1993 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Electrical System Problems

ABS BRAKES FAILED AND VAN WOULD NOT STOP. A ON GOING PROBLEM THAT STARTED IN 1995 AND STILL CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT 2003. DEALERSHIP HAS HAD VECHICLE TO REPAIR PROBLEM EVERYYEAR UNTIL 2000. MY ABS BAKE LIGHT STILL COMES ON AND I HAVE HAD 10-TEN COMPLETE BRAKE JOBS DONE TO MY VAN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MY VAN FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS FOR REPAIR AND WE COULD NOT USE IT. I NEED HELP BRAKES ARE FAILING AGAIN AND JUST AFTER 5000 MILES. I CAN NOT GET ANYONE TO TAKE MY VAN IN ON TRADE FOR ANOTHER VECHICLE. I NEED HELP SO NO ONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. WE HAVE HAD TO MANY NEAR MISSES WITH THE BRAKES FAILING. THANK YOU ROBERT PHELPS. *AK

Mileage: 26,000

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DEALER STATED THAT WHEN THE MANUFACTURER ASSEMBLED THE WIRING HARNESS, ALL FUSIBLE LINKS WERE TAPED TOGETHER, CAUSING IT TO GET HOT AND MELT, THE HEAT GENERATED THE PLASTIC TO CATCH FIRE AND BURN ALL OF THE WIRES. *SLC

BRAKE AND ABS LIGHT WOULD STAY ON, AND IT WAS HARD TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HE REPLACED ABS PUMP ON DECEMBER 22, 2000. ABS PUMP WENT OUT AGAIN, AND IT WAS REPLACED, ON 24TH, THEN RELAY WENT OUT. ALSO, BATTERY DIED.*AK

VEHICLE DIED OUT FOR NO REASON. CONSUMER NOTICED AROUND CELLULAR POLES WHEN IT SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE STARTED TO BACK UP IN NEUTRAL. VEHICLE VIBRATED AT ANY SPEED. *AK

BATTERY FAILED. *SLC

BRAKES FAILED IN WINTER/DEALER KEPT VEHICLE 3 WEEKS!IN APRIL, I WAS DRIVING, BRAKES WENT OUT/TOWED TO DEALERSHIP/NO PROBLEM FOUND/I PICKED UP VEHICLE ,DROVE HOME AND WENT TO STOP,NO BRAKES!AVOIDED NEAR-COLLISION BY LUCK!WENT BACK TO DEALER/ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON /THE PUMP WAS OUT,FOR THE 3RD TIME!DEALER KEPT CAR 10 DAYS/SUPPOSEDLY FIXED!WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE CAR/WILL NOT ALLOW KIDS TO DRIVE IT!NOW CAR IS LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER!BROUGHT IT TO DEALER/CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM!BETWEEN DYING OUT AND SUDDEN BRAKE LOSS/WE ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR SELL THE CAR,FOR FEAR OF SOMEONE GETTING INJURED OR DYING!CHRYSLER MADE NOTE OF IT!MAYBE SOMEONE HAS TO GET KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE DONE!I

THE FUSABLE LINKS WERE TIGHTLY BUNDLED NEAR DRIVER SIDE SHOCK TOWER. THE COOLING FAN MOTOR SIEZED. THE ENGINE DID NOT OVERHEAT DUE TO OPERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED . THE FUSEABLE LINK IN THE CENTER OF THE TIGHT BUNDLE BURNED, CAUSING MOST OF THE OTHERS TO ALSO BURN.THIS BUNDLE WAS ALSO ATOP THE MAIN WIRING HARNES, CAUSING IT TO START TO BURN. SMELLING SOMETHING HOT, I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE. BEING A FIREFIGHTER I QUICKLY DISCONECTED THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE CAUSING THE FIRE TO GO OUT. THE FUASBLE LINKS WERE TIGHTLY BUNDLED AT THE FACTORY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IS SIMPLE TO FIX, BY CUTTING THE BUNDLE AND SLIGHTLY SPACING THE FUSABLE LINKS OUT. *AK

THROTTLE CABLE FROZE DUE TO ITS LOCATION NEAR ENGINE, AND TOUCHING THE HOT ENGINE. IN ADDITION, WIRES OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. REAR ABS BRAKES/OVERHEATED ENGINE AND RADIATOR WERE REPLACED ALSO. *AK

THROTTLE CABLE FROZE IN OPEN POSITION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE./LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, FRONT/REAR ABS BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, ENGINE OVERHEATED, CAUSING RADIATOR TO FAIL AND WIRING TO BURN. *AK

ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS UNDE RTHE HOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER COMPLETELY, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE IT. TT

IT APPEARS POWER BRAKES AND ENGINE IS TURNED OFF DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. TT