2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING 40 MPH CRASHED HEAD ON WITH THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SMOKE ROSE FROM THE ENGINE AND ALL FIVE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERED BRUISES TO HER LEGS, CHEST, AND WAIST ALONG WITH A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND KNEE INJURIES. THE THREE PASSENGERS SEATED IN THE REAR SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THEIR CHESTS FROM THE SEAT BELTS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE NOT TRIPPED AND WERE STILL IN TACT. THE POWER TRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

1- NORMAL DAY TO DAY DRIVING OR PARKED 2- NO OBJECT IN TIRE WAS TOLD "IT WAS A LEAK". AND NOT DEFECT -- HAPPENED TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO 2 DIFFERENT TRIES ON NEW VEHICLE 3- TIRES WERE PATCHED AND ARE ON VEHICLE. *TR

AT 6,800 MILES MY NEW 2006 TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS AND BRAKES REPLACED. THE BRAKES OVERHEATED COMING DOWN A GRADUAL SLOPING MOUNTAIN. THE BRAKES OVERHEATED AGAIN AFTER THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT APX 7,800 MILES, DEALER SAID BACK BRAKES WAS NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY . I DRIVE THIS MOUNTAIN ALOT THIS IS THE FIRST CAR TO DO THIS. I AM RELUCTANT TO DRIVE THE VAN BACK IN THIS AREA SO I TAKE MY OTHER CAR. I LIKE THE VAN BUT BRAKES SHOULD NOT GIVE PROBLEMS AT THIS MILEAGE. CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOWN & COUNTY CHRSYLER VAN, IT IS FINE UNTIL MY HUSBAND DRIVES IT. THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE UNIVERSAL JOINT/DRIVE TRAIN/SOUNDS LIKE IT CLUNKS AND FALLS INTO PLACE WHEN TAKING OFF OR STOPPING. I TOOK IT FOR MY NORMAL OIL CHANGE AND ASK THEM WHY IT DID THAT. THE SHOP MANAGER SAID THAT MY VAN'S HAS A MEMORY OF MY DRIVING AND WHEN SOMEONE ELSE DRIVES IT, IT NEEDED TO BE PUT ON A MACHINE TO CLEAR, THAT WAS ALL. IT DRIVES WITHOUT THAT SOUND NOW. I'M NOT A HARD STOPPER OR FAST STARTER. DOES MY HUSBANDS DRIVING CAUSE IT TO DO THAT, HE STOPS HARDER AND TAKES OFF FASTER THAN I DO?

FOR SOME HISTORY, I OWN A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LX THAT IS LESS THAN 21 MONTHS OLD, I DO NOT HAVE POWER DOORS. THE VAN THAT HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT MADE AND ODD NOISE. GOT OUT TO CHECK AND SAW NOTHING. IT DID IT AGAIN WHILE TURNING, SO I STOPPED AGAIN TO CHECK, AND AS I WAS PUTTING IT INTO PARK THE NOISE WAS CONTINUOUS, IT WAS A BUSTED CV AXLE. NOW I KNOW WHAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS, BUT AT THAT POINT I HAD NO CLUE. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET MY THREE YEAR OLD OUT OF THE CAR AND THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. I DOUBLE CHECKED THAT THE DOORS WERE UNLOCKED AND WAS TRYING TO PULL THE HANDLE TO GET THE DOOR TO RELEASE. AT THIS POINT I GOT FRANTIC, AND WHEN THE DOOR FINALLY RELEASED, IT FLEW BACK SO HARD THAT IT CAUSED A DENT IN THE REAR CORNER PANEL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK IN ORDER TO OPEN THE BACK HATCH. THE ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT THE DOOR DID NOT RELEASE PROPERLY TO THE EXTENT THAT HAD THE CAR BEEN ON FIRE I COULD HAVE LOST MY CHILD. I HAVE LOOKED UP SOME THINGS ABOUT CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND PEOPLE GETTING TRAPPED IN THEM AND IT DIDN'T SEEM ALL THAT UNCOMMON. AFTER I HAD MY CHILD OUT I EVEN TRIED TURNING THE VAN ON AND OFF TO GET IT TO SHIFT INTO PARK. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER, AND EVEN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE , AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL ADJUST THE DOOR BUT NOTHING MORE. I DID NOT THINK THEY WERE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, EVEN AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THE DOOR TO RELEASE.*AK

SECOND ROW SEAT BELT LATCH IS NOT LATCHING. THE RELEASE BUTTON STICKS IN THE RELEASE POSITION. WHICH CAUSES THE SEAT BELT NOT TO HOLD. IT WILL NOT CLICK. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRSYLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, AND ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AS THE DRIVER DROVE DOWN A BRIDGE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF AN 18 WHEELER. THE SPEED WAS 90 MPH ,AND ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION THE BRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS KILLED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE REPAIR SHOP WHEN THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT PROPERLY PRIMED BETWEEN THE GLASS URETHANE TO SEAL AND SECURE THE WINDSHIELD TO THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC COULD PUSH THE WINDSHIELD AND THE GLASS WOULD RAISE OUT OF THE FRAME. THE CONTACT HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM, AND THE REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDOW SHOP WAS HOLDING THE WINDSHIELD AS EVIDENCE. *AK UPDATED 03/30/07. *JB

HEAVY WEAR ON BRAKES. AT APPROX 13,000 MILES WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES DUE TO WEAR. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE NORM THESE DAYS DUE TO NEWER BRAKE MATERIALS AND OUR CHRYSLER T&C BEING A HEAVY VEHICLE. I DON'T THINK BRAKES SHOULD WEAR OUT AT 13000 MILES. PLEASE MONITOR THIS ISSUE. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT WAS TRYING TO FOLD THE SEATS IN A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, WHEN HE PULLED THE STRAP ON THE SEAT IT FOLDED ON HIS HAND. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE SEAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK AND IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. UPDATED 01/31/07. *JB