2007 Chrysler Town And Country

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018 - WE WERE RETURNING HOME AFTER VISITING OUT OF TOWN RELATIVES FOR THE WINTER HOLIDAYS. THE VAN STALLED ON US (ENTIRE FAMILY OF FOUR PLUS ONE AUNT-FIVE PEOPLE TOTAL IN OUR VAN) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! I WAS A PANICKING FEARING WE COULD ALL DIE THAT INSTANT! WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO SAFETLY GET THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE ROLLING MOMENTIUM THE VAN STILL HAD DESPITE THE ENGINE TURNING OFF, NO POWER STEERING, AND NO POWER BRAKES! MY WIFE HAD BEEN TELLING ME (STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO) THAT THE VAN RANDOMLY STALLS WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND I HAD BEEN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE CONTINUOUSLY WHEN I HAD FREE TIME AND REMEMBERED THE RANDOM STALLING ISSUE. NO TROUBLE CODES CAME UP WHEN THE VAN STALLED ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018. AFTER REASEARCHING WHAT OTHERS HAVE POSTED ONLINE, THIS ISSUE SEEMS LIKE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT NEEDS TO BE FILED FOR IT BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE (PUTTING FAMILIES LIVES AT RISK, THATS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF BUYING A VAN, TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY PLACES).

WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN AND STANDING WATER THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. WATER SOMEHOW GETS THE BELTS WET, WHICH HAVE A LOUD SCREECHING SOUND, WITH THAT THE POWER STEERING WILL FAIL WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND HAS HAPPENED SINCE I CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE.

MY WIFE HAD JUST FILLED UP THE VAN WITH GAS AND, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, SHE SAID SHE HEARD SOME "CHIMES"...THEN ALL POWER TO THE VAN SHUT OFF. NO POWER STEERING, TRAFFIC IN FRONT AND BEHIND HER. I SEE THAT OTHERS ON THIS SITE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER GETTING GAS. THE VAN ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES. I'LL BE CALLING CHRYSLER TOMORROW. I DID GET THE LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BACK IN 2007 WHEN PURCHASED. I WAS NOT PLEASED TO READ THAT THE NTSB WOULD NOT REQUIRE A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER UNTIL MORE EVIDENCE ( IE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND/OR FATALITIES) OCCUR. MY WIFE NO LONGER FEELS SAFE DRIVING THE VAN WITH OUR TWO YOUNGS BOYS.

WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND I DRIVE SLOWLY OR FAST THROUGH A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER THE WATER SPLASHES UP AND I LOOSE POWER STEERING. THE STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ONCE OUT OF THE WATER AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER THE POWER STEERING RETURNS. NO OTHER TIME DO I LOOSE POWER STEERING. DAILY THE VAN MAKES LOUD NOISES LIKE A WHISTLING/PURRING OR A TING ONCE STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING WHICH A DIFFERENT CUSTOMER ATTRIBUTED TO THE POWER STEERING POSSIBLY. ALSO THE WHINING OR WHISTLING NOISE DOES INCREAS WITH EXCELLERATION. IT IS WEIRD. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE APRIL OF 2011 WHEN I BOUGHT IT USED FROM THE DEALERSHIP.

AFTER FILLING MY GANDMOTHERS GAS TANK ON HER 2007 TOWN AND COUNTRY WE PULLED ONTO THE STREET AND THE WHOLE CAR STALLED OUT AND I LOST CONTROL OF MY STEERING WHEEL AND BREAKS. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR QUICK REACTION TIME ON MY PART. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A COLLISION. IT'S NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE. IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL BACK I HAD TO THROW THE VAN IN PARK AND THEN IT RESTARTED AND DROVE WITH NO PROBLEM HOME.

SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT ADDRESS THE FUELING PROBLEM IN ITS VEHICLES. AFTER FUELING, MY VAN WILL EITHER BEGIN SPUTTERING AND THEN STALL OR STALL WITHOUT WARNING. I RECENTLY FUELED AT A GAS STATION ON AN EXIT OFF OF INTERSTATE 70. UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM THE ON RAMP, MY VAN STALLED. FORTUNATELY, THE TRACTOR TRAILER APPROACHING ME IN MY LANE WAS ABLE TO SWERVE INTO THE ADJACENT LANE AND AVOID HITTING ME. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY ARE "HEARING ABOUT THIS ISSUE MORE AND MORE" AND SIMPLY ADVISED ME TO "NOT FILL UP THE VAN WITH GAS ALL THE WAY". THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT CHRYSLER 300 MODELS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, A WHINING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES THE NOISE WOULD STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.