2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Service Brakes Problems

I have an ABS module for my 2008 Chrysler Town and Country van that has gone bad. All of the warning lights came on for the brake system (ABS, Brake, ESP/BAS, traction). I took it to my local garage and they said that it was a bad ABS module and only the dealer could replace it because it needed to be re-programed. I took it to the dealer who also did a diagnostic and said that it was bad and needed to be replaced. BUT the part has been discontinued and they cannot find the part any where else. No other dealer has them. This sounds like a safety concern to me. The car does not have ABS and cannot be fixed. Can you do anything to force Chrysler to start making this part. It is not safe to drive on slippery roads and will lead to accidents and possibly deaths. Please help. Thank you, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

ABS/TCS/EBP/ESP warning lights all illuminate during system check at 8mph. Diagnostic code C2200 - Internal Module Fault. Ongoing issue. Appears to be ambient temperature related. Internet+forum searchs find this exact condition very common on 2008 model Chrysler minivan. Requires ABS controller replacement with has been discontinued by Mopar. 2008 was the only model year to utilize this particular part number. 68030939AA. Superseded by 68030939AB.

The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler Town and Country. The contact stated that he had received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V396000 (Air Bags). The contact took the vehicle to a dealer where they were able to replace the air bag but not the emblem. The contact then moved to Iowa where he had the emblem replaced at Kriegers Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (3205 US-61, Muscatine, IA 52761) under the same recall. After the emblem was replaced, the air bag warning light would intermittently appear on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that while driving at various speeds, the brakes would engage independently with the ABS and traction control warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed him that the cause of the failure was a result of a faulty air bag replacement. The dealer was notified of the failure and the contact was given an appointment for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

THE ABS CONTROL MODULE IS DEFECTIVE AND THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM IS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS 3 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I TOOK MY VAN IN FOR BRAKE REPAIR AND THE SERVICE TECH (WHO HAD WORKED FOR CHRYSLER PREVIOUSLY) DETECTED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THE RECALL AFFECTING THE VEHICLE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 09V351000). FCA HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND THIS IS A RECALL OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM, AFFECTING MY MAKE & MODEL YEAR BUT MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT APPLY TO THE RECALL. HOW CAN THIS BE?

Mileage: 115,000

AFTER CHANGING BRAKE COMPONENTS AND BLEEDING SYSTEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUES TO GO TO THE FLOOR. OCCASIONALLY WORKING AS IF NOTHING IS WRONG . ALL THIS AFTER BLEEDING SYSTEM AND OBTAINING A SOLID PEDAL. DIY VIDEOS HAVE SHOWN OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND NO REAL ANSWER AS TO WHAT PART TO REPLACE OR IF ITS AVAILABLE. THE MASTER CYLINDER BEING CHANGED HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BE DRIVEN IN TOWN AND HIGHWAY. STOPPING THE VAN TAKES MORE TIME AND IS SCARY BECAUSE SOMETIME IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT PRESSING AND OR PUMPING BEFORE SLOWING AND STOPPING. ALSO WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT THE PEDAL WILL SOMETIMES GO ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR YET STILL HOLDS VEHICLE IN THE STOPPED POSITION

Mileage: 200,200

THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. STABILITY LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES FAIL. HAS HAPPENED ON THREE OCCASIONS NOW, TWICE ON CITY STREETS, ONCE AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

Mileage: 130,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US THREE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE CAR WE TRAVELED LESS THAN A MILE AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY TURNED OFF CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND BREAKS TO FAIL. THE VAN RESTARTED ONE WE PUT IT IN PARK AND CONTINUED TO WORK FINE AFTER THAT. WE WERE DRIVING IN A CROWDED NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CHILDREN PLAY AT THE TIME.

Mileage: 86,000

MY VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS THAT COME ON, ON THE DASHBOARD THAT INDICATE ANY ERROR, EXCEPT THE ANTILOCK BREAK LIGHT WILL OCCASIONALLY LIGHT UP. I COULD BE DRIVING SLOW OR FAST, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF, AND THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES LOSE POWER AND DON'T WORK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE ALSO SEEN THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THEIR VEHICLES TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, 2 STILL IN CARSEATS, AND MY YOUNGEST WHO IS 1 IS HANDICAP. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I STILL OWE $10,000 ON MY AUTO LOAN FOR THIS CAR, SO I AM STUCK WITH IT. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, SINCE SO MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME MYSTERY SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 119,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 40 MPH, AND TYPICALLY WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF STARTING, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN ALL POWER (ENGINE, ELECTRICAL, AND BRAKES) WHILE DRIVING, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND VERY DANGEROUS . I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS OVERHEATING AND RESULT OF THE COOLANT SYSTEM LEAKING, WHICH WE HAD THEM FIX, AND PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS OVERHEATING THAT QUICKLY AFTER STARTING. DEALER HAS REFUSED TO LOOK AT OTHER POSTINGS ONLINE THAT SUGGEST THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM, AND UNRELATED TO THE COOLANT SYSTEM.

Mileage: 215,000

THE CARS ALARM GOES OFF AND WINSHIEILD WIPERS AND SQIRTS WINDSHEILD WASHER FLUID WHEN CAR IS OFF AND ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. ALSO WHEN WE WERE ON TGE EXPRESSWAY THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS WENT OFF AND THE MINIVANS BRAKES WENT ON BY THEMSELVES.

Mileage: 82,000

VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING AT RANDOM. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DRIVING AT ANY AND ALL SPEEDS, CUTTING OUT POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH MAKING IT EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

Mileage: 135,000

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY SUTTING OFF INSTANTLY, NUMERIOUS TIMES AT 20 TO 30 MPR WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS, 40 TO 50 MPH ON SERVICE STREETS, AT SPEED, STARTING TO SLOW, AND OR ATTEMPTING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER HAS HAD VAN 3 WEEKS, SAID THEY DROVE TWICE TO SIMULATE AND COULD NOT REPEATE. EXTREAMLY DANGERIOU S, ALMOST REAR-ENDED MORE THAN ONCE.

Mileage: 89,000

WHILE IN MOTION, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY TURN OFF, WHICH WILL THEN DEPOWER VARIOUS KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AIR BAGS, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKING. LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY OF THESE SYSTEMS INCREASE THE RISK OF CRASH AND/OR INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS HAPPENS WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY.

Mileage: 155,100

WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND BRAKES SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT, BUT HAD TO COME TO A STOP ON CITY STREET WHILE TRAVELLING WITH TRAFFIC TO RESTART VEHICLE. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM APPEARED TO BE OPERATING BUT HAD TO USE MANUAL POWER TO STEER AND STOP THE VEHICLE - NO POWER FROM ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 OR 7 TIMES, BUT THREE TIMES IN PAST WEEK.

Mileage: 206,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT HARDER TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

Mileage: 101,000

STALLS WHILE DRIVING USUALLY AT LOW SPEED.LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES IS DANGEROUS. RESTARTS WHEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED LARGE NUMBER OF TIMES ON AUTO INTERNET SITES .CAR HAS 108000 MILES AND HAS BEEN STALLING THIS WAY FOR MANY MONTHS FROM TIME TO TIME USUALLY AFTER COLD START. MECHANICS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE STALLS AND UNABLE TO CORRECT.

Mileage: 100,000

CAR STALLS (STOPS RUNNING) RANDOMLY AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHICH CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'VE ALMOST RUN INTO A TREE OR OFF THE ROAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON FIRST AND THEN YOU REALIZE THE ENGINE ISN'T RUNNING ANYMORE. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN START IT AGAIN. IT MAY BE FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DRIVE OR IT MAY STALL AGAIN. TOTALLY RANDOM AS TO WHEN IT DOES THIS. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY AS OF YET. I'VE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITH THIS COMPLAINT AND EACH TIME THEY CAN'T REPLICATE IT OR IT WAS DUE TO THE KEY FOB RECALL WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON MY CAR 3 TIMES.

Mileage: 114,000

JUST REPLACED MY BATTERY FROM AAA AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD JUST MY BATTERY IS COMPLETELY DRAINED AND THIS MORNING I COULD NOT START MY CAR AT ALL THEN LATER IT STARTED BUT I GOT STUCK AT WORK NOW AND IT WONT START AT ALL NOT EVEN A JUMP WILL HELP. ALSO WHILE DRIVING IT GOES CRAZY FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOOTS UP SOO HIGH THAT I GET SCARED AND HAVE TO HOLD ON TIGHT TO THE STEERING WHEEL. MY AC WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TOO AND IN JAN I WAS TOLD MY VAN'S BACK CALIPERS ARE SHOT. I WAS DRIVING FOR A YEAR WITH NO BACK CALIPERS MEANWHILE THE FRONT ONE GOT STUCK AND TURNED BRIGHT RED AND I HAD TO GET THAT ONE REPLACED LAST YEAR. ITS JUST ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I FEEL LIKE IM CONSTANTLY REPLACING SOMETHING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE WHEN DECELERATING THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS SEIZED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

AS I LEFT MY APARTMENT TO GO TO WORK, AND AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE, I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT. AS I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, SUDDENLY MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT, THE "TRACTION" LIGHT TURNED ON ON MY DASHBOARD, AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION, THEN RESTARTED THE VAN. IT DROVE FINE AFTER THAT. HAVING THE ENGINE, STEERING, AND BRAKES ALL SHUT DOWN RANDOMLY WHILE THE ELECTRICAL ITEMS STILL WORK WAS FRIGHTENING. IF IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WILL DO.

Mileage: 160,000

1ST VEHICLE STOPPED SHIFTING HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF CAR AND WAIT THEN IT WORKED FOR AWHILE , DOES THIS EVERY FEW DAYS. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES BEFORE 55000 ON THE VEHICLE. AT 58000 THE VEHICLE BOUNCES OVER EVERY BUMP BIG OR SMALL SOME THING WRONG IN FRONT END HAVE BEEN TOLD IT?S FINE

Mileage: 55,000

ALL FOUR BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS ARE LITE UP. STEERING HAS BECOME LOOSE AND STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES. I HAVE CHANGED THE PADS ON BRAKES 4 TIMES IN A YEAR AND MY ROTORS ARE STILL VERY GROOVED. DUST IS SUCKING UP INTO THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE FOR NO REASON. THERE IS A KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT SOMETIMES IS THERE BUT MOST OF THE TIME ITS PRESENT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER I BOUGHT FROM THAT WAS NORMAL IN THESE VANS. HAS A HARD TIME COMING TO A STOP NOW. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED CODES ON MACHINE THAT ARE INDICATED ARE C2200 AND C2205 WHICH ARE RIDICULOUS TO BUY AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ EVERYONE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM

Mileage: 109,000

VEHICLE SPORADICALLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING CAUSING IT TO LOOSE BRAKING AND STEERING... GOTTA BE VERY FAST TO GET IT RESTARTED...DONE HAD A LOT OF NEAR MISSES....VEHICLE CAN SIT OVER NIGHT AND LOOSE ALL POWER AND WANT START OR MAY DRIVE IT SOME MILES SHUT IT OFF AND IT WANT START...DONE BOUGHT NEW BATTERY BUT THINK MY BATTERY WAS OK THEY JUST WANTED THE SELL BECAUSE IT'S DOING BASICALLY THE SAME THING...IT START WITH A ONE MINUTE OR LESS BOOST...I HAVE TO CHECK IT WITH MY AUTO START TO SEE IF I AM GOING ANYWHERE OR TO USE MY WIFE CAR...AT TIMES I GET A GRINDING SOUND FROM FRONT BREAKS..I CHECK THE PADS AND THEY OK GRINDING COME AND GOES...REAR DISC BRAKES WEARS UNEVENLY DEALER HUSH HUSH... NO RECALL DEFECTIVE CALIPERS...TOLD ME IT'S OVER NOW YOU GOTTA PAY TO HAVE IT FIX NOW ...MAP LIGHTS COME ON WITH A DISTURBING NOISE FAULT SHOWING PASSENGER DOOR AGAR BUT IT CLOSED TIGHT...EVENTUALLY IT STOPS...L LOVE MY VAN IF ENGINEERS COULD FIX SOME OF THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE UP AGAINST WHAT NEXT PROBLEMS AND ILL FEEL GUILTY SELLING IT TO SOMEONE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM...IT'S AT THE POINT WHERE I AM REALLY AFRAID TO DRIVE IT WITH IT SHUTTING OFF WITH NO CONTROLS BRAKING NOR STEERING(HELP) BUT I STILL LOVE MY VAN...CAN Y'ALL PLEASE FIX IT...

Mileage: 60,000

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LIMITED EDITION. AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10-72 MPH VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS PRESENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, LIGHTS DO NOT FLASH, NO CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS, NO WARNING ETC. VEHICLE SHUTS OFF INTERMITTENTLY ONLY WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF 9 TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF 11 MONTHS. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION, WATER, SALTS, OR OTHER ITEMS THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS NEVER RUN TO OF GAS. VEHICLE ALWAYS HAS OIL CHANGES DONE BEFORE REQUIRED TIMES. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN VERY LIGHTLY. CONDITION- VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT 32 MPH ON A CITY ROAD IN KILLEEN TEXAS, TAKING A SLIGHT TURN IN A ROAD. ANGLE OF ROAD WAS LESS THAN A 120 DEGREE TURN. VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES BEHIND THE VAN. BRAKES LOCKED UP, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND GAUGES CONTINUE TO WORK UNTIL VEHICLE STOPS. VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART FOR 3 MINUTES AND 7 SECONDS. CONDITION- VEHICLE WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 90 IN KILLEEN TEXAS NEAR THE TJ MILLS EXIT. SPEED WAS 72 MPH, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT OFF. STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES LOCK. VEHICLE NEARLY CAUSED A MULTI CAR COLLISION, BUT DUE TO OTHER DRIVERS BEING AWARE NO ACCIDENT HAPPENED. CONDITION- FORT HOOD TEXAS, VEHICLE IS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, NEAR A STOP LIGHT APPROACHING AT A SPEED OF 13 MPH. VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, STEERING LOCKS, BRAKES LOCK, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT GO OUT OF DRIVE. VEHICLE IS NEARLY HIT BY TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND. MILITARY POLICE ARRIVE ON SCENE AND ASSIST DRIVER WITH MOVING VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION. VEHICLE DID START AFTER 22 MINUTES AND 7 SECONDS. VEHICLE WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT, THERE WERE NO HILLS PRESENT. AFTER RESEARCHING MULTIPLE SITES, THREADS, FORUMS, AND BUSINESS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FOR SAFETY OF LIFE.

Mileage: 128,000

MY TRACTION SENSOR IS NOT WORKING WHICH IS CAUSING MY A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN I START DRIVING (IN MOTION), THE ABS TRACTION STARTS EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO WATER, ICE OR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ABS MODULE AND ITS STILL DOING IT. THEY NOW SAY THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN (WHEEL). THIS IS VERY SCARY AS IT STOPS MY ACCELERATION AND IT AFFECTS THE ANTI-LOCK BREAKS. I WAS HOPING THIS WAS ALL DUE TO AN MINOR AUTO COLLISION BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOLD ME THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BECAUSE OF IT. THEY SAID ITS A COINCIDENCE AND THAT IT JUST HAPPENED ON ITS OWN AT THE SAME TIME. I WOULD SAY THE FAULT IS UNKNOWN.

WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH ESP/ BAS/ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DASH,THEN STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT .WE ARE SO GRATEFUL IT'S NOT ON THE HIGHWAY.

IN ONE MONTH OUR BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP ON US WHILE DRIVING. THIS PAST TIME, A "FLASH FLAME" SPARKED, WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY BUT STILL SMOKED. HAD BOTH OF MY KIDS IN CAR SEATS AT THE TIME. TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY "COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM" SO WANTED US TO PAY $4,000 JUST TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF TAKING THEIR TIME TO PIN POINT WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 16 DAYS AND ONLY 1 OF THOSE 16 DAYS WAS IT LOOKED AT. THEN THE GENTLEMEN KEPT PUSHING BLAME ON ANOTHER COMPANY, ETC. THEN WHEN WE PICKED THE VAN UP, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL WINDING. NEVER HAS THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON UNTIL IT WAS IN THEIR HANDS. THEY ARE ALSO STATING THAT THERE WAS NEVER A "FLAME", I HAD MY FAMILY AND A STRANGER HELP ME AT THE SCENE AND THERE WAS SOOT ALONG WITH THE BRAKE LINE HAVING SOME KIND OF DAMAGE FROM BEING MELTED. THEY ARE NOT HELPING US AT ALL! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MATTER!! WE HAVE READ SEVERAL FORUMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE ROTORS, BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS CONTINUOUSLY PREMATURELY HAVING TO BE REPLACED. I EVEN EMAILED CHRYSLER THE LINKS.

Mileage: 139,000

MY BRAKES SEEM TO LAST FROM 20,000 TO 30,000 MILES. REPLACEMENT PADS ARE UNDER A ONE YEAR WARRANTY AND THOSE ARE FREE WHEN THEY NEED REPLACED. HOWEVER, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT IS THE CALIPER DESIGN THAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE. GUIDE RODS NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY GREASED TO AVOID STICKING. I HAVE SEEN THE BRAKES SMOKING A BIT A FEW TIMES AND RIMS FEEL REALLY HOT TO THE TOUCH DUE TO BRAKES DRAGGING. CALIPER UPGRADE TO THE HD 2 PISTON DESIGN SEEMS TO FIX THE ISSUE IN NEWER MODELS. TIRED OF PUTTING ON BRAKES ONCE A YEAR AND THIS ALSO CAUSES POOR GAS MILEAGE. VAN HAS 127,000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY.

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NO WARNINGS, JUST DIES. DIAGNOSTICS REVEAL A BAD TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE. RECALLS ISSUED FOR MULTIPLE MODELS BUT NOT MINE. I WAS TOLD, I HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS BUT I DON'T HAVE THE FLU ! NOW THEY WANT ALMOST $ 1000 TO FIX IT ! IT'S AN ESTABLISHED, DEFECTIVE PART BUT THEY'LL LET ME DRIVE AWAY IN IT UNLESS I CAN COME UP WITH THE MONEY. CHRYSLER SAID IT'S THE SAME PART AS THE RECALLED ONES BUT I DON'T HAVE A RECALL ON MY MODEL. ANT TIME ANY WHERE AT ANY SPEED, IT SHUTS DOWN.

Mileage: 91,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 NIGHT DRIVING ! COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ENGINE AND BRAKING ALL HAMPERED BY LOSS OF POWER AS I TRIED TO SLOW VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP ALL OF A SUDDEN POWER CAME BACK. THIS WAS A COMPLETE SAFETY ISSUE WITH NO POWER NO HEADLIGHTS NO TAILLIGHTS DRIVING 55 AT NIGHT ON A BACK COUNTRY HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50000 MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 50,000

BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY. BRAKING NOT EFFECTIVE. MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING. BRAKE PADS WORE OUT AT 20,000 MILES.

Mileage: 22,000

AFTER THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE WE EXPERIENCED A STALL CONDITION THAT RENDERED THE STEERING AND BRAKES UNUSABLE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THE SITUATION NEARLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONDITION HAPPEN ON A DRY, SUNNY DAY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION BUT NOT ACCELERATING PRIOR TO GOING INTO A TURN.

Mileage: 114,600

DRIVER REAR BRAKE INTERMITTENTLY HANGS AND HEATS UP. ON SOME DRIVES AFTER I EXIT MY VEHICLE MY PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WILL BE NOTICEABLY HOT WITH SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. IT DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME JUST SEEMS RANDOM

Mileage: 90,000

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS GOING BETWEEN 10 - 30 MPH. THE RECALL (R03) FOR THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN DONE AND THE SHUT-OFFS STILL HAPPEN. UNKNOWN FAULT OR PROBLEM. SEVERAL DIAGNOSTICS DONE OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, ALL TO NO AVAIL. ENGINE TUNE UP WITH PLUGS PERFORMED. MAP SENSOR REPLACED. NO ERROR CODES. HELP US!!!

Mileage: 101,025

ENGINE WAS STARTED AND JOURNEY STARTED ON TARMAC ROAD. 2 MINUTES LATER, ESP AMBER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, POWER STEERING DISENGAGED AND BRAKES WENT HARD. ACCELERATION WAS NOT POSSIBLE. CAR HAD TO BE FORCED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE MONTH. *JS

Mileage: 121,000

THE TIPM IS A CAUSE OF THE VEHICLE HORN HONKING, WIPERS MOVING ON THEIR OWN, WIPER FLUID SPRAYING, AND THE LIGHTS FLASHING BY THEMSELVES. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALL BY ITSELF ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THESE ISSUES SEEM TO MYSTERIOUSLY GO AWAY WHEN I TRY TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. LAST WEEK THE BATTERY DIED AND BECAUSE OF IT BEING A FEW YEARS OLD AND NOW BEING IN THE WINTER, I DECIDED TO REPLACE IT ONLY TO HAVE IT DIE AGAIN A DAY LATER. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO TESTED THE CHARGING SYSTEM AND SAID IT WAS ALL GOOD. THEN PROCEEDED TO DO A PARASITIC DRAW TEST WHERE HE DETERMINED THAT THE TIPM WAS CAUSING THE ISSUES. I DID SOME GOOGLE SEARCHES AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A WIDE STREAM PROBLEM WITH MANY OWNERS OF VARIOUS CHRYSLER VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS NOT SAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING IT AND THERE ARE NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING CAPABILITIES. A PERSON COULD END UP IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OR EVEN BE KILLED NOT TO MENTION OTHER DRIVERS BEING AT RISK ALSO. DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH SENSE THAT CHRYSLER IS DRAGGING THIS ON AND NOT DOING ANYTHING NOT TO MENTION THAT I CAN'T EVEN ORDER THE PART BECAUSE IT'S ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND A FEW TIMES LAST YEAR BUT THE TECH WAS UNABLE TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V373000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR - I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 2.5 YEARS ($45,000 MILES) AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 BRAKES AND PADS 3 TIMES. THIS IS UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE BEGINNING TO FAIL AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

THE VAN WOULD STOP AT LOW SPEEDS WITH LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING POWER. NO CODES WOULD BE TRIGGERED, IT WAS AS IF THE IGNITION WAS JUST TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE ELECTRICAL POWER WOULD STILL BE ON LIKE THE RADIO AND INSTRUMENTATION PANEL BUT THE STEERING AND BRAKING WOULD TIGHTEN UP; VERY SCARY FEELING. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE DRIVING THE KIDS EIGHT TO TEN TIMES AND MYSELF TWO TIMES. THE DEALER SAID THE IGNITION RECALL WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING ELSE (TOOK DEALER 6 MONTHS TO GET THE PART IN AFTER OUR FIRST INCIDENT). IT GOT SO BAD THAT MY WIFE WOULD HAVE ME WARM UP AND DRIVE THE VAN AROUND BEFORE SHE WOULD USE IT. AFTER MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE ISSUE MY PROCEDURE TO HER IS TO PLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL WHILE THE VAN IS STILL ROLLING AND RESTART THE CAR (THIS IS ONLY IN THE CASE OF POSSIBLY BEING REAR ENDED). ALSO, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WOULD FLICKER RIGHT AT ENGINE CUT OFF BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT. FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL, MY WIFE WITH KIDS AND PARENT WERE IN THE VAN ENTERING AN ON-RAMP TO THE FREEWAY WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OFF AGAIN CAUSING THE VAN TO REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT. THE ACCIDENT TOTALED THE VAN EVEN THOUGH THE SPEED WAS AROUND 8MPH; NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. CHRYSLER OPENED AN INVESTIGATION BUT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FAILURE FROM THE VEHICLE. HOW CAN THEY FIND ANYTHING WHEN NO CODES ARE TRIGGERED WHEN THE ENGINE CUTS OFF?

Mileage: 92,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS BECAME DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

Mileage: 6,000

BREAKS KEEPS ACTING UP, CLICKING ALL THE TIME REALLY LOUD, PUT ABOUT 2 NEW BREAK JOBS ON IT A YEAR, NEVER GET FIXED, HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT PADS AND ROTORS.

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY. THE VEHICLE INJURED THE CONTACT AND DAMAGED NEARBY MAILBOXES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,312.

Mileage: 76,312

FRONT BRAKES GRINDING . IT NEEDS NEW FRONT PADS AND ROTORS AT ONLY 16,000 MILES.

Mileage: 16,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE TURNING THE IGNITION OVER, THE VEHICLE REMAINED IDLE AND THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND AN UNUSUAL NOISE EMITTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER A VOLUNTARY RECALL ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER RELATED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. AS A RESULT, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 15,000

WITHIN THE FIRST 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING EXTREMELY HARD STEERING AND BRAKING. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PATTERN AS TO IF I USE THE REMOTE START OR JUST THE KEY. IT DOES SEEM TO HAPPEN MORE IN COLD WEATHER THAN WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARMER. THIS HAPPENS ON THE AVERAGE OF 3 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK. AFTER THE ENGINE CUTS OFF AND THEN RE-STARTED, THERE ARE NO OTHER CUT OFFS UNTIL THE VEHICLE SITS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND STARTED UP AGAIN. THIS IS SO SERIOUS THAT MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I KNOW THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BUT IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS AND THERE IS NOTHING (ACCORDING TO THE DEALER) THAT CAN BE DONE SO THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN SAFELY! HELP PLEASE!! *TR

Mileage: 66,725

NUMEROUS TIMES THE CAR ENGINE/IGNITION HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALL POWER ASSIST ARE THEN DISABLED. WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY THAT SO FAR EACH EVENT HAS NOT BEEN ON FREEWAY DRIVING AND WE WERE ABLE TO SLUGGISHLY STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE FILED THIS COMPLAINT WITH OUR DEALER AND WITH CHRYSLER BUT ARE STILL WAITING FOR RECALL ACTION. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OUR DEALERSHIP (LARRY MOORE CHRYSLER-PEORIA , AZ. THAT THE PARTS FOR OUR MODEL YEAR ARE NOT EVEN AVAILABLE YET?? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ARE IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS DEFECT?? SEEMS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT CHRYSLER ADMITS THE PROBLEM (FINALLY), PUTS OUT RECALLS, KNOWS IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THEN IS NOT PROMPT IN SETTLING THE MATTER? *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. THE RADIO AND HEADLIGHTS WERE WORKING BUT THE ENGINE WAS OFF, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I TRIED TO STEER ON THE ROAD BUT WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHERE CROSS TRAFFIC DID NOT STOP. SO I ENDED UP PULLING INTO THE FRONT YARD OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE TO SLOW AND FINALLY STOP THE CAR. THE FRONT YARD WAS LARGE SO LUCKILY I DID NOT HIT ANY MAILBOXES OR HOUSES. MY CAR HAD SHUT OFF IN 3 OTHER INCIDENCES BUT I WASN'T GOING AS FAST AND I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SO I WAS ABLE TO LET THE CAR ROLL TO A STOP AND NO ONE WAS HURT. WE USE THIS CAR AS A FAMILY CAR AND I AM WORRIED THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE CALLED THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND CHRYSLER AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO HELP ME. THEY ALL OF TOLD ME THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITHOUT A CERTAIN PART THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE. WHEN I CALL THE DEALERSHIP THEY FORWARD ME TO CHRYSLER AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THE PERSON AT CHRYSLER THEY FORWARD ME TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 88,100

L25 RECALL. IGNITION FAILED THREE TIMES NO PARTS TO FIX YET. NO OTHER KEYS ON FOB LAST TIME IT TURNED OFF. KEY IS LOOSE IN THE IGNITION (PER THE LOCAL CHRYSLER SERVICE MGR). ENGINE TURNED OFF THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE KEY. HAPPENED THREE TIME AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS FIRST TIME AT 45 MILES PER HOUR CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.. ONCE FASTER, ONCE SLOWER. MY 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ALL THREE TIMES. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH COME ON AND SHE SAID THE STEERING WOULD NOT WORK AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. SHE CALLED CRYING THE FIRST TIME FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. ENGINE HAD STOPPED. (NO CODES SHOWED ON DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER WHEN DEALER CHARGED FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC) SHE ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD STOPPED. ENGINE DID RESTART ALL THREE TIMES. LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER COULD NOT GET TO DUPLICATE EVEN THOUGH THE SAID THEY DROVE CAR 4 OR 5 TIMES. (EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY DROVE IT 4 OR 5 TIMES, NO MILES WERE PUT ONE THE VAN WHILE IN THE DEALERSHIP. EVEN THE $115 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE FROM THE DEALERSHIP SHOWED NO MILES WERE PUT ON THE VAN). THEY CHARGED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM IT WAS THE L25 RECALL WHICH THEY HAVE NO PARTS TO FIX YET. THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER SAID THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC FOR $115 THAT SHOWED NO COMPUTER CODES WHICH THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID SOUNDS LIKE THE IGNITION RECALL SYMPTOMS, BUT STILL CHARGED ME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE AT THE DEALERSHIP.(I DID NOT KNOW A SAFETY RECALL HAD TO BE DUPLICATED TO GET WORK DONE WITHOUT CHARGING) THE LOCAL CHYRSLER DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO KEEP DRIVING, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. MY 22 DAUGHTER IS SCARED TO DEATH OF THE VAN BUT IS HAVING TO KEEP DRIVING IT. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

INCIDENT WITH CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 2008 2/9/15 BETWEEN 4:26-4:29 P.M. DRIVING SLOW AFTER JUST HAVING GOTTEN A GREEN LIGHT (25MPH OR LESS) HIT A BIG BUMP IN THE ROAD. EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND I FELT THE ENGINE LOSE POWER. THE VAN COASTED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS THEN SEEMED TO GAIN POWER BACK. WENT AROUND A BEND IN THE ROAD SLOWLY AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. IT DID NOT COME BACK AT ALL THIS TIME. I TRIED TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL TO GET TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. SIGNAL DID NOT WORK. NEITHER DID POWER STEERING. I COULD NOT GET VAN TO TURN INTO PARKING LOT. THERE WAS A MOVING VEHICLE BEHIND ME AND A PARKING LOT FULL OF CARS TO MY LEFT. I FOUND THE AUTOMATIC BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL HARD TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AND THANKFULLY THE VAN COASTED INTO A SNOW BANK WHICH STOPPED IT FROM MOVING ANY FARTHER. TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN INTO PARK AND MAKE SURE IT REALLY WAS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I TOOK THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND WAITED JUST UNDER A MINUTE. I DECIDED TO PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION AND SEE IF I COULD GET THE VAN TO START. IT STARTED WITHOUT ANY NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS?! CAR KEY' ATTACHED TO KEY RING WITH OTHER KEYS. DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE IN THE MAIL ABOUT RECALL. LOOKED UP POSSIBLE RECALLS AFTER THE FACT AND YES, THERE IS ONE. AND IT IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN CHRYSLER LETS ON. TRIED TO CONTACT CHRYSLER BY PHONE SEVERAL TIMES AND CAN'T GET THROUGH. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN ONE OF MANY OTHER PLACES I HAD BEEN DRIVING THAT DAY THE ACCIDENT COULD'VE BEEN FATAL. *TR

Mileage: 86,868

I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BE NOTIFIED THAT THE FREQUENCY OPERATED BUTTON IGNITION KEY HAS COME IN. TODAY WHEN I WENT TO START THE VAN IT SEEMS THAT IT WANTS TO START BUT HESITATES I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT KEPT DOING THE SAME THING. I CLEANED THE AIR FILTER, CHECKED THE HOSES AND BATTERY BUT FOUND NOTHING WRONG. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK. I THEN CALLED THE CHRYSLER RECALL 800 NUMBER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID IT COULD BE FROM 1-3 MONTHS BEFORE THE PART WAS AVAILABLE. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND HE STATED IF I CHANGED THE IGNITION MODULE I WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED, I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP IN THE TANK AT 50,000 MILES THE SWAY BAR ON THE RIGHT WAS REPLACED AND I STILL NEED TO REPLACE THE LEFT ONE. I USUALLY TRAVEL WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN AND IT HAS BEEN ONE ISSUE OR ANOTHER SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SLOW IN BRAKING CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND CAUSED THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES TO FAIL. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED WERE UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. UPDATED 02/24/15*LJ UPDATED06/10/2015 *JS

Mileage: 78,000

MY TOWN AND COUNTRY IS INVOLVED IN THE L25 RECALL. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE DURING OPERATION, THE KEY MOVES FROM THE "ON" POSITION. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF AND I AM UNABLE TO STEER OR ENGAGE THE BRAKES. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS AND TO RECEIVE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. I CONTACTED THEM TODAY, 1/6/2015 TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I ALSO REQUESTED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE ME WITH A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE WAITING ON THE PARTS FOR REPAIR DUE TO THE CONCERN I HAD FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN AND OTHER DRIVERS. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THIS DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF OTHER ACTIONS I CAN TAKE SO THAT INJURIES AND/OR DEATHS DO NOT OCCUR DUE TO THEIR FAILURE TO REMEDY THIS DEFECT AND REFUSAL TO PROVIDE ME WITH TEMPORARY SAFE TRANSPORTATION.

Mileage: 120,000

INCIDENT 1: 10/29/14 WHILE DRIVING WITH MY CHILD, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER BRAKES & STEERING FUNCTION. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. VEHICLE TOWED FOR REPAIR. STARTER RELAY REPLACED. INCIDENT 2: 11/28/14 WHILE DRIVING MY TWO CHILDREN, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, ON I-75, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUT OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER BRAKES & STEERING FUNCTION. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. ENGINE THEN TURNED OVER. VEHICLE DRIVEN TO OWNER'S RESIDENCE. 11/29/14 ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. VEHICLE TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *JS

Mileage: 51,000

THIS IS IN REF TO RECALL L25.MY CAR OVER THE PAST 3 WEEKS IS CONSISTENTLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 1X PER DAY.I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 4 ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT.ONE TIME IT HAPPENED AS I WAS ENTERING A BUSY INTERSTATE.CHRYSLER HAS NOT ETA ON THE PIECE TO FIX THE CAR.I CALLED AND THEY SAID TO CALL YOU.I TRANSPORT A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD DAILY AND THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.I HAVE BEEN ON BUSY MAIN ROADS, ON SIDE ROADS AND DRIVING AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND THE IGNITION SLIPS OUT OF THE ON POSITION, MOTOR DIES, I LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND AIRBAGS.I HAVE ALL KEYS REMOVED FROM THE KEY FOB AND IT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.I WILL LEAVE THE PARKING DECK AT MY WORK TODAY AND IT WILL SHUT OFF GOING DOWN THE RAMP AND I STRUGGLE TO STEER, STOP, PUT CAR IN PARK, RESTART AND CONTINUE ON...HOPING I DON'T GET HIT OR THAT I HIT SOMEONE ELSE.I NEED A TEMPORARY CAR UNTIL THEY CAN FIX THIS.MY KEY FOB SITS IN THE KEY HOLE LOSE AND THE LITTLEST OF BUMPS THROWS TURNS OFF MY CAR.I EITHER NEED RESOLUTION ASAP OR ANOTHER CAR UNTIL FIXED.IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT AN ATTORNEY HAS TO SAY.THIS RECALL OCCURRED MONTHS AGO AND CHRYSLER IS YET TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, FOUND OUT LATER THERE WAS A RECALL (L25). BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP IN OLD SAYBROOK, CT. PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL IS FOR EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS WE EXPERIENCED. CALLED CHRYSLER FOR RENTAL OR OTHER DEALERSHIPS, TOLD I WAS OUT OF LUCK AND OUT OF WARRANTY IT IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE IT IS A RECALL ISSUE. THEY SAID PARK IT OR DRIVE IT. THEY SAY IT IS SAFE BUT IT IS NOT. IF THE ENGINE TURNED OFF ON THE HIGHWAY MY KIDS WOULD BE DEAD. ITS RIDICULOUS THAT THEY HAVE A SAFETY RECALL AND DON'T HAVE THE PARTS, THEY ARE OPEN FOR HUGE LIABILITY THERE. BOTTOM LINE IS I DON'T HAVE A SAFE CAR DUE TO THEIR DEFECT, AND THEY WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ETA ON REPAIR PART IS NOT KNOW BY CHRYSLER. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

IN DECEMBER OF 2013 MY CAR IGNITION BEGAN SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST TIME I WAS GOING 45 MPH. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES LAST WINTER AND STOPPED. CHRYSLER ISSUED AN L25 RECALL 2 MO AGO BUT NO ETA ON PARTS STILL AS OF TODAY. KEY FOB SLIPPED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION WHILE DRIVING ON 10/16 AND 10/21 JUST RECENTLY WHILE LEAVING THE PARKING GARAGE AT MY OFFICE. GARAGE IS A BIT BUMPY LIKE ALL AND I HAVE REMOVED ALL KEYS FROM THE FOB PER CHRYSLER INSTRUCTIONS. THEY CLAIM THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME GOING 45-50 MPH LAST WINTER. ON 10/21 I WAS GOING DOWN THE PARKING DECK ON AN INCLINE AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. SOMEONE WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE IN A PARKING SPOT AT THE END THE RAMP I WAS ON AND A CAR WAS BEHIND ME.I DIDN'T KNOW THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF UNTIL I GO TO BRAKE AND TURN. I BARELY STOPPED IN TIME SO AS NOT TO HIT THE GUY CHANGING HIS TIRE AND THE PERSON BEHIND ME ALMOST SLAMMED INTO ME. ADD TO THIS THE AIRBAGS BECOME INEFFECTIVE DUE TO THE POWER LOSS AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABOUT TO TURN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP WHEN I REALIZED I HAD NO POWER. I COULD HAVE KILLED THE PERSON IN FRONT AND THE PERSON BEHIND ALMOST TOOK ME OUT. THE FREQUENCY OF THIS HAPPENING IS INCREASING AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. THEY TOLD ME TODAY THE RECALL IS TOO BIG AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LOANER CARS TO ACCOMMODATE AND CHRYSLER CLAIMS THIS ONLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS ON BUMPY ROADS AND THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WHO IS ALWAYS IN THE CAR WITH ME AND I'M ALWAYS CARPOOLING WITH MY DAUGHTER'S GYMNASTICS TEAM SO I ALWAYS HAVE KIDS IN MY CAR GOING TO PERFORMANCES. THIS IS PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AND OTHER KIDS AT RISK. MY CAR IS NOT SAFE AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I NEED A LOANER CAR AND QUICK. I DRIVE TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR AN HOUR EACH WAY PLUS ALL THE OTHER THINGS I HAVE TO DO TO TRANSPORT MY KIDS. *TR

Mileage: 106,450

THE PROBLEMS I EXPERIENCED INCLUDED: 1. CAR STOPPING WHILE DRIVING 2. IGNITION STICKS AND TURNS FOR EXTENDED PERIOD, THEN STARTS 3. IGNITION DOES NOT START, JUST CLICKS, THE STARTS AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. I PUT IN NEW STARTER FOR $400 THAT DID NOT FIX IT. CHRYSLER RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF THE WIN MODULE AT MY COST OF $800 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. SAID REPAIR SHOULD FIX ALL OF THIS ISSUES. THEY SAID IT WAS WARRANTY REPAIR AND TO SEND IN PAYMENT RECEIPTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS A RECALL FROM 2011 UNDER THE SAME L25. THIS REPAIR WAS DONE ON 8/22/2014 AND DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED. CHRYSLER THEN ACKNOWLEDGED ANOTHER UPDATED L25 RECALL AND THAT THE FIX WILL PERMANENTLY REPAIR VAN AND FIX ALL ISSUES. THEY SENT OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE UNDATED BUT RECEIVED BY ME ON 9/15/2014. PARTS TO PERMANENTLY FIX THIS DEFECT ARE UNAVAILABLE CURRENTLY. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE 9/5/2014 BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT, AS IT HAS STOPPED ON THE ROAD PREVIOUSLY. THE LETTER STATES THAT VEHICLE MAY STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF CRASH AND INJURY, BUT THAT I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DRIVE IT ANYWAYS. WHAT!! AS A RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE PERSON, I CHOOSE NOT TO DRIVE THIS RATHER THAN TAKE THE RISK. HOW CAN YOU ISSUE RECALL BUT NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX IT? THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE A TIME FRAME. HOW CAN I EXPEDITE RECALL REPAIRS? WHAT LEGAL RECOURSE DO I HAVE? I DON'T WANT THIS CAR ANYMORE. WILL IT BE SAFE EVEN WHEN THEY FINALLY GET THE PROPER PARTS AND REPAIR IT? I AM VERY UPSET WITH THIS ISSUE, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF USE OF MY VEHICLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, INCONVENIENCE, MENTAL DISTRESS, AND ADDITIONAL COSTS. THIS IS TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND LACKING IN CARE BY CHRYSLER. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM GM HAD WITH MANY INJURIES AND DEATHS. HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST GET HURT OR DIE? I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THEM. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

SINCE PURCHASING THE USED 2008 CHRYSLER T&C WE NOTICED THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKY, CAUSED VIBRATION, OR MADE A STRANGE NOISE WHEN TURNING. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AND ROTORS MULTIPLE TIMES AND ON OUR WAY BACK TO THE GARAGE TO FIND OUT WHY THERE'S A NEW NOISE WHEN WE TURN A CORNER. OVERALL VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR CHRYSLER TO CREATE SUCH A SUB-PAR PRODUCT FOR A FAMILY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED, THE STEERING SEIZED, AND THE BRAKES LOCKED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

BRAKES HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM SENSE PURCHASED NEW. THEY SOMETIMES GET HOT ENOUGH TO CATCH FIRE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD THIS NORMAL. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE BRAKES WE TOOK THE CAR TO INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE PADS,ROTORS,CALIPERS AND BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED WITH AFTER MARKET PARTS. THESE ALSO GOT HOT CAUGHT FIRE. WE THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WE SHOULD HAVE USED OEM PARTS. WE THEN HAD THIS DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE AFTERMARKET PARTS WITH OEM PARTS. THE BRAKES AGAIN CONTINUED TO RUN HOT. 3,000 MILES LATER THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SMOKE CAME INTO THE VEHICLE. DURING THE 99,000 MILES WE HAVE USED THIS MINIVAN THE BRAKES ALWAYS RAN HOT AND HAVE CAUGHT FIRE THREE TIMES. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THOUSANDS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE AVERAGE BRAKE LIFE ON THIS VAN IS ABOUT 20,000 MILES. OUR PREVIOUS DODGE VAN RAN 120,000 MILES BEFORE ANY BRAKE WORK. THE CHRYSLER MINIVAN HAS A PROBLEM WITH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE NOT BEING COMPLETELY RELEASED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED. THIS CREATES EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING AND SOMETIMES FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

A ACCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN CAUSED AS OF YET. WE HAD THE BACK BRAKES COMPLETELY OVERHAULED LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE CEASED CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. BRAKES HAD TO BE PUMPED BEFORE YOU COULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CALIPER, PADS, ROTORS AND BRAKE ADAPTER WERE ALL REPLACE. WE PICKED UP THE VAN 10/1/14 AFTER HAVING THIS DONE. HERE IT IS 9/15 AND THE BACK CALIPERS HAVE ALREADY CEASED, CAUSING THE ROTORS TO WARP AGAIN. THE WHOLE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM! *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY TOURING EDITION WITH APPX. 30,000 MILES ON IT IN LATE 2011. IN MAY OF 2012, I HAD AN ACCIDENT WHICH ONLY AFFECTED MYSELF AND THE VEHICLE. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VAN TO SLAM TO THE GROUND AND ME TO PERFORM EMERGENCY MANEUVERS TO STOP. THE WHEEL, HAVING HAD ALL FIVE LUG BOLTS SHEARED OFF, HAD BOUNCED OFF OF THE VEHICLE DOING CONSIDERABLE BODY DAMAGE. THE BRAKES, AXLE, TIRE, ET AL HAD TO BE REPLACED. I CHALKED THIS UP TO COINCIDENCE, PAID MY DEDUCTIBLE, AND HAD OVER $3,000 WORTH OF WORK DONE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE FROM THE ACCIDENT. THIS PAST SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2014, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS TRAVELING SLOWER THIS TIME, ABOUT 25 MPH, AND WHEN I HEARD THE SAME WHEEL MAKING NOISE I PULLED OFF THE ROAD INTO A STRIP MALL PARKING LOT JUST IN TIME TO HAVE THE WHEEL COME OFF AGAIN, THIS TIME DOING DAMAGE TO THE REAR QUARTER PANEL, THE BUMPER, THE AXLE, BRAKES, TIRE, ET CETERA. IT ALSO FORCED ME TO MAKE ANOTHER EMERGENCY STOP, THIS TIME IN THE LOT, WHERE THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BY THE HANDLE OF A COMMERCIAL DUMPSTER THAT STOPPED MY SKID. I REACHED OUT TO CHRYSLER BECAUSE I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE EXACT SAME THING TO THE EXACT SAME WHEEL WOULD HAPPEN TWICE, AND I NOW CHALK IT UP TO A PARTS FAILURE ON CHRYSLER'S END. I WAS AT FIRST TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THAT NOTHING WOULD BE DONE ON THEIR END. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I SPOKE WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VAN WAS TOWED AND WAS TOLD BY THEIR HEAD MECHANIC THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE (FACTORY) ALLOY RIM. I AGAIN CONTACTED CHRYSLER WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CASE WAS BEING MOVED UP TO A "SPECIALIST" AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 3-5 DAYS BEFORE I HEARD FROM THEM. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE TRANSPORTING MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

CAR STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING ME TO LOSE DRIVING FUNCTIONS LIKE BRAKES AND STEERING. RADIO STAYS ON. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A NY HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND THE IGNITION TURNED TO THE ACC POSITION. I HAD MY CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT AND WE NARROWLY ESCAPED AN ACCIDENT. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND PAID $800 FOR A CLOCKSPRING WHICH I WAS TOLD WOULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN 3 WEEKS AGO. THIS TIME I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A MULTIPLE CAR COLLISION. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER STEERING WHEEL OR BRAKES. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID "WOW, I NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE". REALLY?? BECAUSE MODELS 2009-PRESENT HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE YET YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR 11 DAYS AND I WAS TOLD THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS EITHER. I SPENT $900 ON A RENTAL FOR THAT WASTE OF TIME. THESE 2008 CARS NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I DO BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN SOON BECAUSE THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION TO BE IN. *TR

Mileage: 99,546

DROVE CAR APPROX 100 FEET, 1ST THING IN THE MORNING. USED BRAKES AT END OF DRIVEWAY, THEN STARTED DRIVING AND ALL 4 BRAKE RELATED LIGHTS CAME ON - ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, ESP BAS LIGHT. ALL 4 LIGHTS REMAINED ON. THEY WERE NOT ON WHEN CAR INTIALLY STARTED, BUT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER USING THE BRAKES FOR THE 1ST TIME. ALWAYS REMAINED ON UNTIL CAR WAS TURNED OFF. TOOK CAR TO SHOP NEXT DAY AND THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED THE ANTI LOCK MODULE WAS FAILING. NOT OVERLY SAFE TO DRIVE YOUNG KIDS AROUND, SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE REPAIR. CHRYSLER INFORMED THE SHOP THAT THEY SELL ROUGHLY 15 OF THESE PARTS A WEEK. SHOP QUESTIONED WHY THEY WERE NOT RECALLED AS THAT # IS QUITE HIGH. NEW MODULE HAS BEEN IN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND ALL SEEMS FINE. UPDATED 7/29/2015 *JS

Mileage: 82,635

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKES MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHENEVER THEY WERE APPLIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000....UPDATED 09-05-14 *BF UPDATED 11/5/15 *JS

Mileage: 21,000

TOOK VEHICLE IN TO MY SHOP TO SERVICE REAR BRAKES, THEY WERE GRINDING. I EXPECTED TO HAVE TO REPLACE PADS AND ROTORS. WE HADN'T DONE IT IN THE 40K MILES WE'VE OWNED IT AND DIDN'T HAVE IT'S SERVICE HISTORY PRIOR TO THAT. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE REAR BRAKES HAD BEEN FROZEN CLOSED FOR "A LONG TIME." DUE TO THIS, HE SAID TEMPS HAD GOTTEN SO HOT BACK THERE THAT THE BRAKE HOSES WERE EXTREMELY WARPED AND THE BRAKE FLUID HAD TURNED TO SLUDGE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE HOSES, CALIPERS, PADS, AND ROTORS AND FLUSH THE BRAKE SYSTEM FLUID. I'M WORRIED HAD THIS CONTINUED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE WE COULDN'T STOP OR WE COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 88,002

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN STOPPED WORKING, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIT UP, AC AND RADIO TURNED OFF,STEERING LOCKED AND BRAKES DID NOT WORK. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE AFTER 2 DAYS. TOOK IT HOME AND SAME THING HAPPENED ON 7/11/14. BROUGHT TO NON-DEALERSHIP MECHANIC WHO IS LOOKING INTO STEERING COLUMN/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT STILL NOTHING AFTER 3 DAYS. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON VEHICLE SO PLAN TO SUBMIT EXPENSES TO CHRYSLER. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM WORK MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. IT WAS ROLLING AND I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE OR TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, NO BRAKES, ALL THE CONTROLS AND LIGHTS WERE OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY 4 LANE STREET. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND MOVED OVER TO THE OUTSIDE LANE AND ULTIMATELY WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT. I SAT THERE FOR A WHILE STUNNED BY WHAT HAPPENED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I TRIED TO START THE VAN. IT DID START AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON MY WAY HOME. EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED TODAY, JULY 14, 2014. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH STARTING THE VAN. AFTER TURNING THE KEY THE VAN STARTS UP AND A FEW SECONDS LATER GOES DEAD. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHEN MY VAN SHUT OFF BY ITSELF. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE WITH NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BREAKS, SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART MY VAN. AFTER THE RESTART IT AGAIN SHUTDOWN ON ITS OWN AT THE NEXT STOP SIGN. I RESTARTED AND HAVE NOT HIS THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO HAD RANDOM PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING / HEATER FANS RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF. TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM THE WITH FANS I HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE VAN COMPLETELY AND RESTART AND THEN THE FANS START WORKING AGAIN. *JS

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND WAS UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIN MODULE AND IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,029 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

Mileage: 78,029

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE APPLIED WITH EXTREME PRESSURE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,303.

Mileage: 60,303

I USED MY REMOTE KEY BUTTON TO START MY VEHICLE, WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO ENTER THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEM SELVES, THEY OPERATED AS IF THEY WERE ON DELAY UNTIL I PLACED THE IGNITION KEY INTO THE SLOT AND PLACE IT IN THE START POSITION, I THEN BACKED UP AND HEADED TO WORK, ALL THE WAY INTO TOWN MY DASH LIGHTS FLICKERED OFF AND ON, THE WIPERS OPERATED ALL BY THEMSELVES EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE TURNED OFF, THE KEY CHIME CONTINUALLY CHIMED, BOTH OF THE FRONT WINDOW AND THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR CONTROL BUTTONS ON THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL PANEL DID NOT WORK, BUT THE SIDE DOOR WINDOW BUTTONS AND THE REAR LOUVER WINDOW BUTTONS AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW CONTROL PANEL BUTTONS WORKED, THE HEADLIGHTS FLASHED OFF AND ON AND THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE INTERMITTENT WHEN SWITCHED ON, AS I SAID BEFORE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW BUTTONS WOULD NOT WORK, THEREFORE I COULD NOT USE HAND SIGNALS AND I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. ALSO WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BRAKES WOULD CHATTER AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK SO MUCH IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT END WAS GOING TO COME OFF. SO I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED IT NORMALLY WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, IT STILL WENT CRAZY, THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING AS DESCRIBED EARLIER, I LATER LOOKED ONLINE AND ONE FORUM ANSWER SAID TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO TRY AND DO A RESET, I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY COMPLETELY AND THEN AFTER 5 MINUTES I HOOKED THE BATTERY BACK UP AND STARTED THE VEHICLE, NO CHANGE IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AND CONTINUES TO DO IT EVERY TIME I START THE VEHICLE.I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE PAYMENT, SO I CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY! I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MENTIONED ALL OVER THE INTERNET POSTED ON MANY CHRYSLER AND DODGE PRODUCT FORUMS! IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY RECALLS OR TSR'S RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM BUT THERE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE!!!! *TR

Mileage: 131,278

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD, THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. NOTHING WORKED. I COULD NOT BRAKE OR STEER AS POWER STEERING WENT. THE ONLY THING THAT STAYED ON WAS THE RADIO. CAR SLOWLY COASTED AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED. MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR, I HAVE ALREADY TOLD DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG BUT THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A KEY ROLL BACK ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME IF IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AGAIN I SHOULD TURN KEY AS IT MAY HAVE MOVED FROM ON POSITION TO ACC POSITION DUE TO A BUMP IN THE ROAD. TURNING THE KEY DID NOTHING. AFTER THE CAR STOPPED I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR AND EVERYTHING WORKED EXCEPT THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT STAYED ON. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND CHRYSLER SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT SEEM TO CARE WHEN I CALLED! THEN I BEGIN RESEARCHING AND FIND THAT THEY RECALLED 2009 VEHICLES OF THE SAME MAKE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM! *TR

Mileage: 75,000

OUR VAN MAKES A GRINDING OR RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END/AXLES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN WE ARE TURNING. IT SOUNDS LIKE A FLUTTERING/GRINDING OF METAL OR SOME PART THAT IS REVOLVING WITH THE WHEELS AS WE DRIVE. WE HAD THE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED AND PADS REPLACED. THAT HELPED WITH THE SHIMMY WE FELT WHILE BRAKING, BUT THE RUBBING/GRINDING SOUNDS PERSIST. WE ARE BEING TOLD IT MIGHT BE WHEEL BEARINGS. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEM TO NHTSA FOR THIS MODEL/YEAR T&C MINI VAN. THERE IS A SERVICE NOTIFICATION K19 FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON SOME 2008 MODELS. I THINK OUR VAN VIN# SHOULD BE ADDED TO THAT LIST OF "SOME 2008 MODELS." *JS

Mileage: 73,497

I NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES THAT MY 2008 TOWN & COUNTRY WAS BURNING OIL DURING USE WITH NO VISIBLE OIL LEAKS AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS 3 QUARTS OF OIL LOW WHEN CHECKED BEFORE DRAINING THE OIL. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING THE OIL ONCE PER MONTH SINCE. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 73,000 MILES ON IT AND IS BURNING APPROXIMATELY 1 QUART OF OIL EACH 1500 MILES DRIVEN. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE OF THIS SAME ISSUE. I AM LUCKY THAT I CAUGHT THE ISSUE BEFORE SERIOUS ENGINE DAMAGE AND REPAIRS WERE REQUIRED LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER RESPONDENTS. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR RECALL OR EXTENDED COVERAGE IN THE EVENT THAT SERIOUS ISSUES OCCUR. OTHER ISSUES I HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING MY OWNERSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE I PURCHASED NEW ARE THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE FRONT HUBS AND PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BRAKE COMPONENTS. THE FRONT HUBS HAVE FAILED ON EACH SIDE 3 TIMES ALREADY IN THE 73,000 MILES AND NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE HUB IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AGAIN SIGNALING THAT IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED SOON. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE WITH ANY VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED. TO HAVE IT HAPPEN FOR THE 4TH TIME PRIOR TO 100,000 MILES WOULD SEEM TO BE A DEFECT. THE BRAKE COMPONENTS SEEM TO WEAR OUT EVERY 15,000 MILES AND THE ROTORS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT EACH TIME THE PADS WEAR OUT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A QUALITY ISSUE WITH THE PARTS BOTH NEW AND REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, VAN WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF (STALL) WITHOUT NOTICE. RADIO/DVD WOULD CONTINUE. MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE SHUT OFF IS THAT THERE IS NO POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES OULD NOT WORK! IT'S HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ONLY CODE WAS EGR VALVE CODE. TECHNICIAN DID NOT CONNECT IT TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH CHRYLER, THEY FELT THAT THE EGR VALVE DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE AT LOW SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 AND THE REAR 3RD LIGHT BRAKE ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF AND CRASHED ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM TAKES OVER WHILE DRIVING (NOT BRAKING) IN ONE TIRE? THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES CAUSING ME TO GO INTO ON-COMING TRAFFIC ONCE AND ONTO A LAWN OF A BUSINESS. THERE IS NO ICE ON THE ROAD, I'M NOT BRAKING, NO SNOW. THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY; IF IT ALREADY HASN'T. MY PERSONAL MECHANIC SAYS TO REMOVE ALL BRAKES & BRAKE PARTS, REPLACE THE ABS SYSTEM AND OTHER ITEMS WILL BE OVER $5000.00 IM STILL PAYING ON THE BLOODY VEHICLE, I CANT AFFORD TO DRIVE IT ( KILL MYSELF , FAMILY AND SOMEBODY ELSE ) AND I CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT. 2008 T & C *TR

Mileage: 66,000

INCIDENT #1: REAR WHEEL NOISY, SOUNDED LIKE A BAD WHEEL BEARING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER 5 STAR DEALER, THEY SAID THE BRAKE WAS STUCK, NEEDED 2 NEW REAR CALIPERS, PADS, ROTORS, $750. VAN HAD ABOUT 30K MILES. INCIDENT #2: REAR WHEEL NOISY, SOUNDED LIKE A BAD WHEEL BEARING. CHECKED THE BRAKES MYSELF, DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE IS STUCK. ROTOR IS WORN DOWN, PADS WORN DOWN TO NOTHING. FITTED NEW PADS, ROTORS. VAN HAD ABOUT 50K MILES. INCIDENT #3: REAR WHEEL NOISY, SOUNDED LIKE A BAD WHEEL BEARING. DRIVERS SIDE REAR BRAKE STUCK ON, WHEEL WAS NUCLEAR HOT. PROBABLY NEEDS NEW PADS AND ROTORS AGAIN! VAN HAS ABOUT 70K MILES. THE DEALER STIFFED ME FOR EXPENSIVE NEW CALIPERS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARY. THIS IS A PAD/FRAME DESIGN PROBLEM. THE PADS STICK IN THE FRAME AND DON'T RETRACT FROM THE ROTOR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE THE DEALER WILL DENY IT AND UPSELL YOU NEW CALIPERS. NEW VANS HAVE REDESIGNED BRAKES. THIS VAN NEEDS EXPENSIVE NEW REAR BRAKES EVERY 20-30K MILES DUE TO A DANGEROUS DESIGN ERROR. THE REAR BRAKES CAN QUICKLY WEAR OUT OR GET STUCK ON. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM HAD FAILED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED A SERIOUS OF UNKNOWN SENSORS BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE DEFECT. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A SYSTEM DOWNLOAD. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

THE FIRST PROBLEM WE NOTICED WITH THE VAN WAS THE BRAKES. THEY WEAR OUT WAY TO QUICKLY. IN THE 5 YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE VAN WE HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES 6 TIMES AND ROTORS 2 TIMES. THE NEXT PROBLEM WAS WHAT SEEMS TO BE A WELL DOCUMENTED LEAK OF THE COOLANT ON TO THE ENGINE CAUSING SMELLY SMOKE. WE WERE FORCED TO BY THE PART FROM THE DEALER AS IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE AND PAID OVER 100.00 FOR IT. THANKFULLY MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO REPLACE IT. NOW AT 80000 MILES THE KEY AND IGNITION HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES. IT STARTED WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FOB. THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF BUT IT WILL ONLY GO INTO ACCESSORY. IF LEFT OVERNIGHT OR FOR SOMETIME IT WILL KILL THE BATTERY. IT STARTED OCCASIONALLY AND HAS PROGRESSED TO ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU CUT THE ENGINE OFF YOU CANNOT REMOVE THE KEY FOB. IT WILL RELEASE BUT IT IS AFTER SOMETIME SITTING IN PARK. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING HAVING TO LEAVE YOUR KEY IN THE IGNITION AND BE FORCED TO LEAVE IT SITTING IN A RANDOM PARKING LOT AND JUST HOPE THAT WHEN YOU RETURN THE BATTERY IS NOT DEAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND IT IS VERY COMMON AMONG THIS VAN AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. AT THIS POINT I AM SO FED UP WITH IT IF SOMEONE DECIDED TO STEAL IT BECAUSE THEY SAW THE KEY IN IT I WOULD JUST WISH THEM GOOD LUCK. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER CHRYSLER ! SEEMS LIKE THERE HAS TO BE A FIRE INJURY OR FATALITY FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING TO SATISFY ALL THE UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS THEY HAVE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

AT APPROX 30,000 MILES, I ROTATED THE TIRES, THE FRONT/REAR BRAKES WERE SHOT. I REPLACED EVERYTHING. I LATER LEARNED ABOUT THE RECALL. BREWBAKER CHRYSLER TOLD ME "TOO BAD, I GUESS YOU LEARNED A LESSON" WHEN I BROUGHT THEM MY RECEIPTS FOR THE BRAKE PARTS. AROUND THE SAME TIME, I WAS REPLACING THE WIPER BLADES WHEN I NOTICE THE DRIVERSIDE FRONT STRUT TOWER WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. WATER IS TRAPPED IN THE "CUP" OF THE STRUT TOWER AND HAD EATEN QUITE A BIT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I TRADED THE VEHICLE. I HAD ISSUES WITH THE SLIDING REAR DOORS(REOPENING WITH NOTHING IN THE WAY AND CLOSING TOO HARD, IE SAFETY FEATURE INOP), THE AUTOMATIC BACK DOOR(BROKEN LINKAGE), THE "Y" COOLING HOSE BROKE/SPLIT, USING A QUART OF OIL EVERY 1,000 MILES AND LOCKING WITH THE KEYS INSIDE. UPON TRADE-IN, THE VAN HAD APPROX 58,000 MILES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN! I'VE NEVER HAD ONE VEHICLE WITH SO MANY PROBLEMS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. MY CURRENT VEHICLE, 02 CHEVY S10 4.3L V6 (OWNED SINCE NEW, .2 MILES) HAS 119,000+ MILES AND THE ONLY PROBLEM I'VE HAD WAS A BAD TPS, AT AROUND 100,000 MILES. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AND FIX THERE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

HEARD LOUD HOWLING NOISE RIGHT REAR, PSI UP TO 39, WHEEL OVERHEATED. WENT TO DEALER, RIGHT REAR BRAKE CALIPER SEIZED. I WAS TOLD HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES?!! COST ME $742.90. *TR

Mileage: 38,738

I JUST HAD MY FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED. I HAD THEM REPLACED ON 2/14/2012. MY REAR ROTORS AND PADS ARE OK, BUT NEED TO BE REPLACED SOON. I HAD THEM REPLACED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. I HAVE SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET THIS SAME ISSUE FOR MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, AND I FOUND HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THE BRAKE SYSTEM...ONE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS EVERY YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 85,928

MY 2008 MINIVAN STARTED GOING ELECTRICALLY HAYWIRE WHILE DRIVING AND I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO A NEARBY DEALER. I PULLED INTO SERVICE AREA WITH HORNS BLOWING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FLUID GOING FULL TILT CONSTANTLY, WITH ALL SWITCHES IN THE OFF POSITION. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO THE CAR WOULDN'T GET AWAY FROM ME AND PLOW INTO SOME ONE OR THING! AFTER I GOT INTO THE SERVICE AREA EVERYTHING STOPPED. ON LINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY RESIDENTIAL STREET TRAVELING < 25MPH TAKING MY 3 YOUNG CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WHEN I VEERED TO THE RIGHT AROUND OUR CURVED STREET AND THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS BRAKES BEGIN TO KICK IN CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW TO ALMOST A STOP WITHOUT TOUCH THE BRAKES AND CREATING A LOUD RUBBING NOICE. I PROCEEDED DOWN THE STREET AND THE SAME PROBLEM KEPT HAPPENING EVERYTIME. I TRIED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THIS WAS A HUGE SAFTEY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AS THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OR IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. I BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THEY DIAGNOSSED THE PROVLEM AS A CLOCK SPRING ISSUE. WHILE RESEARCH CLOCK SPRINGS, I FOUND INFORMATION THAT STATED THAT A CLOCK SPRING SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY FUNTIONING PROBLEMS IN VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES.

Mileage: 44,000

MY 2008 MINIVAN STARTED GOING ELECTRICALLY HAYWIRE WHILE DRIVING AND I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO A NEARBY DEALER. I PULLED INTO SERVICE AREA WITH HORNS BLOWING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FLUID GOING FULL TILT CONSTANTLY, WITH ALL SWITCHES IN THE OFF POSITION. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO THE CAR WOULDN'T GET AWAY FROM ME AND PLOW INTO SOME ONE OR THING! AFTER I GOT INTO THE SERVICE AREA EVERYTHING STOPPED. IN A FEW MINUTES ONE OF THE MANAGERS CRANKED THE CAR A COUPLE OF TIMES AND TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE CAR BROUGHT BACK WHEN IT HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS AGAIN. THEY SAID IT IS EASIER TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SO I LEFT AND WENT ON LINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 97,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WITH AN EXTREMELY STRONG BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CALIPER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO YEARS LATER AND THE CALIPER SLIDE WAS AGAIN CLEANED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

Mileage: 16,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE EMITTED A GRINDING NOISE AND BEGAN VIBRATING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. ..UPDATED 09-18-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED.

Mileage: 26,000

1.THERE ARE TIMES WHEN RIGHT AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND COMING BACK TO THE CAR SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, IT WILL NOT START. THE KEY TURNS BUT THERE IS NO POWER. I HAVE REPLACED ALTENATOR, AND BATTERY AND STARTER. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION. 2. I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS AT 80,000MILES ,ALSO IN THE 3 YEARS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKESAND ROTORS 2 TIMES AND REAR BRAKES ONCE. 3. OIL SEEMS TO "DISAPPEAR" USUALLY 2 QUARTS IN A MATTER OF 1000 OR LESS MILES. THIS VEHICLE IS THE MOST UNSAFE VEHICLE I HAVE EVER BOUGHT. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON THE WORD OF CHRYSLER THAT IT IS A SAFE AND TRUSTWORTHY VAN. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED MORE TIMES THAN I CHOOSE TO COUNT, IN PARKING LOTS AND WHAT NOT MILES AWAY FROM HOME, WITH MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY [XXX] THAT I HAVE TO HAVE A "SURVIVAL PACK" FOOD AND WATER AND STROLLERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN MY VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES IN CASE WE GET STRANDED SOMEWHERE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 110,000

3 OCCASIONS DRIVING MY 3 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL MY TOWN AND COUNTRY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE STEERING FAILED, BRAKES AND THE CAR WENT UNRESPONSIVE. THE ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TO REMEDY, I HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK, AND RESTART VEHICLE. THE LAST INSTANCE WHEN THIS OCCURRED I ROLLED INTO A FOUR WAY STOP AS MY BREAKS DID NOT WORK. AN ONLINE SEARCH HAS SHOWN MANY OTHER HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITH THE DODGE CARAVAN AND TOWN & COUNTRY BOTH MADE BY CHRYSLER. TOOK VAN TO DEALER WHO SAID DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED NOTHING (OTHER PEOPLE REPORT THIS SAME EXPERIENCE). THEY UPDATED THE PCM SOFTWARE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE A SOFTWARE UPDATE WOULD RENDER MY CAR SAFE TO DRIVE AND BE THE FACTOR THAT CAUSED IT'S WHOLE SYSTEM, BRAKES INCLUDED TO SHUT DOWN. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. MINI VAN DRIVERS CARRY CHILDREN! *TR

Mileage: 135,000

BRAKES WEAR OUT AND STOP WORKING EVERY 10K MILES. ENGINE CONSUMES 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 800 MILES WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKING OR DRIPPING. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,600. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SAID REAR BRAKES WERE AT 3 MILS AFTER ONLY 10000 MILES OF WEAR NOW ON 4/17/13 I AGAIN WAS TOLD THE REAR BRAKES WERE AT 3 MILS AFTER ONLY 12000 MILES OF WEAR THAT TO ME AND MANY BRAKE REPAIR SHOPS IS VERY ODD AND RIDICULOUS. *TR

Mileage: 58,262

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A STRONG BURNING RUBBER ODOR WHILE AT A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED VEHICLE AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE FRONT CALIPERS, WHICH WERE STUCK TO THE ROTORS. THE CALIPERS, ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOE WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

WE OWN A 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY. IN SEP OF 09 THE FRONT BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED (21381 MILES). THEN IN JULY 2010 THE FRONT AND BACK BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED (31088 MILES) NOW NOV 2012 THEY SAY THEY NEED REPLACED AGAIN!! (65409 MILES) THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THE CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD AND ALREADY WE HAVE HAD THE BRAKES 3 TIMES ON THE FRONT AND TWO ON THE BACK. TALK ABOUT A SAFETY ISSUE. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF IT TOO...THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 36000 MILES. ALTHOUGH THAT DOES NO GOOD CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM IS JUST GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING. THE CARS NEED RETROFITTED WITH A NEW BRAKING SYSTEM NOT JUST REPLACED WITH THE SAME THING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND GOTTEN NOWHERE WITH GETTING HELP, THE SAME WHEN CONTACTING CHRYSLER. FOR THE FAMILY VEHICLE THEY PROMOTED THIS CAR AS.....THEY TOTALLY FAILED. I AM AFRAID TO PUT MY FAMILY IN IT. THIS CAR HAS HAD MORE RECALLS, TSB AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES....WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP. *TR

Mileage: 21,381

VEHICLE HAS REPEATEDLY NEEDED TO HAVE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE VEHICLE SHUDDERING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHICH IS WORST AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO OSCILLATE. THIS ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACTS VEHICLE STOPPING POWER. THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO IMPROPERLY SIZED OR DESIGNED BRAKES FOR THE WEIGHT OF THIS VEHICLE CAUSING THE ROTORS TO OVERHEAT AND WARP. THERE IS NO WAY THESE PARTS LAST THROUGH TYPICAL DRIVING BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR NATURE THAT CAN BE LOCATED AT HTTP://WWW.LEMONLAW.COM/WORDPRESS/DODGE-CHRYSLER-BRAKE-PROBLEMS/. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AT 20,000 MILES. NOW, AT 33,000 MILES THE REAR PADS AND ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN! YET ALL I'VE READ IS THAT CHRYSLER IS ONLY PAYING $100 OF THE COST AND ONLY ON THE FRONT BRAKES. THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY PROBLEM ALL OVER THE INTERNET. ISN'T THERE SOMETHING NHTSA CAN DO TO FORCE CHRYSLER TO BACK THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT? *TR

Mileage: 33,000

* IN MAY AT 70MPH ON I-90, WE BEGAN TO HEAR A WHINING, GRINDING, VIBRATING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF OUR VAN. WE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER ASAP WHEN WE DETERMINED SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND THEN SMELLED AND SAW ACRID BLUE SMOKE POURING OUT FROM THE LEFT WHEEL. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL BEARING, AND CALLED FOR A TOW. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS JUST SOME RUST IN THE BRAKES, AND THEY CLEANED IT UP. IN AUGUST, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AT 70MPH ON I-35. WE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND SMOKE POURED OUT AGAIN. WE LET IT COOL, ACTIVATED & DEACTIVATED THE PARKING BRAKE AND DROVE IN REVERSE AND HIT THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THEY FREED UP. PROBABLY NOT THE SAFEST THING TO DO, BUT NOT MUCH CHOICE KNOWING THE BRAKES STICK AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. * RECENTLY SEARCHED THE INTERNET & FOUND THAT THE 2008 T&C HAS A VERY BAD HISTORY WITH BRAKE ISSUES. PEOPLE ARE IRATE AND DEMANDING A RECALL ON THEM. JUST GO OUT AND READ ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR VAN - HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2008/CHRYSLER/TOWN+AND+COUNTRY/HYDRAULIC+BRAKE * AFTER YOU READ THROUGH A FEW DOZEN COMPLAINTS, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS: WHY HAVEN'T YOU FORCED A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER ON THESE DANGEROUS BRAKES? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VERY PREMATURE WEAROUT, AND WORSE YET, BRAKE BINDING AND LOCKUP, ESPECIALLY ON THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. *** PLEASE *** - FORCE A RECALL ON THESE BRAKES ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED SITTING ON THE SHOULDER OF AN INTERSTATE WITH SMOKING BRAKES, IF THEY ARE NOT KILLED FIRST BY THE PANIC TO GET OFF THE ROAD WHEN SMOKE STARTS POURING INTO THEIR VEHICLE. THIS IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS TO LET THIS KEEP GOING ON. *TR

Mileage: 27,816

WE HAVE TWO ISSUES. FIRST: DURING AN ABRUPT STOP RECENTLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL MASHED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ABS KICKING IN, BUT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND KEEP YOU FROM SLIDING THE WHEELS. THIS JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT AND ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE NOTICED SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. OUR VAN WAS MADE FOR TRAVELING, BUT WHEN LOADED DOWN (NOT OVERLOADED EITHER) THE BRAKES START TO ACT UP. FOR INSTANCE WHEN YOU START TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE FRONT END WILL START TO SHAKE. I HAVE NEWER BRAKES ON THE FRONT, NEW TIRES (2-WEEKS OLD) AND BRAND NEW ROTORS (LESS THAN 2 MONTHS OLD) ON THE VEHICLE SO I KNOW NOTHING IS OUT OF BALANCE. I SIMPLY DON'T TRUST MY VAN AND AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED THAT THERE IS A DEFECT. I HAVE A TOW HITCH ON MY VEHICLE, BUT AM AFRAID TO PULL MY MOTORCYCLE ON IT BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES ACTING UP. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD MY TRAILER HITCHED. NO WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT WE'VE NOTICED THAT DURING A QUICK TURN THE WARNING BELL DINGS AND A LIGHT COMES ON THEN GOES OFF IMMEDIATELY. SECOND: THE POWERTRAIN DOESN'T' SHIFT SMOOTHLY. I MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER'S MAINTENANCE SHOP, BUT THE GUY TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING (WARRANTY WISE) UNLESS THERE WAS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH THE POWERTRAIN SYSTEM. I HAVE A 100K MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, AND FEEL THE DEALER IS SKIRTING THE ISSUE TO KEEP FROM PAYING FOR COVERED PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

IN JULY 2011, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO CHRYSLER TO REPORT A BAD PULSATION FEELING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WE HAD 41,761 MILES ON VEHICLE AND ON A TRIP FROM NEW JERSEY TO PENNSYLVANIA, WE FELT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STRUGGLING TO BRAKE FAST ENOUGH. CHRYSLER STATED THAT I NEEDED NEW FRONT ROTORS. THEY REPLACED THEM AND MY COST WAS CLOSE TO $400. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, ON 8/16/11, I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO CHRYSLER AGAIN TO REPORT THE SAME BAD PULSATION FEELING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND FELT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STRUGGLING TO BRAKE FAST ENOUGH. I WAS INFORMED BY CHRYSLER THAT THE LEFT FRONT ROTOR WAS SCORED AND PITTED AND THE COATING FAILED FOR MOPAR RO 180802. ON 8/16/11, THEY REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT ROTOR. ONE YEAR LATER MY VEHICLE HAS 53,754 MILES ON IT. ON 8/30/12, I BRING MY VEHICLE TO CHRYSLER DUE TO A VERY HIGH PITCHED BRAKE SQUEAL. CHRYSLER COMPLETES A FULL BRAKE INSPECTION AND INFORMS ME THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE FINE AND DO NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. ABOUT 4 DAYS LATER, THE HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL FROM MY BRAKES IS LOUDER AND OCCURRING MORE. I AM FEELING A BAD PULSATION FEELING WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. I AM TOLD I NEED NEW FRONT ROTORS. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE ROTORS AFTER 12,000 MILES. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THE BRAKES IN THE 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY MODEL. BRAKES ARE ONE OF, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED 1-2 TIMES PER YEAR. I DRIVE UNDER NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS ON A MIX OF HIGHWAY AND SOME CITY ROADS. *TR

Mileage: 42,800

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE WITH OUR CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WE PURCHASED IT WITH 12,000 MILES ON IT, AND HAVE HAD TO HAD THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS CHANGED OUT TWICE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE VEHICLE WILL NEVER STOP SQUEAKING. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR PADS TO BE REPLACED, AND YET IT STILL CONTINUES TO SQUEAK. AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, MY HUSBAND HAD THE OIL CHANGED, AND ASKED FOR THE GUY TO LOOK AT THE BRAKES, HE SAID WE HAD PLENTY OF 'THICKNESS' ON THEM. I WAS OUT WITH MY CHILDREN JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, AND VERY FEW MILES LATER, TO FIND MY BRAKES HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I WASN'T ABLE TO FULLY STOP AT A STREET LIGHT AND ENDED UP RUNNING THE RED WITH MY CAR HANGING COMPLETELY OVER THE LINE. I HAD 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION MONTHS PRIOR, I WAS AGAIN WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MILES PER HOUR ON A BUSY STREET IN MID COMMUTER TRAFFIC. THE CAR COMPLETELY JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS THANKFULLY IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE WITH THE AID OF THE BRAKES. AFTER PULLING OUT THE KEY AND PUTTING IT BACK IN, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT IN AND THE MECHANIC SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LOOKING ON BLOGS, IT APPEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OTHER OCCASIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THIS CAR HAS PROVEN ON TWO OCCASIONS THAT IT CAN HAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES IF LEFT UNTREATED. FIXING THE BRAKES AND STALLING ISSUES ISN'T GOING TO HELP, BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS COME WITH NO WARNING. I HAD NO IDEA THAT MY BRAKES EVEN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE OKAY ONLY SOON TO FIND OUT THEY WEREN'T. THIS ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE PERMANENT SQUEAK. I AM TERRIBLY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. *TR *JS

Mileage: 40,000

IN MY 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WHICH NOW HAS ABOUT 70,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE CHANGED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS 6 DIFFRENT TIMES. WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL AND BRAKING THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES SO BAD AND I DONT FEEL LIKE I HAVE A FULL PEDAL. HAVE TAKEN BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND ALL I GET IS A RUN AROUND FROM A CHRSLER GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM CAR MAX 4 MONTHS AGO AND 4 WEEKS AGO HAD THE FRONT PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS REPLACED. THE CAR WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN BREAKING. AS IT TURNED OUT, THE INNER RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PAD WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. IT WARPED IN ITS SLOT IN THE CALIPER...BENDING BACKWARD TOWARD THE CALIPER PISTON. AFTER IT COOLED IT WAS NOT APPLYING FORCE EVENLY TO THE ROTOR AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE SHAKING. OK SO I HAVE IT ALL REPLACED AND RUNS OK EXCEPT FOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED WHAT I WOULD CALL EXCESSIVE HEAT BY THE TIRES. TODAY MY WIFE DRIVES HOME FROM WORK AND A FEW ERRANDS AND UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICES FLAMES COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AREA. I DOUSE THEM WITH A HOSE AND THEN DO A GOOGLE SEARCH TO SEE IF OTHER 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY OWNERS HAVE HAD ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. I AM BLOWN AWAY BY THE INORDINATE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS BEING FILED REGULARLY SINCE 2008. ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS UNDERSIZED FOR THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THIS VEHICLE. MANY OWNERS HAD TO REPLACE EVERYTHING I HAD TOO AND SOME SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. CHRYSLER SEEMS UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING AND THIS IS SERIOUS MY WHOLE HOUSE COULD HAVE BURNED DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 58,515

2ND SET OF BRAKES PREMATURELY FAILING. FIRST SET OF FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED AT 21,811 MILES AND WERE COVERED UNDER CHRYSLER RECALL IN 2010. THE BRAKES INSTALLED AT THAT TIME HAVE FAILED WITH 45,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WITH 23,189 MILES ON THE BRAKES. INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT 1MIL WAS LEFT ON THE BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE WITH SUCH LOW MILES AND BRAKES COMPLETELY SHREDDED!!! HE SAID THAT I WAS VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS ARE $379 NOT INCLUDING TAX. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TOWN AND COUNTRY OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS - WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT!!! THESE VANS ARE DANGEROUS. CHRYSLER ALREADY REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES FOR THIS VEHICLE ONCE BEFORE FOR PREMATURE FAILURE - THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A ISSUE WITH THIS VAN. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER TODAY 8/22/12 AND THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP EXACT WORDS WERE "WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES." *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SECONDARY ROAD AT APPRIXIMATELY 25 MPH THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN AS WELL AS POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES. PROCEEDED TO COAST DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL A SAFE PLACE WAS IDENTIFIED TO TURN OFF THE ROAD. SINCE POWER HAD CUTOFF STEERING AND BRAKING THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULTY. STOPPED THE VEHICLE SAFELY AND PLACED THE SHIFTER INTO PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POSITION. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED BUT VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY TOURING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE IN THE FRONT BRAKE AREA. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS EVERY 14,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

Mileage: 40,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND BEGAN TO GRIND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE ROTORS, CALIBERS AND THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

Mileage: 28,000

OUR 2008 TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING HAS BEGUN SHUTTING DOWN WHILE MOVING WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES IN 3 MONTHS AT BOTH LOWER SPEEDS, AND ONCE GOING 60+ MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. WHEN IT LOSES POWER, WE LOSE STEERING AND BREAKING POWER MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, PARTICULARLY FOR A CAR NORMALLY FILLED WITH CHILDREN. IT ALSO OCCASIONALLY WILL STALL EVERY TIME YOU START IT. OURS WILL THROW NO CODES AND NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, SO NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE. THIS PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED ON MULTIPLE FORUMS AND GOING BACK ONLY ONE YEAR THERE ARE AT LEAST 7 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE (ODI ID NUMBERS: 10453837, 10452564, 10450629, 10441113, 10438800, 10428568 & 10422766) AND MANY MORE DATING PAST THAT. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY VERY BUSY REVIEWING COMPLAINTS, BUT CHRYSLER AND NHTSA SHOULD NOT BE WAITING FOR SOME ONE TO GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BEFORE FIGURING THIS OUT BECOMES A PRIORITY. *JS

Mileage: 65,000