2007 Chrysler Town And Country

OVERHEAD DOME MAP LIGHT STOPPED WORKING SMELLED LIKE BURNING IT WAS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN I POPPED OF THE CLEAR PLASTIC COVER I DON'T KNOW WHY THE VAN HADN'T CAUGHT ON FIRE YET. HALF THE BASE OF THE BULB WAS BLACK, THE PLASTIC PART OF THE SOCKET WAS SCORCHED ,WARPED , MELTED AND SMELLED BURN AND DAMAGED CONSOLE SOCKETS. CLEARLY THIS WAS DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT SHOULD BE THE REASON CHRYSLER CHANGED THE DESIGN AND PART BUT NEVER NOTIFY CONSUMERS AND ISSUE RECALL . THIS IS SERIES SAFETY ISSUE FIRE AND ELECTRICAL DAMAGED MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. I WAS TOLD THAT DEALER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE AND NOT INTERESTED HELPING AND I NEED TO PAY $400 TO CHANGE ENTIRE SOCKET FOR TWO SMALL LIGHT BULBS . WHEN I CALL CHRYSLER CORPORATE AGAIN I WAS TOLD THEY CAN NOT HELP BECAUSE I HAVE OLD VEHICLE . THIS IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND PART UNFORTUNATELY CHRYSLER WOULD NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO NOTIFY AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE . PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURE WHEN I WENT TO DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT BULBS FOR ABOUT $6 EACH I WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE CONSOLE BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE BULBS WHEN I POPPED OF THE CLEAR PLASTIC COVER I WONDERED WHY THE VAN HADN'T CAUGHT ON FIRE YET. HALF THE BASE OF THE BULB WAS BLACK, THE PLASTIC PART OF THE SOCKET WAS SCORCHED AND WARPED DAMAGES CONSOLE SOCKETS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES, SIZE: 225/55R17 (NA). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATED ON THE TIRE, AND THE OTHER TIRES WERE EXHIBITING THE SAME FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,932 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

EVERY SINGLE TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK, THE CAR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE GAS STATION SPUTTERS, STALLS AND BECOMES NON-RESPONSIVE. LAST TIME (9/18/2016) I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND IT COMPLETELY STOPPED. ANOTHER TIME (EARLY JUNE, 2016), I DROVE INTO THE FREEWAY RIGHT OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND THE ENGINE STOP RESPONDING, BLOCKING ENTIRE TRAFFIC. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN FEW OCCASIONS AND THE CODE WAS (ACCORDING TO MECHANIC) IS THE FUEL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONING. THE STRANGEST PART IS THAT ONCE IT STALLS, I CAN RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NEXT FUELING. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW DUE TO VAPOR/LIQUID SEPARATOR IN THE FUEL TANK AND THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM IN MANY CHRYSLERS/JEEPS MADE IN LATE 2000S. WHILE IT DRIVES FINE, THIS PROBLEM PUT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN SEVERAL DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC.

THE 2007 TOWN AND COUNTRY I HELPED MY DISABLED SISTER BUY HAS DEFECTIVE DOOR AND REAR LIFT GATE ISSUES.WE WERE PARKED AND SHOPPING AND I WAS A PASSENGER IN HER CAR WHEN HER HOME HEALTH AIDE HIT THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH FOR ME TO SOMETHING OUT OF THE BACK. THE HATCH LIFTED THEN LET GO AND SLAMMED SHUT SHAKING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEFORE I COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE. I BARELY GOT OUT OF THE WAY THAT SAME DAY WHEN IT DID AGAIN. COME TO FIND OUT IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE AND MY OTHER SISTER WAS INJURED WHEN THE DOOR HIT HER HEAD. THE SAME DAY HER AIDE OPENED THE LEFT SIDE DOOR FOR ME AND AS I EXTENDED MY LEG OUT THE DOOR IT SUDDENLY SLAMMED SHUT, THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO MOVE MY LEG BACK INTO THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CLOSED. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND HAS A CHRONIC LEAK AND MOLD IN THE TRACKS. THIS VAN IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE!!!! I AFRAID MY SISTER WHO DOES NOT MOVE FAST WILL BE INJURED. PLEASE HELP.

WHEN I FILL MY VAN UP (NOT TOPPING IT OFF)AND START IT TO LEAVE THE GAS STATION. I GO ANYWHERE FROM A BLOCK TO 4 BLOCKS AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERS, STALLS AND MANY TIME DIES. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS ONLY AN OCCASIONAL PROBLEM, BUT HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO THE POINT THAT IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I FILL UP. THIS IS A SCARY PROBLEM BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LEFT IN INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY, ONCE I TURNED THE VAN OFF AND THEN TRIED TO RE-START IT STARTED UP. THANK GOD, NO ONE HAS HIT ME. UPON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FIND THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN PROBLEM ON VEHICLES FROM 2000 GOING FORWARD YET I FIND NO RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I COULD FIND THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT NO PROVEN SOLUTIONS. I AM HOPING THAT BY FILING MY COMPLAINT HERE THAT SOMEONE WILL RESEARCH IT AND GET BACK TO ME ON A SOLUTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE AND WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK AND THE EVAPORATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/26/16*LJ