2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WAS FRACTURED AND COULD DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,500. UPDATED 11/23/11*BF UPDATED 12/30/11

THE POWER STEERING PUMP BEING LOW ON FLUID DUO TO A LEAK FROM THE RACK AND PINION. THAT CAUSE THE POWER STEEERING WHINING IS EXTREMELY LOUD. *TT

THE PASSENGER SIDE MAP LIGHT NOT WORKING, SO FOUND HOW TO REMOVE COVER TO REPLACE BULB. BULB WAS NOT BLOWN, BUT THE HOUSING WAS BLACKENED AND MELTED. BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT AT A DEALER AND IT WOULDN'T FIT! TRIED IN BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S. PARTS GUY THERE WAS SURPRISED THAT IT WOULDN'T FIT, SO FILED THE PLASTIC FOR ME SO IT WOULD FIT. IT LIT FOR JUST A SECOND BUT WOULDN'T STAY LIT. HE REFUNDED ME. I'VE BEEN READING WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS. IS THERE A RECALL? *KB

VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON; AFTER STARTING VEHICLE WE SWITCHED ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. SOMETIMES WE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND THEY WOULD MAGICALLY COME ON. SOMETIMES WE FLIPPED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH A DOZEN TIMES AND THEY MAGICALLY COME ON. THE CONDITION WOULD NOT HAPPEN WHEN WE WOULD TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE. THE HIGH BEAMS WOULD WORK IF WE PULLED THE LEVER TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SEAT. THERE WERE MANY TIMES WE WOULD BE OUT AFTER DARK, GO TO LEAVE AND HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS AND THE LIGHTS WOULD WORK WHEN WE TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE. WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT IN THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING; THE HEADLIGHTS BEGAN SHUTTING OFF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SO WERE ABLE TO GET IN WHEN THE CONDITION EXISTED. THE MECHANIC SAID THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSE BOX WAS CORRODED (A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL HE TOLD US) AND A LOT OF THE WIRES RUNNING INTO THE FUSE BOX WERE CORRODED AND THE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH SOME WIRING HARNESS. AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE BOX AND SOME OF THE HARNESS. THE HEADLIGHTS STILL DID NOT WORK FOR THE MECHANIC. HE THEN REPLACED THE SWITCH AND HEADLIGHTS BEGAN WORKING. THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM WE ARE TOLD. WE HAVE PAID ALMOST $800.00 FOR THIS 'FIX' THAT HAS PLAGUED THIS VEHICLE FOR YEARS AND WERE ABLE TO FINALLY DIAGNOSE 'AFTER' THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, WHILE RISKING OUR LIVES. THE FRUSTRATION OF TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH THE LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF, WHILE DRIVING; OR GOING SOMEWHERE NOT TO HAVE HEAD LIGHTS TURN ON; HAVING TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAMS WAS/IS UNSAFE TO OUR FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

FIRST NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WHINES DURING A HIGHWAY TRIP MICHIGAN TO TENNESEE IN 2010. THOUGHT THE FLUID WAS LOW SO TOPPED IT OFF. FAST FORWARD ONE YEAR LATER AND 12,000 MILES AND THE WHINE OCCURS MORE OFTEN AND LOUDER. BY THE SPRING OF 2011 HAD THE SYSTEM FLUSHED ($40). WHINING CONTINUED. FOUND ON INTERNET BLOGS THAT FILTER/RESERVOIR COULD BE PLUGGED WITH DEBRI. TECH CONFIRMED THIS AT THE SECOND FLUSH($20). THIS SERVICE SEEMED TO WORK FOR ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE WHINE CAME BACK. THIRD FLUSH ($69) WORKED FOR A 1000 MILE TRIP AND SOME, BUT WHINE IS BACK AT HIGH SPEED AND HIGH TEMPERATURE DAYS (ABOVE 80F). NOW, I'M NOTICING POWER STEERING FLUID DROPS ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. JUST UNDER 60000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I FEAR BASED ON ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, I WILL HAVE $1000 RACK AND PINION REPAIR TO LOOK FORWARD TO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FUEL EXHAUST RECIRCULATION SENSOR HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAIN STORM I WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE. I LOST POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE!!! IT IS SCARY AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER. *TR

I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON AIR BAG SENSORS ON THE 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE DEFECT COULD CAUSE THE AIR TO MALFUNCTION IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID SINCE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, I WAS NOT CONTACTED. THEY ONLY CONTACT THE FIRST OWNERS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAIN STORM WE WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE. WE LOST POWER STEERING FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE OR MOUNTAIN ROAD IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS.

LOSS OF BRAKING AFTER DRIVING THROUGH ABOUT 6 INCHES OF WATER. BRAKES MUST BE PUMPED TO TEMPORARILY RESTORE BRAKING. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES AFTER HEAVY SNOWS OR RAIN. *TR