'S IN THE DEALERSHIP NOW

JANUARY 1ST IN OSHKOSH WISCONSIN WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY I WARMED UP OUR 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY FOR 15 MINUTES AND LOADED UP READY TO GO AND TURNED ON WIPERS AND QUICKLY NOTICED STUCK TO GLASS FROM ICE SO TURNED SWITCH OFF. BROKE LOOSE FROM GLASS AND RETRIED WIPERS AND POOF THEY DO NOT WORK. CHECKED ALL FUSES & RELAYS AND TESTED WIPER MOTOR ALONG WITH MULTI SWITCH ALL GOOD. HOOKED MY ANSUS FX4000 SCANNER TO LEARN I HAVE A TIPM MODULE PROBLEM. NEXT ISSUE AROUSE THREE WEEKS LATER NOW AUTOMATIC LIGHTS WENT OUT TRAVELING IN A SNOWSTORM IN EVENING & DECIDED TO FURTHER THIS ISSUE. I WILL INFORM YOU'S CHRYSLER IS USING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT HAS MANY, MANY ACCESSORY AND OPTIONS ALL WORK ON A GROUND BASED ENERGIZING SYSTEM. ANOTHER WAY TO PUT THIS IS MOST ALL CONTROLS ARE POSITIVE ENERGIZED AT ALL TIMES AND BODY GROUND MODULE SENDS SIGNAL TO RELAYS THAT COMPLETE GROUND CIRCUITS. ANYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN WILL REALIZE THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO CATCH FIRE AT ANY GIVEN TIME OR PLACE AND REPEATEDLY FAIL. WHY IS IT INNOCENT WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO DIE AND GO BROKE FOR DEALERSHIPS KNOWINGLY IGNORE DISASTERS. CALL TIPM REBUILDERS IN CALIFORNIA TO EDUCATE YOUR STAFF IN RECALLING ALL SCRAP CHRYSLERS NIGHTMARE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS CAUSED & DESTROYED GOOD WORKING PEOPLE'S POCKET BOOKS FOR $1200 A POP TO REPLACE TIPM MODULE. OH AND DEALERS ALSO TELL EVERYONE THAT REPROGRAMING IS NEEDED IN REPLACING TIPM MODULE WHICH IN FACT IS A ABSOLUTELY APPALLING LIE .I HOPE TO GOD SOMEONE WAKES UP AN DOES THE RIGHT THING.

DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT IN OUR 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY A TRANSMISSION ISSUE CAME UP OUT OF NOWHERE, WITH NO WARNING. THE VAN LOST ALL SPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT THANKFULLY AVOIDING ANY ACCIDENTS. THE VAN ONLY HAS 58,000 MILES. A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN HAS LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE PUMP AS THERE'S NO PUMP PRESSURE. HE MENTIONED THAT HE'S PERSONALLY SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO DESIGN FLAW; INCLUDING ONES LOW MILEAGE ONES LIKE OURS. I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS AND ALL HAVE SAID IT'S AN ISSUE SEEN TOO FREQUENTLY. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP (OLATHE DODGE CHRYSLER 15500 W 117TH STREET - OLATHE, KS 66062) WHERE THE VAN WAS PURCHASED FROM AND SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP DIRECTOR TO SEE IF THEY COULD WORK WITH US TO CORRECT A KNOWN PROBLEM. ALL I WAS GIVEN WAS THE CHRYSLER 1-800 CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE DESIGN FLAW BY CHRYSLER COSTING SEVERAL THOUSAND OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR.

DRIVERS PASSIVE RESTRAINT HEAD REST EXPLODED ON IT'S OWN, CAR WAS SITTING IN A GARAGE OVER NIGHT AND NEXT MORNING HEAD REST HAD DEPLOYED. IT SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM IN JUNE OF 2013. DEALERSHIP SAYS NO RECALL. COST $1000 TO FIX.