2003 Chrysler Town And Country

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE LIFTGATE WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290,000.

FIRST INCIDENT 12/02/2011, APPROX 10:00AM, TEMPERATURE APPROX 40 DEGREES F, LOCATED NEW RICHMOND, OH 45157 - WHILE SITTING AT STOP SIGN REAR WINDOW/GLASS EXPLODED LEAVING A (APPROX) 1 FOOT HIGH BY 4 FOOT WIDE HOLE IN CENTER OF GLASS. REAR GLASS WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED/SPIDERED ALL THROUGHOUT WINDOW. REAR DEFROST NOT ON. POLICE CALLED TO SCENE, LOOKED IN AND AROUND VEHICLE BUT NOT OBJECTS FOUND THAT MIGHT HAVE HIT THE WINDOW. JUST EXPLODED ON ITS OWN. NO PRIOR REPLACEMENT AS FAR AS WE KNOW. WINDOW REPLACED AND PAID FOR BY INSURANCE COMPANY UNDER COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE.SECOND INCIDENT 12/11/2011, 8:00PM, TEMPERATURE 34 DEGREES F, LOCATED NEW RICHMOND, OH 45157 - VAN PARKED IN FRONT OF HOME. HEARD A SMALL EXPLOSION WITH GLASS SHATTERING. FOUND REAR WINDOW/GLASS EXPLODED AGAIN ALMOST EXACTLY AS IT DID BEFORE. TEMPERATURE 34 DEGREES F. SIZE OF HOLE IS ABOUT THE SAME (APPROX) 1 FOOT HIGH BY 4 FOOT WIDE HOLE IN CENTER OF WINDOW. NO OBJECTS FOUND AROUND OR INSIDE THE VAN THAT MAY HAVE STRUCK THE REAR WINDOW/GLASS. WILL CONTACT INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE MORNING. *TR

ON 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LXI I HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR RELAY LAST YEAR. NOW THE MODE DOOR ACTUATOR SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED! I CAN NOT CHANGE THE AIR BLOWING THROUGH THE DASH VENTS TO DEFROST. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CHRYSLER MODEL HAS HAD DEFROSTER PROBLEMS! TWO SEPARATE PARTS FAILED, ONE THIS YEAR AND ONE (BLOWER MOTOR) LAST YEAR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER VANS AND NO RECALL? FOR NOT HAVING DEFROSTERS? *TR

WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2003 CHRYSLER T & C. IN AUGUST, 2009, MY WIFE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW MOTOR SUDDENLY BECOMING INOPERABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN SUDDENLY WORKING AGAIN. ONE DAY, AS I WAS DRIVING THE VAN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE CAR RESTARTED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. HOWEVER, ON AUGUST 20, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS LEAVING A CONFERENCE. AFTER LESS THAN MILE, THEN VAN BEGAN SHUDDERING, THE LIGHTS BEGAN BLINKING THEN THE VEHICLE DIED. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE VAN WOULD NOT RESTART, IN FACT THE ONLY THING I RECEIVED WAS A CLICK. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND AGAIN LEFT ALONE. THIS TIME, THE WHEN I TURNED THE KEY, THE RESPONSE WAS JUST A CLICK. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL DRAIN THAT CAUSED ME TO REPLACE TWO BATTERIES. IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS FROM RECURRING, I DISCONNECTED THE NEGATIVE POST. AFTER CHECKING AND REPLACING THE STARTER AS WELL, I HAD IT TOWED TO A FACILITY WHO CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WAS A BAD PCM. THE COST TO REMEDY THIS WAS $750. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION CARRIER, BUT INDICATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP COULD ALSO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED FOR THREE WEEKS AND CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS HOT OR COLD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS WHEN THE STALLING OCCURRED. HOWEVER, WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER THE OIL LIGHT INDICATOR WAS LIT. THE CONTACT FELT UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FREQUENT STALLING INCIDENTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT OCCURRED AT 1 AM. UPDATED 2/22/2007 -NOW THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS A ROUGH START CONDITION. THE STEERING HAD BECOME VERY TIGHT AND MAKES NOISE. THE RADIO WILL NOT PLAY AND THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHEN IT IS ON. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND. REAR WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *NM

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 40 MILES AN HOUR, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR VENT WINDOW IN MY 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY EXPLODED ALL BY ITSELF INTO THE VAN LEAVING BROKEN PIECES OF GLASS ALL OVER THREE SMALL CHILDREN BUCKLED INTO CAR SEATS. NONE OF THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NOT A MAJOR TEMP. CHANGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDOW FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS CRACKS IN THE WINDOW. LUCKILY, ALL OF MY CHILDREN WERE OK. I REPORTED THIS TO MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND TO THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP. I SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM REPORTED HERE WITH NHTSA. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE A CHILD OR A PERSON IS CRITICALLY INJURED. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS IN MY 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAVE FALLEN INTO THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING OR DURING USE. THE FIRST TIME WAS THE DRIVER'S SIDE AS I WAS LEAVING WORK AND IT WAS 15 DEGREES OUT. THE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR. THE SECOND TIME WAS THE PASSENGER WINDOW AND IT FELL OUT WHILE NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS PARKED IN A VERY URBAN DOWNTOWN AREA. AS I WAS LEAVING WORK I APPROACHED MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE WINDOW WAS GONE. I OPENED THE VAN AND COULD TELL IT HAD FALLEN INTO THE DOOR WHILE I WAS WORKING THAT DAY. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THE VAN AND I HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND MY HUSBAND WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE VAN OPENED THE DOOR TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND COULD TELL THE WINDOW WAS GOING TO FALL. THE FAILURE IS APPARENTLY IN THE WINDOW ACTUATOR OR SOMETHING. THE DEALER HAS HAD TO REPLACE THESE PARTS. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR THE 3 OCCURRENCE AND WE HAVE ASKED TO KEEP THE OLD PART. *NM

DT: 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY EX. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW DID NOT SEAL CORRECTLY. WHEN PASSENGER'S RODE IN THE BACK SEAT THE COULD HEAR WHISTLING NOISE. THE SALESMAN PUSHED IN ON THE WINDOW AND THOUGHT THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM. THERE IS 60000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE NOW. ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THAT REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 75 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WILL ONLY REPAIR IT AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE, $200.00. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS SPOKEN WITH WARRANTY THROUGH CHRYSLER, AND THEY DENIED THIS CLAIM BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. *NM

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHILE IT WAS RAINING. WHEN CONSUMER CHANGED LANES AND USED TURN SIGNAL ON DRIVER'S SIDE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT SHE MAY HAVE LET THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE POSITION AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD A RECALL ON POWER STEERING FIXED AT THE DEALER, BUT DID NOT FIX THE WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TWICE SINCE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. CONSUMER SAID THIS HAPPENED ALL THREE TIMES THAT SHE WAS ON THE FREEWAY. DOESN'T SEEM TO HAPPEN WHEN NOT USING THE TURN SIGNAL.*AK