2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

ANTI-WHIPLASH HEADREST DEPLOYED SPONTANEOUSLY VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY

THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR GETS STUCKED LOCK OR SOMETIMES WILL CLOSE ON YOU AND NOT STOP.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A CITY STREET ALONG THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE. I PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET WENT APPROX. 100-125FT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG (NOT FRONT BUT SIDE OF VAN) EXPLODED VEHICLE DIED SET THERE A FEW MINUTES TO COMPREHEND WHAT HAPPENED WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND MOVE TO SIDE OF STREET GOT OUT WALKED AROUND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE CALLED TOW TRUCK AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO ROLL BACK

ON 9/3/20, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER WHO CRASHED INTO ME RAN A RED LIGHT WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN OFF THE OFFRAMP AT SAHARA AVE. TO GO WEST IN LAS VEGAS, NV. THE ESTIMATED IMPACT FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS THAT HE WAS DOING ABOUT 45MPH, THIS TOTALED MY LEFT DRIVERS SIDE AND CAUSED ME TO HAVE A FRACTURED CLAVICLE AND #2 RIB, WHICH I WAS RUSHED TO UMC TRAUMA, LAS VEGAS, BY AMBULANCE. THE PROBLEM IS NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FROM THIS CRASH AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THE ACCIDENT CASE #200900200 FROM THE NHP IS AT THEIR SOUTHERN COMMAND, 702-486-4100. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS CITED FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT CAUSING INJURY. MY INSURANCE CO. HAS TOTALED THE VEHICLE AND NOW WANTS TO SALVAGE IT, THEY ARE FARMERS INS., SO YOU MIGHT CONTACT THEM TO SAVE ANY EVIDENCE YOU MAY NEED.*DT

OUR 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAS WOTHIN THE LAST 3 WEEKS STARTED MAKING A LOUD BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOORS WHEN THE VAN STARTS MOVING. RECENTLY THIS WEEK THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING IT CAN'T EVEN BE OPENED MANUALLY. THE DOOR CAN'T BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE EITHER.

SLIDING DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS FAILED ON BOTH PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVERS SIDE BEFORE 38,000 MILES CREATING A SAFETY ISSUES WHEREBY PASSENGERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE IN CASE OF CRASH OR FIRE.

DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED OPENING, STUCK IN LOCK POSITION. I REMOVED THE PLASTIC DOOR PANEL AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ROD FROM THE LOCK SWITCH WAS STUCK, BUT I ONLY HAD TO WIGGLE IT A BIT FROM WHERE IT TERMINATES (SHOWN BY THE YELLOW ARROW ON THE UPPER LEFT OF THE IMAGE) TO FREE IT. PUT THE PANEL BACK IN POSITION, BUT NOW THE DOOR "BUZZES" LOUDLY FOR HALF A SECOND EVERYTIME THE CAR IS LOCKED OR SOON AFTER DRIVING (LOCKS AUTOMATICALLY SOON AFTER BEGINNING A DRIVE).*DT

DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM WOULD NOT WORK USING KEY FOB OR INSIDE AUTOMATIC BUTTON MOUNTED ON INSIDE. MANUAL LOCK ALSO WOULD NOT WORK. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OR ACCIDENT WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXTRACT OUR 2-YEAR OLD GRANDSON QUICKLY AS WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GET OUR 5-YEAR OLD GRANDSON OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT FIRST THEN CRAWL OVER HIS SEAT TO GET HIS BROTHER OUT. IN AN EMERGENCY WE MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO EXTRACT OUR GRANDCHILDREN. FROM RESEARCH I'VE DONE IT APPEARS THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE 2003 & CHRYSLER HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CORRECT THIS DESIGN FLAW PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK. I PAID OVER $1,200 TO REPLACE THE MECHANISM. IN MY OPINION THIS IS CLEAR NEGLIGENCE BY CHRYSLER/ DODGE. THE ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THE REPAIR SHOP (PEP BOYS) FIXED THE WRONG DOOR, WHEN I COMPLAINED TO THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE THEY AGREED TO REPAIR THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. ALTHOUGH, I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR LABOR OF $457.00. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED AT OUR HOME, HAD TO GET THE OLDEST GRANDSON OUT FIRST, REMOVE HIS SEAT THEN GET THE 2-YEAR OLD OUT. NOT EASY FOR A 65 YEAR OLD WITH BAD KNEES. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN ALONE WHEN THIS HAPPENED SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM OUT. I HOPE YOUR AGENCY LOOKS INTO THIS BEFORE A TRAGEDY BEFALLS SOMEONE UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE DUE TO AN OBVIOUS THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR REARS.

PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR LOCKED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED. DEALER REPLACED LATCHING MECH-COST 650.00 IN2018. THEN IN 2020 THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING REAR DOOR DID THE SAME THING, DEALER REPLACED LATCHING MECH-COST 950.00. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOORS CAN ONLY BE OPENED BY THE DEALER.

PASSENGER-SIDE SLIDING DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY AND SOMETIMES GETS STUCK. IT MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE WHEN TRYING TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.