2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

THIS CAR HAS HAD A NON-START PROBLEM FOR 6 MOS THAT HAS TODAY DEVELOPED INTO A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. I WAS PREVIOUSLY TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM BUT THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES AND INTERMITTENT, SO TO WAIT UNTIL HERE WAS AN ERROR CODE AND BRING IT BACK. TODAY THEY SAY THAT IT IS A BAD ALTERNATOR, BUT THE ALTERNATOR TESTED FINE. THE LOW BATTERY ICON COMES ON, ENGINE SURGES ( LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON - BUT IT ISN'T) THEN ERROR MESSAGES - SEAT BELT/ ABS/AIRBAG HAS DEPLOYED/BLIND SPOT DETECTION NOT WORKING, ETC - ALL ON AND THEN OFF AGAIN. TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY RESORT - NO WARNING LIGHTS. THIS CAR IS POSSESSED. BUT TODAY I LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING.

ON NOV 10, 2016 OUR 2011 TOWN & COUNTRY HAD A FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILURE (RELAY IS INTERNAL TO THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM)). THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, BUT IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MOVING WHEN THE RELAY FAILED THE VEHICLE MOTOR WOULD HAVE STALLED CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL NO. : 14V-530 AND NHTSA RECALL NO. : 15V-115. PLEASE RE-INVESTIGATE CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY FUEL PUMP RELAY FAILURES.

MY COMPLAINT IS THE TIPM MODULE JUST LIKE MANY DODGE AND CHRYSLER. AND CHRYSLER THINKS THEY CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHO THEY REWARD AN RECALL TOO. THIS IS A FAULTY PART ON ALL CHRYSLERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY KNOW IT! BUT WHEN I GET DONE WITH THIS CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT I AM ABOUT TO START I HOPE ALL PAYING CHRYSLER AND DODGE CUSTOMER GET MONEY THEY DESERVE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE AND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,050. UPDATED 02/03/17*LJ UPDATED 7/3/18*JB *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR CERTIFIED USED VAN IN MAY OF 2012. IN JUNE OF 2012 THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP IT STARTED HAVING WEIRD QUIRKS: THE REAR HEATING SYSTEM WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING WITH THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS OFF, THE PREVIOUSLY CLOSED WINDOWS WOULD BE ROLLED DOWN, AND SLIDING DOOR WOULD BE OPEN UPON RETURNING TO THE LOCKED VAN. IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 THE KEY FOB HAD BECOME SO SENSITIVE TO THE TOUCH THAT JUST A SLIGHT BUMP WOULD MAKE THE LOCK INDICATOR HONK SOUND. WE TOOK IT INTO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN DECEMBER OF 2015 AND A NEW KEY FOB AND SOFTWARE UPDATE STOPPED THE HONKING, THE SLIDING DOORS OPENING AND THE WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN. THE HEATING SYSTEM CONTINUED TO TURN ON BY ITSELF. IN JULY 2016 THE VAN STARTED BEING HARD TO START. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE IN MICHIGAN, WHERE WE WERE VISITING, AND WE WERE TOLD THE CODE WAS A SECURITY ISSUE BETWEEN THE FOB AND THE STARTER. WE DROVE IT TO A DEALER IN MICHIGAN WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VAN STARTED AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2016, ESPECIALLY AFTER A COLD NIGHT. ON OCTOBER 31, 2016, WHILE THE VAN WAS OFF IN THE DRIVEWAY I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A VACUUM COMING FROM UNDER THE VAN. WHEN I WENT TO UNLOCK AND START THE VAN IT WAS DEAD. AFTER HAVING THE BATTERY REPLACED, THE MECHANIC FRIEND WHO REPLACED IT HEARD THE NOISE AND SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE FUEL PUMP RUNNING (WHILE THE CAR WAS OFF). THE GARAGE WE TOOK IT TO FOUND THAT WE HAD A FAULTY TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). SOME RESEARCH HAS SHOW US THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES THAT CAUSES AIRBAGS TO NOT WORK BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP RUNS CONSTANTLY. THE HEATING SYSTEM TURNING ON IS ALSO A SYMPTOM OF THIS. WHY IF SOME JEEP/DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PART ARE THEY NOT FOR ALL MODELS? *TR

THE ISSUE BEGAN WITH OUR VAN FREQUENTLY REQUIRING MORE THAN ONE ATTEMPT TO START THE ENGINE. THIS PROGRESSED UNTIL WE WERE UNABLE TO START THE VAN AT ALL. I FEARED IT WAS A BAD FUEL PUMP AND THE LOCAL DEALER CAME UP WITH THE SAME DIAGNOSIS. AFTER A FEW DAYS WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR VAN WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP. WE ARRIVED AT THE SHOP THE NEXT MORNING ONLY TO FIND THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T EVEN START. APPARENTLY OUR TOWN AND COUNTRY HAD A BAD TIPM WHICH CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO BURN OUT. TOTAL COST FOR THE TIPM, FUEL PUMP, AND LABOR WAS OVER $1600.

THE CAR HAS A DEFECTIVE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THIS MODULE HAS CAUSED THE VAN NOT TO START AND THE ENGINE HAS STALLED DURING DRIVING. THE MODULE HAS A FUEL PUMP RELAY ON A CKT BOARD THAT IS DEFECTIVE. THE RELAY ALSO STUCK CLOSED AND HEATED UP THE BATTERY AND DRAINED IT. THE ONLY WAY TO START THE VEHICLE, IS TO CYCLE THE KEY MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL YOU HERE THE FUEL PUMP RUNNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES FOR THE NO START PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, WITH THE ENGINE STALLING AND THE FUEL PUMP SHORTING THE BATTERY. ALSO ANOTHER DEFECT IS THE POWER SLIDING DOORS, THE WIRING WILL BURN AND BREAK. THIS CAUSES THE DOORS TO BECOME STUCK OPEN AND WILL NOT CLOSE. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE ROAD WITH THE DOORS STUCK OPEN, THIS IS NOT SAFE. THE DOORS NEED THE WIRING REPLACED WITH A HEAVY DUTY WIRE.

MY 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY REAR LIFT GATE OPENS AND CLOSES AT WILL WHEN PARKED AND KEY IN NOT TURNED ON. I HAVE ALSO NOTED A FEW TIMES WHEN THE ENGINE HAS ALSO STARTED UP WITH OUT USING THE REMOTE. AND IN ONE INSTANCE WHILE DRIVING THE LCD SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER KEPT JUMPING FROM ON THING TO ANOTHER. *TR

THE LOW TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WE'VE HAD TIRES CHECKED AT SEARS ,WHERE WE BOUGHT NEW TIRES ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. TOTAL MILES ON VEHICLE IS 47,168., SO THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE @ 20,00. MILES ON THEM. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT JUST STAYS ON, RECENTLY WAS FLASHING. SOMEONE SAID IT COULD BE THE ELECTRONIC GUAGE SYSTEMS BATTERY. IT COMES ON SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE VAN. WE JUST MOSTLY USE ON CITY STREETS THAT ARE PAVED. A LITTLE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS.

CAR TAKES 20 MINUTES OF ON AND OFF STARTING TILL IT RUNS. TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVEING FOR NO APPARENT REASON