1994 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

REPORTING A SECOND INCIDENT WHERE A FIRE HAD OCCURRED UNDER THE DASH WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS APART. FIRST REPAIRS WERE DONE BY DEALER. STILL WAITING ON RESPONSE FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER CONCERNING SECOND FIRE INCIDENT. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER STATES SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE THE LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DID NOT WORK, CONSUMER TOOK TO VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE HINGE WAS BROKEN, MECHANIC REPAIRED THE LATCH AND HINGE WERE REPAIRED, HOWEVER SIX MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM REOCCURED CONSUMER THEN TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE LATCH AND HINGE WERE REPAIRED AGAIN, THREE MONTHS LATER IT BROKE AGAIN, CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD IT REPAIRED AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE HINGE AND LATCH ARE SHOWING THE SAME SYMPTOMS.*JB

WAS TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION EXPLODED. HAD VEHICLE HAD STOPPED DEAD IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED THAT A PIN HOLDING TRANS AXLE HAD BROKEN. IT WAS A HOLLOWED PIN THAT WAS USED.*AK

ROOF RACK AND ATTACHED LOAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING LOAD TO FLY OFF INTO OPERATING LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE LOAD WAS SECURED TO THE ROOF RACK USING HEAVY DUTY WEBBING. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SECURE LOAD TO SIDES RAILS- ONLY THROUGH CROSS MEMBERS. CROSS MEMBERS ATTACH TO SIDE RAILS VIA TAB AND SLOT MECHANISM MADE OF PLASTIC. THE SIDE RAILS ARE ALSO MADE OF PLASTIC. THE CROSS MEMBERS BROKE THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE SIDE RAILS TAKING THE STILL SECURED LOAD WITH THEM. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE INCLUDES MY ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF ROOF RACK REPLACEMENT AND LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE TWICE. CONSUMER INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, GOODYEAR TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OFF THE ROAD, BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON THE INSIDE WALL, TIRE HAD 36763 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME, TIRES ARE GOODYEAR INFINITRED, SIZE P205/75R15, DOT 3CHR158. *SLC

DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS ARE CRACKING FROM BODY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE. FIRST ON PUT IN AT 60000 NOW IT WENT OUT AGAIN AT 90000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE SHOP THAT THIS IS A CHRYSLER DEFECT AS THE SAME THING HAPPEND AS LAST TIME. *AK

SUDDEN ABRUPT TRANSMISSION FAILURE - DIFFERENTIAL PIN CAME LOOSE THROUGH BELL HOUSING OF TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. *AK

THE VEHICLE ROLLS WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE CONSUMER HAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE UNTIL IT CATCHES TO DRIVE, NOW THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS. NLM