2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

A GROANING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING. EXAMINED BY THE DEALERSHIP - COURTESY DODGE - AND I'M TOLD IT IS THE POWER STEERING RACK. REVIEWING COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINI-VANS AND THAT CHRYSLER FIGHTS PEOPLE ON COVERING THIS COMMON ISSUE. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW STOPPED WORKING CONSISTENTLY SIX MONTHS AGO AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WORKED FINE UNTIL FOUR MONTHS AGO AND STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN AND HAS NOT WORKED SINCE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

3 TIMES - THE POWER SIDE DOORS, POWER DOOR LOCKS, AND POWER WINDOWS WILL QUIT WORKING. AS NOTED ABOVE, WE REMOVE A FUSE, LEAVE IT OUT FOR 10 MINUTES, REPLACE, AND EVERYTHING WORKS AGAIN. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY 4-6 MONTHS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS LISTINGS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. THANKS TO BLOGS, I FOUND THE REPAIR FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

ON 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, POWER DOOR LOCKS COMPLETELY STOP WORKING. PULLING THE IOD FUSE FIXES THE PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, THEN THEY STOP WORKING AGAIN. DEALER WANTS $100 TO UPGRADE SOFTWARE. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AFTER 45,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE FOR FIVE MINUTES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FUNCTION. THEY LOCKS OPERATED PROPERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 DAYS BEFORE HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFECT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD AND HE PLANS ON NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,000. UPDATED 11/24/08 *CN UPDATED 11/26/08. *JB

VEHICLE STEERING RACK AND PINION BAD. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW/USED. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT HOME IT STARTED TO "WHINE" WHEN BRAKING AND TURNING THE WHEEL. THE STEERING GETS VERY HARD AT TIMES, ALSO NOW MAKES "POPPING" NOISES AND FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE COMING OFF. MY MECHANIC SAID HAS A BAD RACK AND PINION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF CLAIMS ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEM, BUT STILL NO RECALL. I FEEL FOR MY SAFETY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. CHRYSLER STILL HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER. MY MECHANIC SAID IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. SEE WEBSITE HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F172B27/26 FOR THE 50 OR SO COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME THING. MY VEHICLE HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WHEN IT WAS IN WARRANTY THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. HELP!!!! *TR

2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. DOOR LOCKS, AUTO SEAT ADJUSTMENT, DVD PLAYER AND TURN SIGNALS ALL STOP WORKING, OR WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE WORK AROUND IS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE IOD 20 AMP FUSE, RESETTING THE BCM COMPUTER. *TR

UPON HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF OUR 2005 TOWN AND COUNTRY WE TOOK THE VAN TO OUR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. HE FOUND THE NOISE WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN ALTERNATOR MOUNT. HE DID NOT COMPLETE ANY REPAIRS BUT STATED WE SHOULD CONTACT CHRYSLER SINCE THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE PART. WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER I WAS TOLD I HAD TO TAKE IT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEN THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK. I DID THAT AND THE SHOP MANAGER, JIM, TOOK AN APPROXIMATELY 15 SECOND LOOK AT THE BROKEN PART, SHUT THE HOOD, TOOK MY NUMBER AND ASKED WHY CHRYSLER SAID HE HAD TO CALL. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS WHAT I HAD BEEN TOLD AND HE SAID HE WOULD GET BACK WITH ME. I CALLED HIM THE NEXT DAY AND HE SAID HE HAD A CALL IN TO HIS DISTRICT MANAGER WHO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE REPAIRS. WHEN JIM CALLED BACK HE STATED THAT THE DISTRICT MANAGER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE BROKEN PART BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE VAN (83,000.) JIM ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE MOUNT TO BREAK. HE AGREED THAT EVEN IF THE VAN HAD 200,000 MILES ON IT HE WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE THE BROKEN MOUNT. I ASKED WHAT OTHER RECOURSE I HAD AND HE STATED I WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE 1-800 CHRYSLER NUMBER. I THEN CALLED THAT NUMBER AND SPOKE WITH STEVE WHO TOOK A REPORT ( WHICH I REQUESTED TO HAVE FILED.) HE THEN TRANSFERRED ME TO CHERYL WHO READ THE REPORT AND THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE WITH JIM. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO ME SHE STATED THEY WOULD NOT DO THE REPAIR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MILES AND THE FACT THAT I DID NOT EXCLUSIVELY USE THE DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. SHE SAID THAT SINCE I DID NOT SHOW LOYALTY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE BRAND THEN THEY WERE NOT WILLING COVER THE REPAIR. NO ONE EVER DENIED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS DEFECTIVE. *TR

2005 - CHRYSLER - TOWN AND COUNTRY- POWER LOCKS DO NOT WORK, NOR REMOTE LOCK... SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS BECAUSE I FOUND THIS THREAD; HTTP://AUTOFORUM.CLASSIFIEDS1000.COM/DODGE-GRAND_CARAVAN/POWER_LOCKS_WILL_NOT_LOCK_OR_UNLOCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED. THE AIR BAG LIGHT DIMMED. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES LATER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT IMPACT SENSOR, WIRING, AND HARNESS WERE CORRODED. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,397 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,197.