1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

I JUST FILED A COMPLAINT HERE REGARDING SERPENTINE BELT COMING OFF WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER. MECHANICS AND CHRYSLER SERVICE MECHANICS ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS SHOWING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS OF VANS. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR SITUATION. IT IS A DEFECT IN THE COMPANY DESIGN OF THESE PULLEYS AND BELTS. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL YET??

EVERYTIME THE VAN IS DRIVEN THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE OR HEAVY RAIN, SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF. IT DOES NOT BREAK. IT SLIDES OFF THE PULLEY. AS A RESULT, POWER STEERING IS LOST IMMEDIATELY AND WATER TEMPERATURE RAPIDLY RISES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE THERE IS NOT A PLACE TO PULL OVER QUICKLY.

STRUT TOWER INSIDE OF HOOD IS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH. MECHANIC SAID THAT IT COULD CAUSE STRUT TO BREAK THROUGH AND COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING. THE STRUT TOWER IS PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER. WHY IS IT RUSTING OUT? *JB

CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 1999 3.8 L (1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: RAIN (2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: DASH LIGHTS FLICKERING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP AND START, POWER LOCKS UNLOCK AT HIGHWAY SPEED. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE: CALLED DEALERSHIP & SET UP APPOINTMENT. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT LENS STARTED TO FOG UP AFTER 8 MONTHS OF DRIVING HIS 1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS LIMITED HIS VISILBILTY WHILE DRIVINING AT NIGHT.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE ONCE AND THE FRONT DRIVER WHEEL TWICE WITHOUT WARNING. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD, AND TOWED TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, WHO REPAIRED THE DAMAGE TO THE BRAKES AND THE HUB HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

THERE IS NOT A LOCKING MECHANISM TO PUTTING THE CAR IN GEAR WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. I NOTICED IT BY ACCIDENT ONE DAY WHILE I WAS CLEANING IT AND ACCIDENTALLY PULLED IT INTO GEAR. NOT ONLY IS THIS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN BUT IS ALSO A THEFT ISSUE. CHRYSLER REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATD 01/19/07. *JB

MY 1999 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LIMITED MINI VAN DRIVER SEAT CAUGHT FIRE WHEN THE SEAT WARMER WAS ON. THE SEAT GOT VERY HOT ABOUT 1 MINUTE BEFORE AND THEN SMOKE CAME UP IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW FLAMES. I PUT IT OUT AND TURNED OFF THE SEAT. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2001. AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE, THE DRIVER'S SEAT WARMER WAS NOT WORKING AND AS PART OF OUR SALE THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE SEAT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT MY PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. SO, HAD THE FIRE SPREAD MY PASSENGERS IN THE BACK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. SOMEONE WOULD HAVE HAD TO LET THEM OUT FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. WE HAVE HAD THE LOCKS REPLACED IN THE PAST 2 YEARS DUE TO THE CAR LOCKING ITSELF AND LOCKS NOT WORKING FROM BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE STUD THAT HELD UP THE TAILGATE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO FALL INJURING THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND AN INCIDENT REPORT WAS TAKEN.*AK THE CONSUMER REPAIRED THE TAILGATE HIMSELF ON 11/3/06. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB