2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

THE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. ITS APPARENT IT WAS DEFECTIVE. I CAN SEE BROKEN PIECES INSIDE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT NOTICED HESITATION BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

BLIND SPOT SENSORS ON BOTH SIDES ARE NOT WORKING. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I'VE HAD THEM IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES. PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR WAS REPLACED ONCE AND DRIVERS SIDE TWICE BUT PROBLEMS KEEP REOCCURING. INDICATOR ON DASH READS SERVICE BLIND SPOT SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TWISTED TOWARDS THE WINDOW, FELL BACKWARDS, AND FRACTURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, A CONCUSSION, AND NERVE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND FACE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

DRIVING THE VAN DOWN A STREET AND MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILED. WIPERS WENT TO FULL SPEED, EVERY CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. NO STEERING, RADIO DIED, BRAKES DID WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ELECTRICAL. SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTARTED. TOOK IT TO FALLS MOTOR CITY WHO DID NOT FIND ANY FAULTS. SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. BASIC CONCLUSION I WAS NUTS. TOOK THE CAR BACK...THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN TOTAL OF 4 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S HOME, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF REPORTS WERE FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL AND POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE BATTERY SINCE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED OR DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE VAN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITH BRAKES APPLIED, OVER ACCELERATED, AND WENT IN REVERSE WHILE IN DRIVE. IT HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE IN MOTION. IT LOST POWER WHILE DOING 55 ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ALSO MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE ON CITY STREETS. IT HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR THREE TIMES AND IS STILL BEING REPAIRED. ATTACHED ARE INVOICES FROM THE FIRST TWO REPAIRS.

ENGINE STALLS RANDOMLY, WHILE IN MOTION, HIGHWAY, CITY, COUNTRY. VEHICLE JUST STOPS RUNNING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL STEERING, STOPPING. NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES, DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEHIND NEARLY CRASHING INTO OURS, AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD WHILE ABRUPTLY DECELERATING WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU MUST CROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC, AS THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE RESTARTED WHILE MOVING. VEHICLE HAS 56K MILES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. VEHICLE MUST BE PUT INTO PARK TO RESTART REQUIRING THE VEHICLE TO BE PULLED OFF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE OFTEN DOES NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, THEY DUPLICATED AND VERIFIED THE STALLING ISSUE AND SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE WIN MODULE, WHICH WE AGREED TO HAVE THEM DO, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT IS A EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SAFETY CONCERN. PRICE $700. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS AN EARLIER RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2008 TO 2010 MODEL. WE FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. MANY TIMES WE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THESE INCIDENTS CAUSE ALL PASSENGERS TO BE DISTRESSED. PROBLEMS STARTED IN DEC 2016 AND WAS INFREQUENT AT FIRST BUT BECAME VERY FREQUENT IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. CHECKED BY A LOCAL SHOP IN FEBRUARY. THEY SUGGESTED TAKING IT TO THE DEALER.

ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. FEB-8, 2017 WAS FOURTH TIME THIS OCCURRED IN LAST 4 MONTHS. HAS HAPPENED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, TURNING LEFT INTO AN INTERSECTION, AND DRIVING 35MPH STRAIGHT ON A CITY STREET. WEATHER HAS BEEN BOTH WARM AND COLD, VAN HAS BEEN WELL WARMED UP OR RECENTLY-STARTED; THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A NOTICEABLE PATTERN. THE BEHAVIOR IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WOULD BE IF THE KEY FOB WAS TURNED FROM ON TO ACC -- E.G. THE RADIO IS STILL PLAYING BUT THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. ALL POWER TO BRAKES AND STEERING IS LOST; I DON'T KNOW IF THE AIRBAGS ARE STILL FUNCTIONING AT THIS POINT. IN ALL FOUR CASES, THE CAR WAS EASILY RE-STARTED BY FIRST TURNING THE KEY FOB TO OFF, THEN STARTED AGAIN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT CAN OCCUR SEEMINGLY AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE.

THE SECOND ROW PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK IN A SEVERE FRONT CRASH RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURIES TO THE TWO PASSENGERS SEATED THERE. THE RIGHT PASSENGER HIT THE REAR OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RESULTING IN BROKEN STERNUM, RIBS AND SOME INTERNAL INJURIES. THE LEFT PASSENGER SLID FORWARD AND RECEIVED SHIN DAMAGE CRACKED STERNUM AND SEVERE WHIPLASH. WE WERE HIT BY A SIDEWAYS SLIDING TRAILBLAZER THAT HAD LOST CONTROL ON A TWO LANE MOUNTAIN ROAD. WE WERE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH( OUR CAR EASTBOUND) AND THE SIDEWAYS SLIDING CAR(WESTBOUND) HIT US AT APPROXIMATELY 50+ MPH...UPDATED 03/01/17 *BF