2003 Chrysler Town And Country

DASH BOARD INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE AND ADDITIONAL ENGINE ISSUES. FUEL GAUGE PEGGED. TACHOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES FLUCTUATING, ENGINE FALTERS AND STALLS, ALL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATE, RADIO BECOMES INTERMITTENT. CAR ALARM ACTIVATES AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. LOW VOLTAGE TO DASHBOARD CLUSTER CIRCUIT BOARD. INSTRUMENT ERROR CODES E400.1, E100.1, E100.3, E100.4, E100.5 DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR ISSUES, WHICH HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, OFTEN THE CAR STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART IN TRAFFIC. NUMEROUS INTERNET REPORTS OF SAME PROBLEM BY MANY PEOPLE. (SEE EDMUNDS.COM, UNDER TOWN & COUNTRY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS) SUGGESTED REPAIRS ARE RE-SOLDERING OF CIRCUIT BOARD COLD SOLDER JOINTS IN CLUSTER BOARD, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CLUSTER BOARD. RECOMMEND A SAFETY RECALL OF TOWN & COUNTRY'S AND VOYAGERS FROM 2000-PRESENT TO INSPECT FOR THIS ISSUE.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE: ALL GAUGES, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, BATTERY, TEMP, RPM FAILED TO WORK, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, HEADLIGHT CONTROL ABILITY FAILED TO WORK. HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ALSO FAILED TO WORK. VEHICLE WOULD START OR REMAIN RUNNING, MIRRORS, RADIO, STEERING, PEDAL ELECTRICAL CONTINUED FUNCTION. HEADLIGHTS / TAILLIGHTS CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY - NO ABILITY TO TURN OFF, EXCEPT WITH IGNITION SWITCH. REPAIRED BY DISCONNECTING BATTERY FOR FIVE MINUTES, RESET SYSTEM ALL FUNCTIONS RESTORED TO NORMAL. SAFETY ISSUE: LOSS OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS / BRAKE LIGHTS / UNKNOWN IF AIRBAGS SYSTEM AFFECTED. *TR

CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY, 2003 103,000 MILES ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SYMPTOMS 1. BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, SEVERAL TIMES AN HOUR. 2. DIGITAL DISPLAYS ON DASH BOARD FLICKER AND THEN STEADY FOLLOWED BY: 3. SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER NEEDLES JUMP. 4. SOUND ONLY, ON RADIO DROPS OUT FOR 1-2 SECONDS, EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. 5. FUEL LEVEL ALARM GOES OFF AND FALSE LOW LEVEL INDICATED. 6. VEHICLE PERIODICALLY WON'T START, BUT AFTER SECOND TRY STARTS NORMALLY. 7. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE PEGS AGAINST BACK OF STOP PIN, ALL ELSE RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION. 8. ACCELERATION IS SLOW TO RESPOND, LAGS ABOUT A SECOND. 9. PERIODICALLY MISSES AND TRIES TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEED, DURING ACCELERATION. 10. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT FREQUENTLY ILLUMINATE. RECENTLY HAD REAR BRAKES REBUILT, AND COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM AT 90,000 MILES. 11. CYCLE RESTARTS WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS, TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS OR A/C. 12. ABLE TO RESET INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BUY HOLDING IN TRIP MILEAGE RESET AFTER SHUTDOWN, BUT PROBLEM RECURS. SAME PROBLEM NOW 1 YEAR OLD. NO TECHNICIAN CAN FIGURE IT OUT. REMAINS IN THIS CONDITION FOR DAYS OR WEEKS, THEN EVERYTHING RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION. SOMETIMES IT IS NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS THEN THE CYCLE RESTARTS. IT ALWAYS FOLLOWS THE SAME ORDER OF EVENTS. *TR

2003 CHRYSLER TOWN&COUNTRY RANDOMLY STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL . BROUGHT THE VAN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO CAN NOT FIND MECHANICAL PROBLEM SAY IT IS IN ELECTRICAL HARNESS, NOW VAN IS NOT WORTHY OF DRIVING IS THIS THE JUNK MOPAR IS SELLING TO THE PUBLIC FOR TOP DOLLAR. OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN MADE CLUNKER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE HEADLIGHTS; HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FRONT CONTROL MODULE, BODY CONTROL MODULE AND LIGHT SWITCH MODULE WERE REPLACED. THE REPAIR CORRECTED THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING OUR 2003 TOWN AND COUNTRY WE NOTICED THAT THE SPEAKERS WOULD NOT WORK WHENEVER IT RAINED. WE TOOK THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND TO BRING THE VAN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS WE HEAR THE SPEAKERS GO OUT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE REQUEST BUT WE CAN'T TAKE THE VAN BACK TO THEM AS SOON AS IT RAINS WE NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO A BACK UP VEHICLE AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR AN APPOINTMENT. IT IS A YEAR LATER AND WE ARE STILL DRIVING WITH A VEHICLE THAT HAS SPEAKERS THAT GO OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME IT RAINS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COVERED UNDER THE ELECTRICAL WARRANTY WHICH IS WONDERFUL BUT WE NEED THIS ITEM TO BE REPAIRED THE SOUND IS VERY DISTRACTING AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT DURING A DOWNPOUR AND CAN STARTLE YOU AS YOU TRY TO FOCUS ON THE ROAD. *TR

OUR 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY EX MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, WAS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS PRESENT, SO THE VAN WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE. THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A BAD FUEL INJECTOR (AT 99,700 MILES, NOT TOTALLY ABNORMAL). WE HAD A NEW INJECTOR INSTALLED, HOWEVER ON THE WAY HOME THE SAME ISSUE RECURRED. THE SHOP THEN SAID THE COMPUTER GAVE A HUGE LIST AND WAS LIKELY DEFECTIVE. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER. AT THE DEALER, THEY AGREED, AND REPLACED THE COMPUTER, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS STILL PRESENT. THE ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN, THEN SPENT 2 DAYS TRACING THE PROBLEM. AS IT TURNS OUT THERE WERE ABOUT 8 OR 9 OF THE 12 WIRES IN THE FUEL INJECTOR WIRING HARNESS WERE BARE AND SHORTING TOGETHER CAUSING THE CAR TO RUN BADLY, AND POLLUTING THE OIL WITH FUEL IN THE PROCESS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS BEND IN THE WIRE AT THE POINT WHERE THE BARE WIRES WERE IN THE HARNESS. THIS HARNESS IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY A PROTECTIVE SLEEVE, AND THERE WERE NO CUTS IN THE SLEEVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT OUR VAN PROVIDED THEM WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO FIX 3 OTHER VANS THEY COULDN'T FIX BEFORE. THE BARE WIRING RUINED OUR PCM, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE EXTRA FUEL VAPORS, WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BASICALLY A BOMB WAITING FOR THE RIGHT SPARK. BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND IN OTHER VEHICLES, AND IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I BELIEVE IT WARRANTS INVESTIGATION, AND A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR ALL VANS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE HARNESS. CHRYSLER WAS NO HELP IN RESOLVING THE ISSUE, WHICH IN MY VIEW WAS EITHER AN INSTALLATION ERROR OR FAULTY PART. ALTHOUGH, THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL PROPERTY DAMAGE, THE FAULTY PART COST ME $1400.00 IN REPAIRS AND THE LOSS OF USE FOR 2 1/2 WEEKS. THE WIRING HARNESS IS AVAILABLE AT MY HOME, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT UPON REQUEST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. AS THE CONTACT WAS PLACING HER CHILD INTO A RESTRAINT SYSTEM, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR (EQUIPPED WITH THE SAFETY LOCK MECHANISM) FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT A PASSENGER WAS IN BETWEEN THE DOOR. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR SLAMMED ONTO THE CONTACT'S ARM. SHE SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE TO HER UPPER ARM, INCLUDING A BROKEN BLOOD VESSEL. SECONDLY, SHE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD SPORADICALLY OPEN, EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH MULTIPLE ITEMS LIKE, WIPERS, DOOR LOCKS, WINDOWS, AUTOMATIC DOORS, DOME LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS ETC... VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL SHORTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING AND NEVER GETS FIXED. NO MY PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT WORK AND THE PASSENGER DOOR BUTTON ON THE SIDE POST DOESN'T WORK. *TR