2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Complaints

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH, AND TURNING TO GET INTO A PARKING SPOT. CONSUMER TURNED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE CAR AND ACCELERATOR STUCK, HITTING CEMENT CURVE, IT KNOCKED DOWN A CEMENT PARKING POST AND HEADED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE WENT 30 FEET DOWNWARDS. HOWEVER, WAS RESTRAINED BY UNDERBRUSH. VEHICLE ENDED UP 200 FEET FROM WHERE IT INITIALLY WENT OVER THE CURB IN A RAVINE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED FOR ANY ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP; THEY SUGGESTED THAT CONSUMER CALL NHTSA. ALSO, DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT CONSUMER SHOULD CALL THE SALESPERSON WHO SOLD THE CAR. *AK

WHEN I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER T&C AT 18,000 MILES THEY SAID I HAD RADIAL PULL. CHRYSLER DIDN'T SUGGEST TO REPLACE TIRES, SO I ROTATED THEM AT 23,000 MILES AND STILL HAD THE SAME RESULT. NOW THEY SAY I SHOULD REPLACE THEM TO CORRECT THE PULL. I DON'T THINK TIRES SHOULD WEAR OUT AT 24,000 WHILE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT. THE TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL42.

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, THEN ALL SOURCE OF POWER WAS LOST. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB THE LEFT FRONT VISOR WAS REPLACED, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPALCED DUE THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.*JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES. THE SERVICE DEALER REPAIRED A LOOSE GROUND WIRE AND REPLACED THE PCM. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. BECAUSE THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY WERE NOT HAVING THE CHRYSLER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD AN OPINION THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITHIN THE AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN RELAY.

2005 CHRYSSLER TOWN N COUNTRY LIMITED 6,100 MILES ONLY AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT COLD. SOMETIMES PASSENGER SIDE IS COOL BUT THE DRIVER SIDE IS NOT. THE 1 ST TIME WE HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT THE FREE-ON LEVEL NEEDED TO BE FILLED MORE, AND THAT MAYBY THE FACTORY DID'NT FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY. I JUST BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE 3 RD TIME. I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED. EVERYTHING IN THE FORWARD PART OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED; INCLUDING THE STEERING, SEAT, AND FOOT BOARDS. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THIS WAS IN THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

MY FAMILY (ME, MY WIFE, AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN) WAS ON THE WAY TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK DURING A SLOW, STEADY RAIN AT AROUND 10:30 AM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2005 ( I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY). WE WERE CRUISING ALONG IN THE LEFT HAND LANE OF A THREE-LANE HIGHWAY AT AROUNG 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE IN OUR 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY JUST QUIT. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN ACROSS THE OTHER TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE OIL LIGHT HAD COME ON AND WAS STILL ON WHEN WE STOPPED. I HAD CHANGED THE OIL EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND WAS WORRIED I FAILED TO TIGHTEN SOMETHING. BUT I CHECKED THE OIL FILER, PLUG AND FLUID LEVEL AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. MY WIFE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHILE I CALLED THE DEALER. AFTER EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG AND NEITHER DID WE. WE FINALLY GOT AN INSIGHT TO THE PROBLEM WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER CALLED FOR OUR LOCATION. HE ASKED US IF WE WERE OUT OF GAS. WE TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER OUR FUEL GAGE WAS READING 3/8 FULL. HE KEPT INSISTING WE WERE OUT OF GAS. I THEN CHECKED THE TRIP ODOMETER - IT READ JUST UNDER 380 MILES - WHICH IS A LOT OF MILES FOR THIS VAN. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED, PUT A GALLON OF GAS IN THE GAS TANK, AND AFTER A QUICK JUMP START, THE VAN STARTED RIGHT UP. THE DRIVER SAID HE ONLY DOES HIS JOB PART TIME, BUT HAS HAD TO DO THE SAME FOR AT LEAST 20 OTHER DRIVERS OF SIMILAR VANS THIS YEAR. SO I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AGAIN AND HE CONFIRMED THEY HAD REPLACED COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM IN THE 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVANS. HE SAID TO BRING THE VAN IN MONDAY (JUNE 13TH, 2005) TO GET LOOKED AT. HE DID MENTION IN PARTICULAR THE FUEL PUMP AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT. SO AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

BOUGHT NEW 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY - NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD - APPROX. 14K ON IT - HEARD A METAL TO METAL SOUND WHEN BRAKING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD I NEED NEW BRAKES AND IS GOING TO COST ME APPROX. 400.00 DOLLARS. WARRANTY IS ONLY GOOD UP TO 12K.

WE RENTED A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY (IT MAY HAVE BEEN A DODGE GARND CARAVAN, BUT THEY ARE THE SAME) FROM DOLLAR RENT A CAR IN AUSTIN TX. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN I-35 ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN, SOUTHBOUND. IT WAS RAINING MODERATELY AND WE DROVE IN SOME STANDING WATER IN THE LEFT LANE. THE WATER WAS THROWN FROM THE FRONT WHEELS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD AND FRONT SIDE WINDOWS! WE WERE DRIVING TOTALLY BLIND FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS UNTIL I PULLED OVER TO THE MIDDLE LANE OUT OF THE WATER. THIS WATER WAS NOT THROWN UP BY A TRUCK OR OTHER VEHICLE. THE STANDING WATER WAS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM IN MOST CARS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. YES, I HAVE HAD WATER THROWN ON THE WINDSHIELD WHILE PASSING A TRUCK, BUT NOT FROM MY OWN VEHICLE. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES TRAVELING IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, AND THEY NEED NOT BE INJURED IF THIS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED OR AT THE LEAST THE OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED. IT COULD PROBABLY BE EASILY CORRECTED WITH SOME TYPE OF FENDER FLARE. REGARDS, CORY MAYDEW

AIR BAG INDICATOR DASH LIGHT HAS GONE ON THREE TIMES LAST DATE OF INDICENT WAS MAY 28, 2005. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER EVERY TIME TO HAVE NUMEROUS PART REPLACED, SUCH AS THE DASHBOARD SENSOR AND THE SEAT BELT HARNESS.