2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, AND THE RADIO TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,777.

2010 TOWN AND COUNTRY CAN HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING LOCKS AS WELL AS THE BREAKS. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M GOING BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH.IIT WILL COMPLETELY DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THE WORST IS CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION! I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM SOME OF THEM JUST IGNORE THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IT HAS SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR WITH MY KIDS IN THE VAN. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN WILL CHRYSLER CORP OR ANYONE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED? THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE LAST YEAR WITH NO HELP!

ON TWO SEPARATE DATES THIS SUMMER WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 & 60 MPH I HAD TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS BRAKE CAUSING THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A SAFE STOP BUT IN BOTH CASES I HAD TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE TIRES WHICH WERE RELATIVELY NEW COULD NO LONGER BE USED. I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE AS I WAS TOLD BY THE TIRE DEALER THAT TPS FAILURE IS QUITE COMMON. NOT ONLY COULD THE TIRE GOING FLAT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT ON ONE OF THE FAILURES I WAS PUT IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION TO CHANGE THE TIRE.

WE WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON 8/13/2016 AND THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THEY THEN BEGAN TO FLICKER. WE THOUGHT MAYBE IF WE SWITCHED ON THE HIGH BEAMS, THE LIGHTS WOULD WORK, BUT THEY DID NOT. TURNING THE VAN OFF AND ON AGAIN DID NOT WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO SEPARATE TIMES, WITH THE SECOND TIME BEING MORE SEVERE BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT EVEN FLICKER. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, WE WERE IN MOTION ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, ABOUT TO TURN INTO OUR DRIVEWAY. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED ON 8/17/2016, I WAS DRIVING ON CURVY FARM TO MARKET ROADS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FIRST TIME, ONE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND THE OTHER WOULD STAY OFF AT RANDOM MOMENTS - WITHOUT TOUCHING SWITCHES. I HAVE FOUND THAT PRIOR YEARS' MODELS HAD THIS ISSUE, AS WELL, BUT BECAUSE MINE IS A 2010, CHRYSLER SAYS MINE IS A-OK AND THEY ARE NOT INCLUDING MINE IN THE RECALL. I DID NOT FEEL A-OK THE OTHER NIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE DARK WITH ONLY MY HAZARDS GUIDING MY WAY.

ENGINE SHUT OFF WILL DRIVING SEEMS TO BE NO PATTERN CAUSE HAVING TO FIND PLACE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE IT HAPPENS ALOT

THIS VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT WHICH WAS PERFORMED IN FEBRUARY 2016 BY BRIGGS CHRYSLER IN LAWRENCE KS. WE HAD EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR IN 100,000 MILES PRIOR TO RECALL. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 OCCURRENCES OF ENGINE STOPPAGE, BOTH AT SLOW HIGHWAY SPEEDS (~55 MPH), ONCE ON INTERSTATE 70 (ILLINOIS) AND ONCE ON MISSOURI STATE ROUTE 5. ON EACH OCCASION, THE ENGINE STOPPED AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TURNED OFF. DUE TO LOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES THE INCIDENTS PRESENTED NO HAZARD. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, A RESTART WAS DONE IN BOTH CASES AND THE TRIP CONTINUED. THE FIRST WAS IN APRIL THIS YEAR AND THE 2ND WAS 2 WEEKS AGO. THE TOTAL MILEAGE DRIVEN FROM DATE OF RECALL WORK PERFORMED TO THE FIRST STOPPAGE WAS APPROX 4,000 MILES. THE MILEAGE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND STOPPAGES WAS APPROX 3,000 MILES. I CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL AND CHRYSLER CORP CS. THE DEALER SERVICE REP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE ISSUE. TONIGHT A CHRYSLER CS REP TOLD ME IT HAD TO GO TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS (AT MY EXPENSE). I FIND BOTH ANSWERS UNSATISFACTORY. IN THE FIRST CASE ON I-70, IF WE HAD NOT BEEN IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH LOW SPEED LIMITS AND SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGH POTENTIAL TO ADD MYSELF AND MY WIFE TO THE 57 DEATHS ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONGOING PROBLEM.

I HAVE A 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN. IT HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT WHICH IS LESS THAN THE AVERAGE 12,000/YEAR. THE TRANSMISSION IS DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHEN IT STARTED DYING I ONLY HAD 11 MILES NOTICE. IT HAD NOT GIVEN ANY WARNING PRIOR TO THAT. THE WARRANTY ON THE POWER TRAIN EXPIRED OCT. 25, 2015 WHICH MEANS IT ONLY EXPIRED 10 MONTHS AGO. THIS VAN WAS NOT ABUSED. I ONLY DROVE IT BACK AND FORTH 8 MILES TO WORK. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT IT FELT LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL. IT KEPT COMING TO A ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD. THEN CHRYSLER MADE ME TOW IT TO ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS WHICH THEY TOO SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD.

MY CAR SHUTS OFF AS YOU ARE DRIVING, CAR CAN BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED AS ITS MOVING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS APPEAR. THIS OCCURS WHEN IN MOTION AT ALL SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ALL TYPES OF FORWARD MOTION, TURNS, HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE NOT YET HAD AN INCIDENT INVOLVING BACKING UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS.

THE WIRELESS IGNITION ON THIS VEHICLE IS NOT WORKING. I CANNOT START THE CAR WIRELESSLY FOR THE LAST YEAR.

SEVERAL IGNITION PROBLEMS AND ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING. OFTEN KEY IS TURNED AND VEHICLE DOES NOT START NO ACCESSORY NOTHING. AND TWICE WHILE DRIVING ENGINE QUIT BOTH TIMES ON CITY STREET. THE DATE GIVEN BELOW WILL BE THE LATEST OF THESE INCIDENTS.