2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT DEAD BATTERIES AND NO START ISSUES. HAD VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING AS WELL TO FUEL PUMP SHUTTING DOWN. AFTER DIAGNOSTIC FOUND THE FUEL PUMP WAS STAYING ON AFTER KEY WAS REMOVED KILLING THE BATTERY. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH A BAD TIPM MODULE THAT HAD BEEN UNDER A RECALL ON THE PREVIOUS YEARS TOWN AND COUNTRY. CALLED THE DEALER TODAY ANS WAS TOLD ON THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY SPECIFIC VIN.

CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY AND DODGE MINIVAN HAVE AN ACTUATOR THAT LOCKS AND UNLOCKS THE REAR SLIDING DOORS. THE SAME PART IS USED FOR BOTH SIDES, IT JUST NEEDS AN ARM ON IT DEPENDING ON THE SIDE. THE DEFECT IS THAT WHEN THESE ACTUATORS GO OUT, IT WILL EITHER NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO LOCK, OR PERMANENTLY LOCKE THE DOOR AT ANY TIME AND REMAIN LOCKED UNTIL IT IS FIXED. **IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND THE ACTUATOR BROKEN IN THE LOCKED POSITION THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR OPERATE (INSIDE OR OUTSIDE). IT IS IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR IN ANYWAY UNLESS TAKING OFF THE INSIDE PANEL AND GETTING INSIDE TO THE LOCK MECHANISM. IF THE DOOR IS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION AND YOU WERE UNAWARE THAT THE ACTUATOR IS BROKEN IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION AND YOU THINK IT'S LOCKED AND YOU LEAVE YOUR CHILD IN THERE TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE SOMEBODY COULD OPEN THE DOOR AND STEAL ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR CAR INCLUEDING A CHILD. WHEN THE ACTUATOR BRAKES IN THE UNLOCK POSITION YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BROKEN. HOWEVER WHEN IT BREAKS IN THE LOCK POSITION IT IS IMMEDIATE AND WITHOUT WARNING AS WELL. WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY DOOR WAS LOCKED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS WHEN I WENT TO GET MY DOG OUT OF MY BACK SEAT AND IT WAS BROKEN.I LOOKED THIS ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD TO CHECK BOTH DOORS AND FOUND MY MY PASSENGER SIDE WAS PERMANENTLY UNLOCKED.

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WON'T START AND IS STALLING OUT / DYING WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING ASSIST AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NEWBERRY MOTORS, INC. (1227 NEWBERRY AVE, NEWBERRY, MI 49868, (906) 293-5104) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE WITH FILING A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

THE "WIRELESS IGNITION NODE RECEIVER" ON OUR 2011 CHYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY BROKE IN OCTOBER 2019 (WITH UNDER 100,000 MILES). THIS IS WHERE OUR KEY IS INSERTED TO START OUR MINIVAN. THE MINIVAN STILLS STARTS AND SHUTS OFF, BUT THE KEY WON'T STAY IN THE IGNITION. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THE $400-500 NEEDED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION RECEIVER. THE DANGEROUS PART OF THIS IS THAT THE KEY POPS OUT AT RANDOM TIMES, WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. THE KEY POPS OUT AND LANDS ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH OUR FEET WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THIS ACTION IS ENORMOUSLY DISTRACTING AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SOMETIMES, WE ARE FORCED TO START THE VAN WITH THE KEY AND DROP THE KEY INTO THE CONSOLE, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO GO HUNTING FOR THE KEY IN ORDER TO SHUT THE VAN OFF. APPARENTLY, THESE IGNITION NODES ARE KNOWN TO BE PROBLEMATIC IN MINIVANS JUST 2 OR 3 YEARS OLDER THAN OURS, AND RECALLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED FOR THOSE YEARS. WE ARE WONDERING IF AND WHEN THE RECALL FOR OUR 2011 VAN WILL CATCH UP TO THE PROBLEMS THESE MINIVANS ARE HAVING.

FUEL PUMP RELAY IS STUCK RESULTING IN CONTINUOUS PUMP RUNNING CAUSING DEAD BATTERY OVERNIGHT AND VEHICLE NOT STARTING.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR VEHICLE DOWN A COUNTY ROAD AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN SUDDENLY WHAT SEEMED LIKE ALL OF THE INDICATOR AND WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. SHE PULLED OFF INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRY AND TURN AROUND TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME. AS SHE CAME AROUND THE CIRCLE DRIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN BEFORE THE COUNTY ROAD, THE VEHICLE COMPLETED DIED. THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION IT WAS SO DEAD. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). THE UNSAFE CONDITION WAS THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE COMPLETELY DIED AND LOST ALL POWER, INCLUDING POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ETC., WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTY ROAD AT 40 MILES PER HOUR IN TRAFFIC, IF MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE MAIN ROAD INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHILE WAITING FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED, I HAD TO WAVE ON TRAFFIC EXITING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT CREATED AN UNSAFE SITUATION FOR TRAFFIC COMING IN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SAME TIME.

ENTIRE VAN SHUTS OFF! THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE THE RECALL FROM ONE YEAR EARLIER, IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY WON'T THEY INCREASE THE YEARS ON THIS AND SAVE SOME PROBLEMS.

VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. ENGINE IS OFF. ALL POWER IS LOST. THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN DRIVING DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, ENGINE POWER ETC. THE CAR WILL RESTART WITH NO ISSUES SHOWN ON THE FAULT CODES. OBD HAS NO RECORD OF A PROBLEM. VERY INTERMITTENT, VERY DANGEROUS. SEEMS THE SAME AS THE RECALL THAT COVERED UP TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. MANY PEOPLE CLAIM THE SAME ISSUE.

CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS NO LIGHTS OR POWER. IT STARTED ON A JUMP, BUT BEGAN SMOKING. WE REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT IT STARTS SMOKING EVERY TIME YOU RUN IT AND THE BATTERY LIGHT STAYS ON. I HAD IT TOWED, AS IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE ALTERNATOR, BUT IT IS GOOD THE MECHANIC SAYS IT MUST BE THE COMPUTER AND SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP/