2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TRACTION CONTROL AND ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COME ON AND GO SIMULTANEOUSLY TRACTION CONTROL DOES NOT SHUT OFF AND OVERHEATS ROTORS AND EATS BRAKE PADS.

WHEN THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD AND YOU OPEN THE BACK TRAP DOOR IT WILL CLOSE ON YOU YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT DOOR ALMOST CLOSED ME IN. IT WAS NOT STOPPING THAT COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE.

AIRBAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TURNS ON WHILE DRIVING AND THEN TURNS OFF. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. 190,000 MILES. HAPPENS ANYTIME 0-60 MPH. NOT TURNING, JUST STRAIGHT AHEAD DRIVING.

DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE MY CHRYSLER T&C LX STOW AND GO. I ONLY HAVE 4 PROBLEMS WITH IT. THIS ONE IS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND IT SCARED THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF ME! LAST NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME ON THE HIGHWAY I WENT TO PASS A SEMI AND GOT ABOUT HALF WAY AROUND IT AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HEARD A LOUD WHINNING NOISE AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW MY RPM WERE FULL BLOWN AND I WAS NOT GAINING SPEED I WAS STUCK AND NO WHERE TO GO AS CAR WAS APPROCHING A HEAD ON COLLISION I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND PRAY NO ONE WAS COMING UP BEHIND US AND GET BACK BEHIND SEMI!! HE WAS BLOWING HIS HORN AND I WAS FREAKING OUT. I MAD IT SAFELY BEHIND SEMI WITH SECONDS TO SPARE BEFORE ME AND MY 2 DAUGHTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD OR SMASHED INTO TREES. I PULLED OVER AND AFTER CATCHING MY HEART AND PUTTING IT BACK IN MY CHEST GOT OUT AND CHECKED TRANNY FLUID IT WAS FULL AS IT IS SITTING THERE WHINING I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I GOT IN AND IT TOOK A BIT FOR IT TO KICK IN GEAR BUT IT DID . THAN IT SLIGHTLY SLIPPED IN 3RD ON WAY HOME STILL WHINNGING. I WENT TO AUTO ZONE THIS MORNING WHILE STILL WHINNNING AND SLIPPING HERE AND THERE AND HAD CODES READ TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. AND GEARS 1 AND 3 MALFUNTIONED TOTALLY DEFECTS SOMEWHERE. STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS!!

MY HEADLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME THEY EVEN FLICKER SOMETIMES BY TURNING HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF THEY COME BACK ON DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME SOMETIMES I'LL BE DRIVING AND HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST GO OFF BY FLIPPING SWITCH OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES THEY COME BACK ON

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF FILLING THE GAS TANK. I DON'T DOUBLE CLICK THE NOZZLE. THE PART CAUSING THE PROBLEM IS THE "ROLLOVER VALVE". THIS IS PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE GAS TANK. IT IS ALLOWING RAW GAS TO ENTER THE CHARCOAL CANISTER, NOT JUST FUMES. THE TANK MUST BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER. (REFERENCE NUMBER: 32952411 EMAIL CASE NUMBER: 3568281) THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THAT VEHICLE.

HEADLIGHTS. DONT WORK WHEN THEY NEED 2. HAVE BIG PROBLEMS A THEY GO ON AND OFF WHEN I WANTS 2. WHEN CAR IS TURNED ON DONT WORK PARKED MOVING. I NEED HELP

THERE IS GASOLINE LEAKING FROM UNDER THE CAR IN THE AREA OF THE GAS TANK/LINES. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. I NOTICE THE SMELL MORE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND OBVIOUSLY THE LEAK ON THE GROUND WHEN PARKED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF EXACTLY, IF YOU WANT I CAN SEND YOU A PICTURE OF A STAIN ON THE GROUND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER (NAPLETON'S RIVER OAKS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 17225 TORRENCE AVE, LANSING, IL 60438) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V008000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,177.

I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK. I BARELY GOT DOWN THE ROAD AND MY ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING. AS I ENTERED A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I RAN INTO A CURB AND HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE SEVERAL TIMES TO KEEP IT FROM DYING. AFTER TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL SEVERAL TIMES THE STEERING FINALLY LOOSENED UP. THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPUTTER ALL THE WAY HOME. I TOOK THE CAR OUT AN HOUR LATER AND THE SPUTTERING HAD QUIT AND THE STEERING WAS BETTER. 2 DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AS I ENTERED A LEFT CURVE MY STEERING LOCKED UP. THIS WAS VERY SCARY BECAUSE I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL. I PLAYED WITH THE WHEEL TRYING TO TURN IT BACK AND FORTH. I TURNED OFF THE VAN AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN. THE WHEEL WAS STILL LOCKED. FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL SCARY MINUTES THE WHEEL UNLOCKED AND I CAUTIOUSLY CONTINUED HOME. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT SINCE THIS HAPPENED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP HAS HAPPENED OFF AND ON BEFORE AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. IT ALWAYS LOOSENED UP AFTER A FEW MINUTES. NOW I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS OUR PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN IT IS WET OR RAINING THE CAR WILL ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING.