2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET. LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEARLY MISSED COLLISION WITH INANIMATE OBJECT ON SIDE OF ROAD. PARKED AND REMAINED IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON BREAK CONTINUED TO FAULT PERIODICALLY (CLUNKING NOISE AND RPM DIP). TURNED OFF CAR AND NO ISSUE UPON RESTART, DROVE 5 MINUTES AND ISSUE RE-OCCURRED. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO DIDN'T NOTE THE ISSUE AT FIRST AS CAR RESUMES NORMAL OPERATION UPON RESTART. NEXT DAY REPORTED TO ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED. THIS WAS SECOND OCCURRENCE INITIALLY ONE INCIDENT AT 90K MILES. BUT COULDN'T REPRODUCE FAILURE. CONTINUED TO DRIVE UNTIL SECOND MORE EVENT LISTED HERE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WILL STOP IN MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET AND ALL THE POWER TO THE ENTIRE CAR WILL GO OUT INCLUDING ALL FLASHERS AND AIRBAG SYSTEMS. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OUR VEHICLE. THE FAULT IS UNKNOWN WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO A CHRYSLER DEALER A WEEK PRIOR TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM AND THEY RAN TESTS AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG THIS NOW HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN 5 AND UNDER THAT HAVE BEEN RIDING IN THIS CAR WHILE THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WE ARE ALL PUT IN GREAT DANGER.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON IN RAIN AS DESIGNED. WHEN OPERATED MANUALLY THEY ONLY WORK IN VERY SLOW MODE. THIS ISSUE OCCURS BOTH IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY. NO WARNING OR CODE FROM THE CARS DASH.

WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WHILE ON DRIVE! WE WERE ON CANAL AND 19 MILE ROAD WITH MY HUSBAND AND 4 KIDS AND THE CAR. THE CAR WAS DRIVING AND IT JUST STOPPED LITERALLY.

THE TIPM MALFUNCTIONED AND IT CAUSED EXCESSIVE SHAKING THE DEALERSHIP IGNORED OUR CALLS AND THE PROBLEM ESCALATED. THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM CAUSED A BLOWOUT AND THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES. WE HAD TAKEN IT IN PREVIOUSLY FOR THE SHAKING AND THEY NEVER TOLD US WHAT CAUSED IT. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP & THEY TOLD US WHEN THE TIPM MALFUNCTIONS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR EMULATE WHAT THE COMPUTER SAYS IS WRONG. CHRYSLER KNEW THIS BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IS TO PAY MONEY FOR REPAIRS THEY KNOW WOULD NOT FIX OUR CAR AND THEN THEY SENT THE POLICE OUT TO OUR HOUSE TO GET THEIR LOANER CAR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE AUTO CLAIM NUMBER AND DIRECT BILLING FROM OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS PARKED ON THE STREET AND AS I WAS MAKING THE TURN THE CAR SPED UP ON ITS OWN AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THEIR CAR

2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY - 70,000 MILES ELECTRONICS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING SHUTTING OFF ALL INSIDE CABIN ELECTRONICS INCLUDING PANEL, RADIO, A/C AND TURNING ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS. AT FIRST IT DID NOT MALFUNCTION EVERY TIME BUT NOW IT DOESN'T RUN 1 MINUTE WITHOUT MALFUNCTIONING. SOMETIMES MY BRAKE, HEAD AND SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK AND THE COMPLETE PANEL AND GAGES WILL NOT GO BACK UP INCLUDING GAS, SPEED RPM ETC. UNTIL I SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES TO TURN IT BACK ON MAKING IT COMPLETELY UNSAFE. I BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND AS EXPECTED, AND MENTIONED BY OTHERS ONLINE, THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE IT. THEY STATED THAT MY CAR HAS 9 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS AND THAT THEY ARE READING MALFUNCTIONS ON ALL OF THEM AND DECIDED TO RESET THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS ALL OF THE INTERIOR ELECTRONICS. $100.00+ NOTHING CHANGED APART FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS NOW HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I REFUSE TO GET INTO THE PATH OF SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THIS REPAIR JUST ON THE GUESSING GAME OF REPLACING PART AFTER PART WITHOUT POSITIVE RESULTS. PLEASE HELP!

REAR AC EVAPORATOR MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM AND EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS BY PLACEMENT HAS CORRODED AND THERE IS NOW A LEAK. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE, YET STILL MADE YEAR AFTER YEAR THE SAME WAY. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR, COSTING BETWEEN $1500 - $2000 BECAUSE THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE REMOVED TO REPAIR IN MOST CASES. NOT TO MENTION THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THIS IS HAVING ON THE ATMOSPHERE BY LEAKING THESE CHEMICALS. (THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH BEHIND THIS). MY VEHICLE, NOW ONLY 3 YEARS OLD IS USELESS BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERN OF ALLOWING MY CHILDREN TO RIDE IN A CAR DURING 90 DEGREE WEATHER WITHOUT ANY COOL AIR. IT IS A HOT BOX INSIDE. EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, YOU CAN NOT RIDE IN THE CAR FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AT A TIME WITHOUT BEING SEVERELY OVERHEATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO CHANGE GEAR WHILE IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WAITED FOR A WHILE, AND WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS AND RESUME DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANDERSON CHRYSLER DEALER (LOCATED ON 5711 E STATE ST ROCKFORD IL, 61108), BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE FAILURE AND THAT THE INFORMATION WOULD BE SENT TO CHRYSLER ENGINEERS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, AND THE SENSOR AND TRANSMISSION PUMP WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRES, WIRING HARNESS, AND THE ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS SHORTED OUT WHEN THE FRONT SEATS WERE MOVED BACK AND FORTH. THE FAILURE OF THE WIRES BEING IMPACTED PREVENTED THE SEAT FROM MOVING. IN ADDITION, FRONT AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRES, WIRING HARNESS, AND ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS FOUR TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER (STEVE WHITE MOTORS INC, 3470 US HWY 70 SE, NEWTON, NC 28658, (828) 324-4410) FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO REPAIR THE FAILURE AND TO REPLACE THE PARTS A FIFTH TIME. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO SOLUTION AND MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPAIR. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

I AM WRITING TODAY REGARDING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN REGARDING MY 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. LAST MONDAY (MAY 15, 2017) I WAS DRIVING AND REALIZED THAT NONE OF THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS ON MY VEHICLE WERE WORKING. IT BECAME SCARILY APPARENT WHEN I WENT TO HONK MY HORN AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CONDITION ALSO AFFECTED ALL THE OTHER CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL, INCLUDING THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER THAT PROVIDES ME INFORMATION ON ALL THE VITAL STATISTICS OF THE VEHICLE. I USE THIS INFORMATION DAILY TO VERIFY THAT MY VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WITHOUT IT, I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT MY VEHICLE'S ROAD WORTHINESS. LACKING JUST THESE TWO ITEMS (NOT TO MENTION LOSING THE OTHER CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL) CAUSED ME SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE HORN. RATHER, I WAS TOLD, THE HORN IS WIRED THROUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND THAT SWITCH HAD FAILED. AFTER AGREEING TO HAVE THAT REPAIR DONE, I WAITED FOR THE WORK TO BE COMPLETED SO I COULD SAFELY DRIVE MY VEHICLE AGAIN. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. A COUPLE HOURS LATER, I RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATING THAT IT WASN'T THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, BUT RATHER, I WAS TOLD, THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A CLOCK SPRING THAT FED POWER TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT PROVIDED POWER TO ACTIVATE THE HORN AND ALL THE OTHER CONTROLS THAT ARE NOT WORKING ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AND BY THE WAY, THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER ANY OF THE COSTS OF THIS SAFETY REPAIR. THIS SOUNDED STRANGE TO ME. HOW COULD SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AND SIMPLE AS A HORN BE SO COMPLEX AND CONVOLUTED? WHY WOULD AN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER DESIGN SUCH A SIMPLE AND IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN THEIR OWN TECHNICIANS CANNOT ACCURATELY DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS ON THEIR INITIAL IN-DEPTH EVALUATION?