2008 Braun Town & Country

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT WAS IN HIS RESIDENCE WHEN HE HEARD THE VEHICLE ALARM SOUND. WITHIN SECONDS, THERE WAS SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE RELAY BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 14,000. UPDATED 10/13/10*BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DOOR WOULD CLOSE 1/2 WAY AND THEN OPEN BACK UP INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 10/14/10*JB

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.

2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY - VEHICLE LOSES POWER ON IT OWN AND CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. HORN HONKS, WIPERS AND WASHER FLUIDS BECOME ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF AND ENGINE RUNS EVEN AFTER REMOVING KEYS FROM IGNITION. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR A FEW WEEKS STARING IN JUNE 2010. ODB LIGHT / CODES ARE NOT CLEAR TO MECHANICS. *TR

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

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, I ACCELERATED AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT DECELERATE WHEN I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR. I BRAKED BUT THE CAR WAS NOW REVVING AT ABOUT 4,000 RPMS WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL (BUT ON THE BRAKE). I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO A STOP AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. TRIED TURNING IT ON AGAIN BUT CAR STILL RACING. WHILE WAITING FOR HELP WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF, AFTER A FEW MINUTES I HEARD A POP FROM THE AREA OF THE GAS PEDAL. I STARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN NORMALLY. CAREFULLY DROVE HOME AND BROUGHT CAR TO DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARINGS THREE TIMES ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARINGS EACH TIME, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THEM TO BREAK. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE WHEEL ON WAS THE CALIPER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145000. UPDATED 09/29/10. *LJ

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.