1997 Chrysler Town And Country

DT: 1997 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT FRONT AXLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STOPPED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC, NOT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. CHRYSLER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THERE HAD BEEN NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET PICKED IT UP SO THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS REPLACED. THIS HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 11, 2005. *AK UPDATED 11/29/2005. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT A BUSHING ON THE AXLE HOLDS MOISTURE AND CAUSED THE PART TO RUST *NM

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE OWNING OUR 1997 TOWN AND COUNTRY CHRYSLER VAN, ANYTIME WE HAVE RUN INTO AN EVEN SLIGHT PUDDLE, TURNING LEFT ONTO OUR STREET, WE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER AND UNABLE TO TURN....RUNNING INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD....WHERE CHILDREN HAVE PLAYED, AT TIMES. WE REPORTED SUCH TO OUR DEALER WITH THEIR SAYING THAT "NO ONE HAS EVER REPORTED THIS." APPARENTLY, THEY HAVE NOW. WE WOULD LIKE IT FIXED PLEASE, AT NO COST TO US. ALSO, OUR TRANSMISSION FOR TWO YEARS WORKS AND THEN DOESN'T WORK, WITH OUR HAVING TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE VAN, AND TURN BACK ON IN ORDER TO HAVE IT SHIFT PROPERLY....ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS BEEN ON. WE WOULD LIKE THAT FIXED, TOO, WITH NO COST TO US....FOR IT MUST BE A DEFECT AS IT HASN'T QUIT COMPLETELY. THANK YOU, LARRY WRIGHT 7/08/05

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT OPERATE IN COOL DAMP WEATHER (25-45 DEGREES F WITH HIGH HUMIDITY). THEY CANNOT BE CONTROLLED- SOMETIMES OPERATING FOR 10 MINUTES WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF, SOMETIMES THEY GO INTO DELAY MODE BY THEMSELVES, AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT EVEN TURN ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2002. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED WITH OUR 1997 DODGE INTREPID ES WHICH WE SOLD IN 2002 DUE TO IT BEING AN ELECTRICAL NIGHTMARE, A LEMON FROM THE FACTORY. THOUGH PURCHASED NEW, THE DEALER WOULD NOT MAKE ANY EFFORT TO HAVING THE CAR REPLACED THOUGH WE SUFFERED THROUGH 3 YEARS OF WARRANTY "REPAIRS" FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ANYWAY, I DIGRESS...

LAST DECEMBER 2004 WHILE DRIVING, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A TURN. I LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND S BELT HAD SLIPPED OFF. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE IT FIXED. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS. TODAY 5/9, AGAIN, THE BELT CAME OFF AS MY SISTER WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN AN INCLINE. SHOULD SHE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DESCENDING, SHE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE OF A SHARP TURN IN THE ROAD. AT THE REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT EXIST WITH THE TENSIONER IN THIS VEHICLE, AND THAT IT SLIPS OFF WHEN IT RAINS OR IF WATER GETS INTO IT. IN ORDER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN USE I'VE HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. FROM THE COMPLAINTS I'VE READ, THIS SHOULD BE MADE INTO A RECALL ISSUE, AND THOSE WHO'VE HAD TO MAKE REPAIRS AND REPLACE BELTS, SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

THE PLASTIC HEADLAMP COVERS ON MY CHRYSLER MINIVAN HAVE BECOME FOGGED OR HAZED OR OTHERWISE BECOME CLOUDY AND WILL NOT ALLOW LIGHT TRANSMISSION REQUIRED FOR SAFE NIGHTTIME DRIVING MANY CARS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THE MANUFACTURER BUILDS THE HEADLAMP UNIT AS A SINGLE ASSEMBLY COSTING $400 TO $500 FOR EACH LIGHT TO REPLACE THE CLOUDED PLASTIC. *NM