2008 Braun Town & Country

I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 CHRYSLER A YEAR AGO. MY BRAKES FELT FUNNY AND SQUEAKY FROM DAY ONE. AS DAYS WENT BY, THE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING ON A REGULAR BASIS. AT 21,000 MILES I DECIDED TO MAKE AN APPT. TO HAVE THEM CHECKED.. BEFORE I COULD GET IN, I LOST MY FRONT BRAKES WHILE DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL. THE DEALER PAID FOR THE PARTS BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR. AFTER RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT THE 2008 OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING A LOT AND THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. DOES THIS HAVE TO KILL SOMEONE BEFORE IT GETS MADE PUBLIC? THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. BEFORE THERE IS A DEATH. FROM WHAT I READ, THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME EVERY 20,000 MILES AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL. *TR

BOUGHT A 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY SEPT 2008 IN JUNE 2009 BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING BADLY HAD CHRYSLER CHECK BRAKES THEY HAS 8,927 MILES ON THEM AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE BUT DUST GETS IN AND CASUES THE SQUEAKING. FOR MONTHS GOT WORSE AND WORSE EMBARRISSING EVERYTIME YOU STOP EVERYONE LOOKS AT U CAUSE YOUR SQUELING SO LOUDLY AFTER LOOKING UP ON INTERNET AND FINDING THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2008 BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILAGE AND HAVING A FREIND WHO TRADED HER CAR IN AND GOT A DIFF CAR BECAUSE OF SUCH PROBLEMS I DECIDED TO HAVE CHRYSLER CHECK MY BRAKES AGAIN APRIL 23,2010 AND NOW MY BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS IN FRONT WERE BAD AND NEEDED NEW REPLACEMENT I HAVE ONLY 18,000 MILES AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I HAVE OWNED OTHER DODGE AND CHRYSLER MINIVANS AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AT SUCH A LOW MILAGE OR DEAL WITH CONSTANT SQUEAKING. *TR

HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES ON 2008 CHRYLSER MINIVAN AT ONLY 25,000 MILES. MECHANIC SAID REAR BRAKES WERE ALSO CLOSE TO NEEDING REPLACEMENT. NEW BRAKES ALREADY SQUEALING AFTER 5,000 MILES AND BRAKES SEEM TO OVERHEAT QUICKLY, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VAN. I SEE ON-LINE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS CHAT GROUPS (INCLUDING EDMUNDS). I THINK CHRYSLER ALREADY HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS - TSB #05-006-08. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING AND GRINDING NOISE FROM THE REAR BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A CLAIM; SHE WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 44,000.

WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINI VAN JUST BEFORE NOV 25, 2008. A MONTH AGO AT 17,000 WE HAD TO PUT ON ALL NEW(FRONT AND BACK) BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS! THIS CAR IS NOT DRIVEN HARD OR FUNNY, WE DO NOT RIDE OUR BRAKES. SINCE CHRYSLER DOES NOT COVER BRAKES AFTER 12,000 MILES SO WE HAD THEM REPAIRED AT THE OILWORKS, BY A MAN WE TRUST. THE COST WAS $400, YESTERDAY, 300 MILES AFTER THE NEW BRAKES WERE INSTALLED WE HAD TO HAVE NEW ROTORS INSTALLED AGAIN! WE WERE NOT CHARGED FOR THE SECOND ROTORS BUT WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH BRAKE DUST THE PADS WERE ALREADY WEARING! I STARTED LOOKING ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT ABNORMAL BRAKE WEAR ON THE 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VANS. WE PAID ABOUT $30,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE AND WE MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE LOUSY BRAKES THEY ARE INSTALLING ON THESE CARS. AND COME UP WITH A BRAKE PRODUCT THAT WORKS! *TR

I DID NOT DRIVE MY 2008 TOWN & COUNTRY VAN FOR 2 MONTHS AS A RESULT OF MY FOOT SURGERY, 2/17/10 TO 4/19/10. ON THE MORNING OF 4/19/10, AS I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE MY VEHICLE OUT OF MY GARAGE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I FURTHER DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO "BREAK FREE" AND MOVE. IT SEEMED AS IF THE WHEELS WERE FROZEN. AS I DROVE TO WORK, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKING WAS UNEVEN AND THE BRAKES WERE "CHATTERING." THE VAN ALSO TOOK LONGER TO STOP. WHEN I GOT TO WORK, I CALLED MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND ADVISED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VAN HAS 22,500 MILES ON IT. I THEN TOOK THE VAN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THEY SHOWED ME THAT THE FREEZING OF MY WHEELS THAT MORNING WAS ACTUALLY THE REAR PADS RUSTING TO THE ROTORS. I SAW THE MARK ON THE ROTORS WHERE THEY HAD RUSTED. IT THEN MADE THE REAR ROTORS UNEVEN CAUSING THE CHATTER. THEY THEN SHOWED ME THAT THE FRONT PADS WERE VERY LOW. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE REAR ROTORS AND PADS BE CHANGED ALONG WITH THE FRONT PADS. THE ENTIRE JOB CAME TO $650. TO ME THIS IS UNSAFE AND NO FAIR. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A CAR WITH LESS THAN 23,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO DO IT BECAUSE I FEARED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE BRAKES WITH THE SAME MAKE THAT HAD FAILED. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE ON 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WITH ONLY 25000 MILES ON MY TOWN AND COUNTRY THE BRAKES STARTED TO MAKE NOISE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WERE BARELY WORKING. I'VE NEVER OWN A VEHICLE WERE I HAD BRAKE ISSUE BEFORE 38,000 MILES. AFTER LOOKING ON LINE IT IS OBVIOUS THIS VEHICLE HAS A BRAKE ISSUE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DROP THE HAMMER ON CHRYSLER FOR. *TR