2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN LAST 3 WEEKS WHERE ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING FLICKER OR PULSATE. OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF EXTERIOR LIGHTING BUT ONLY NOTICED IT WHEN PARKING OR AT LOWER SPEEDS WITHOUT CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENTS. ON EACH OF THE INCIDENTS I WAS ABLE TO TOGGLE THE LIGHT SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO RE-ACTIVATE THE LIGHTS. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE SEPARATED BY WEEKS BETWEEN INCIDENTS AND IT HASN'T OCCURRED FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. THE FLICKERING IS A NEW ISSUE AND SOME ON-LINE RESEARCH TO THE FLICKERING LED ME TO THIS. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON WHEN I TURN ON THE VAN, AND IT DOESN'T GO OFF UNTIL I TURN OFF THE VAN. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2010 FOR THIS WHERE THE CRASH SENSOR CRACKS IN COLD WEATHER AND MOISTURE GETS INTO THE SENSOR, CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO GO ON AND STAY ON, AND ALSO CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO NOT INFLATE WHEN NEEDED. CHRYSLER SAYS MY VAN ISN'T ON THE RECALL LIST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS HE NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE FAILURE WAS OF THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE BY REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 99,000.

MY 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN GAUGES HAVE BEEN ERRATIC WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. MY RADIO TURNS ON AND OFF, MY DASH GAUGES ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE, MY ENGINE LIGHT IT ON AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I EVEN TOOK A VIDEO OF WHAT IT WAS DOING, BECAUSE THEY DEALER NEVER WANTS TO FIX IT. THEY STILL SAY IT IS FINE. NOW IT IS STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I AM DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH MY 2 CHILDREN AND THE DEALER SAYS IT IS FINE!!! WHEN I GET IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY SAY MY CAR IS FINE, CHRYSLER IS GONG TO HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL IS STICKING WHICH CAUSES ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. THE DRIVER APPLIES MORE PRESSURE TO OVERCOME THE RESISTANCE AND THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. THE OWNER ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BY APPLYING A SPRAY LUBRICANT TO THE ACCELERATION CABLE. THIS SEEMED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT IN RECENT WEEKS, THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND MAY ONLY HAPPEN ONCE IN EVERY 1000 ACCELERATOR DEPRESSIONS. THE DANGER EXISTS WHEN OPERATING IN PARKING LOTS, AROUND STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, AND IN PROXIMITY TO OTHER VEHICLES. THE DRIVER AT A STOP SIGN MAY RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND BEGIN INCHING FORWARD. WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR, THERE IS RESISTANCE AND TO OVERCOME THE RESISTANCE, THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED FURTHER/HARDER. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. FORTUNATELY THE RESISTANCE IS ON ACCELERATION AND NOT DECELERATION. WHEN THE FOOT IS LIFTED FROM THE GAS PEDAL THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN NORMALLY. *TR

OVERHEAD LIGHTS IN CONSOLE WENT OUT ONE AT A TIME (ONE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WITHIN 1ST YR.). I WENT IN TO BUY REPLACEMENT BULBS AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED AND PART OF THE PLASTIC HAS TO BE TRIMMED TO MAKE IT FIT. THEY PUT THE BULBS IN AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. THEY SAID THE WIRING MUST HAVE MELTED SO YOU NEED TO ORDER THE ENTIRE OVERHEAD CONSOLE. AFTER HEARING THIS I WONDERED WHY THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL - WIRING BURNED? AND, IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM, I WAS NOT THE FIRST. MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND HE GOT THE LIGHT TO WORK BUT NOT WITH THE SWITCH. IT IS GETTING POWER BUT IT WON'T OPERATE THE BULB. THEY HAD SAID PART OF THE PLASTIC ON THE BULBS MELT. ONCE AGAIN, MELTING BULB BASE NOT A RECALL ISSUE? CHRYSLER TOLD ME THE DEALERSHIP NEEDS TO TROUBLESHOOT TO FIND THE PROBLEM - WITH ME PAYING $92.50/HR.! THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING WHICH I FOUND ON THE INTERNET - LOTS OF BULBS HAVING TO BE REPLACED AND SINCE THEY "REDESIGNED" THE BULBS THE DO NOT WORK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING AREA AND WAS ABLE TO STOP BUY ENGAGING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE BRAKE PAD AND TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 18,000 MILES, THE STRUT WAS REPLACED AT 5,000 MILES, AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 28,000 MILES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND WAS HARD TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE DOORS COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY AND SOMETIMES THE DOORS OPENED INDEPENDENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER EXHIBITED OIL CONSUMPTION THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY COULD NOT COMPLETE THE VEHICLE INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,800.

AFTER FUELING CAR AND LEAVING GAS STATION MY 2005 TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN SPUTTERS AND STALLS WHILE MOVING INTO TRAFFIC. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND NOW OCCURS EACH TIME THE CAR IS FILLED. I AM NOW FEARFUL OF PULLING OUT OF A STATION AS I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WHEN MY CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC. MY RESEARCH HAS FOUND THIS SAME COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED BY AT LEAST 27 OTHER OWNERS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS FOR OWNERS, PASSENGERS AND OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. I FEEL CHRYSLER SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE THIS OCCURS IN SO MANY OF THE 2005 T & C, HAVE A RECALL AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DASH LIGHTS FLICKERING, GAUGES JUMPING. HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF DURING DRIVING AT NIGHT. TRANSMISSION SHORTLY DISENGAGED. DANGEROUS SITUATION! CHRYSLER CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NHTSA CASE EA11010 IS OPEN. NEED URGENT SUPPORT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FAMILY TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING IN MY CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE BACK RIGHT SIDE SEAT IN HIS HIGH BACK BOOSTER. WHEN I BEGAN TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN HIS SEAT RELEASED FROM THE CLAMPS AT THE BOTTOM AND WENT BACKWARDS, MAKING THE CHAIR GO INTO THE BACK TRUNK SPACE OF THE VAN.. WE HAVE STOW AND GO SEATING SO THE SEATS CAN MOVE TO BE STOWED. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HIS SEAT WAS PROPERLY LATCHED, I HAD JUST CLEANED THE VAN AND RECHECKED ALL THE SEATS. I WAS ABLE TO RELATCH HIS SEAT BUT I WILL NOT BE USING THAT BACK SEAT IN THE FUTURE. IT SEEMS THAT WHEN I WAS STOPPING HIS LATCH FAILED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD THE SEAT INTO PLACE. *TR