2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

IN AUGUST 2014 AND AGAIN IN JANUARY 2015 I RECEIVED LETTERS FROM CHRYSLER CONCERNING A RECALL FOR THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH. I'VE CHECKED REGULARLY WITH MY DEALER WHO KEEPS TELLING ME THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. AS THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD I AM GREATLY CONCERNED IT IS TAKING SO LONG TO RESOLVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 7/16/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED A YEAR AGO. UPDATED 08/06/15*JB

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN THROUGH A PARKING LOT WHEN OUR VAN STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE SOUND....WHEN I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND GOT OUT I SAW THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WASN'T WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND THERE WAS A MEDAL PART HANGING DOWN. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, DAVE GRANDOMINICO, CONTACT #614-882-9965, WHO LOOKED AT OUR VAN THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THAT THERE WERE ONLY 2 BOLTS IN THE TRAILING ARM AND THOSE TWO BOLTS SNAPPED. HE SAID THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4 BUT IT HE COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS NEVER 4 (NO MARKINGS OR SCRATCHES WHERE THERE WAS NO BOLTS INDICATING THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ADDED). DAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE THE VAN TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SO THEY COULD DOCUMENT THE MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. DAVE THEN INSTALLED 2 BOLTS IN TO THE SLOTS WHERE THERE WAS NONE (SO THAT WE COULD DRIVE IT TO CHYRSLER); HE LEFT THE 2 SNAPPED BOLTS IN PLACE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE TOOK THE VAN TO CHRYSLER, THEY TOLD US (IN SO MANY WORDS) THAT WE COULDN'T PROVE THAT THERE WAS ONLY 2 BOLTS (SINCE DAVE HAD INSTALLED 2 NEW BOLTS), AND THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $400 - $500 FOR A REPAIR AND THEY WERE TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MATTER OUTSIDE OF REPAIRING IT.

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH. WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT REPLACED, THEY TOLD US THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS PART NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH MONTHS AGO, BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WE WERE NOTIFIED IN DEC., 2014 OF A RECALL ON SOME CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VEHICLES AS THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT IF EXPOSED TO LIQUID MOISTURE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART SO WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE DISCONNECTED THE SWITCH. HENCE OUR REAR VENTS HAVE NOT BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS. DEALER CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. WE HAD NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE SWITCH BEING DEACTIVATED. LAST ENCOUNTER WITH THE DEALER WAS APRIL 2015. STILL NO PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WARNING INDICATORS, WHICH ALERTED WHEN A VEHICLE WAS NEAR, ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 6/25/15*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V234000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH MONTHS AGO AND THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.