2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

FAULTY TIPM IDENTIFIED AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PROBLEMS. MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. VEHICLE SPEED DROPPED IMMEDIATELY, WITH NO WARNING, FROM 70 MPH TO 25 MPH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT, AND SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE. POWER STEERING WENT OUT, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ACROSS FOUR LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC (WITH MY CHILDREN INSIDE) AND COAST TO A SAFE LOCATION WHERE A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED, AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THIS WAS THE MOST SERIOUS OF SEVERAL PROBLEMS- ALL OF WHICH APPEAR TO POINT TO A FAULTY TIPM. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE FAULTY TURN SIGNALS, WINDOWS THAT WILL NOT OPEN, REAR FAN THAT TURNS ON AND OFF BY ITSELF, DIFFICULTY SHIFTING, DIFFICULTY STARTING, AND DRAINED BATTERIES. REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS INCLUDE SOLENOID PACK REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL, BATTERY REPLACEMENT, POWER MODULE REPLACEMENT, BLOWER MOTOR REPLACEMENT- FINALLY LEADING TO TIPM REPLACEMENT.

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT CARMAX IN CALFORNIA, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS OF 2014 WE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND ROTORS. 2015 OF AUGUST WE HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED. NOT IT IS 2016 OCTOBER AND MY FRONT BRAKES (RIGHT SIDE MOSTLY) IS SQUEAKING AGAIN. WE OWN A CHRYSLER 300 SRT8 AND A TAHOE, MY TAHOE OF WHICH I HAD SINCE 2005, HAS ONLY HAD 2 BRAKE REPLACEMENTS. I FEEL THERE IS SOME OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND NO ONE IS LOOKING INTO IT. THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE. AND I THINK IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. ON TOP OF THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY GO OFF AND ON AND CURRENTLY HAS STAYED ON, AND WILL NOT TURN OFF.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PULL INTO A REPAIR GARAGE WHERE THE VEHICLE DIED. HAD TO HAVE A NEW ALTERNATOR PUT IN. HAD NO WARNING.. *TR

BACK UP CAMERA GOES OUT. HAVE HUMMING NOISE IN FRONT AND REAR. REPLACED TIRES STILL HAVE HUMMING NOISE.

VEHICLE WILL NOT PROPERLY START RELIABLY. ON MANY OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WILL START AFTER A THIRD OR FOURTH ATTEMPT. THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AS IT ENTERED (VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION) A BUSY STREET. POWER STEERING WENT OUT. AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BY PRESSING THE IGNITION BUTTON. NO DIAGNOSTICS CODES WERE REPORTED WHEN CHECKED AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. I ASKED THEM TO TEST THE TIPM AND FUEL PUMP RELAY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE "BLIND SPOT SENSOR DETECTION UNAVAILABLE" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

THIS IS MY 7TH CHRYSLER OR DODGE MINIVAN - AND I LOVE THEM. I SEARCHED FOR 6 MONTHS TO FIND THE MODEL/COLOR/FEATURES I WANTED BEFORE FINDING THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I WAS THRILLED THAT IT HAD ALL THE OPTIONS I WANTED - HIGHEST ON MY LIST IS THE 'BLIND SPOT SENSORS' AS I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH KIDS IN THE CAR ON BUSY MICHIGAN HIGHWAYS. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE SENSORS WOULD 'STICK' ON, BUT AFTER RESTARTING THE VAN IT THEY WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR A WHILE, AND THEN 'STICK' ON AGAIN. NOW THEY ARE ALWAYS ON - MAKING AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE SAFETY FEATURE OPTION USELESS AS I HAVE HAD TO TURN THEM OFF TO STOP THE CONSTANT CHIMING AND FOR THE SENSOR LIGHTS IN MY SIDE-VIEW MIRRORS TO BE OFF. I HAVE LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND APPARENTLY THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON ISSUE. WHERE CAN I GET SERIOUS SAFETY THIS ISSUE FIXED? AS IT IS APPARENTLY SOME DESIGN FLAW I DO NOT BELIEVE *I* SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THESE REPAIRS AND IF IT CANNOT BE FIXED I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE STICKER COST OF THIS FEATURE AS IT CANNOT BE USED!

CAR WOULD CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER. BROUGHT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ALTERNATOR. PROBLEM PERSISTED, THEY REPLACE BATTERY. PROBLEM WORSENED, RANDOM ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHEN DRIVING, CAR CUTTING OFF AND STALLING IN INTERSECTIONS, STILL NOT TURNING OVER INTERMITTENTLY WHEN PARKED. WAS TOLD MY TIPM MODULE IS BAD. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND IS ONLY REPLACING IN SOME CARS, BUT NOT ALL. IT WAS VERY SCARY WHEN THE CAR WAS STALLING WHILE DRIVING THEN NOT STARTING. ALSO WAS STRANDED ON VACATION DUE TO CAR NOT TURNING OVER.

AN ONCOMING DRIVER FAILED TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC (ME) BEFORE TURNING LEFT. WE NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, BUT WHEN I BRAKED HARD AND SWERVED, BOTH OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE THIRD ROW HOLDING MY CHILDREN'S CAR SEATS CAME UNDONE. (BOTH CHILDREN STILL USE THE FIVE-POINT HARNESS WHILE IN THEIR SEATS.) ONE CHILD (STILL STRAPPED INTO HER CAR SEAT) FLEW INTO THE BACK OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND THE OTHER CHILD (ALSO STILL STRAPPED INTO HER CAR SEAT) FLEW INTO THE BACK OF THE MIDDLE ROW SEAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HER.

ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AT 86K. KNOWN ISSUE WITH EXACT SAME PART # ON OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. VAN IS IN THE SHOP NOW GETTING A $480 REPLACEMENT INSTALLED PLUS 1.2 HOURS OF LABOR FOR A PART THAT IF ON ANOTHER VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED UNDER AN EXISTING RECALL.