2008 Braun Town & Country

I HAVE A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY THAT HAS SEVERE BRAKE PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD THE FRONT BRAKES ARE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THEM. ( I WAS SENT A LETTER CONCERNING THIS BY CHRYSLER) THE SAME DESCRIBED PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE REAR BRAKES. THE CALIPERS FROZE, WARPING THE ROTORS AND BRAKING THE PADS. I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THE CALIPERS WOULD BE COVERED BECAUSE OF BEING DEFECTIVE BUT THE DAMAGED CAUSED BY THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 19,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN. REAR BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES. LEFT REAR CALIPER FROZE SHORTLY AFTER, SMOKING AND VERY HOT. FIRE HAZARD. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT 14,000 MILES. BRAKES HAVE MAJOR ISSUES, UNDERSIZED FOR THIS VEHICLE? REPORTS ONLINE INDICATE THEY NEED REPLACING AS SOON AS EVERY 10,000 MILES. NO LONGER THINK THAT MY WIFE WAS THE PROBLEM. CAN SOMEONE FORCE CHRYSLER INTO RECALLING THIS VEHICLE AND REPLACING WITH LARGER BRAKING SYSTEM? MUST AN ENTIRE FAMILY WITH KIDS PERISH? NOW WHEEL BEARINGS ARE NOISY - MANY ONLINE REPORTS - RELATED TO BRAKES? *TR

2008 CHRYSLER MINIVAN WITH 13 THOUSAND MILES ON IT NEEDED FULL FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, AT ABOUT 20 THOUSAND MILES, NEW FRONT AND REAR BRAKES NEEDED. DEALER CLAIMS "COMMON" PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR-- BRAKES WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. IS THIS CAR SAFE TO DRIVE? HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN THE BRAKES WILL JUST DIE? BACK IN THE SHOP THIS WEEK FOR COMPLETE BRAKE JOB NUMBER 3 BRAND NEW VAN ESSENTIALLY WITH LOW MILES AND EASY IN TOWN DRIVING HISTORY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ENGAGE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS A SQUEAKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20000.

WE PURCHASED A USED 2008 TOWN AND COUNTRY 13000 MILES IN DECEMBER 2008. IN APRIL 2009 AT 16000 MILES IT NEEDED ALL FOUR BRAKE PADS REPLACED. DEALER SAID BRAKES WERE NOT COVERED WITH WARRANTY AND THIS WAS JUST NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. IN JUNE 2010 AT 32,000 MILES WHEN WE TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED ALL FOUR BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON MARCH 14 2009 WE REPORTED THE CD PLAYER WOULD NOT EJECT CD'S, BUT NO WORK WAS PERFORMED. ON APRIL 8 2009 WE AGAIN REPORTED RADIO/CD PLAYER WOULD NOT EJECT CDS. DEALER REPLACED THE RADIO. ON JULY 6 2009 WE REPORTED SOUND QUALITY PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO. IT WAS REPLACED AND ON JULY 30TH WE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEMS ONLY NOW THE RADIO WOULD JUST SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE RADIO WAS AGAIN REPLACED. ON DECEMBER 26 WE REPORTED THE AUX. POWER OUTLET WAS INOPERABLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE ALSO REPORTED THE ENGINE WAS EXHIBITING A LOUD HUMMING NOISE WHEN WE APPROACHED SPEEDS OF 40 MPH. TECHNICIAN TOLD US IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THAT WAS RESET. WITHIN ONE DAY THE SOUND WAS BACK. IN JULY 2010 WE WERE TRAVELING TO DENVER COLORADO AND THE AC WOULD CUT OUT WHEN WE APPROACHED 65 MPH. IN ADDITION THE RPM'S WOULD GO AS HIGH AS 4000-5000 AT 60 MPH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED INTO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN WHICH THE SAID THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE VALVE BODY AND HUB BEARINGS WERE CAUSING THE NOISE AND PROBLEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE WEARING OUT RAPIDLY. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE INSIDE BRAKE PADS EXHIBITED A WEAR PATTERN WHILE THE OUTSIDE BRAKE PADS LOOKED NEW. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42500.

BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY SIGNATURE/TOURING EDITION. THE VEHICLE HAS PREMATURE BREAK SQUEAL AND GRINDING @ 20,726 MILES. RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER STATING THAT LISTED VEHICLE 'MAY' BE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM. IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE NEAREST DEALER (DICK SCOTT DODGE, PLYMOUTH, MI). DEALER CHARGED $35.00 TO INSPECT. CHARGED A $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE TO COVER THE FRONT BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS AND CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL 120.67 TO MACHINE THE REAR ROTORS, DEGLAZE THE REAR PADS AND LUBE THE REAR SLIDES. THE TOTAL BILL WAS $256.67. CONTINUED TO RESEARCH THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND LEARNED THAT THIS IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THE GRINDING DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND LOUDER OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HERE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT. TWO MONTHS LATER I RETURNED WITH THE VEHICLE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY CALIPERS WERE BAD AND THAT I NEEDED NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AS A RESULT. EVEN THOUGH I HAD BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THEM TO INSPECT TWO MONTHS PRIOR, THEY DID NOT WARRANTY THE DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THIS ENDED UP COSTING JUST UNDER $500 TO FIX. *TR

THE BRAKES ON OUR 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN NEED TO BE REPLACED MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN IS TYPICALLY NECESSARY. USUALLY THE PADS AND ROTORS NEED REPLACING. THE FRONT BRAKES NEED REPLACING EVERY 15-18K MILES. THE VAN IS NOT DRIVEN UNDER HARSH CONDITIONS AS IT IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MY WIFE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL AND FOR HER TO GO TO WORK. *TR