1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THERE WAS SURFACE RUST ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE STRUT. OVER TIME THE RUST BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE STRUT WAS RUSTING THROUGHOUT THE STRUTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $ 300.00. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 220,000. UPDATED 12/30/10

ENGINE SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED ON FIRE AND FIRE DESTROYED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. OWNER JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 WEEK PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRING FROM A DEALERSHIP. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AND WITHIN 3-4 MINUTES OF PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO SMOKE OCCURRING, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE OWNER IS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, AND THERE WERE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN ALSO IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. FIRE FIGHTERS TOLD THE OWNERS THAT IF THEY HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANOTHER 100 FEET, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP WITH ALL OCCUPANTS STILL INSIDE. THE VEHICLE/ALL ENGINE PARTS ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE PREGNANT OWNER SUFFERED SEVERE SMOKE INHALATION AND BARELY ESCAPED FETAL DEATH DUE TO SEVERE SMOKE INHALATION. *TR

I OWN A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN AND FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FAN BELT COMING OFF USUALLY WHEN IT RAINS. MY MECHANIC PUTS IT BACK ON STATING THAT THE CHRYSLER BELTS SLIP OFF WHEN IT RAIN. I HAVE OWNED CHRYSLERS IN THE PAST BUT NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I USUALLY HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH ME AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS TAKING MY SON TO HAVE SOME BLOOD WORK DONE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED STORMING AND THE VAN CUT OFF, BUT I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT OUT OF THE STREET. I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE SO SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. *TR UPDATED 06/29/11*LJ

I OWN A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY AND BUYING IT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE. MY PROBLEM IS A REPEAT OF A THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLES. I'LL GO TO START MY VAN AND IT WILL ACT LIKE IT WANTS TO START, BUT THEN DIES. AT FIRST IT WOULD START AFTER BEING UNTOUCHED FOR A FEW HOURS, BUT NOW IT CAN TAKE UP TO 2 WEEKS. WE HAVE HAD IT TOWED 3 TIMES AND TO 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, INCLUDING 1 CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AND EVERYTIME WE ARE TOLD THE SAME THING. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISARM THE ALARM BECAUSE IT IS BUILT INTO THE ENGINE. I HAVE A FAMILY THAT DESERVES A RELIABLE CAR AND THIS IS NOT IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP TOWING IT BACK AND FORTH FROM SHOP TO SHOP. I NEED ANSWERS!..WHY WAS THIS ISSUE NOT RECALLED BY CHRYSLER, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND FRUSTRATING. SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS!!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE YEAR AGO UPON STARTING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT IT WOULD START AND THEN IT WOULD SHUT OFF. THE ALARM SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE ARMED ITSELF WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNTIL IT WAS RESET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RESET OPTION FAILED TO FUNCTION. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS BEING PERFORMED BY A CHRYSLER DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR APPROXIMATELY $1100.00. THE OWNER STATED THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

I HAVE A 1998 TOWN & COUNTRY AND HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE ALL THE DIALS ON THE DASH WOULD FLATLINE AND THEN COME BACK UP. THEN IT STARTED CRANKING THEN DYING OUT IMMEDIATELY. IT WOULD CRANK 3 OR 4 TIMES AND THEN NOT CRANK AT ALL. IF THE BATTERY CABLES WERE REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED IT WOULD THEN START, BUT THAT NO LONGER WORKS AND IT DOES NOT RUN AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WOULD REMAIN RUNNING. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FUSE IN ORDER TO STOP IT FROM CONSTANTLY RUNNING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE ISSUE WAS COMMON BUT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 103,000.

I BOUGHT A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY AND AFTER 2 WEEKS THE VAN STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CAR WOULDN'T START IN THE GAS STATION ON THE FIRST TRY BUT DID START ON THE SECOND. FROM THAT INCIDENT ON THE CAR WOULD NEED SEVERAL STARTS TO GET IT RUNNING AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO DEAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND THEN SUDDENLY JUMP BACK ON AND DIE AGAIN. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE IT STOPPED STARTING AT ALL. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE FOR OVER THREE WEEKS AND NOT ONLY WASTED MONEY BUYING THE VAN BUT ALSO, TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE GUY REPLACED THE FUSE PANEL FOR $200 AND WANTED TO PUT IN A NEW COMPUTER BUT I TOLD HIM NOT TO. THIS VAN IS A DISGRACE AND AN INCONVENIENCE. *TR

THE SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF WHEN DRIVING THROUGH MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF WATER CAUSING POWER LOSS TO THE STEERING AS WELL AS OVERHEATING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK WHICH DESERVES A RECALL BY CHRYSLER. I HAVE LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON 50 MPH ROADS WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL TIMES MY CHILDREN AND I HAVE BEEN STRANDED DUE TO THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLING OFF CAUSING ME TO LOSE STEERING AND MY VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND HAD TO WALK DOWN ROADS WITH MY CHILDREN TO FIND HELP. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON-LINE IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS DUE TO DUE TO AN ENGINEERING MISCALCULATION OF THE PULLEY SYSTEM. *TR

1998 TOWN AND COUNTRY WILL STOP RIGHT AFTER STARTS. AFTER 3 TIMES IT WILL LONGER START. HAVE REPLACED THE ENGINE MODULE FOR $250.00. THIS HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ATLEAST 2 YEARS. WHEN IT STARTED AGAIN I REPLACED THE MODULE AGAIN. IT IS STILL WORKING AFTER 14 MONTHS. CHEAPER THAN TAKING TO DEALER AND EASY TO REPLACE. *TR