2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

CAR ACCIDENT WHICH SEVERELY DAMAGED THE FRONT END OF MY 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WHERE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM

NEW VAN WAS DELIVERED WITH SERVICE BRAKES THAT CREATED VIBRATIONS,PULLING AND SHAKING. DIAGNOSIS WAS BAD ROTORS. FIXED AND PROBLEM RETURNED. DEALER REFUSED ANY FURTHER WARRANTY SERVICE. ANOTHER 2005 (SAME MODEL) WAS ALSO PURCHASED AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. BOTH ALSO HAVE HEAVY GASOLINE SMELL IN THE INTERIOR WHEN FILLED. *NM

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PAD WORN TO METAL AT 26,000 MILES WHILE THE LEFT FRONT HAD 50% LIFE. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO COVER AS A WARRANTY ITEM. SERVICE MANAGER CLAIMS THIS WEAR PATTERN IS NORMAL. *JB

LARSON CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SLIPPING OF THE GEAR SHIFT. THE GEAR SHIFT SLIP FROM DRIVE TO ANOTHER GEAR NOR DOES IT LOCK IN DRIVE. MY BE TRAVELING 60 MILES PER HOUR, I COULD BE KILLED. I HAVE INFORMED LARSON CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NOT REALLY SOLVED IT. *JB

THE BRAKE FLUID IN THE CONSUMER'S 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WAS CONTAMINATED. *TS WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT THE DEALER AND 5 DAYS LATER THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AGAIN. THE DEALER BELIEVES THE INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED BY CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED WHEN IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY BECAUSE NO BRAKE SERVICE HAD BEEN DONE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS LEASED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR, AIS AND AIC SOLENOID, FUEL PUMP, AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BLADE, AND REFLASHED THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURNED SINCE THE REPAIR.

2005 T & C LIMITED - 16K MILES....NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE UNTIL LAST WEEK, WHEN AN OBVIOUS GRINDING NOISE BECAME APPARENT IN THE RIGHT FRONT. CHECKED THE RIGHT FRONT ROTOR, AND ABNORMAL GROOVING AND GOUGING WAS EVIDENT - HOWEVER, LEFT FRONT ROTOR LOOKED FINE, AND HADN'T NOTICED ANY NOISE EMANATING FROM THERE. LED ME TO BELIEVE THERE PROBABLY WAS SOME SORT OF DESIGN DEFECT WITH THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. LONG STORY SHORT - DEALER SAYS "METAL ON METAL" BOTH FRONT BRAKES - NEED TO RESURFACE ROTORS AND REPLACE BRAKE PADS, PLUS BLEED THE BRAKE FLUID, TO THE TUNE OF $360 - WARRANTY WON'T COVER, AS BRAKES ONLY COVERED TO 12K MILES. MY 2002 T & C DIDN'T NEED ANY KIND OF BRAKE SERVICE UP TO 40K WHEN WE TRADED IT IN. FRIEND WHO HAD SAME MAKE/MODEL MINIVAN (2005 T & C) HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AT 20K. ONE SERVICE MANAGER IN SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN SAID "I HAVEN'T HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES PRIOR TO 35K IN MY FIFTEEN YEARS AS A MECHANIC." MY SERVICE MANAGER SAID 2005/2006 MODEL YEAR T & C'S COMING BACK PREMATURELY WITH BRAKE ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING WAS CHANGED IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM/BRAKE SYSTEM (DOWNGRADE IN PARTS TO CUT COSTS?) THAT HAS RESULTED IN PREMATURE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BRAKES. ALSO, WE HAD NO WARNING WHATSOEVER THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING DOWN - NO SQUEALING...NOTHING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! *JB

I DROVE TO WORK @ 8:30 AM AND PARKED MY CAR BETWEEN TWO OTHER CARS. WITHIN AN HOUR MY REAR SIDE VENT WINDOW BLEW OUT. THE LITTLE TINY GLASS PIECES BLEW OVER 20 FEET ONTO OTHER CARS. I DID CALL THE POLICE THINKING IT VERY UNUSUAL. THE OFFICER THOUGHT IT WAS VERY STRANGE NOT TO HAVE MUCH GLASS IN THE VEHICLE. THE OFFICER ASSURED ME THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN BROKEN INTO. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER THAT I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR FROM. THEY HAD ME TAPE UP THE WINDOW WITH PLASTIC AND DRIVE TO THE GLASS REPAIR SHOP. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE CAR DEALER FOOTED THE BILL. THIS IN MY OPINION WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE WINDOW SIMPLY BLEW OUT. LUCKILY, I HAD DROPPED ALL THE CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL THAT MORNING. (MY DAY FOR CARPOOL) *JB

I USE CHRYSLER'S TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN LIMITED EDITION (YEAR 2005). AS I WAS DRIVING , SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STOPPED RESPONDING TO MY ACCELERATOR. EVEN I PRESS HARD VEHICLE DOES NOT PICKUP THE SPEED. I TRIED APPLY THE BREAKS AND BREAKS DID NOT RESPOND. SO I HAVE PULLED VEHICLE ASIDE AND PUT IT IN PARKING GEAR (USING THE GEAR SHIFT ROD) TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SUDDEN STOP WITH A JERK. THEN I SWITCHED OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER THAT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. HAPPENING THIS ON THE ROAD IS DANGEROUS. I HAD TO DO ALL MY CONTROLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPEEDING TRAFFIC. I ALSO HEARD OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. REQUEST YOU TO EVALUATE THIS VEHICLE TO SAVE SOME LIVES ON THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP AND SERVICE CENTER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH. AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED BOTH TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE TSD NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE IS AWAITING REPAIRS. IN ADDITION THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING SOME TYPE OF MODULE.