2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY TOWN & COUNTRY ON BOTH CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY THE ENGINE RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF TO INCLUDE ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ON THE DASH. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP I SIMPLY TURN THE KEY TO TRY TO RE-START AND IT DOES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THEY DID SOME SOFTWARE UPDATES AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. THE VERY NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE DEALER SAID THAT IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. CATALYTIC CONVERTER? SERIOUSLY DOUBT THIS IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN BE DEADLY.

OPENED PASSANGER SLIDING DOOR NOW IT STAYS OPEN AND WILL NOT CLOSE THE DOORS MELFUNCTIONING THE OTHER ONE SHUTS ON YOU AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T STOP LIKE THE SENSOR IS NOT PICKING UP SOMEONE IS BETWEEN IT POWER DOORS ARE NOT WORKING THE WAY THEY SHOULD AND I CAN'T DRIVE DOWN A HIGHWAY WITH CHILDREN AND WORRY ABOUT HAVING A DOOR OPEN VERY UNSAFE THE VAN IS PARKED AND CAN'T BE USED BECAUSE THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE BY RAMOTE OR BUTTON OR EVEN HANDLE ITS STUCK OPEN

WHILE DRIVING I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND BEGAN TO PULL OVER. SUDDENLY I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL. IMMEDIATELY I SHUT THE VAN OFF AND RUSHED TO GET MY CHILDREN OUT OF THE VAN. LATER MY HUSBAND BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THAT THE WINDOW SWITCH AND HARNESS IT PLUGS INTO WAS COMPLETELY MELTED. WE GOOGLED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND OUR VAN FALLS UNDER THE RECALL BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE RECALL CODE IS P25 REAR WINDOW VENT SWITCH.

TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR. YOU MAY HAVE TO TURN THE KEY A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT WILL CONNECT AND START. IT WOULD DIE ON US AT ANYTIME. I HAD THE CAR RUNNING AND WIGGLE THE KEY AND IT WOULD DIE. GARAGE SAID IT WAS A BAD WIRELESS ING.- KEY MODULE. THEY SAID IT WAS COVERED. IT HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE ENGINE RATTLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

STARTING ISSUES AND MY IGNITION CONTROL IGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN TRIED TO START. HAPPENS THROUGH OUT THE DAY BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.

BLIND SPOT DETECTORS FAIL. ON LINE REPORTS SHOW MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS A VERY VALUABLE ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE OPTION

THIS VAN HAS THE BLIND SPOT MONITORING SYSTEM AVAILABLE AS A SAFETY FEATURE AT AN EXTRA COST. THE FACTORY INSTALLED MONITORS ARE EXPOSED TO RAIN, SALT AND CORROSION. MOST OF THE VANS PRODUCED ARE AFFECTED WITH THIS PROBLEM .THE REPAIR COST FOR MINE IS $2140.00 PLUS TAX ON A TWO YEAR OLD VAN AT THAT TIME. WHY DOESN'T THE NHTSA REQUIRE THE COMPANY (CHRYSLER) TO PAY FOR THIS MALFUNCTION? CHRYSLER WAS REQUIRED TO PAY THE REPAIR/ REPLACEMENT COST ON OUR OLD 2006 DODGE CARAVAN REAR AIR CONDITIONER PROBLEMS... THE CHRYSLER COMPANY AND IT'S DEALERSHIPS ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS DEFECT.

WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AND AND I LOOSE CONTROL OF MY BRAKES AND STEERING

SO ME AND MY FAMILY WE'RE HEADING TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 64 GOING TO HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA AND WE WAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT FROM OUR CITY IN WINCHESTER TENNESSEE AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VAN TURNS ITS SELF OFF AT APPROXIMATELY AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND LOST ALL POWER TO VEHICLE AND POWER STEERING WAS OUT THEN THERE WAS A SIMI TRUCK BEHIND US AND I GUESS HE THOUGHT WE WAS SLOWING DOWN ON PURPOSE AND BLOWED HIS HORN AND PASSED BY.WE MANAGED TO GET THE VAN TO THE SHOULDER IN THE GRASS AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRYED TO BOOST THE VAN UP AND IT STARTED THEN DIED AGAIN SO WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN. WE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY DIDN'T HELP AT ALL BUT TO TELL US TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY WAS CLOSED SO I FIXED IT MY SELF AND ALL IT WAS IS A BAD ALTERNATOR.THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF WARNING WHEN THIS STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION AT A HIGH SPEED WITH YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU.