1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

CONSUMER SMELLED FUMES IN THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. DEALER REPLACED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL, OWNER NOTIFICATION HAS NOT BEGAN. *AK *SLC

SMELLING GAS INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP,AND MECHANIC TOLD CONUSMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL 00V268000 WHICH DEALT WITH SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP SUDDENLY DUE TO A BAD PIN, ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE DRIVESHAFT BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO INTO GEAR. NLM

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE AND THE TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY FAILED ONCE. NLM

FUEL RAIL BEGAN TO LEAK. LEAK DRIPS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON THE VALVE COVER AND THEN FLOWS ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

CLOCKSPRING RIBBON WIRE BROKE DISABLING BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS, THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL. CLOCKSPRING RIBBON CONDUCTORS BOTH SEVERED AND SHORTED TO EACH OTHER. DISASSEMBLY OF MECHANISM FOUND THAT RIBBON WIRE WAS STUCK TOGETHER AND NOT ABLE TO FLEX AND ROTATE WITH STEEL WHEEL ROTATION. IT APPEARS THAT THE LUBRICANT USED IN THE CLOCKSPRING ASSEMBLY DEGRADED AND GLUED THE RIBBON TOGETHER. FREE END OF RIBBON FLEXED BACK AND FORTH DURING STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT UNTIL IT FOLDED OVER ON ITSELF (180 DEGREE FOLD) AND EVENTUALLY FAILED. VEHICLE OPERATED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. EXTREME SUMMER HEAT MAY HAVE CAUSED LUBRICANT BREAKDOWN.

FULE RAIL BEGAN LEAKING DUMPING LARGE QUANTITIES OF GASOLINE ONTO THE VALVE COVER AND WOULD HAVE CONTACTED HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD IF LEAK WAS NOT DETECTED. NOTICED STRONG GASOLINE SMELL. THIS WAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ENGINE FIRE AND HOUSE FIRE IF CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN ATTACHED GARAGE AS NORMAL. JUST LUCK THAT IT WAS DISCOVERED.

PREVIOUS LEAK OF FREON AT EXPANSION VALVE/COMPRESSOR THAT WAS REPAIRED 9/24/199. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER FELL ONTO GEAR SHIFT AND PUT VEHICLE IN MOTION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

1ST FAILURE: TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO LIMP MODE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE. 2ND FAILURE: ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT ON A RURAL TWO LANE HIGHWAY.