My 2006 chrysler town and country had a terrible whining noise upon starting it. When you would turn corners, it whined even louder. It constantly leaked power steering fluid so bad that it was all over the exhaust. I took my van to the dealership where it was purchased to find out that the whole steering rack needed to be replaced. They then advised me to take my van home and drive it to florida while waiting up to 6 months for a replacement steering rack from chrysler. I refused to do this. This is a serious hazard. Power steering fluid was leaking all over the exhaust of the van, and they wanted me to take it on a 12 hour drive to florida! I told my dealer I would not leave the dealership with this vehicle, nor would I put my 3 small children (all under age 3) in this fire trap. They gave me a loaner. This is a serious safety concern, and I would hope that the federal safety agency would be willing to help consumers out. The dealership even said there is a major problem. There were over 13000 of these "steering racks" on back order with chrysler. What is going to happen when powering steering fluid gets all over the exhaust, catches the vehicle on fire, and an entire family dies in a burning vehicle. Is this what it will take to get chrysler to do something. I would hope not, but it looks that way, luckily my dealer gave me a loaner vehicle, and within about 5 days, I had the power steering rack replaced. This is absolutely a safety hazard. Power sterring fluid is highly flammable. It is time to do something about this. Chrysler obviously does not care! Thank you for your response and hopefully, quick action that is needed. Crystal
2006 Chrysler Town and Country LWB steering complaints
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Power steering rack failure at 38,000 miles. Whine on start-up. Leak discovered when car was inspected. Mechanic says it is occurring on lots of these vans and the parts are back-ordered the problem is so bad.
Power steering rack assembly on 2006 chrysler town and country touring minivans: pre-mature failure causing possible loss of control of the vehicle. Experienced intermittent hard steering, causing possible loss of control due to defects in the oem power steering rack design. Diagnosed by dealership as bad power steering rack... Internet data supports that multiple vehicles of this type are all failing at between 35k and 50k miles...
I made a u turn and the steering column locked which could have caused the vehicle to crash resulting in injury or death. I heard a loud pop while forcing the steering wheel back to the normal driving position. I stopped the vehicle and noticed the brake lights were on. I was unable to get them to turn off, so I took the vehicle to a chrysler/jeep dealership since it is still under warranty. They said that the aftermarket brake control wiring harness was routed too close to the steering column. The knuckle on the steering column pulled on the wiring harness which pulled on brake light switch and broke switch loose from it's mount. This inturn activated the steering wheel interlock system. The dealer said repairs could not be done under warranty and any repairs were at my expense. I authorized them to replace the brake light and interlock system switch. They also said the whole steering column needed to be replaced if I wanted the steering wheel to lock after turning off the key. I don't know if a few small wires actually caused the problem. Even if the wiring caused the problem, it seems like a real design flaw for a brake light switch coming loose from it's mount to cause the interlock system to lock the steering wheel while the vehicle is in motion.
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