2001 Chrysler Town And Country

BACK IN EARLY 2005 WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SWAY BAR, SWAY ELIMINATORS & SWAY BUSHINGS HAVING TO BE REPLACED ON OUR 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LX WITH ONLY 31,000 MILE ON IT (PURCHASED NEW IN 2001). WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER WITH THE PROBLEM & THIS WAS RESOLVED PROMPTLY BY CHRYSLER. SAME CAR 1 1/2 YEARS LATER AND NOW WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT A "THUNKING" NOISE IN THE FRONT END AGAIN. UPON TAKING IT TO A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE RACK & PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $900. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME TO CONTACT CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT SEEMED TO POSSIBLY BE A PREMATURE FAILURE. WE IMMEDIATELY HAD THE RACK & PINION STEERING REPLACED BY OUR MECHANIC BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE FAILURE OF MAJOR PARTS ON THIS VAN STARTING WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT SUGGESTS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS VEHICLE. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO THE RACK & PINION STEERING AND REPLIED WITH A SORRY PAST WARRANTY REPLY. *NM

DURING THE COOLER MONTHS OF THE YEAR THE STEERING ON MY 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN+COUNTRY BECOMES EXREMELY STIFF TO THE POINT THAT I AM UNABLE TO TURN IT AND IM 6'4" 280 LBS, MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT COULD BE A VALVE INSIDE THE RACK+PINION ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY HE SAID THE ONLY THING TO DO IS REPLACE THAT STEERING COMPONENT, I TOLD A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME CAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND HE TOLD ME HE EXPERIENCES THE SAME THING. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR AND MAYBE COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. *NM

I PURCHASED MY CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE IN JAN. 2002 & AS EARLY AS NOV. 2002 I BEGAN REPORTING A STEERING NOISE TO MY DEALER WHEN BRINGING THE CAR IN FOR THE ROUTINE CHECKS AND OIL CHANGES. I WAS ASSURED THE PROBLEM WAS EITHER NORMAL OR THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO DO WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING. I DESCRIBED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD & I REVERSED I HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING IT. THE STEERING WOULD LOCK UP. I OF COURSE CONTINUED TO BRING IT IN AND THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO DO THIS. THE STEERING PROBLEM CHANGED FROM DIFFICULTY STEERING WHEN IN REVERSE TO DIFFICULTY STEERING IN REVERSE & DRIVE. THE PROBLEM GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN TURNING LEFT & HAS LEFT ME IN A PANIC AT TIMES WHEN I AM TURNING WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT AND THE VAN WILL NOT RESPOND AND COME WITH ME. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP FOR BRAKES AND OIL CHANGE AND THE OWNER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN HE WENT TO PULL THE CAR INTO THE BAY. HE CALLED ME AND ALERTED ME. HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE STRUTS AND SAID IF IT WAS NOT I WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT A NEW STEERING RACK. I EVEN QUESTIONED THE DEALER LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID I NEEDED TO BE SURE THAT I KEPT MY STEERING FLUID FILLED UP. MY RESPONSE WAS IF I AM LOSING STEERING FLUID THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. I HAVE CHECKED THE RESERVOIR AND I AM NOT LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID. I AM NOW GETTING SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE EVERY DAY, WITH MYSELF AND MY TWO DAUGHTER, DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE STEERING. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE TO YET ANOTHER MECHANIC TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. ONE WOULD THINK CHRYSLER WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM OF THEIR OWN VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COULD. 11/02 NOISE IN FRONT END NOTED AND A WHINE AND A TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP PERFORMED. 12/02 FRONT SWAY BAR REPLACED. 12/02 HOSE TO POWER STEERING REPLACED, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR REPLACED. CONTINUED TO MENTION ON SUBSEQUENT VISITS & THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO ACT UP. *NM

VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POWER WINDOWS, WIPERS, STEREO, HEADLIGHTS, AND AC CONTROLS. PROBLEMS INCLUDE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING ON AND OFF, WIPERS/STEREO DOES NOT FUNCTION WHEN YOU FIRST TURN ON THE CAR AND THEN COMES ON BY ITSELF ANYWHERE FROM 30 SECONDS TO 3 DAYS LATER. NO PATTERN CAN BE DETERMINED WHICH MAKES ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, OR IF THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE IT ISN'T THEIR PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND PAID FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT. THEN THEY OFFER ME A SOLUTION FOR NO LESS THAN $400 THAT IS SUPPOSED TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM WHEN ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE KNOWS THAT I WOULD JUST SPEND THAT MONEY AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ISN'T THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAS DEFECTIVE RIGHT STEERING KNUCKLE.*MR AFTER MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING KNUCKLE BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RUN INTO A DITCH. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE CLAIM. *NM

2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY EXPERIENCING FAILURES WITH STEERING, INSTRUMENT PANEL, AIRBAGS, SEAT BELT WIRING HARNESS AND TRANSMISSION.*MR CONSUMER STATED I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW. EIGHT FRONT-END AND STEERING FAILURES, 6 INSTRUMENT PANEL ELECTRONIC FAILURES, 4 AIR BAG AND SEAT WIRING HARNESS FAILURES AND NOW IT SEEMS, A SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *BF *NM

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT BLINKS ON AND OFF. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE CLOCK SPRING, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS SUCH AS STEERING PROBLEMS, SLIDING PROBLEMS, BRAKE AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS, A STRONG ODOR OF GAS AND THEFRONT SWAY BARS AND REAR SHOCKS WERE REPLACED *JB