2004 Chrysler Town And Country

RIGHT AFTER VEHICLE PASSED THE 100,000 MILE MARK AROUND AUGUST OF 2013 THE VAN WOULD START TO CHUG AND STALL AS SOON AS YOU FILLED UP THE GAS TANK. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST HIT SINCE LOST STEERING AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. HAD WIFE AND 3 KIDS IN THE VAN. ISSUE STILL HAPPENING ON EVERY FILL UP. USUALLY ONCE YOU RESTART THE VEHICLE IT DRIVES NORMAL. RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THIS STALLING ISSUE IS VERY COMMON WITH THE 2004 TOWN & COUNTRY. APPARENTLY THE ISSUE STEMS FROM THE FILTER ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK WHICH CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF, BUT NO RECALL. HAVE TRIED TO NOT FILL COMPLETELY UP WHICH SOMETIMES HELPS, BUT STALLING CAN STILL HAPPEN. MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE WITH POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS SO A LITTLE SURPRISED THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER. GUESS IT'S A NUMBERS GAME AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GET KILLED AND LAWSUITS PILE UP BEFORE IT BECOMES ECONOMICAL TO GET REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED.

AFTER GAS FILL UP VAN SHUTS OFF NO WARNING STEERING LOCKS, THANK GOD I NEVER HAD A ACCIDENT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I NOTICED ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW THEY KNOW ABOUT IT SO FIX IT . WOULD THEY WANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WITH A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WHO KNOWS MAYBE THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF ACCIDENTS FROM THIS. HOW MANY CLAIMS HAVE THERE BEEN FOR ACCIDENTS. WE BOUGHT THIS USED AND IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME YOU FILL UP. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY GOT RID OF IT. *TR

AFTER FUELING, AS I PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND RESTART THE ENGINE. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES LAST YEAR, ALWAYS AFTER FUELING, AND IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT SINCE DECEMBER OF 2014. DEPENDING ON WHERE IT OCCURS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO STALL WHEN ENTERING A STEADY FLOW OF TRAFFIC. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM, AND IT IS A FACT THAT IT IS COMMON IN CHRYSLER VEHICLES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH MILEAGE OVER 100,000 THOUSAND MILES.......TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, AND INFORMATION THAT I'VE RESEARCHED SAYS THAT CHRYSLER DOESN'T CONSIDER IT A PROBLEM. THEY SUGGEST TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS. *TR

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS (SINCE 2009), MY 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VAN WANTS TO DIE SOON AFTER EVERY TIME THAT IS FILLED WITH GAS (NO MATTER THE OCTANE TYPE). THE PROBLEM MOST TYPICALLY RESOLVES ITSELF AFTER 5 MINUTES OR SO, BUT IN THE INTERIM THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS AS THE VAN LOSES FUNCTION WITH THE POWER TRYING TO DIE. I HAVE ENDED UP LEARNING TO DRIVE WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND COAST WHILE REVVING THE VAN. OR BETTER YET AT A STOP LIGHT RACE THE ENGINE WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (I SEE NOTHING BAD THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS SOLUTION!!). FOR THE MOST PART THE CAR IS USED ONLY WHEN NEEDED ANYMORE AS WE ARE TERRIFIED OF FILLING THE CAR UP. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT PART TIME BUT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T SO FORTUNATE AND THIS IS A CAR THAT DRIVES MANY FAMILIES. IT IS DEPLORABLE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND YET NO ONE CHOOSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DESIGN FLAW OF THE VAPOR/LIQUID VALVE. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED! *TR

ENGINE STALLED AFTER FILL UP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AFTER REFILL AS CAR LEFT GAS STATION ENGINE RPM WENT DOWN AND ENGINE STALLED. IT HAPPENED IN UNEXPECTED PLACES LIKE ENTERING BUSY ROAD OR STARTING FROM TRAFFIC LIGHT. DRIVER GETS NO WARNING LIKE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR AND ENGINE JUST STOPS. ASKED DEALER TO CHECK THE PROBLEM FEW TIMES, BUT MINIVAN WAS RETURNED BACK AND DEALER COULD NOT REPRO THE PROBLEM. DID NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE AS I HAD NO IDEA WHEN TO EXPECT ENGINE TO STOP WORKING, TILL I FOUND INTERNET FORUMS MENTIONING THIS FAILURE AND THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WAS TO REPLACE FUEL TANK. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE FULL WITH GAS AND DRIVING AWAY THE VEHICLE WILL BUCK, SURGE OR STALL AT RANDOM TIMES IN THE FIRST 2-5 MINUTES OF USE. TRICKY PULLING OUT OF LOT OR INTO TRAFFIC AS CAR WILL STALL AND MAKE VEHICLE HARD TO TURN. CHRYSLER SAID THE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THE WERE WILLING TO SPLIT THE REPAIR WITH ME.($700 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET). SO I JUST DON'T FILL IT ALL THE WAY. CANT SELL OR TRADE THE VEHICLE IN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT BLOOD ON MY HANDS IF SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK AND RESTARTING ENGINE THE ENGINE WILL STALL WITHIN THE FIRST 100 YARDS OF TRAVEL. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES ALWAYS RIGHT AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. THIS CREATES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING, ENGINE POWER RIGHT AS YOUR ARE TRYING TO ENTER TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MULTIPLE SERVICE SHOPS BOTH CHRYSLER AND OTHER AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE CORRECTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.