2009 Braun Town & Country

REAR BRAKES WORN OUT INCLUDING ROTORS AT 21,000 MILES. REAR CALIPERS STICK AND STAY ON AS IF PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. DEALER SAID ITS COMMON BECAUSE OF WINTER. MY FIRST VEHICLE EVER TO HAVE CALIPERS STICK BECAUSE OF WINTER. FUNNY THOUGH THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE IN THE WINTER. ONLY NOW AFTER I DECLINED TO HAVE THEM FIX MY BRAKES AND IT'S 90 F OUTSIDE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE DEALER ADVISED THEY ARE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE FAILURE WAS NOT RECALLED AND THE CONTACT SHOULD WAIT IN THE EVENT A RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 31,000.

ON MAY 15, 2011, I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LAPLUME, PA WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I STARTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AND RUMBLING, I SLOWED DOWN WITH SOME TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE (LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS RAIN) AND AS I SLOWED DOWN IT GOT LOUDER. I THOUGHT MY ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO DIE. I PUT ON MY DISTRESS SIGNALS, PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY), AND MY SISTER GOT OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS HANGING AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN BLOWN UP. I CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHICH ARRIVED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON. WHEN I GOT HOME AND CHECKED THE LAST FOUR NUMBERS ON THE TIRE FOR THE MANUFACTURER DATE AND IT READ--1005. WHICH I WAS INFORMED IT MEANT THE TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED ON THE TENTH WEEK OF 2005. MY VEHICLE IS A 2009 VEHICLE--PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2009 FROM THE ADVENTURE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN WILLOUGHBY, OHIO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VALVE STEMS BROKE OFF ON ALL FOUR TIRES WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER FOR THREE MONTHS AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50000.

AFTER PARKING AND LOCKING THE VEHICLE, WHEN I COME BACK TO IT SOMETIMES THE SIDE DOORS OR REAR DOOR ARE OPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE IN A PARKING GARAGE AT WORK, IN MY GARAGE AT HOME, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED ON THE STREET. ON ONE OCCASION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS FOUND OPEN BY POLICE IN THE PARKING LOT OF A HOTEL WHERE I WAS STAYING. ON TWO OCCASIONS I'VE FOUND THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE RUNNING WHEN IT WAS PARKED INSIDE MY CLOSED GARAGE AT HOME. THE DOORS CAN BE OPENED REMOTELY OR THE ENGINE STARTED REMOTELY WITH TWO SUCCESSIVE PRESSES ON THE APPROPRIATE BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB, BUT I OFTEN COME BACK TO THE VAN AND FIND THESE DOORS OPEN WHEN I HAVE BEEN TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE TO ACTIVATE IT WITH THE KEY FOB. BECAUSE IT TAKES TWO SUCCESSIVE PRESSES WITHIN SECONDS ON A SINGLE BUTTON TO OPEN A DOOR WITH THE KEY FOB, THE KEY FOB IS NOT LIKELY THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE THIS FIXED, BUT IN THE INTERIM, I WANT TO DISABLE THE ABILITY TO OPEN THE DOORS OR START THE ENGINE REMOTELY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A FIX CAN BE FOUND. *TR

OUR CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY IS A 2009. WE NOTICED THE BRAKES STARTED MAKING NOISE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING. THE BRAKES ARE NOW STARTING TO GRIND SO WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. OUR REAR BRAKE HOSE SYSTEM IS BLOWN AS WELL AS THE CALIPERS ARE SHOT. HE SAID THIS SEEMS VERY ODD GIVEN THE VEHICLE IS A 2009 AND A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. IT'S GETTING WORSE AND STARTING TO MAKE NOISE EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE NOT IN USE. *TR

APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO, WE STARTED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION WHEN USING THE BRAKES. RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER IN JULY STATING SOME TOWN AND COUNTRY VANS BRAKE PADS AND OR ROTORS MAY PREMATURELY FAILED. CAR HAD ABOUT 35,500 MILES ON IT WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER LAST MONTH TO CHECK THE BRAKES. FRONT AND BACK BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED, ROTORS ONLY NEEDED TO BE TURNED ACCORDING TO DEALER. HOWEVER, VIBRATION STILL OCCURS WHEN BRAKING. *TR