2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

IGNITION SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT HOLD THE KEY. SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER YEARS.

VAN HAS TO BE PUT OUT OF GEAR TO START, WALKED OUTSIDE A FEW TIMES AND AUTO DOORS OPEN RANDOM LIGHTS ARE POPPING UP ON THE CONSOLE FOR NO REASON THEN GOING AWAY. STARTED ROUGHLY 2.5 MONTHS AGO.

FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE TIPM. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE. PUSH TO START NOR KEY WOULD START THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD START. DEALER FOUND NO CODES TO DIAGNOSE AND CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE IT. DEALER FLASHED SOMETHING BUT DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. A MONTH AGO, THE CAR STOPPED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER. HAD IT TOWED. DIAGNOSED AS FUEL PUMP GETTING NO POWER. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. STILL HAVING INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH STARTING. NOW, WITH NO WARNING THE VEHICLE JUSTS SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY AS IF NO POWER. RADIO, EVERYTHING GOES DEAD FOR A FEWS SECONDS. THEN RADIO, LIGHTS COME ON WITH NO INTERVENTION. CAR CRANKED UP BOTH TIMES. HAS DONE THIS TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. SOMEONE WILL GET HURT OR GOD FORBID, KILLED IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT STOP LYING AND TAKE CARE OF THIS DEFECT. CONSUMER'S SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO PAY TO REPLACE THIS PART.

INTERMITTENT ISUES WITH NOT STARTING WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED OR THE REMOTE START IS PRESSED ON THE KEY FOB. THERE IS A CLICK THAT CAM BE HERD BUT ENGINE DOES NOT TURN OVER,AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT WILL EVENTUALLY START. NOT SURE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT MORE OF AN INNOCENCE AND INCONVENIENCE. WITH ALL I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE IT WOULD SEEM THAT CHRYSLER CORP. WOULD HAVE A FIX FOR IT BY NOW. THE VAN WAS USUALLY PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, SOMETIMES OVER NIGHT OTHER TIMES AFTER DRIVING IT TO THE STORE AND BACK, THEN TRYING TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE LIKE A DR.APT. SOMETIMES IT SAT ONLY A FEW MINUETS OTHER TIMES AFTER AN HOUR OR SO. IT HAS A NEW BATTERY AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CORROSION ON EITHER POST.

THE CAR FAILS. THE ENGINE CUTS OFF. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY COMPUTER. THE SAME AS THE JEEP THAT WAS RECALLED ALREADY. THIS FAILURE CREATES A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE

I WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF THEN I STOPPED AND TTY TO RESTARTED AND FAIL. IT HAS THE FUEL TANK ALMOST FULL, THE STARTER WAS CLINKING BUT IT WAS NOT RUNNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL PULSATION IN THE STEERING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKING SYSTEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE SERVICED FIVE TO SIX TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO FAMILIES DRIVING. THE VAN JUST LOOSES POWER WHILE ON FREEWAY DUE TO ITS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE FAILURE IS SO DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE. MY VAN DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IF MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE VAN AT THE TIME I WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE PANICKED! I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER HAVING MY BATTERY CHECK PER LIGHT HAD CAME ON, BATTERY TESTED GOOD, AND LIGHT WENT BACK OFF. WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY BACK HOME THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THEN OTHER LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND THE VEH BECAME VERY UNSTABLE. I TOOK THE FIRST EXIT AND THE VEH DIED. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP THAT TESTED THE ALTERNATOR THEN PCM AND SAID IT IS STILL NOT HOLDING A CHARGE. THE VAN IS ON IT'S WAY TO THE DEALER. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE QUALITY OR SAFETY FOR ANY MINIVAN INTENDED TO CARRY CHILDREN. PARENTS PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES FOR SIZE AND SAFETY!

TRAILING ARM ON RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN SNAPPED, WHIE 'I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET CLOSE TO MY HOME. THE REAR OF THE VAN STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND STOP. I THEN PROCEEDED CAUTIOUSLY TO RETURN TO MY HOME. MY HUSBAND REMOVED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WHERE WE SAW THE TRAILING ARM SNAPPED IN HALF.

VAN WOULD NOT START FROM IT'S PARKING PLACE AT A CAR WASH. MESSAGE CAME UP "ACCESSORY OR IGNITION ON". I HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. DIAGNOSED AS FAILURE OF THE TIPM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). THIS SHUT DOWN ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE INCLUDING FUEL PUMP, COMPUTER, STEERING, ENGINE, AND WHATEVER ELSE. GOOD THING IT WAS PARKED WHEN IT FAILED, FOR HAD I BEEN DRIVING I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC.