2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

I JUST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I CAN HEAR ELECTRICAL CRACKLING NOISES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, I HAVE ALSO SMELLED OVERHEATING ELECTRICAL WIRES. FOR MONTHS THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR KEEPS FLASHING THAT I HAVE A LOW TIRE: YET EVERY TIME I HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURE CHECK, THE AIR PRESSURE IS THE SAME IN EACH TIRE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG: THIS OCCURS IN BOTH STATIONARY AND MOTION. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING MY GRANDSON TO SCHOOL, THE DASH LIGHTS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM WENT COMPLETELY BLACK FOR NO KNOWN REASON, VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. I ACCIDENTLY DISCOVERED THAT IF I QUICKLY TURN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND THEN OFF THE DASH AND NAVIGATION LIGHTS COME ON. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 37,000 MILES AND I FEEL THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OF SOME MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES IN THE FUTURE AND THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. I HAVE HAD THE REAR STOW AND GO SEAT REPLACED BECAUSE THE SEAT WOULD NOT GO INTO THE STANDARD POSITION, NOR WOULD IT GO INTO THE STOWED POSITION. THE SEAT WOULD JUST GO UP AND DOWN AT WILL. FINALLY AFTER CALLING CHRYSLER AND 3 TRIPS TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE SEAT. BUT IT STILL ACTS UP OCASSIONALY. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT BEEN OUT ANY MONEY FOR REPAIRS BUT I AM BEGINNING TO FEAR DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I NEVER KNOW IF THE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO SUDDENLY DECIDE TO GO DARK WITH DRIVING AT NIGHT, OR IF THE REAR SEATS ARE GOING TO START GOING UP AND DOWN.

VAN AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF, EVEN AFTER I PAID $267.00 TO FIX IT. ALSO VAN WILL NOT START,JUST MAKES A THUD SOUND OR CRANKS BUT DOES NOT START UNTIL 4-5 TRIES OR AFTER A FEW MINUTES.HAD TO DEALER 5 TIMES.ALSO CANNOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE COMPUTER CHIP BLANK.AND VAN DIED 8/8/2016 AND WAS TOWED TO SHOP AND FOUND BATTERY COMPLETELY DRAINED AND NEEDED A NEW BATTERY.WAS CHARGED $385.20 FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND NEW BATTERY. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. I HAVE READ OF THOUSANDS OF CHRYSLER OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEMS AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMS.MAIN CAUSE ,BAD TIPM.

SINCE BUYING VAN IN 2011, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THERE IS NO RAIN IN SIGHT. JUNE 2015 BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AFTER I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR. SEEMED TO FIX ISSUE. APRIL 2016 AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD GOING 25 MPH CAR STALLED. WENT TO THE DEALER AFTER RESEARCHING STALLING ISSUE (MOST POSTS INDICATED A TIPM ISSUE) BUT DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT NOR DID THEY CARE. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THE CAR HAS NOT STARTED A HANDFUL OF TIMES. BATTERY WAS RETESTED AND IT WAS FINE. TWO DAYS AGO I WENT OUT OF TOWN AND WHEN I TRIED TO START CAR IT WOULD NOT START (IT FLASHED LIGHTS AND BLINKERS WENT OFF). TRIED STARTING IT REMOTELY WITH KEY AND THAT MADE THE ALARM GO OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. ENDED UP HAVING TO TURN OFF RADIO AND A/C BEFORE VAN DECIDED TO START. I HAVE 3 KIDS TO TOW AROUND AND NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 09/29/16*LJ

OIL FILTER HOUSING HAS PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ALONG PLASTIC SHAFT THAT GUIDES UP THROUGH OIL FILTER. THIS VALVE OR SHAFT CAN BREAK OFF CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REMAIN IN THE BYPASS START UP PHASE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT UPON SERVICING SAID VEHICLE THIS SHAFT CAN BREAK OFF OR THE VALVE CAN POP OUT OF SOCKET, LEAVING SAID VEHICLE IMMOBILIZED. THIS ISSUE CAN BE FOUND IN ANY 3.6 LITER CHRYSLER ENGINE BUILT BETWEEN MODEL YEARS 2011-2013. MANY OIL FILTER SUPPLIERS HAVE SENT OUT BULLETINS ON SAID ISSUE. IT IS A LIABILITY ON ANY TECHNICIAN THAT SERVICES SAID VEHICLE. *TR

IT WAS RUNNING FINE NO WARRING LIGHTS NOTHING WAS COMING UP BUT OUT OF NO WHERE IT STARTED STALLING AND WOULD CRANK AND IT STILL WILL NOT CRANK BUT WHEN IT WANTS AND I GOT IT CRACKED UP ONE DAY AND TOOK MY KID TO THE DOCTOR AND IT SHUT OFF ON ME WILE DRIVING BUT YA IT HAS TROUBLE CRANKING AND IT IS STALLING AND SHUTS OFF WILE DRIVING VERY UNSAFE I AM NOW SCARED TO PUT MY KIDS IN IT TO RIDE. PLEASE HLEP

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. THE BACK UP SENSORS DO NOT WORK, THE SAFETY BACKUP VIDEO DOES NOT WORK, IT SAYS MY TIRES HAVE 0 PRESSURE, IT WILL NOT START AFTER BEING SHUT OFF. TIPM PROBLEM? WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLES ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE NOT STARTING. THIS IS CLEARLY ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT A TIPM RECALL. IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY, COULD YOU LET ME KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION.

SITTING STILL CAR WILL NOT START,HOWEVER WHEN YOU REMOVE KEY FOB FROM DASH AND PUT BACK INI IT MAY START,HAD TO GARAGE THEY REPLACED BATTERY AND STARTER STILL DOING IT CHRYSLER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS WRONG HAD TO GARAGE 4 TIMES NO CODES JUST HAD IT TOWED TO CHRYSLER GOT BACK STILL WONT START SOME TIMES ONLY 53000 MILES

7/21/2016 CAR STARTED FINE THIS MORNING WENT INTO STORE AND WOULD NOT START. TRIED TURNING KEY ABOUT 8 TIMES AND THEN GAVE UP FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1 MONTH BEFORE WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY. SAME THING, I TRIED ABOUT 8 / 9 TIMES THEN IT STARTED. I DECIDED TO CALL DEALERSHIP TODAY AND HAVE IT TAKEN IN SINCE I HAVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY. I ALSO, DID SOME RESEARCH WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT IS THE TIPM. I NOW NOTICED SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH IT TIE INTO TIPM, MY DRIVER WINDOW SOMETIMES WONT GO UP OR DOWN. THE CAR WILL JUST LOCK EVEN WHILE RUNNING LOCKING MY KEYS INSIDE. I CAN HEAR ELECTRICAL THINGS MOVING AND SHUTTING DOWN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, AND ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO I WAS IN PARK WITH THE CAR RUNNING AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE WHOLE CAR SHUT DOWN. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AND TURNS OFF WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT FOR NO APPARENT REASON,I HAVE 71,000 MILES. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD TO HAVE THE LEFT HEAD GASKET REPLACED AFTER HAVING IT TOWED FROM THE IDE OF THE ROAD. I REALLY THINK I BOUGHT A LEMON, BUT WILL SOON FIND OUT WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS TUESDAY WHICH IS THE SOONEST THEY CAN GET ME IN, HOPEFULLY I DON'T BREAK DOWN WITH MY KIDS IN IT BEFORE THEN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE TIPM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.