2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

SHORTLY AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND WE HAVE TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT SERVICE REMEDIES (FUEL ADDITIVES) WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENS AFTER FILL UP USUALLY IN TRAFFIC AT LESS THAN OPPORTUNISTIC TIMES. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENTS YET. *TR

AFTER FUELING, LEFT THE STATION AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE WHEN THE VAN'S ENGINE STALLED AND THE VAN LOST POWER. IT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS SINCE I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT COASTED TO A STOP. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM CAUSED BY A FAULTY VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK. *JS

FOR THE PAST YEAR, AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, OUR VAN WOULD START TO SHUDDER AND SOMETIMES STALL IMMEDIATELY AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE STATION. IT WOULD RESTART AFTER A MINUTE, BUT STALL AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AFTER A LEFT TURN. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO DAYS AGO WHEN MY WIFE FILLED UP, AND SHE AND MY YOUNG SON WERE COMING HOME, AND TURNED LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE ENGINE STARTED DYING AND THE VAN SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND JUST QUIT. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THROUGH THE LIGHT AND PULL INTO A LOT ON THE RIGHT. THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ALL LIT, BUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. IT DID RESTART AGAIN, AND SHE BROUGHT IT HOME, THOUGH THE VAN RODE VERY ROUGH, LIKE THE ROAD WAS BUMPY, WHEN IT WASN'T. I READ 30-40 STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, ON VARIOUS MODEL YEARS. MANY OF THOSE STORIES ARE ON THIS VERY PAGE, FOR OWNERS' COMPLAINTS. BUT AS OF NOW, CHRYSLER IS OFFERING NO REPAIR FOR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FAULT. PLEASE, CHRYSLER, HELP US WITH THE REPAIR COSTS FOR THIS WIDE-SPREAD AND VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. *TR

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH NOT BEING ABLE O FILL THE TANK IT THE FUEL DISPENSER WOULD SHUT OFF AS THE GAS WOULD BACKUP. THEN THAT WENT AWAY. THE NEW ISSUE STARTED. AFTER A FULL FILL UP OF THE TANK , AND DRIVING ABOUT A MILE OR SO, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. ON 5/2/2014 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER FULL FILLUP. I FILLED UP THE TANK. DROVE ABOUT A MILE AND WAS AT A TURN AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. I LOST CONTROL OF MY STEERING AS IT LOCKED UP DUE TO ENGINE BEING OFF. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE GUARD RAIL AT THE TURN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND THIS WAS THE CLOSEST COMING TO AN ACCIDENT. IT HAS SHUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY AS WELL WHEN WE TOOK LONG TRIPS. CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE WE LOOSE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL. THE WAY TO GET BACK IS TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL (WHILE IT IS MOVING) AND TURN THE CAR ON AND THEN SHIFT IT TO DRIVE. *TR

EVERY TIME WHEN FILL UP THE GAS TANK THE ENGINE WILL STALLED (BUT YOU CAN START UP ) WILL RUN ROUGH FOR 4 TO 5 MILES AFTER THAT ENGINE WILL BACK TO NORMAL CONDITION, I HAVE KNOWN A LOT PEOPLE HAVE A SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE TYPES OF VEHICLES, THIS DOES SOUND LIKE A DESIGN FLAW. ABOUT 75,000 MILES IT STARTED TO STALL RIGHT AFTER FILLING UP. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY IF IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION OR ON RAILROAD TRACKS. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THERE TYPES OF VEHICLE. *TT

MINIVAN STALLED AFTER FUELING UP. TOOK THE VAN IMMEDIATELY TO A CHRYSLER DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. THEN AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER FUELING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THEN THE VAN ALMOST STALLED THE NEXT TIME FILLING THE TANK UP AND ENTERING A HIGHWAY (GAS PURCHASED IN A DIFFERENT STATE AT A DIFFERENT GAS STATION). THEN AGAIN AFTER FILLING UP WITH A PREMIUM NAME BRAND SUPERIOR FUEL AND A GAS ADDITIVE. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND NOT SURE WE CAN TRUST DEALER AFTER MISDIAGNOSIS THE FIRST TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ONLY THE PARKING LIGHTS FUNCTIONED WHENEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 172,508.

THIS VEHICLE STALLS AFTER REFUELING. I GOOGLE THE PROBLEM AND I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM ALL HAVING CHRYSLER/DODGE VEHICLES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS THE VEHICLES TEND TO RANDOMLY STALL AFTER REFUELING. SEVERAL MECHANICS POSTED THE CAUSE AS BEING A DEFECTIVE VALUE ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE POSTS. SHOPS ARE REPORTING A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS TANK ON DODGE CARAVAN, GRAND CARAVAN, PLYMOUTH VOYAGER, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY VANS. SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING, DRIVERS EXPERIENCE ENGINE STALLING. THE STALLING MAY REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES. THE PROBLEM IS THE VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR VALVE LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VALVE IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT LIQUID FUEL FROM ENTERING THE CHARCOAL CANISTER/EMISSIONS SYSTEM. WHEN THE VALVE FAILS, LIQUID GAS CAN ENTER THE LINE AND FILL THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. AFTER REFUELING THE PCM ON THE VEHICLE DETECTS A CHANGE IN FUEL LEVEL. THEN, WHEN THE ENGINE MEETS CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND DRIVING CRITERIA, THE PCM ISSUES A PURGE COMMAND TO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER TO REMOVE THE STORED GAS VAPORS. IT?S AT THAT POINT THAT ALL THE LIQUID GAS IN THE LINE GETS SUCKED INTO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. THE PCM EXPECTS TO SEE GAS VAPORS ENTERING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND IT IS PREPARED TO ADJUST AIR/FUEL MIXTURES TO COMPENSATE. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT PREPARED TO SEE LIQUID GAS COMING INTO THE INTAKE. THAT?S WHAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK. CHRYSLER DOES NOT SELL THE VAPOR/LIQUID VALVE AS A SEPARATE UNIT. ONCE THE TANK IS REPLACED AND THE CHARCOAL CANISTER PURGED, THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE WOULD REFUEL, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

THIS VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHEN DRIVING AND THERE IS NO POWER TO THE CAR AT ALL, NO BRAKES, STEERING, HEADLIGHTS AND THE CAR CAN NOT BE RESTARTED, YOU CANT EVEN UNLOCK IT TOO GET OUT OR GET THE WINDOWS DOWN. THE DASH LIGHTS GO OUT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CANT BE RESET, FAN AND A/C CONTROLS NEVER TURN OFF IF THE CAR IS RUNNING AND DINGS AND BEEPS WENT IT WANTS TO LIKE ITS CRYING FOR HELP. *TR