2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY TOURING. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED HE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER, HOMETOWN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM LOCATED AT 228 S WILSON ST, VINITA, OK 74301, (918) 256-6455, TO NOTIFY THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED AS OF YET. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V461000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,100.

WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY THE GAS PEDAL WENT DOWN FARTHER THAN WAS PUSHED AND WHAT WAS A GRADUAL ACCELERATION OF ABOUT 50/55 THE VEHICLE JUMPED TO 82MPH. SEVERAL THINGS WERE TRIED TO SLOW IT DOWN WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES AND A SEMI. THE FLOOR MAT WAS FACTORY AND ATTACHED TO THE HOOK AND NOTHING WAS IN THE WAY OF THE PEDAL. BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT IT DIDN'T SLOW IT ENOUGH AND UPON LETTING OFF, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED MORE. THE CRUISE WAS TURNED ON AND OFF TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T THAT. THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED DOWN AND NOT UNTIL IT WAS SHIFTED IN THE THE 4TH GEAR DID IT START TO RELEASE CONTROL. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND LASTED FOR SEVERAL MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE JIM COGDILL DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 8544 KINGSTON PIKE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37919, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.*DT CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE 2016 RECALL.*JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR MAKES A SHORT BUZZING NOISE WHEN THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED. THIS OCCURS IF THE DOOR IS SHUT OR OPEN. IT BUZZES WHEN I USE THE REMOTE UNLOCK PUSHING IT TWICE TO UNLOCK THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT ALSO BUZZES WHEN I PLACE MY HAND INSIDE THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE TO UNLOCK THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT BUZZES EVERY TIME I USE THE HANDLE TO UNLOCK THE PASSENGER SIDE WHETHER THE DOOR IS LOCKED OR NOT. OTHERWISE THE DOOR APPEARS TO OPERATE NORMALLY SO FAR (TWO DAYS). THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND THIS HAPPENS WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OR NOT. IT DOES NOT MAKE THE NOISE WHEN I LOCK THE DOOR. THE NOISE APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE DOOR. I HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT INTO A DEALERSHIP AS OF NOW.

EVERY TIME IT AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS OR KEY FOB IS USED TO UNLOCK IT- MY REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR MAKES A LOUD BUZZING. ALSO- THAT DOOR DOESN'T LOCK, EVEN WHEN THE LOCK BUTTON IS PUSHED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THE KEY FOB.

LOUD BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WHEN WE LOCK OR UNLOCK ANY OF THE DOORS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HAYES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF LAWRENCEVILLE (719 DULUTH HWY #120, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED, WHICH CAUSED METAL SHAVINGS AND DEBRIS FROM THE CLUTCH PLATES TO COVER THE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SOCCER PRACTICE, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, AS I TURNED INTO A PARK ENTRANCE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEHIND OTHER CARS WAITING TO PARK. (PLEASE NOTE THAT MOMENTS BEFORE I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY). AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD SPUTTER AND JERK BUT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS IN A STOP AND START SITUATION IN THE PARKING AREA OF A PARK. UPON LEAVING THE PARK, I TRIED TO DRIVE BUT THE VAN BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I HAD THE VAN TOWED HOME. THE CAR WAS EVALUATED BY A CERTIFIED CHRYSLER TECHNICIAN WHO INFORMED ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW HYDAULIC TRANSMISSIION PUMP, CONSISTENT WITH A RECALL ON MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR REPAIRS UNDER RECALL S44 AS MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT RECALLED. PLEASE INCLUDE MY VIN IN THIS RECALL. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.

DRIVER SEAT HEATING MECHANISM DOES NOT WORK. RIGHT SLIDING DOOR ACTUATOR BUZZES LOUDLY.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK MAKES BUZZING SOUND WHENEVER UNLOCK IS PRESSED FROM ANY SOURCE. ISSUE OCCURS WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.