2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

LEFT REAR BRAKE DRUM LOCKED UP IN GARAGE AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. SHOW OWNER SAID IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN WATER OR SAT FOR A LONG TIME.. THE VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT, WAS NEVER IN WATER AND NEVER SAT LONG AS I DRIVE 57 MILES FIVE DAYS A WEEK. I WAS CHARGED $66.00 TO CLEAN THE DRUM. THE VEHICLE HAD 16,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE SERVICE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE REPLACEMENT PART FOR RECALL # 06V067000, FOR VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD: WIPER/WASHER MOTOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PART FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 BRIDGESTONE EL42 TIRES DUE TO THEM HAVING SMALL PINHOLES IN THE SIDEWALL. THE FIRST TIRE WAS ON 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY AND THE SECOND AND THIRD TIRES ON A 2006 TOWN & COUNTRY. EACH TIRE HAD SMALL PIN HOLES IN THE SIDEWALL. I TOLD THE BRIDGESTONE DEALER THAT I THOUGHT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND THAT THREE TIRES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WAS A LOT MORE THAN COINCIDENTAL. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE TIRES AND THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR NEW ONES SINCE SIDE WALL LEAKS CANNOT BE REPAIRED. I TOLD HIM THAT BRIDGESTONE DIDN'T RECALL THE FORD EXPLORER TIRES UNTIL FORCED TO. *NM

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 9-16-06, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY ANOTHER DRIVER RUNNING A STOP SIGN AND SMASHING THE FRONT, DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE ESTIMATED DAMAGE THUS FAR IS OVER $8,000. THE CAR IS STILL AT THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED, BY READING THIS WEBSITE, THAT THE FRONT AIR BAGS USED IN THIS VEHICLE ARE CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE NHTSA. CHRYSLER CORP. ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD INVESTIGATE THE AIR BAGS IN MY CAR (PURCHASED ONE WEEK PRIOR TO ACCIDENT), BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING YET, DESPITE SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT ON LINE, WRITING A LETTER AND PLACING TELEPHONE CALLS. THE DEALER, CHRYSLER PARAMUS, OF NEW JERSEY, HAS ALSO BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE IN THIS REGARD. I WAS ADVISED TODAY BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE CAR REPAIRS SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. HOWEVER, THAT ONLY REFERS TO THE DAMAGE FROM THE COLLISION. THE CAR WILL STILL HAVE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS AND THAT IS OF GRAVE CONCERN TO ME. *JB

VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 4000 MILES ON IT. AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES DURING A DRIVE, AND SOMETIMES THE LIGHT SEEMS TO TURN ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, BUT IT'S FAIRLY REPEATABLE WITH TURNING THE WHEEL. I AM SENDING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CHRYSLER MINIVANS STARTING WITH A 1998 MODEL AND I AM SURPRISED THAT THIS SYSTEMIC SAFETY PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HAD EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON ALL FOUR WHEEL RIMS. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS BRAKE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE BRAKE DUST ON THE RIMS WAS BRAKE MATERIAL THAT SIMPLY FLAKED OFF WITH NORMAL WEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

TURN SIGNAL WILL FLASH EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT, AND ACTUALLY CHANGES TO RIGHT WHEN TURNING LEFT, AND LEFT WHEN TURNING RIGHT. I HAVE HAD TWO VERY NEAR MISHAPS DUE TO THE PERSON BEHIND ME NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY I AM TURNING. I TOOK THE 2006 CHRYSKER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY KNEW WHAT WAS BAD, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE PART(S) AVALIABLE. I AM STILL DRIVING THIS VERY UNSAFE VECHICLE, WAITING FOR THEM TO GET THE PART(S).

I BOUGHT MY 2006 TOWN AND COUNTRY 9/05 IT HAS 15,000 MILES ON IT WE HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES, WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK THEM OFF, THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS METAL TO METAL WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE STILL HAD 1/2 A PAD LEFT. I LOVE MY VAN BUT THE COMPANY WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM IS ANOTHER STORY. *JB

MY 2 YEAR OLD SON PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE HATCH ON OUR 2006 TOWN AND COUNTRY MINI-VAN AND MY HUSBAND WAS PACKING THE CAR AND WAS UNDER THE HATCH AND HE THOUGHT IS WAS GOING TO BOUNCE BACK UP LIKE IT HAS IN THE PAST AND IT DID NOT. THE BACK HATCH KEPT CLOSING DOWN ON HIM HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO PIN HIM IN SO HE PUT HIS ARM OVER HIS HEAD TO TRY AND STOP THE HATCH FROM PUSHING DOWN ON HIM AND ONLY WHEN HE PUSHED UP SO HARD THAT IS SNAPPED THE ARM OFF THE BACK HATCH DID IT STOP AND BOUNCE BACK UP. ALSO MY HUSBANDS WRIST AND ARM WERE SWOLLEN FROM THE HATCH PUSHING DOWN ON HIM. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BY TWO YEAR SON UNDER THERE AND IT COULD OF KILLED A SMALL CHILD OR PERSON. MY HUSBAND STATED HE BARELY WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE HATCH UP. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE SLID ACROSS THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A GUARDRAIL. THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS AT THE SCENE, BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. A TIRE DEALERSHIP EXAMINED THE TIRE AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE; HOWEVER THE AIR VALVE ON THE WHEEL WAS LEAKING AIR. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE AIR VALVE.