2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY Unknown Or Other Problems
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Over 2 yrs now the electrical has been haywire. In driveway the interior lights on dash lights come on and and doors lock and unlock. Driving down road on dash tells you that must put car in park to engage. Lift gate ajar. Heater turns on and off full blast front and back fans. Side doors do not work/ or work when they want to work. Battery brand new gets drained and needs to be charged 1 every month. Had alternator changed. Still does the same thing. I call this my possessed van. At my wits end. Spent much money trying to find out problem unable to locate. Changed fuses did not help. This is my second town and country. I never had a problem with my first one which was a much older model that is why I got another one. Now I am rethinking about getting another town and country. Who is going to help with all of these customer complaints with electrical issues. I am a disabled person who needs my vehicle for appointments. I cannot get stranded or break down or have a vehicle fire. I am frustrated by this company for not caring for their customers needs.
Unknown what part is at fault. The automatic sliding doors will open fully and then immediately close. The feature that is supposed to make the doors stop when they detect something does not activate. An adult's full body weight is needed to press on the door to make it stop closing. Faulty on both driver and passenger sides. Starts to happen intermittently and then constantly. Dealership claims it is a "software" issue and not applicable for bumper-to-bumper warranty. I also contacted the mopar warranty department and they also claim it is not a covered issue even though there is a serious safety risk involved. A quick google search reveals it is a common problem.
The ABS light, Traction light, and Brake light all come on and simultaneously. I've been told that the ABS Module is bad and needs to be replaced. The fact that the module needs to be replaced concerns me since there are prior recalls for ABS Module with other Dodge, Ram, and Chrsyler makes and models.
TIPM is defective causing the car hard starting and stall.The fuel pump relay stays on draining the new battery . The car starts then shuts down after 2 seconds. The sliding doors open and close, horn stops, car alarm stops intermittently. I had to temporarily bypass the fuel pump relay.The cost of the TIPM replacement is $1500
OUR TIPM FAILED CAUSING US NOT TO BE ABLE TO START THE CAR WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY RUNNING EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS TURNED OFF...WE PAID A VERY LARGE BILL TO GET REPAIRED AND OF COURSE OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED...WE FELT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PART...OUR ANSWER FROM CHRYSLER WAS KEEP YOUR RECEIPT INCASE OF A RECALL...THIS REPAIR COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE IF PARKED IN OUR GARAGE OR ANYWHERE...SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL...
Mileage: 96,638
OUR TIPM FAILED ..CAUSING US TO NOT BE ABLE TO START THE CAR AND ALSO FUEL PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY RUNNING EVEN WHEN ENGINE WAS OFF AND AWAY FROM CAR... WE PAID OVER 3000.00 TO GET REPAIRED.....WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS COULD CAUSE THE AUTO TO START ON FIRE ...AND ENDANGER OUR HOUSE WHEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE...WHY WASNT THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PART ?
Mileage: 96,638
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY AND DODGE MINIVAN HAVE AN ACTUATOR THAT LOCKS AND UNLOCKS THE REAR SLIDING DOORS. THE SAME PART IS USED FOR BOTH SIDES, IT JUST NEEDS AN ARM ON IT DEPENDING ON THE SIDE. THE DEFECT IS THAT WHEN THESE ACTUATORS GO OUT, IT WILL EITHER NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO LOCK, OR PERMANENTLY LOCKE THE DOOR AT ANY TIME AND REMAIN LOCKED UNTIL IT IS FIXED. **IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND THE ACTUATOR BROKEN IN THE LOCKED POSITION THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR OPERATE (INSIDE OR OUTSIDE). IT IS IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR IN ANYWAY UNLESS TAKING OFF THE INSIDE PANEL AND GETTING INSIDE TO THE LOCK MECHANISM. IF THE DOOR IS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION AND YOU WERE UNAWARE THAT THE ACTUATOR IS BROKEN IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION AND YOU THINK IT'S LOCKED AND YOU LEAVE YOUR CHILD IN THERE TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE SOMEBODY COULD OPEN THE DOOR AND STEAL ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR CAR INCLUEDING A CHILD. WHEN THE ACTUATOR BRAKES IN THE UNLOCK POSITION YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BROKEN. HOWEVER WHEN IT BREAKS IN THE LOCK POSITION IT IS IMMEDIATE AND WITHOUT WARNING AS WELL. WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY DOOR WAS LOCKED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS WHEN I WENT TO GET MY DOG OUT OF MY BACK SEAT AND IT WAS BROKEN.I LOOKED THIS ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD TO CHECK BOTH DOORS AND FOUND MY MY PASSENGER SIDE WAS PERMANENTLY UNLOCKED.
Mileage: 110,000
I CANNOT GET IT TO START, IT WON'T TURN OVER. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD CAME ON INCLUDING THE IGNITION LIGHT. THE BATTERY IS NEW, SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Mileage: 48,800
THE ACTUATOR FAILED ON THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE DOOR IS COMPLETELY STUCK AND WILL NOT OPEN MANUALLY MAKING DRIVING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Mileage: 140,000
THE VAN HAS DRAINED A NEW BATTERY IN TWO DAYS. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR ROOM'S FROM THIS MODEL YEAR. I HAVE SUGGESTED THEY LOOK AT THE FUEL PUMP TURNING ON EVEN THOUGH A KEY HAS NOT BEEN USED TO START VEHICLE AND TO LOOK AT THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE MODULE. SEEMS I HAVE TO DO THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND INCUR ALL THE COST. DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A WEEK NOW. *TR
Mileage: 118,000
REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE AND LOCK WHEN PUSHING CLOSE BUTTON. DOORS HAVE TO BE MANUALLY PUSHED CLOSED FROM THE OUTSIDE TO CLOSE THE LAST QUARTER INCH AND TO HAVE THE DOOR CLOSE MECHANISM ENGAGE. THIS PRESENT A SAFETY RISK TO 2ND ROW PASSENGERS AS THE DOORS ARE NOT FULLY SECURED.
Mileage: 115,000
I WAS AT THE STORE WHEN I CAME OUT TO START MY VAN I PUT THE KEY IN TURNED IT IT WOULD NOT START UP THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT IT GOT STUCK HAD TO PULL IT OUT, AND HAVE IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND THEY COULD NOT FIX IT.
Mileage: 11,588
I HAVE INTERMITTENT STARTING. I HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON 09/11/2019 AND I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH INTERMITTENT STARTING WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF BUYING THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE MY VEHICLE WILL START JUST FINE BUT THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER. THE STARTER HAD BEEN REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. MY MECHANIC HAD LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT I STILL HAVE ISSUES WERE I CAN GO A WEEK WITH NO ISSUES BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WILL GO TO START THE VAN AND IT WON'T. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE IDENTIFIED IT IS THE TIPM AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE. THIS ISSUE ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IF STATIONARY.
Mileage: 117,000
INTERMETINT WIPERS DON'T WORK,, BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK
Mileage: 120,000
PASSANGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. THE LOCK ITSELF IS STUCK IN LOCK POSITION. BUT IT WILL NOT MOVE BY ANY POWER DEVICE. AND WILL NOT BUDGE BY MANUAL. ALL DOORS WILL LOCK BUT THAT ONE. THERE ARE MANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING THIS ISSUE. SAYING IT IS THE ACTUATOR.
WON'T START AT CERTAIN TIMES T HAPPEN ONCE IN JANUARY AND ONCE IN APRIL.
WHEN STARTING WITH PUSH BUTTON SOMETIMES WILL NOT START . OTHER TIMES STAYS ENGAGED. BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD WITH PUSH BUTTON THAT'S HOW I KNOW IT WILL NOT START WITH BUTTON. HEATER WILL TURN ON ON ITS OWN EVEN AFTER BEING SHUT OFF. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ALWAYS LIGHT UP AND WORK. BACK HATCH WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE WITH BUTTON NO CODES PULL UP ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES. I HAVE HAD IT AT 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. HAVE PULLED UP THINGS ON THE INTERNET THAT SHOWS TEMP BOARD. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN MANY TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND NOBODY COULD FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NOW WARRANTY IS OUT AND STILL HAVE NO ANSWERS. WE DID REPLACE STARTER AND IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. HUSBAND IS ON DISABILITY FOR BRAIN TUMOR SO WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO TRY ELIMINATE.WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED TO OTHERS THAT HAVE PUT COMPLAINTS IN FOR THE SAME ISSUES
Mileage: 69,400
TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODUAL REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL DEFECTIVE. COSTING ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! VAN WILL SUDDENLY STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER FIX THIS. IT COULD EASILY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.
Mileage: 180,000
MY CAR WILL NOT START AND IT IS BECAUSE THE TIPM HAS STOPPED WORKING ON THE CAR. I HAVE ANOTHER BUDDY WITH A 2010 T&C AND THE SAME THING IS GOING ON. PART IS ON BACKORDER 3 WEEKS SO LOTS OF PEOPLE MUST BE HAVING THE ISSUE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN DO NOTHING FOR ME AND SHOULD CONTACT YOU. THE CAR CRANKS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN. THE CAR IS STOPPED AND COLD. IT CRANKS BUT DOES NOT TURNOVER. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE BATTERY
Mileage: 91,000
TO BEGIN WITH VEHICLE WOULD START AFTER, SOMETIMES UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS. IT ALSO STOPPED WHILE DRIVING, JUST WENT DEAD AND LOCKED UP THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL, WITH THE VEHICLE STILL ROLLING. WAS JUST LUCKY TO GET OFF THE ROADWAY WITH NO ACCIDENT. PROGRESSIVELY IT GOT WORSE, AND WOULDN'T EVEN START AT ALL. TOOK TO REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP, WHO SAID WAS A RECALL ISSUE AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ORDER THE PART FOR REPAIR, BECAUSE OF RECALL. INFORMED HAD TO GO TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER SAID THIS PARTICULAR VIN WAS NOT ON RECALL ALTHOUGH ISSUE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS RECALL ISSUE. MEANWHILE, CHARGED ME $1275.83 FOR REPAIR LISTING "CAUSE - NO POWER AT FUEL PUMP CHECK NO POWER FUSE M25, FUSE M25 CONTROLLED BY INTERNAL RELAY IN TPIM". FUSE M25 NEEDS TPIM WAS $207.81. THEN "TIPM KIT TIPM" WAS $977.00. PLUS LABOR AND TAX. PROBLEM - BOTH INDICATED THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE HAD SAME ISSUES AND WERE ON RECALL. IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER RECALL. PLEASE HELP ME RECOVER ON THIS ISSUE.
Mileage: 188,900
I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THEN WENT BLACK, THE VAN SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A BIG TRUCK. THE VAN WILL NOT START NOR HOLD CHARGE. THAE BATTERY AND ALTNATOR TEST GOOD BUT IT WONT START. I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TWICE IN LESS THAN A MONTH AND HONESTLY CANT AFFORD TO KEEP GETTING STRANDED. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN AUGUST OF 2016 AND THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE, AT THIS POINT I DONT HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR MY JOB AND WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT IF IT DID RUN. SO NOW IM PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T RUN AND FRANKLY IS A SAFTEY HAZZARD. MY HUSBAND IS DISABLED AND THIS WAS OUR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM HIS APPOINTMENTS AS WELL. I HAVE SEEN AND READ THAT THOUSANDS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH CHRYSLER AND STILL NO RECALL. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP.
Mileage: 99,669
GAUGE CLUSTER BEGINS TO FLICKER AND GUAGUAS BEGIN TO SPAZZ OUT. VEHICLE THEN SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. NO ISSUES WITH BATTERY OR ALTERNATOR.
Mileage: 112,000
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE AC OR HEATER WOULD COME ON, BY IT'S SELF. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, THEN LAST WEEKEND, MAY 25, 2018 THE WINDSHIELD WIPPERS CAME ON AND THE DASH BOARD WENT BLANK. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF TO GET EVERYTHING CORRECTED. BEFORE THAT, MY PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR STARTED MAKING BUZZING SOUNDS WHEN YOU HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON, THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER YOU HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON.
WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS TIME WHEN THE VAN WILL NOT START. THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO TURN OVER BUT NOTHING HAPPENS AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE VAN STARTS. WHEN IT HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THEY ARE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE CODE BEING RESOLVED. MORE IMPORTANTLY THE VAN STALLED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. LIGHTS, RADIO, FANS ALL WORKED BUT THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATED THEY COULDN'T FIND THE ISSUE AND PUT A NEW BATTERY IN. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE IS STALLED AGAIN GOING 30 MPH IN TOWN. AGAIN VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN WAS TOLD THE CODES WERE RESOLVED SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY STATE THAT THEY SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF ELECTRICAL CODES BUT THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO READ THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. VEHICLE HAS 144000 MILES ON IT AND HAS REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE.
Mileage: 144,000
WHEN BRAKING THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAR SHAKE.... HAVE HAD BRAKES CHECKED REPLACED POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING ALSO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM IN REVERSE
Mileage: 43,000
THIS CAR HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING. THE BATTERY WAS CHECKED, REPLACED AND IT STILL HAPPENS. ALSO, THE CAR WILL STALL WHEN GOING BETWEEN 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. IT IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION.
Mileage: 89,000
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
Mileage: 97,000
WHEN I GO TO START ENGINE AS SOON AS I PUT KEY IN IT STARTS TRYING TO START THE I TURN IT OFF AND TRY AGAIN AND DOES THE SAME THING. EVENTUALLY IT STARTS.IT S IN MY DRIVEWAY OR AT A PARKING LOT.I M AFRAID IF IT S KEEP DOING THIS , IT WILL DAMAGE SOMETHING ELSE.
Mileage: 159,000
MY WIFE, 4 CHILDREN AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM CHURCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT APPX. 9:45 P.M WHEN THIS VEHICLE SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. THE ENGINE QUITS, THE STEERING WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, THE BREAKS WERE BARELY WORKING AT ALL, AND EVERY SINGLE LIGHT WENT DARK FROM THE DASH TO THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ON A ROAD THAT WAS WINDING AND PITCH BLACK. WE WERE DRIVING AS USUAL AROUND 55-60 MPH GOING DOWN THIS ROAD. CHRYSLER TREATS IT AS THOUGH IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND NO MORE THAN A FAULTY "AIRE" CONTROL. WHEN IT THREATENS THE LIVES OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN, THIS IS FAR MORE THAN A TECHNICAL ISSUE OR A WORN OUT PART. WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. LOOKING ONLINE THERE ARE SEVERAL TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVANS OF DIFFERENT YEARS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.
Mileage: 83,075
IN MOTION ON A CITY FREEWAY AROUND 7:00 PM -- THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING COMPLETELY "SHUT DOWN" WHILE DRIVING IT ON A LOCAL FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER, LIGHTS, ETC. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STEER IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO ROAD SHOULDER TO PULL OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO USE THE HAZARD FLASHER TO WARN ONCOMING DRIVERS. THE VEHICLE HAD NO LIGHTS. THE BACK HATCH/TAIL GATE WOULD NOT OPEN TO USE AS A VISUAL SIGNAL TO OTHER DRIVERS. IT WAS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THANKFULLY A LARGE WRECKER PULLED UP BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT US FROM BEING HIT AS WE COULD NOT BE READILY SEEN. I USED MY CELL PHONE FLASHLIGHT TO SIGNAL ONCOMING TRAFFIC OF OUR LOCATION.
Mileage: 79,000
IGNITION SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT HOLD THE KEY. SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER YEARS.
VAN HAS TO BE PUT OUT OF GEAR TO START, WALKED OUTSIDE A FEW TIMES AND AUTO DOORS OPEN RANDOM LIGHTS ARE POPPING UP ON THE CONSOLE FOR NO REASON THEN GOING AWAY. STARTED ROUGHLY 2.5 MONTHS AGO.
Mileage: 109,000
I USED THE BUTTON ON MY KEY FOB TO OPEN THE POWER LIFT GATE. ONCE THE DOOR WAS OPEN ENOUGH I STARTED TO PLACE TWO ITEMS N THE REAR OF THE MINIVAN. RATHER THAN STOPPING AT THE TOP WHEN OPEN, THE DOOR STUTTERED A MOMENT AT THE FULLY OPEN POSITION AND THEN SLAMMED FORCIBLY SHUT ON MY HEAD. THE BLOW NEARLY KNOCKED ME OUT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DOOR. EACH ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE DOOR WITH THE KEY FOB HAD THE SAME TYPE OF RESULT. THE DOOR WOULD REACH THE TOP, STUTTER AND THEN FORCIBLY SLAM SHUT. I AM GLAD IT WAS ME AND NOT MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER. I DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT DID EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTERWARDS.
Mileage: 105,000
LANE CHANGE ASSIST WENT OUT WHEN VEHICLE WAS UNDER 40,000 MILES PARKING ASSIST WENT OUT WHEN VEHICLE WAS UNDER 50,000 MILES.
Mileage: 48,000
BOUGHT 2011 TOWN AND COUNTRY NEW IN SEPT 2011. 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, CAR WAS SHUDDERING BADLY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. TOOK IT IN, WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE, AND WOULD NOT REPAIR. TRIED A SECOND TIME, SAME RESULT. TOOK TO A SMALL REPAIR SHOP WHO EASILY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM, PRODUCED A QUOTE FOR WORK AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER SO THEY WOULD REPAIR. TOOK IT AND DEALER FOUND THAT ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED REPLACED. SAME PROBLEM 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT, SAME REPAIR. THE NEXT YEAR SAW THE BRAKES FAIL AFTER A LOUD SOUND FROM REAR OF CAR AND THE FLUID DUMPING FROM THE LINE. NO VISIBLE OBJECT WAS HIT. SAME THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK. CURRENTLY THE VAN IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 7TH TIME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR BRAKES. ADDITIONALLY, HAD TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS REQUIRED FOR A VEHICLE THIS NEW AND EXPENSIVE IS INSANE. I HAVE PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR MOST OF THESE ISSUES AND EVEN HAD TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSITIC FEES WERE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED, ONLY TO REQUIRE A REPAIR SHORTLY THEREAFTER I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR. ASKED DEALER TODAY FOR A FULL DETAILED LOG OF ALL REPAIRS DONE, COULD NOT PRODUCE A FULL REPAIR REPORT, ONLY THE LAST 4 YEARS WORTH. WITH FIVE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP CAR HAS 60,000 MILES. WILL NEVER EVER BUY AGAIN.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD 2 TIMES THIS WEEK - MY VANS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPLETELY TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 2-5 SECONDS AND TURNED BACK ON. THIS INCLUDES: TVS, DRIVER DASH, RADIO DASH ALL INTERIOR LIGHTENING -BOTH TIMES HAPPENED DURING THE DAY I AM NOT SURE ABOUT OUTSIDE LIGHTS (I ASSUME). THE FIRST TIME THE VAN STALLED COMPLETELY LOSING POWER STEERING AND HAD TO RESTART ENGINE. THE 2ND TIME I COULD STILL GAS THE VAN WITH POWER STEERING BEFORE ALL ELECTRICAL RESTARTED ITSELF. BOTH TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD GOING STRAIGHT (MPH 30-45PMH).
Mileage: 84,500
THIS CAR HAS HAD A NON-START PROBLEM FOR 6 MOS THAT HAS TODAY DEVELOPED INTO A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. I WAS PREVIOUSLY TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM BUT THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES AND INTERMITTENT, SO TO WAIT UNTIL HERE WAS AN ERROR CODE AND BRING IT BACK. TODAY THEY SAY THAT IT IS A BAD ALTERNATOR, BUT THE ALTERNATOR TESTED FINE. THE LOW BATTERY ICON COMES ON, ENGINE SURGES ( LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON - BUT IT ISN'T) THEN ERROR MESSAGES - SEAT BELT/ ABS/AIRBAG HAS DEPLOYED/BLIND SPOT DETECTION NOT WORKING, ETC - ALL ON AND THEN OFF AGAIN. TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY RESORT - NO WARNING LIGHTS. THIS CAR IS POSSESSED. BUT TODAY I LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING.
Mileage: 104,563
VAN AT TIMES WOULD START THEN CUT OF WHILE PARKED. WHEN IT WOULD START AND STAY ON WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING VAN WOULD CUT OFF NOW THE VAN IS AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN HOPES OF REPAIR
Mileage: 79,000
7/21/2016 CAR STARTED FINE THIS MORNING WENT INTO STORE AND WOULD NOT START. TRIED TURNING KEY ABOUT 8 TIMES AND THEN GAVE UP FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1 MONTH BEFORE WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY. SAME THING, I TRIED ABOUT 8 / 9 TIMES THEN IT STARTED. I DECIDED TO CALL DEALERSHIP TODAY AND HAVE IT TAKEN IN SINCE I HAVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY. I ALSO, DID SOME RESEARCH WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT IS THE TIPM. I NOW NOTICED SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH IT TIE INTO TIPM, MY DRIVER WINDOW SOMETIMES WONT GO UP OR DOWN. THE CAR WILL JUST LOCK EVEN WHILE RUNNING LOCKING MY KEYS INSIDE. I CAN HEAR ELECTRICAL THINGS MOVING AND SHUTTING DOWN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, AND ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO I WAS IN PARK WITH THE CAR RUNNING AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE WHOLE CAR SHUT DOWN. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AND TURNS OFF WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT FOR NO APPARENT REASON,I HAVE 71,000 MILES. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD TO HAVE THE LEFT HEAD GASKET REPLACED AFTER HAVING IT TOWED FROM THE IDE OF THE ROAD. I REALLY THINK I BOUGHT A LEMON, BUT WILL SOON FIND OUT WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS TUESDAY WHICH IS THE SOONEST THEY CAN GET ME IN, HOPEFULLY I DON'T BREAK DOWN WITH MY KIDS IN IT BEFORE THEN
Mileage: 71,000
5-12-16 IGNITION FAILED COULD NOT START CAR. IGNITION REPLACED @ CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN RICHMOND, VA. HALEY CHARGED $985.22. IGNITION FAILED AGAIN REPLACED @ CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN BATH, NY SIMMONS - ROCKWELL CHARGED $292.04.
Mileage: 63,496
MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WONT START RIGHT AWAY. IT GIVES NO WARNING. IT HAPPENS ANYWHERE. IT IS UNSAFE IN MANY WAYS.. I HAVE TAKEN IT OT THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM PERSIST. I HAVE NO MORE WARRANTY IN THE VEHICLE.
Mileage: 77,465
VEHICLE INVOVED IN ACCIDENT ON FWY, COLLISION DID OVER $6500 IN DAMAGE. BUT THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. FROM LOOKING THRU INTERNET I SEE THAT PROBS WITH THE TIPM CAN CAUSE AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY WHEN NEEDED. HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH TIPM SUCH AS VEH NOT STARTING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
Mileage: 83,000
MY BLIND SPOT MONITORING SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING. MY VEHICLE HAS 104,000 MILES. THE BLIND SPOT SYSTEM SENSORS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AFTER A SIMILAR MALFUNCTION AT 74,000 MILES 1.5 YEARS AGO (8/15/14). THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF AND MOST MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES TO AND FROM WORK. BOTH BLIND SPOT INDICATORS REMAIN LIT IN THE SIDE MIRRORS ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON -- BOTH WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISTRACTING AND A SAFTEY RISK WHEN DRIVING. ALSO THE VEHICLE INFORMATION CENTER CONTINUED TO CHIME ABOUT EVERY 10 MINUTES AND THE MESSAGE SCREEN SWITCHES TO A WARNING WITH THE INDICATION TO "SERVICE BLIND SPOT SYSTEM." WHILE DRIVING. A SIMPLE ONLINE SEARCH OF "SERVICE BLIND SPOT SYSTEM" BRINGS UP MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT SAME THING HAVING HAPPENED TO OWNERS OF MULTIPLE YEARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE. ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS, ON AVERAGE, HAD ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MILES (30,000 - 50,000 -- I AM NOW AT 30,000 MILES FROM WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS LAST REPLACED. THE FIRST REPLACEMENT OCCURRED AT 74,835 MILES). CHRYSLER CHARGES $1,200 PER SENSOR FOR REPLACEMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM/DEFECT AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. BOTH SENSORS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY CHRYSLER AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. THE SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSES A SAFETY RISK DUE TO THE INCESSANT DISTRACTION CAUSED BY THE SYSTEM FAILURE WARNINGS FLASHING ON THE DASH, THE CHIMING, AND THE TRIANGLE LIGHTS IN THE SIDE MIRRORS, ALL WHICH I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TURN OFF.
Mileage: 104,000
2011 T&C, 50300 MILES, HAVING SEVERAL ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH HARD STARTS, HARD SHIFTING, POWER DOORS NOT STAYING OPEN, CLOSES AUTOMATICALLY, EXTREMELY POOR GAS MILEAGE.HAVE HAD INTO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THESE ISSUES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW AGAIN HAVING PROBLEMS AND OF COURSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. VEHICLE HAS STARTED BY ITS SELF AND HAVE FOUND POWER DOORS OPEN WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE. MY CURRENT MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ONGOING ISSUE OF HARD STARTS AND NOW PROBLEM HAS ESCALATED TO CRANK AND CRANK NO FIRE, HAVE TO ATTEMPT SEVERAL TIMES (20-30), VEHICLE THEN WILL EVENTUALLY FIRE RPM RACE TO 3-4000RPMS THEN STALL, AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES OF SHUTTING OFF AND ATTEMPTING TO START, EVENTUALLY IT STARTS SOMETIMES TAKING 30 MINUTES TO GET IT RUNNING. ALSO JUST TODAY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO STALL RPMS DECREASE, THANKFULLY IT DID NOT STALL AS I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. DEFINITELY VERY CONCERNED AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND AN INCONVENIENCE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70MPH AND THE VEHICLE STALLS, CHRYSLER DEFINITELY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING DUE TO SEVERITY OF A SAFETY ISSUE
BLIND SPOT INDICATORS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION WITH INDICATORS IN MIRRORS REMAINING ON, AND DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM STATING THE BLIND SPOT INDICATOR SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO LOST REAR BACK-UP CAMERA SHORTLY THEREAFTER. VEHICLE JUST HAS 41000 MILES ON IT. IT IS A DISTRACTION AS THE UNIT CONSTANTLY CHIMES OF THE BLIND SPOT MONITORING BEING UNAVAILABLE
Mileage: 41,000
RANDOMLY CLOSES THE POWERED DOORS AND DOESN'T STOP WHEN OBSTRUCTED, SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND NO ISSUES FOUND. ALWAYS WHEN IN PARK AND WITH ALL 3 METHODS OF OPENING THE DOOR, FOD, MANUALLY AND INTERIOR BUTTON. WARNING LIGHTS KEEP COMING OFF AND ON (CHECK ENGINE AND TIRE PRESSURE LOW) BUT SERVICE SHOP SAYS NO ISSUE. AUTOSTART DOESN'T WORK MUCH OF THE TIME BUT SERVICE CENTER SAYS WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON IT WON'T. I AUTOSTARTED MY CAR BUT IT WOULDN'T LET ME PRESS THE BRAKES, PUSH THE START BUTTON, PUT IT IN DRIVE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE THEN IT DIED. I WAS ABLE TO START AGAIN BUT IT IMMEDIATELY DIED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TEHN LOCKED IN AND THE LIGHTS AND HORN KEPT FLASHING, THE LOCKS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. IT VERY FREQUENTLY DOES NOT DETECT THE KEY AND WILL RANDOMLY BEEP THAT THE KEY IS NOT DETECTED WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT START AT ALL WITH THE KEY IN HAND.
Mileage: 71,000
PURCHASED VEHICLE IN AUGUST, 2014. IN JANUARY 2015, AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, BLIND SPOT SYSTEM CHIMED AND LIGHTS IN MIRRORS STAYED ON STEADILY. SYSTEM STATED BLIND SPOT SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND THE COST TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT HELPS PREVENT CRASHES DUE TO BLIND SPOTS. NOW EVERY TIME I START VEHICLE, I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE CHIME INFORMING ME IT IS NOT OPERABLE. VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 59,000 MILES WHEN THIS SYSTEM FAILED.
Mileage: 59,000
-JAN 2015- THE KEY WAS LODGED IN THE IGNITION AND WOULD NOT COME OUT. I HAD IT TOWED TO NEAREST CHRY DEALER TO FIX. - JAN TO MAY- CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLS/WON'T START. SOMETIMES STARTS WITH A JUMP. -MAY- MECHANIC/BATTERY INSTALLED $268. -JUNE/JULY- CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLS/WON'T START. STARTS IF YOU WAIT A WHILE. -AUGUST-WON'T START/WONT JUMP/STRANDED WITH KIDS/TOWED TO MECHANIC. -CHANGED MY BATTERIES IN MY KEY FOBS AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN 2015. -I AM CONSTANTLY STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN AND SPEND DAYS WITHOUT MY CAR WAITING FOR MECHANICS TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM. THE CHRYSLER DEALER INFORMS ME THAT IT'S A MINIMUM OF $200 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE MORE IF IT'S ELECTRICAL AND THEY NEED A DAY OR TWO. I HAVE TO GET MY KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND CAN'T PAY FOR ANOTHER CAR. MECHANIC SAID TO LOOK AT BULLETINS/INFO ON TIPM AND WIN. OTHER CHRY YEAR/MAKES HAVE HAD EXACT SAME ISSUES AND WERE RECALLED. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS YEAR/MAKE AND MANY MORE. HOW AM I STILL DRIVING? I WAS GIVEN A TIP BY A MECHANIC: OPEN THE HOOD AND THEN THE FUSE BOX. REMOVE THE M27 FUSE. WAIT 10 SECONDS. REPLACE FUSE. START CAR. IT'S BEEN WORKING SO FAR! APPARENTLY, THIS CLEARS A SOFTWARE LOCKUP IN THE MODULE.
Mileage: 62,000
WE CAN NOT GET CHRYSLER TO ORDER PARTS AND REPAIR THE RECALL FOR THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH. THIS IS RECALL P25/NHTSA 14V-234. THEY NEVER HAVE THE PARTS AND ARE NOT WILLING TO ORDER THE NEEDED PARTS FOR THE RECALL. THEY SUGGEST CALLING THEM WEEKLY TO SEE IF ANY PART CAME IN THAT WEEK.
WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT-UP ON THE DASH. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED MY DEALER WHICH WAS LOCATED 15 MILES AWAY AND WAS TOLD THAT I MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THEM FOR SERVICE. THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT. I DID DRIVE TO THE DEALER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF $577.35. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, 14V-634 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TOWN AND COUNTRY BUT INCLUDES OTHER CHRYSLER, DODGE AND JEEP VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR. I AM REQUESTING THAT THIS VEHICLE BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS RECALL.
Mileage: 42,671
THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH SENSORS IN THE REAR QUARTER PANELS AND 1 PLUG NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE RIGHT REAR SENSOR WAS COMPLETED CORRODED THROUGH AND SEPARATED APART. THE PLUG FOR THIS SENSOR IS ALSO MELTED FROM THE CORROSION. THE LEFT REAR SENSOR HAS A LARGE BULGE IN THE PLASTIC FROM OVER HEATING. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THE ESTIMATE OVER THE PHONE WAS $3,000.00
Mileage: 42,000
BLIND SPOT MONITORING SYSTEM FAILED. WARNING TRIANGLES IN BOTH OUTSIDE MIRRORS STAY ON CONSTANTLY. MENU SHOWED MESSAGE TO SERVICE BLIND SPOT MONITORING SYSTEM. FROM RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET PREMATURE FAILURE OF THIS SYSTEM IS COMMON, AND VERY EXPENSIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IT IS A SAFETY SYSTEM.
Mileage: 68,000
CAR WOULD NOT START OR TURN OVER, AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON!
Mileage: 55,000
I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOW SWITCH. WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT REPLACED, THEY TOLD US THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS PART NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS.
BLIND SPOT MONITORING INTERMITTENTLY WORKING. VERY DANGEROUS FOR LANE CHANGES
Mileage: 36,545
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, A FAULT APPEARED IN THE DASH STATING THAT THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM NEEDED SERVICE. THE BLIND SPOT INDICATORS IN EACH SIDE VIEW MIRROR STAYED ILLUMINATED. AT NIGHT THESE ORANGE LIGHTS ARE DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER. SINCE THEY ARE ALWAYS ILLUMINATED, IT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO SECOND-GUESS WHETHER A LANE CHANGE CAN BE MADE OR NOT EVEN AFTER CHECKING THE BLIND SPOT. TOOK THE VAN IN TO BE SERVICED AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION MODULE IS DAMAGED DUE TO WATER GETTING INSIDE AND SHORTING IT OUT. THE MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1,200. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND GAVE ME THE CHRYSLER STAR CASE([XXX]) DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY HAVE FROM CHRYSLER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN DEFECT AS THE MODULE IS NOT DESIGNED TO GET WET BUT IS LOCATED IN A LOCATION THAT ALLOWS IT TO GET WET. REPLACING THIS WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT WOULD ONLY LEAD ME TO REPLACE IT IN ANOTHER FEW YEARS, NOT TO MENTION THE MODULE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DISABLED THE SYSTEM VIA THE CONSOLE CONTROLS, WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF THE INDICATOR LIGHTS CONSTANTLY BEING ON. HOWEVER, THIS HAS LED TO ANOTHER SAFETY CONCERN IN THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE DETECTION SYSTEM ENABLED AND IS USED TO SEEING THE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED WHEN A VEHICLE IS PRESENT IN THE BLIND SPOT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER BUT THEY WOULD NOT HELP OUT WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR. DUE TO THIS ISSUE BEING SAFETY-RELATED, THE FACT THAT CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE WITH THEIR OWN SERVICE CASE, AND THE FACT THAT THE REPAIR IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE FOR MOST OWNERS, THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL AND BE REPAIRED AND THE ROOT ISSUE SOLVED BY CHRYSLER SO THAT THE ISSUE DOES NOT KEEP RE-OCCURRING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Mileage: 50,000
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE BLIND-SPOT ALERT SYSTEM IN MY 2011 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MALFUNCTIONED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 50,000 MILES (AND LESS THAN 55,000 MILES, AT THAT TIME) SO THIS WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. WHEN THE BUMPER WAS REMOVED, IT CONTAINED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ROAD DEBRIS AND ROAD SALT. THE LEFT SIDE BLIND-SPOT ALERT MODULE WAS CORRODED. THEY QUOTED REPLACING THAT MODULE AT ABOUT $1200. *JS AT THE DEALER I SAW A REAR BUMPER ASSEMBLY THAT HAS RELATIVELY SMALL OPENINGS THAT ALLOW DEBRIS TO ENTER WITHOUT A WAY FOR IT TO LEAVE. THIS MADE IT EASY FOR SALT AND DEBRIS TO ENTER AND DIFFICULT FOR IT TO LEAVE. THIS PROMOTED THE CORROSION. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER. THEIR POSITION WAS THEY DID NOT COVER CORROSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. I CAN FORWARD MY EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH CHRYSLER TO YOU. I VISITED A LOCAL COLLISION REPAIR SHOP. THEY REMOVED THE REAR BUMPER. WITH THEIR EXPERTISE, THEY WERE ABLE TO INFORM ME THAT THE OPENING THAT ALLOWED DEBRIS AND SALT TO ENTER WAS LOCATED WHERE THE REAR TIRES WOULD THROW ROAD DEBRIS AND ROAD SALT AT THE OPENING. CHRYSLER IS REPLACING BETWEEN 375 AND 400 OF THESE MODULES A WEEK ? AT OVER $1000 EACH, BEFORE LABOR TO INSTALL. *JS
Mileage: 50,000
I WENT TO HAVE MY RECALL FIXED. IF THEY DID THE RECALL I WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO USE REAR QUARTER VENT WINDOWS. I USE THEM ALL THE TIME. THIS IS NOT A FIX. THIS JUST COVERS YOUR BUTT. I WANT IT FIXED. *TR
Mileage: 66,000