1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND THEN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V268000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM) BUT THE RECALL REPAIR COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED DUE TO A FIRE IN THE FUEL RAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT WILLING TO COVER THE WIRING HARNESS REPAIR DUE TO THE HIGH MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000. UPDATED 08/29/12*LJ UPDATED 08/30/2012 *JS

Mileage: 143,000

RUST THROUGH AT THE GAS TANK OF BRAKE LINE. *JS

Mileage: 101,115

MY 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN COUNTY LXI THE FUEL GAUGE LIGHT AND GAGE FLASH AND THE LIGHT BLINKS AND SOME TIMES GO TO EMPTY .TILL I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF . I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT CAUSE A FIRE .IS THERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS TROUBLE? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND STARTED HEARING A SCRAPING SOUND. SHE STATED THAT AFTER PULLING OVER SHE NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS HAD COME OFF AND THE TANK WAS HANGING OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BOTH OF THE STRAPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 143,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 07/18/11

Mileage: 143,000

ENGINE SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED ON FIRE AND FIRE DESTROYED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. OWNER JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 WEEK PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRING FROM A DEALERSHIP. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AND WITHIN 3-4 MINUTES OF PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO SMOKE OCCURRING, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE OWNER IS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, AND THERE WERE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN ALSO IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. FIRE FIGHTERS TOLD THE OWNERS THAT IF THEY HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANOTHER 100 FEET, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP WITH ALL OCCUPANTS STILL INSIDE. THE VEHICLE/ALL ENGINE PARTS ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE PREGNANT OWNER SUFFERED SEVERE SMOKE INHALATION AND BARELY ESCAPED FETAL DEATH DUE TO SEVERE SMOKE INHALATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. ON NOVEMBER 7, 2007, WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED GASOLINE. HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING. HE TOOK THE PART TO CHRYSLER TO PURCHASE THE CLAMP TO REPAIR THE FUEL LINE HIMSELF. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE FUEL RAILS AND NOT JUST THE CLAMP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FUEL RAILS LEAKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED ON MAY 17, 2002 BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT HAVE A PERMANENT REPAIR AND JUST KEEP REPLACING THE FUEL RAILS INSTEAD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 142,000. UPDATED 03/06/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FUEL RAIL LEAK. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPAIRED, HE WAS NOT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED

Mileage: 142,000

I OWN A 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LX. CORROSION OF FUEL FILLER TUBE CAUSED A FUEL LEAK AND THE FILLER TUBE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURY. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC AND THE AUTO SALVAGE FIRMS I CONTACTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE MINIVANS. *JB

Mileage: 108,000

A MONTH AGO MY 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VAN EXPLODED & BURNED. I WAS LUCKILY NOT HURT BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TELL ME THE FINDINGS OF THEIR INSPECTION REPORT. I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY SAY I HAVE TO GET AN ATTORNEY & SUE THEM TO HAVE IT RELEASED. I CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. *NM

Mileage: 120,124

UPON PUTTING FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, THE NEXT DAY UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE FUEL GAGE FLASHED AND STARTED TO MAKE A DINGING NOISE. THE LIGHT STOPPED ILLUMINATING, THE CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND THE STARTED AGAIN AND THE GAGE BECAME ERRATIC. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BAD FUEL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE GAS TANK WAS HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE DEALER REBUILT THE FUEL STRAPS TO THE TANK THE NEXT DAY. THE FUEL LINE COUPLED AND HAD BROKEN. THE VAN STOPPED AS THE REMAINING GAS IN LINE SPILLED ONTO THE STREET. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 91,858

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V268 RELATING TO THE FUEL RAIL WAS PERFORMED. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING MANUFACTURER TO PAY OFF BALANCE OF VEHICLE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRE. *TT

AFTER RECALL REPAIR ON FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAD BEEN DONE, 4 MILES LATER VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *TT

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO FAIL, GAS FUMES ENTER THE VEHICLE ALSO. MJS

FUEL PUMP FAILED AND PURGE SOLENOID FAILED. YH

FUEL TANK FAILED. YH

FUEL PUMP IS NOISY, LEAKS AND STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY PRIOR TO BEING REPLACED.