2006 Chrysler Town and Country LWB: airbag warning light

Filed Dec 30, 2010 · Airbags · 60,000 miles · MN

The airbag warning light in my 2006 chrysler town & country touring van is constantly illuminated. It first became illuminated while driving in a heavy rainstorm earlier this year and it would then go off and on intermittently during operation. The airbag light now stays on continually whenever I run the vehicle. I believe this issue to clearly be due to the circumstances contained within chrysler's "safety improvement campaign j38" and the federal safety agency campaign id #10v008000/the federal safety agency action #rq09003. My vehicle was also built within the time frame described within this campaign. When I contacted chrysler, they informed me that my vehicle was not a part of this campaign with no further explanation. I do not see how this can be and I do not feel that I should have to pay to correct this safety issue where chrysler clearly admits that it has a problem with its front airbag sensors on the make and model for this 2006 year. Any assistance that you can provide in a remedy to this situation would be appreciated. Thank you.

Filed Mar 19, 2010 · Airbags · 50,573 miles · WI

In march of 2009 we purchased a 2006 chrysler town&country minivan from a chrysler dealer with 27k miles on it. I purchased an extended warranty. In the past month I realized the airbag light was on and this week I took it into the dealer for inspection and repair. The dealer contacted me and told me the 2 sensors in the front were rusted and corroded and that they no longer were sending a signal rendering them useless. They told me it would be $401 to fix. I told them I had never heard of airbag sensors corroding and that is sounded like a safety issue. They told me it happens some times. I checked the internet and found that this is a known issue with the 05/06 vans. I called the dealer and told them I was upset that they didn't tell me this was a known issue. They claimed that they never heard of it. Based on what I have read, it sounds like chrysler is doing a voluntary fix on about 350,000 vehicles. How do I get mine fixed without paying the $400? I already had to pay the dealer $100 just to diagnose the issue and $35 for a rental car because it was not a warranty or recall repair.

Filed Jan 26, 2010 · Airbags · 38,767 miles · OH

Air bag light went on in my 2006 chrysler t&c van, took to dealership to check out. Found out on line previous year 2005 had a recall for exact same problem (over 250,000) vehicles, since my year did not have a recall required to pay 320.00 for repair. Don't understand, since obviously problem still exists why I had to pay for repairs that were done for cars one year older than mine. Chrysler basically told me since there was no recall it was my problem. If I did not get this fixed I would have had to drive not knowing if airbags would work or work when not needed. Only happens in car in cold weather states corrosion of electrical wire to airbags which I then shorts out sensors.

Filed Dec 29, 2009 · Airbags · 34,000 miles · VT

Our 2006 chrysler town and country air bag warning lights lit occasionally in fall 2009. By dec 2009 both driver and passenger air bag warning light are always lit when the van is running. Our internet search found that 270,000 2005 chrysler minivans were recalled for this same issue (warning lights stayed on, airbag sensors were corroded causing airbags to either fail to deploy or deploy at an improper rate). This seems to be a significant safety issue. Why haven't the 2006 chrysler minivans been recalled?

Filed May 28, 2009 · Airbags · 54,000 miles · WI

I own a 2006 chrysler town and country with 54,000 miles. The airbag light is continuously illuminated on the dashboard. Since the airbag light is illuminated, the airbag will not deploy. I had a mechanic look at the codes, and the driver's side frontal sensor is corroded. This is the same problem as the 2005 chrysler town & country which has a recall with the federal safety agency campaign number: 07v192000. I hope you can amend the 2005 recall to include 2006 models, that way; this can be paid for by the manufacturer. The cost for a mechanic to repair is approximately $160 or parts and labor.

Filed Sep 14, 2006 · Airbags · 4,000 miles · MI

Vehicle has about 4000 miles on it. Airbag light illuminates intermittently when turning the steering wheel. This happens several times during a drive, and sometimes the light seems to turn on and off randomly, but it's fairly repeatable with turning the wheel. I am sending this complaint because I have seen this problem on several chrysler minivans starting with a 1998 model and I am surprised that this systemic safety problem has not been fixed in at least eight years.