2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOORS WOULD NOT REMAIN OPEN OR CLOSED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHUT THE DOOR MANUALLY YET THE DOOR WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED AND STRUCK THE CONTACT IN THE FACE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE PURCHASED IT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY A/C UNIT HOWEVER, WHETHER THIS ISSUE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. I HAD GONE TO TURN MY 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY OFF WHILE IT WAS IN PARK & IT JUST STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS! I QUICKLY REACHED FOR THE GEAR SHIFT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN PARK BUT IT ALREADY WAS! I THEN WENT TO STEP ON THE BRAKE & IT STILL WOULDN'T STOP! I HAVE TO BELIEVE THIS WAS NOTHING LESS THAN A MAJOR MALFUNCTION OF SOME SORT! THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED ME FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS WAS WHEN MY VAN CRASHED INTO MY FATHER-IN-LAWS TRUCK PARKED SEVERAL FEET BEHIND ME. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY HURT, EVEN KILLED SOMEONE HAD THEY BEEN IN THE WAY OF MY VAN ROLLING BACKWARDS! MY 7 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN MY ARMS AS THIS OCCURRED. I HAD SIMPLY REACHED ACROSS FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. I MANAGED TO JUMP ONE LEG ACROSS TO THE DRIVERS SIDE TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE JUST TO FIND OUT IT WASN'T GOING TO STOP THE VAN FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS ANYWAYS! *TR

2006 CHRYSLER T&C: PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN WITH REMOTE OR CONSOLE SWITCH. DRIVER DOOR SWITCH WILL SOMETIMES UNLOCK TO ALLOW MANUAL OPENING. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED INCONSISTENT PERFORMANCE OF TURN SIGNALS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS. UPON ACTIVATING THE TURN SIGNAL TO INDICATE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE TURN SIGNAL WILL AT TIMES ACTIVATE FOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR NOT ACTIVATE AT ALL. IT WILL ALSO ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY - IT WILL ACTIVATE PROPERLY THEN SUDDENLY TURN OFF OR SWITCH DIRECTIONS AND THEN SWITCH BACK TO THE PROPER DIRECTION. I HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS - THEY WILL SUDDENLY TURN OFF AND THEN WITH OUT ANY CHANGE IN CONTROLS RESUME WIPING. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THIS HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT I COULD IMAGINE SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

HEADLIGHTS HAVE FAILED TO TURN ON MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS. IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT SWITCHING THEM ON, TO MAKE THE LIGHTS WORK. VAN WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NEVER BE REPLICATED FOR THEM. NOW THE HEADLIGHTS NOT ONLY FAIL TO TURN ON MOST OF THE TIME, WITHOUT SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, BUT HAVE STARTED TURNING OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVEN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE LATEST INCIDENT WAS TONIGHT, WHEN THEY FIRST WOULDN'T TURN ON, THEN ONCE ON, REPEATEDLY TURNED ON AND OFF, ALSO DIMMING AND GROWING BRIGHTER. *TR

2005 & 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY: WIRING DAMAGE BY RODENTS CAUSING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE INCLUDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO SHIFT AND NON STARTING OF VEHICLE. MATERIAL IN WIRE INSULATION APPEARS TO ATTRACT THEM. WE OWN BOTH VEHICLES ABOVE AND PROBLEMS OCCURRED IN 2009 & 2010. *TR

WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OUR MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH WIPER HIGH BEAMS. WE NOTICED THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHEN WE TURN THE TURNING SIGNAL ON TO GO RIGHT IT WAS SAYING WE WHERE TRYING TO TURN LEFT . THIS HAPPENED ON A BUSY INTERSECTION AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT. NOW ITS BEEN DOING IT MORE AND MORE.WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE MINI VAN SHE WAS TURNING LEFT ON A BUSY STREET. SHE TURNED THE TURNSIGNAL ON TO TURN LEFT BUT IT WAS SHOWING RIGHT SHE ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT SCARED MY THREE CHILDREN AND MY WIFE. *TR

RIGHT REAR POWER DOOR FAILS TO OPEN FROM REAR PUSH BUTTON, LATER IN TIME, DOOR LOCK FAILED TO OPEN WHEN UNLOCKING DOORS, ALSO DOOR WON'T LOCK ON AUTO., OR WHEN DRIVING AS THE REST OF THE DOORS. VERY DANGEROUS, MY GRANDCHILDREN RIDE QUITE REGULARLY AND AFRAID DOOR MAY MALFUNCTION. ALSO WHEN TURN LEFT AT TIMES THEIRS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. *TR

SPARE TIRE REMOVAL SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK, PUTTING DRIVER IN EXTREME DANGER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TIRE PER MANUFACTURER'S PROCEDURE. ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS ALONG ROADWAYS PUTS OPERATOR AT EXTREME RISK, AND ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

AT TIMES, MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GOES NUTS. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY, THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER GOES ON AND OFF. I'M UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS USING THE ELECTRICAL BUTTONS. *TR