2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

GEAR SHIFT LEVER ENGAGES WITHOUT FOOT ON BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD HAND RESTING ON SHIFT LEVER AND FOOT RESTING ON FLOOR, AND WEIGHT OF HIS HAND SLID INTO GEAR, AND RAN INTO THE GARAGE. DEALER ADVISED TO CALL PHONE NUMBER IN BACK OF OWNER'S MANUAL. IT WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT. *AK

EXITING HIGHWAY AT 30 MPH WHEN RAIN STARTED. ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE ELECTRIC CONTROL BUTTON TO RAISE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW; WINDOW JAMMED ABOUT ONE INCH FROM TOP. PUSHED CONTROL BUTTON AGAIN BUT WINDOW DID NOT MOVE. WITHIN ABOUT 20 TO 30 SECONDS SMOKE BEGAN ENTERING INTERIOR OF CAR FROM UNDER THE CONTROL BUTTONS PANEL; ALSO DISTINCT ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC AND/OR RUBBER STARTED COMING FROM INSIDE MY LEFT FRONT DRIVERS DOOR PANEL. SMOKE AND ACRID FUMES BECAME VERY STRONG AS I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. I THREW OPEN MY DOOR, GOT OUT AND IMMEDIATELY USED MY ALWAYS PRESENT RATCHET SCREWDRIVER TO REMOVE THE CONTROL BUTTON COVER AND WAS ABLE TO DISCONNECT THE TWO ELECTRIC PLUGS WHICH I OBSERVED AND LUCKILY WITHIN ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES THE SMOKE ENDED. ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LATER I RESTARTED MY CAR AND DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO MY DEALERS SERVIVE CENTER. AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS THE SERVICE MGR. INFORMED ME THAT A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD TAKEN PLACE AND HAD "FRIED" SEVERAL OF THE COMPUTERS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AS I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIRS WERE TOTALLY COVERED. IT WAS OVERHEARD BY ME WHEN THE MECHANIC WAS SPEAKING TO THE SVCE. MGR. THAT THEIR WAS EVIDENCE OF WATER WITHIN THE INNER DOOR AND ALSO IN AND AROUND THE CONTROL BUTTONS ON THE INSIDE. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS WITH BODY DESIGN WHICH ALLOWS RAIN WATER TO SOMEHOW LEAK INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DRIVERS DOOR UNNOTICED AND THERBY CAUSING THIS EMERGENCY? PERHAPS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS OK BUT NOT THE CHANNELING AWAY OF RAIN WATER OR EVEN CAR WASH WATER. ALSO, WHEN THEY REPAIR THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON MY CAR, DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN WHENEVER IT RAINS? I REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE NEAR ME ON THE ROAD HAD THE SMOKE AND FUMES OVERCOME ME BEFORE I HAD THE CHANCE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD.*AK

VEHICLE FAILS TO HAVE A BRAKE LOCK ENTRY WITH KEY IN IGNITION. A 3 YEAR OLD HIT SHIFT LEVER AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. VEHICLE WAS NOT TURNED ON AT THE TIME, BUT KEY WAS IN IGNITION.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED POORLY, SHE HAS CONCERNS WITH VEHICLE NOT BEING EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK, HOWEVER THE BRAND NEW MODELS DO CONTAIN THIS FEATURE AND CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE MODEL SHE HAS AS WELL AS OTHERS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

GREASE IS ALL OVER BODY OF VEHICLE. SOMEONE TOLD CONSUMER IT WAS FRONT WHEEL BEARING. *AK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN MADE TO FIX THE GREASE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. *YH

TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM WAS NOT MADE WITH 2000 TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN, AND CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKES DOWN. *AK DEALER REFUSES TO INSTALL THIS FEATURE. *SLC

MOST 2000 VEHICLES COME WITH TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. WITH THIS SYSTEM, ONLY WAY TO PUT CAR IN GEAR IS TO PRESS BRAKES. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT HIS VEHICLE DIDN'T COME WITH TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. HIS CHILD PUT CAR IN GEAR, AND CAR ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY ON TWO OCCASIONS.*AK FRONT BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED, DEALE REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. THE FIRST INCIDENT WHERE CHILD SHIFTED VEHICLE INTOR EVERSE, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND TO THE CONSUMERS HOME, CONSUMER TRADED IN THE 2000 FOR A 2001 BECAUSE IT CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM, CONSUMER WANTS CHRYSLER TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE DIFFERENCE HE HAD TO PAY. *SLC

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY REARWARD AND FORWARD, RESULTING IN COLLISION, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES.*AK FRONT BRAKES FAILED AT THE TIME OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC

REAR AXLE IS OFF CENTER BY ONE INCH. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE AND THE DEALER AGREED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS OFF THE CENTER, BUT INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. THE CONSUMER DISAGREES. *YH

THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT FOR AERO LIGHTS/ HALOGEN LAMPS. WHEN HIGH BEAM IS ACTIVATED, THEY ALL COME ON, AND SHOULD BE POINTED SLIGHTLY BELOW THE HORIZON. *AK *SLC