1996 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE WILL STALL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS COMMON. DEALER WAS INDICATING THAT THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE CLEANED EVERY 30,000 MILES. VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND LOST ALL POWER IN THE STEERING AND BRAKES. ENGINE STALLS WHEN STARTING, AND THROTTLE BODY REQUIRES CLEANING EVERY 9000 TO 10, 000 MILES. *AK *ML

DRIVER SIDE STRUT FAILED TWICE. BOTH TIMES RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMINTENTLY RESULTING IN DEGRADED VISIBILITY DURING RAIN STORMS. BATTERY EXPLODED WHILE STARTING VEHICLE SPREADING ACID THROUGHOUT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ENGAGING CAUSING CAR TO LEAP FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC.

5 TIMES IN LAST 2 DAYS, THE POWER ASSIST HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (19-01-97) RELATING TO THIS ISSUE. AS THIS CAUSES YOU TO LOOSE CONTROL OF AUTOMOBILE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS NOT TO MENTION TERRIFYING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT, AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT OUT, WINDOWS FOGGED UP, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, BELT TENSIONER DID NOT WORK.*AK THE BELT TENSIONER BROKE FOR THE SECOND TIME CAUSING LIGHTS, POWER STEERING AND THE ENGINE TO FAIL. *YH

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN AND IN GEAR CONSUMER PRESSEED ON GAS AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, IT DIED OUT. *AK

WE WERE DRIVING 35MPH WHEN THE VAN JERKED AND BEGAN GUSHING TRANSMISSION FLUID. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMLY TO ROTATE BACKWARDS ABOUT 20 DEGREES. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT THRU THE LEFT FRONT DOOR AND, AS I REACHED BACK TO GRAB THE SHOULDER BELT, THE SEAT ASSEMBLY LURCHED BACKWARDS. IT WAS AS IF THE SEAT HAD TURNED INTO A ROCKING CHAIR. THE SEAT BACK AND SEAT CUSHION WERE FIXED AT ABOUT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, BUT THE WHOLE SEAT ASSEMBLY COULD BE ROTATED BACKWARDS ABOUT 20 DEGREES FROM THE VERTICAL. THE RECLINE AND TILT FEATURES STILL WORK, BUT THE SEAT WILL NOT MOVE ALL THE WAY BACK AND IT CANNOT BE RAISED OR LOWERED. I CHECKED UNDER THE SEAT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF WHAT LOOKED TO BE A SHATTERED METAL FLANGE OR BRACKET OF SOME TYPE. OBVIOUSLY, A PIECE OF THE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE SEAT TO ROTATE BACKWARDS IF ONE PUSHED ON THE TOP OF THE BACKREST OR ACCELERATED QUICKLY WHILE SEATED IN THE MOVING VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER IN MAY 2000 FOR NHTSA RECALL 99V216000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 845 REPAIRS CONCERNING FUEL PUMP FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS STILL EXPERIENCING A FUEL LEAK WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK TO FULL, EVEN AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AND 3 ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AFTERWARDS TO FIX IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ALL OF A SUDDEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON, NO WARNINGS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ERRATICALLY ACTIVATE. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON FAST, SOMTIMES SLOW, AND THEY ARE HARD TO DEACTIVATE. *AK