2000 Chrysler Town and Country: engine overheating

Filed Jan 13, 2012 · Engine, Steering · 75,000 miles · MO

Several incidents of serpentine belt disengaged (slipped off pulleys) caused loss of steering and overheated engine. First time happened in car wash and three times driving through rain puddles.

Filed Aug 23, 2010 · Brakes, Engine · 120,000 miles · KS

At least 6 times since owning a 2000 chrysler town and country, the serpentine belt has come off either in the rain or snow. Once causing property damage as I pulled off the road when the car overheated. It also caused the head gasket to fail. Gates has a correction kit for this. Chrysler should supply them on a one time basis t every owner. Failure of this design causes occupants to be put at risk in the most inclement weather conditions when you need the car to perform it's best. Additional there is loss of power steering, power brakes, and alternator.

Filed Aug 16, 2010 · Lights · 100,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the rear passenger tail lamp assembly failed twice. The contact stated that the meeting point of the bulb socket and brake lights were melting into the plastic. The vehicle was repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 125,000. Updated 11/16/10*bf the consumer stated the bulb inserted into a bayonet type base. The base was inserted into the lamp assembly. The matting contact on the lamp assembly overheated and melted into the plastic base of the lamp. The contacts were spiral metallic strips that normally reside on the surface plastic material. Updated 11/24/10

Filed Nov 21, 2008 · Engine · 155,000 miles · VA

We were driving in the rain on the interstate when all of sudden lights come on..my husband says that the power steering has gone and the engine lights come on and the engine starts to overheat. It was terrifying. We find as we are pulled to the side of the road that the serpentine belt has come off. It was a brand new belt. I had it replaced prior to going on this trip. My husband and son get it back on and it comes off again. I had the vehicle towed. The overheating did some damage. Had to replace radiator and hoses. Then driving down broad street a week later, the hose comes off again. I don't feel safe in this vehicle. Tensioner has been replaced along with other damaged parts.

Filed Sep 12, 2008 · Engine · 64,404 miles · NJ

My chrysler town&country with 3.8 eng.belt has come off when driving in heavy rain 4 times. Losing powersteering and causing engine to quickly to overheat. Dealers have no fix for this problem. This almost caused me to damage my car and possibly others since it came without any warning. I checked the internet to see if any one else had this problem and found many. It seems that so may that gates belt company designed a belt package to solve this problem. I purchase this repair package and seems to be working in the rain. Shouldn't this repair been a recall by chrysler before someone gets hurt.

Filed Sep 2, 2007 · Engine · 100,189 miles · TX

Our 2000 chrysler town and country minivan has had major mechanical problems. The most recent was the repeated failure of the serpentine belt. The first failure occurred while driving in cold weather (february 2007). The belt slipped off the pulleys leaving me to try to careen it over to the side of the rode with no power steering and an overheating engine. The car was repaired at our local mechanic shop. The second time occurred while it was raining outside. The belt popped off as I was driving at 40 MPH and I nearly had an accident. It was all I could do to get the car off the busy street - again with the engine overheating. The car was then repaired at a new ase certified mechanic shop. The tensioner pulley and idler pulley were replaced. We thought they were fixed when I was traveling at 55 MPH and the belt popped off again. I slightly ran off the road and was left stranded in the middle of a country road with no one in sight. A local mechanic said the new tensioner pulley was defective and I drove (in another vehicle) to a dealership 30 miles away to purchase a new tensioner. Two days later in the middle of a visit to a national park, the belt slipped off again and left me stranded with my children in a hot car. We then realized that the problem was not being resolved, got the belt put on one more time by a aaa mechanic and made it home on a wing and a prayer.

Filed Apr 25, 2005 · Engine · 41,000 miles · FL

While driving 15 MPH the fan belt slips off only when raining. As a result, vehicle overheats very quickly ,steering and brakes malfunction. *ak still waiting on a part, dealing with dealer.

Filed Jan 5, 2005 · Seats · 80,000 miles · TN

The second row passenger side seat has a box under it that gets hot when turning the rear heater on. Consumer has a child that sits in that seat, and the seat overheats. This was discovered when the child dropped an article and the consumer reached to pick it up .

Filed Jan 12, 2004 · Seats · 53,000 miles · VA · 1 injury

Driver's side seat warmer overheated and burnt through the seat's leather and driver's clothing. This resulted in the driver's back being burnt.

Filed Aug 7, 2003 · Brakes, Engine · 32,000 miles · NJ

Vehicle leaf spring has weakened causing the rear of vehicle to sit at an angle. Problems with front wheels and brakes. *mr the dealer was unable to repair the re-occurring problem with the front brakes, and the rotors. The front wheels and or brakes were squeaking again, which meant that new front brakes were needed again. (this was the fourth time the brakes were replaced) the consumer requested a full refund of the purchase price of the vehicle. Other problems are as followed: the left rear shock had blown and a bolt had broken on the right shock and were replaced,the brake light would come on when going around corners, the rear view mirror was loose along with the right side mirror(both readjusted), noise in the steering and was hard to steer at times, there was a metal sound in the front strut especially when the temperature was cold, and there was overheating so the all the parts of the cooling system were replaced.

Filed Dec 4, 2002 · Electrical, Engine · TX

All 4 incidents happened on a rainy day (spring 1x (wife driving and turning from a stop light 5-10 MPH), fall 2x in one day(30-40mph), last incident 12/4/02 (30-40mph)). When belt slips off, power steering disabled, power brake disabled, alternator disabled, cooling system disabled, engine overheats, stalls when battery runs out. Local dealer (spirit chrysler, lubbock) has no idea why the problem persist. Dt