2001 Chrysler Town And Country

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH THE WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT. THE TIRES LOCKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS BROKE AND WRAPPED AROUND THE WHEEL, CAUSING THE TIRE TO SKID ON THE ROAD. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING OR ABS. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD SO THE TRAFFIC COULD GET BY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 02/09/06. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT WORK IN COLD WEATHER. IT IS USUALLY WARM IN SOUTHERN LA, BUT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS WHILE TAKING MY CHILDREN TO PRESCHOOL, I COULD NOT GET MY SON'S SLIDING DOOR TO OPEN. IT ALWAYS WORKED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, BUT SEVERAL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS HAVE SEEN THAT THE DOOR DOES NOT WORK EITHER WITH THE ELECTRONIC KEY, BUTTON ON THE DOOR ITSELF, OR WITH THE OVERHEAD BUTTON LOCATED ABOVE THE DASHBOARD. ODDLY, ALSO ONLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS COOLER, MY HIGH BEAM ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL NOT WORK. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL BOTH COME ON, BUT AS SOON AS I DEPRESS THE BUTTON FOR HIGH BEAMS, THE DRIVER'S LIGHT GOES OFF COMPLETELY. IS THERE A CORRELATION SINCE THEY ARE BOTH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE? PERHAPS SOMETHING ELECTRICAL? WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED LAST SEPTEMBER 2004 AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOOR AS SOON AS THE WEATHER WAS COOLER. I AM GUESSING AT THE OCTOBER 20/04 DATE, BUT I KNOW I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS IN OCT OF LAST YEAR SHORTLY AFTER WE'D PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I HAD PROBLEMS VIRTUALLY EVERY EARLY MORNING IN THE WINTER FROM OCT-FEB, AND THE SAME THING JUST STARTED AGAIN AS THE MORNINGS ARE ONCE AGAIN COOLER (COOLER IN BATON ROUGE MEANS AROUND 45 F). THE DIAGNOSTICS THEY HAVE RUN AT MY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP KEEP COMING UP EMPTY AND THEY MUST THINK IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD. AT LEAST 2 OTHER MECHANICS FROM WHERE I HAVE MY OIL CHANGED HAVE WITNESSED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS AND LIGHTS FIRSTHAND, BUT NEVER THOSE AT THE DEALERSHIP. IS THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL? *JB

I HAVE A 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SLIDING DOOR, THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE FIRST TIME FED. 2005 AND NOW DEC. 2005. BOTH TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED IT HAS BEEN COLD, SINGLE DIGIT TEMP. WHEN STARTING THE CAR AND THE POWER SLIDING DOOR IS SHUT, THE MOTER OF THE DOOR KICKS ON AND KEEPS TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, RESULTING FROM THIS, THE DOOR BECOMES AJAR, AND THE AUTO SLIDE DOOR WILL NOT WORK PLUS THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT THE DOOR LATCH FREEZES IN THE LOCK MODE AND THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE!!! THIS HAPPENED WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON, FIRST TIME MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR THE SECOND TIME NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR AND THE POWER SLIDE DOOR WAS NEVER TOUCHED. *NM

BAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO LIGHT UP AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AS I AM INFORMED THAT WHEN THE BAG LIGHT IS LIT, THE BAG SAFETY SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED BY CHRYSLER FOR MODELS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE 2001 TOWN & COUNTRY MODEL. *NM

BEGINNING 12/04... HEAD LIGHT BRIGHTNESS INTERMITTENTLY VARIES ACCORDING TO RPM'S REGARDLESS OF SPEED. DIMNESS INCREASED BY LOW BATTERY CHARGE AFTER THE FOLLOWING HAVE OCCURRED: BATTERY LOW/DEAD AFTER LEAVING DOORS OPEN FOR 2-3 HOURS. BATTERY LOW/DEAD IF VEHICLE NOT USED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PASSENGER WINDOW FAILURE INTERMITTENT THEN COMPLETE. REAR VENT WINDOWS FAILURE INTERMITTENT. DRIVER WINDOW FAILURE INTERMITTENT. GEAR CHANGE WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF RPM'S AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SPEED SURGE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. OVERHEAD CONTROL OF SLIDING DOORS UNRELIABLE. ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ON FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. ONLY NOTICEABLE PROBLEM; INCREASED BATTERY/STARTING PROBLEMS. NEW BATTERY PURCHASED. 10/6/05 ENG LINE CODE P0601 DIAGNOSED BY DEALERSHIP AS NEED FOR NEW PCM BOARD. WHEN CODE P0601 WAS ENTERED INTO THE PARTS DATABASE AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES FOR THE SEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DUE TO THE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH NUMBER OF CODES PROCESSED BEFORE THE $750.00 PCM BOARD WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CORRECT PART TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS. (TURN IGNITION ON AND OFF THREE TIMES LEAVING IT IN ON POSITION ON THE THIRD TIME TO FIND ENGINE CODES! THIS TECHNICAL TRICK HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE MID 80'S) ALL THIS BEFORE 70,000 MILES. LOGIC LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE THAT THE PCM BOARDS ARE DEFECTIVE, OR THAT THEIR LOCATION UNDER THE HOOD, NEXT TO THE ENGINE AND EXPOSURE TO EXTREME CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE LEADS TO EARLY FAILURES. REAR VIEW AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS INADEQUATE FOR SIZE OF VEHICLE. MANY BLIND SPOTS MAKE THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO BACK UP ANYWHERE. CHRYSLER, AS USUAL, NEEDS THE FEDERAL GOV'T TO ISSUE EDICTS BEFORE RECALLS WILL BE ISSUED OR REPLACEMENTS/REPAIRS MADE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. ELECTRICAL FAILURES ARE THIS VANS GREATEST DOWNFALL. OTHERWISE, IT'S A REALLY COMFORTABLE RIDE. *NM

CHRYSLER 2001 TOWN & COUNTRY AT 77468 MILES AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND STAYED ON WITH INTERMITTENT BLINKING OFF AND THEN ON. TOOK IT TO HAYES CHRYSLER. THEIR INVOICE STATES "TECH VERIFIED AND RAN ELECTRICAL DIAG WHERE HE FOUND PASSENGER SIDE SQUIB OPEN". CONSEQUENCES WERE THAT IF AN ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED, THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. FIX WAS TO REPLACE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG MODULE. *NM

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON IN MY 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PROBLEMS WERE ALL RELATED TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER AND THAT IT COULD TAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID SOME 2001'S WERE RECALLED BUT "NOT YOUR VIN #." ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG OR WHETHER IT WOULD DEPLOY, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WITHOUT DOING THE MAJOR DIAGNOSTICS. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE OR A CEILING ON THE PRICE. THIS IS UNFAIR AND WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND THAT THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY IN THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER WHICH COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *JB