2001 Chrysler Town And Country

MY 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY HAS STARTING PROBLEMS DEC OF 2006. WILL NOT START AND RUN FOR FEW SECONDS. AFTER TRYING 3 TIMES EVERYTHING GOES DEAD. WOULD JIGGLE KEY, BEAT ON DASH, TURN KEY ON/OFF. STILL NOT SURE OF CORRECT SEQUENCE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR A FIX OF PROBLEM - $500 WORTH IN FARGO, ND JAN 11, 2007. THEY SAID FIXED PROBLEM. ONE WEEK LATTER BACK TO THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PART THEY REPLACED WASN'T THE PROBLEM. I TALKED TO A AUTO BODY MAN AND SAID HAS HEARD OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE GOING INTO THE ADA, MN DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN SO THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT BUT WOULD REMEDY IT BY DISABLING THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THEY KEPT THE $500. HMMM SOUNDS LIKE A RIP OFF TO ME. *JB

YESTERDAY I WAS WITH ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN RUNNING ERRANDS WHEN AT ONE OF MY LAST STOPS WE CAME BACK TO THE VAN AND I COULDN'T GET THE VAN TO START, I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE KEY TO MOVE, EVERYTHING WAS LOCKED UP! I HAD TO GET SOMEONE TO PICK US UP AND MY HUSBAND WENT BACK TO THE PARKING LOT MY VAN WAS IN AND WAS THERE UNTIL 3:30 AM TRYING TO GET IT WORKING, HE DIDN'T. VAN IS STILL SHOPPING WITHOUT ME, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM OR A KEY PROBLEM. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME THE DAY BEFORE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE, BECAUSE THE KEY WORKED AFTER TRYING IT ONLY A FEW TIMES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE BATTERY ACID LEAKED ONTO THE WIRING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE WIRING WAS PLACED BELOW THE BATTERY DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION BY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POWER WINDOWS, WIPERS, STEREO, HEADLIGHTS, AND AC CONTROLS. PROBLEMS INCLUDE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING ON AND OFF, WIPERS/STEREO DOES NOT FUNCTION WHEN YOU FIRST TURN ON THE CAR AND THEN COMES ON BY ITSELF ANYWHERE FROM 30 SECONDS TO 3 DAYS LATER. NO PATTERN CAN BE DETERMINED WHICH MAKES ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, OR IF THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE IT ISN'T THEIR PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND PAID FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT. THEN THEY OFFER ME A SOLUTION FOR NO LESS THAN $400 THAT IS SUPPOSED TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM WHEN ANYONE WITH COMMON SENSE KNOWS THAT I WOULD JUST SPEND THAT MONEY AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ISN'T THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

BETWEEN 09/25/05 AND 01/25/06 I HAVE SPENT OVER$9,000.00 IN REPAIRS TO MY 2001 TOWN AND COUNTRY. ALL ELECTRICAL RELATED. VAN HAS STALLED AND LEFT US STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES. FUSES, FUEL RELAYS, ELECTRICAL HARNESS DAMAGED, OVERHEAD CONSOLE REPLACED, REAR DOOR SWITCHES REPLACED, TRANSMISSION MODULE. SPEEDOMETER,DOORS WILL WORK ONE MINUTE AND NOT THE NEXT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVERYTIME AND IS ON NOW.... I SEE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THESE SAME ISSUES. I WONDER HOW MANY MORE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT DON'T GET REPORTED. I HAVE ALSO SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON RENTAL CARS EVERYTIME THE DEALER HAS THE CAR FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. AFTER 2 DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALERS WORKED ON IT YOU WOULD THINK IT COULD BE FIXED. IT APPEARS THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN TRADING ME OUT OF IT THAN ADMITTING THEY CAN'T FIX IT. I WISH THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT $9,000. DOLLARS AGO.

BEGINNING 12/04... HEAD LIGHT BRIGHTNESS INTERMITTENTLY VARIES ACCORDING TO RPM'S REGARDLESS OF SPEED. DIMNESS INCREASED BY LOW BATTERY CHARGE AFTER THE FOLLOWING HAVE OCCURRED: BATTERY LOW/DEAD AFTER LEAVING DOORS OPEN FOR 2-3 HOURS. BATTERY LOW/DEAD IF VEHICLE NOT USED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PASSENGER WINDOW FAILURE INTERMITTENT THEN COMPLETE. REAR VENT WINDOWS FAILURE INTERMITTENT. DRIVER WINDOW FAILURE INTERMITTENT. GEAR CHANGE WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF RPM'S AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SPEED SURGE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. OVERHEAD CONTROL OF SLIDING DOORS UNRELIABLE. ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ON FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. ONLY NOTICEABLE PROBLEM; INCREASED BATTERY/STARTING PROBLEMS. NEW BATTERY PURCHASED. 10/6/05 ENG LINE CODE P0601 DIAGNOSED BY DEALERSHIP AS NEED FOR NEW PCM BOARD. WHEN CODE P0601 WAS ENTERED INTO THE PARTS DATABASE AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES FOR THE SEARCH TO BE COMPLETED DUE TO THE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH NUMBER OF CODES PROCESSED BEFORE THE $750.00 PCM BOARD WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CORRECT PART TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS. (TURN IGNITION ON AND OFF THREE TIMES LEAVING IT IN ON POSITION ON THE THIRD TIME TO FIND ENGINE CODES! THIS TECHNICAL TRICK HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE MID 80'S) ALL THIS BEFORE 70,000 MILES. LOGIC LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE THAT THE PCM BOARDS ARE DEFECTIVE, OR THAT THEIR LOCATION UNDER THE HOOD, NEXT TO THE ENGINE AND EXPOSURE TO EXTREME CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE LEADS TO EARLY FAILURES. REAR VIEW AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS INADEQUATE FOR SIZE OF VEHICLE. MANY BLIND SPOTS MAKE THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO BACK UP ANYWHERE. CHRYSLER, AS USUAL, NEEDS THE FEDERAL GOV'T TO ISSUE EDICTS BEFORE RECALLS WILL BE ISSUED OR REPLACEMENTS/REPAIRS MADE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. ELECTRICAL FAILURES ARE THIS VANS GREATEST DOWNFALL. OTHERWISE, IT'S A REALLY COMFORTABLE RIDE. *NM

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON IN MY 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CRUISE CONTROL BECAME INOPERABLE AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PROBLEMS WERE ALL RELATED TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER AND THAT IT COULD TAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID SOME 2001'S WERE RECALLED BUT "NOT YOUR VIN #." ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG OR WHETHER IT WOULD DEPLOY, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WITHOUT DOING THE MAJOR DIAGNOSTICS. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE OR A CEILING ON THE PRICE. THIS IS UNFAIR AND WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND THAT THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY IN THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER WHICH COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE BATTERY IN HER VEHICLE EXPLODED. THIS CAUSED THE BATTERY TO LEAK ACID AND CORRODE THE BATTERY CABLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THE BATTERY HAD CORRODED. OTHER MECHANICS STATE THE BATTERY COULD EXPLODE ONLY IF IT HAD NOT BEEN BOLTED DOWN PROPERLY OR IF THE WIRES WERE NOT ATTACHED CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. *JB