2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR EMITTED AN ABNORMAL BUZZING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

WE WE'RE DRIVING HOME FROM BISHOP ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN WOULDN'T SHIFT TO 3 GEAR. IT WOULDN'T GO PAST 40 MILES PER HOUR. EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE RPM'S WOULD GO PAST THE RED SECTION (ABOUT SECTION 8 OR 9). IT WAS DRIVING FINE AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR PRIOR, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULDN'T CONTINUE ACCELERATING AT THAT SPEED ANYMORE. WE PULLED OVER TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS TO SEE IF IT WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK AND WE ALSO TRIED TURNING OFF THE CAR AND NOTHING WORKED. WE PULLED UP AT A GAS STATION FOR MORE GAS. WHEN WE TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND PUT IT INTO DRIVING GEAR IT JOLTED FOR A SECOND RIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING IT OUT OF THE DRIVING GEAR. WE HAD TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON SO WE WOULDN'T GET HIT FROM BEHIND FROM COMING AND UN COMING TRAFFIC SINCE IT WAS PITCH DARK AT NIGHT. ALSO, THE LEFT BACK PASSENGER DOOR RIGHT BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT WAS NO LONGER WORKING EARLIER. IT WON'T OPEN NEITHER WITH THE CLICKER, OR BY HAND (INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE) OR BY THE INSIDE AUTOMATIC BUTTONS FOR THE DOOR. IT JUST DOESN'T UNLOCK ANY MORE.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT ~95,000 FOR P0302 - MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 2 AT IDLE. THE LOCAL CHRYSLERY DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED IT AS LOW COMPRESSION DUE TO A VALVE ISSUE. THE FIX IS LEFT HEAD REPLACEMENT AT JUST UNDER $2700. THIS IS CLEARLY A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE LOOKING AT OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE 3.6L PENTASTAR ENGINES IN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY, GRAND CARAVAN AND DODGE JOURNEY. NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETING APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

DRIVING DOWN CITY ROAD CAME TO STOP. PUSHED GAS PEDAL RPM'S INCREASED BUT VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. UNDRIVABLE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. NO PROBLEMS SINCE NEW PURCHASE TILL THAT DAY. STATES PER MY VEHICLE MAKE MODEL YEAR THERE IS RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILURE. BUT WHEN I PUT VIN NUMBER IN NO RECALL PULLS UP.

SLIDING DOORS MAKIN A BUZZIN NOISE WHEN LOCK, UNLOCK, OR OPEN DOORS, ALSO MAKINGBA RATTLING NOISE WHEN STARTS, LOOSING POWER BEETWEEN GEARS

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WITH MY KIDS,I WAS 'PUNCHED' IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD BY THE SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. UPON EXAMINATION, THE PLASTIC THAT HOOKS ONTO THE HOLDING PIN SNAPPED RELEASING THE HEAD RESTRAINT.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LOCK CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULT PASSENGERS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING, OR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GILLMAN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (10585 W. SAM HOUSTON PKWY S, HOUSTON, TX 77099, (832) 553-0100) WHERE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

EVERY TIME I UNLOCK OR OPEN MY VEHICLE DOORS THE CAR MAKES A LARGE PEEP NOISE LIKE THEIR IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL OR MAYBE A FUSE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOUD BUZZER NOISE LIKE FROM A BIG X OF A WRONG ANSWER ON THE SHOW FAMILY FEUD! THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN THE LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS NOT RUNNING AND IN PARK WHEN IT MAKE THIS NOISE! IT HAPPENS AFTER I UNLOCK THE VEHICLE AND OPEN ANY DOOR EVEN THE SLIDING PASSENGER DOORS.

HELLO, I PURCHASE MY 2016 TOWN AND COUNTY AS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. I HAD HOPES THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST FAMILY VEHICLE THAT I WOULD PURCHASE TO TRANSPORT MY BUSY FAMILY. HOWEVER, THE TIME THAT I HAVE USED THIS MINI VAN HAS BEEN A SERIES OF PROBLEMS. THE MAIN ONE IS THE REOCCURRING PROBLEMS WITH THE PLASTIC EXTERIOR PARTS TO THIS VEHICLE CONSTANTLY COMING OFF. THE B PILLAR APPLIQUE, LEFT - MOPAR (5020665AD) AND RIGHT B PILLAR APPLIQUE, RIGHT - MOPAR (5020664AD) ARE THE TWO PARTS THAT I AM REPLACING CONSTANTLY. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS BOTH PARTS CAME OFF ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THESE PLASTIC PARTS ARE UNSAFE AND A HAZARD. THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO STAY ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE QUOTE WAS OVER 300 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CHEAP AND POORLY DESIGNED THIS VEHICLE IS. I AM NOT A HAPPY 2016 TOWN AND COUNTRY OWNER. I WANT THE MANUFACTURER/ MOPAR TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!