NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 53,000 MILES ON OUR 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO AFTER 53,000 MILES . I COULD UNDERSTAND IF I HAD 100,000 MILES OR MORE. JUST CHEAP MATERIALS USED TO SAVE MONEY, THE METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND WHEN WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED BEFORE WE TOOK A LONG TRIP…
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NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 53,000 MILES ON OUR 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO AFTER 53,000 MILES . I COULD UNDERSTAND IF I HAD 100,000 MILES OR MORE. JUST CHEAP MATERIALS USED TO SAVE MONEY, THE METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND WHEN WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED BEFORE WE TOOK A LONG TRIP OUT OF THE COUNTRY, TO CANADA. THE REPAIR SHOP NOTICE A PROBLEM AND WARNED US TO NOT WAIT TO LONG TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UPON FIXING THE TRANSMISSION THEY ALSO FOUND PIECES OF METAL FROM POSSIBLY THE GEARS WERE BREAKING UP OR THE HOUSING THAT HOLDS THE NEEDLE BEARINGS CRACKED AND WAS ADDING TO THE PROBLEM. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. ABOUT THE PROBLEM , BUT ALL THEY WOULD DO IS, NOTHING, BECAUSE WE DID NOT PURCHASE A EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEIR WARRANTY WEB SITE STATED THAT 2007 MODELS PURCHASED AFTER JULY OF 2007, THAT THEY WERE GIVING A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE POWER TRAIN. SOUNDS TO ME , THEY EITHER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM , OR SOME OTHER REASON. NEVERTHELESS, THE MATERIAL USE WAS INADEQUATE, PROCESSES SUCH AS HARDENING OF THE GEARS, WERE WRONG, BUT YET PASSED INSPECTION. I COULD HAVE BEEN IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THE METAL SHAVINGS, OR METAL PIECES GOT IN BETWEEN THE TEETH OF THE GEAR TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT COST ME ABOUT $3,500.00 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. I SENT A LETTER TO CHRYSLER CORP. EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM, WITH COPIES OF THE REPAIR WORK DONE PLUS RENTAL CAR THAT WAS NEEDED FOR A WEEK. SOME MY HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO, THEY DID NOT COMPLAIN. I FELL CHRYSLER SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10366476
15,000 miles · Jan 16, 2010
Power Train
I HAVE A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS WITH IT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIME SO FAR FOR ERRATIC SHIFTING AND HAD SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS AND OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AFTER T…
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I HAVE A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS WITH IT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIME SO FAR FOR ERRATIC SHIFTING AND HAD SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS AND OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AFTER THE LAST TIME I HAD IT IN AND THE TECH FLASHED THE TRANSMISSION MODULE IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH OF IN-TOWN DRIVING UNTIL IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AS BEFORE. ALONG WITH THIS THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAVE STARTED TO HAPPEN: 1. LOUD NOISE AND JERK WHILE MOVING VEHICLE FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. 2. LOW SPEED UP AND DOWN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WHILE IN PARKING LOTS OR UNDER 15 MILES AND HOUR.. 3. AFTER PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE THERE IS A (METALLIC) CLICKING NOISE WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR. 4. WHEN YOU PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE THERE IS A WHIRRING SOUND BEFORE THE CAR GOES INTO GEAR. 5. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE FROM A STOP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE IS A HARD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND THE AFTER THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFT INTO THE THIRD GEAR THERE IS A SHUDDER OR SLIPPING FEELING. 6. ON OCCASION WHEN PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGH THE VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE DEALER AND FINALLY CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE EXCEPT TO FLASH THE TRANSMISSION PER A SERVICE BULLETIN THEY HAD. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10299963
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