2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

EVERYTIME I FILL MY 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY WITH GAS. AS SOON YOU LEAVE START TO MOVE CAR SHUTS OFF. THEN YOU HAVE TO PUT CAR IN PARK RESTART HOLD GAS PEDAL DOWN UNTIL SOME GAS IS USED UP. AFTER ABOUT FIVE MIN. THE CAR IS FINE & NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN UNTIL FILL UP. *TR

AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILED @ 48,000 MILES. LOCATED IN MICH, DEALER SAYS CAR NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *TR

POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE. COMPUTER MALFUNCTION IS THE CAUSE, NEEDS UPDATE. IF THE IOD FUSE IS PULLED, OR THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED IT WILL TEMPORARILY RELIVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, HE HEARD A METAL RUBBING AND POPPING SOUND COMING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 34000.

DOOR LOCKS HAVE REPEATEDLY STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. SITES LIKE HTTP://AUTOFORUM.CLASSIFIEDS1000.COM/DODGE-GRAND_CARAVAN/POWER_LOCKS_WILL_NOT_LOCK_OR_UNLOCK SHOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL ON WHATEVER IT IS THAT 'S WRONG WITH THE DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM ON THESE CHRYSLER/DODGE VANS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE "AIR BAG" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. WHENEVER THE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE AIR BAG FRONTAL SENSOR. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURES RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V192000 (AIR BAGS;FRONTAL;SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE); HOWEVER, THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THERE WAS CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE (NEW) THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD OCCASIONALLY NOT TURN ON. THE DEALER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SEEING THE PROBLEM TILL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT, THEN THEY OFFERED TO SELL ONE TO ME. THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR 1-2X PER MONTH MORE OR LESS TILL NOW. TONIGHT THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. READING ONLINE TONIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE MANY MORE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

I WAS THE SECOND OWNER OF A 1998 TOWN AND COUNTRY AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL MY 2 YEAR OLD CLIMBED INTO THE DRIVER SEAT, PULLED THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND INTO NEUTRAL. HAD THE BACK SLIDING DOOR NOT BEEN OPEN FOR ME TO JUMP IN AND PUT THE VAN INTO PARK IT WOULD HAVE COASTED INTO THE NEIGHBORS FRONT PORCH. ON ANOTHER OCCURRENCE I WAS LOADING THE VAN WITH SOME ITEMS FROM THE REAR WHEN I REALIZED MY DAUGHTER AGAIN GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT TO PRETEND DRIVE. I REALIZED THAT SHE WAS THERE AND WENT TO THE FRONT BUT WAS TOO LATE. SHE PULLED THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK (NO KEYS...THEY WERE IN MY POCKET) AND RAN INTO THE ANOTHER NEIGHBORS FENCE AND TRASH CANS. I WAS FURIOUS THAT THE DEALER I SPOKE TO SAID THE SHIFT INTERLOCK WAS NOT INSTALLED UNTIL 2000 AND REFUSED TO HELP SO I TRADED IT IN FOR A 2005 WITH ONE PREVIOUS OWNER. I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ALRIGHT SINCE IT IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE A SHIFT INTERLOCK (THE DASH EVEN STATES TO PRESS THE BRAKE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK) BUT JUST TODAY MY DAUGHTER, NOW 4, CLIMBED INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT (WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION) AT MY SISTER-IN-LAWS HOUSE AND DROVE MY 2005 VAN INTO HER SCHOOL VAN. I NOW NEED TO REPLACE THE FRONT BUMPER. CHRYSLER HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING AND I AM NOT THE FIRST TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. *TR

DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK. THE REAR SLIDING DOORS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE FRONT SIDE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. I GOT THE REAR SLIDING DOORS OPEN BY CLIMBING IN THE BACK AND PULLING THE TAB UP. THE PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR IS POWERED, BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK EITHER I FINALLY GOT IT WORKING BY PULLING THE FUSE ( WHICH WAS NOT BLOWN) BUT WHEN I PUT THE FUSE BACK IN IT STARTED WORKING. THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE IS , WHAT IF A CHILD WAS IN THE BACK AND THIS SITUATION ACCURED. AND YOU WERE UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67,000.