1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

FAILURE OF BOTH REAR BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINES CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID MAKING EMERGENCY BRAKE ONLY OPERABLE STOPPING DEVICE. SAVED OLD LINES. BOTH LINES APPEAR TO HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. MECHANIC BELIEVES PROBLEM IS WITH DESIGN IN HOW LINES ARE ROUTED ABOVE GAS TANK APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET AHEAD OF LEFT REAR WHEEL. THE POSITION OF THE LINES ALLOWS ROAD SALT AND OTHER CORROSIVES TO BE COLLECTED ON THE STEEL SURFACE OF THE HYDRAULIC LINES, THUS LEADING TO THEIR EMINENT FAILURE. PLEASE NOTE LOW MILEAGE OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC REPAIRED VEHICLE BY INSTALLING NEW LINES, BUT ROUTED THEM IN A POSITION LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CORROSION. FAILURE WAS PRECEDED BY NOTICEABLE LEAKING OF BRAKE FLUID ON GARAGE FLOOR. ULTIMATE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR. LINES BURST WHEN MECHANIC TESTED BRAKES BY PRESSING HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL WHILE IT WAS PARKED. BRAKE FLUID SPILLED OUT ALL OVER SERVICE FLOOR. ACTUAL REPAIR COST: $289.02.*JB *NM

LAST WEEK, 17 AUG 05, I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK ON MY '96 CHRYSLER T&C [XXX] DUE TO A FATIGUE CRACK THAT WAS SPILLING FUEL. CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY SINCE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE LONGEVITY AND PERFORMANCE OF PLASTIC FUEL TANKS? OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS, THE REPLACEMENT COST EXCEEDED $800. AT THE TIME OF FAILURE MY VEHICLE HAD 180,885 ORIGINAL MILES AND HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK (TOP, FRONT, LEFT CORNER) PRECLUDES ANY ACCIDENTAL IMPACT OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICING DEALER, HAYES CHRYSLER, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, THE DEFECTIVE TANK WAS DESTROYED PER ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE IS A COURSE OF ACTION I CAN TAKE TO AMELIORATE THIS PROBLEM. *JB UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

HEADLIGHT LENS COVERS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER DUE TO BUBBLING OF THE PLASTIC THAT CAUSED SEVERE REDUCION INHEADLIGHT LUMINATION. THE COST TO ME WAS $644.00 FOR REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.

DT THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT TOWER RUSTED AND THE PASSENGERS SIDE WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGN OF RUST AS WELL. *JB

ON A FEW SEPERATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING MY 1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MY DAUGHTERS SEATBELT HAS JUST RELEASED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DURING 3 SUDDEN STOPS THE SEATBELTS HAVE UNLATCHED BY THEMSELVES AND ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY SEATBELT CAME UNDONE AFTER I ADJUSTED MYSELF IN MY SEAT. WE JUST BOUGHT THIS VAN 2 MONTHS AGO. ALSO, WITHOUT WARNING THE BODY CONTROL MODULE TOOK OUT MY ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING MY RADIO. THERE SHOULD BE A SENSOR THAT IT IS GOING BAD BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES. EVEN AFTER GOING TO JACK POWELL DODGE TO HAVE IT ALL FIXED, THE HORN DOESN'T WORK , THE STEREO IS MESSING UP, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS MESSING UP, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY.

1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAD A SPLIT SEAM ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE GAS TANK.*MR VEHICLE HAD A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE DUE TO THE SPLIT. REPLACED THE GAS TANK, WAS CHARGED FOR NEW TANK AND LABOR. MANUFACTURER SAID DUE TO MILEAGE ON VEHICLE, THERE WOULD BE NO CONSIDERATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *BF *NM

FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK, WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE AIR BAGS, AND THE DEALER WANTS $200.00 TO MAKE THE REPAIRS.*AK DEALER REPAIR AIRBAGS AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. CONSUMER ADDED DASH LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *TT

THE RIGHT STRUT WAS MAKING NOISE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE STRUT WAS RUSTED, AND COULD FALL OFF. IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC

I HAVE A 96 CHRYSLER T&C VAN THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ALMOST 30 MONTHS AND 38 K MILES AGO AFTER IT BROKE A SHAFT ON THE INSIDE AT 101K MILES. CAME TO A STOP AT CONNER WENT TO GO FORWARDED AND THE VAN WAS IN NEUTRAL IN GEAR POSITION. DEALER DID NOT WANT TO OPEN IT UP JUST REPLACE WITH NEW REMANUFACTURED FROM CHRYSLER. SAID THEY WERE ALL DOING THAT. NOW THE REPLACEMENT UNIT JUST BROKE A SHAFT FOR THE THIRD GEAR (BAD WELD). THIS IS ON A TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 38525 MILES ON IT. THIS WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 1996 AND NOW WITH 2 BROKEN SHAFTS ON TWO TRANSMISSIONS IN THE SAME VAN, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND THIS PICTURE? WHO WOULD OF TUNK IT? I PLACED 165K MILES ON A 1991 DODGE DAKOTA WITHOUT ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SHAFTS BREAK WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF 70,000 LBS OF MOVING TRUCK? TRUCKS DO NOT STOP ON A DIME. DO YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY IN THAT KIND OF SCENARIO? I DO NOT THINK THAT MOST OF VOTING AMERICANS DO EITHER. I LIVE IN A CITY, WHICH HAS AT SEVEN OUT OF THE TOP TEN OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF ALABAMA. WHEN YOU PLACE A CAR INTO DRIVE, YOU EXPECT IT TO GO MOST ALL THE TIME. YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO THINK AM I GOING TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT OR MAYBE KILL MY FAMILY BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO BLOW UP, BREAKS WELDS, OR BREAK A SHAFTS IF I PULL OUT NOW OR NOT. *JB