2001 Chrysler Town and Country: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jan 5, 2015 · Electrical · 123,500 miles · CA · fire

I bought chrysler my t & c awd 3.8 lxi in 2001, in nov. 2005 it's wiring harness got corroded due to manufacturing defect and chrysler replaced it with new wire harness on 11-29-2005 at no charge at 44,265 miles. On december 23, 2014. I was driving in san francisco near golden gate bridge and noticed my van started sudden acceleration and strong rubber burning smell started filling the passenger cabin. It was obvious, soon my van will be in flame, thus I pulled over in nearby parking lot and got it towed away fourth plus miles. I have complete service record of this van that it is very well maintained car and serviced at regular intervals at chrysler dealership each and every time. The most recent service and preventive maintenance was done at fremont chrysler dealership at 122690 miles on september 05, 2014 at a cost of $1601.49. I did every thing the dealership recommended in their safety inspection. After above service the car was not running smooth, thus I t was taken back to dealership on october 14, 2014 at 122903 miles to check the issue. They return back without any job done saying they could not find any thing wrong. It was driven few more miles and it's wire harness burned and they said wire shorting inside the harness was the cause of its sudden acceleration also. I have opened case #26205598 with chrysler but they have not decided yet what they want to do. It is very unusual for a car to burn two wire harnesses in a span of less then 125 k miles. Their harness have manufacturing defects. It almost burned my car down, it was saved due to my alertness and immediately pulling it over to safety.

Filed Jul 18, 2014 · Engine · 130,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle decelerated as the check engine warning light illuminated. Additionally, there was an abnormal noise coming from under the vehicle when suddenly the front driver's side burst into flames. There were two loud explosions coming from the tire area as the entire vehicle began burning. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed however, the cause of the fire was not determined. There were no injuries reported. The failure and current mileage was 130,000.

Filed Jun 29, 2005 · Electrical · 57,500 miles · PA · fire

The air conditioning compressor in my 2001 chrysler town & country minivan has failed. While driving the vehicle the compressor failed. Smoke was coming out from under the hood. I pulled the vehicle over and opened the hood. The compressor was smoking. I immediately shut down the A/C on the vehicle controls in the cabin. I am certain that if I hadn't powered down the compressor it would have caught on fire. There is a technical service bulletin on this particular problem.

Filed Mar 30, 2005 · 71,980 miles · IL

When the radio is in use consumer would smell smoke coming from the radio. Dealership was notified, but did not resolved the problem. *ak the radio was replaced at the owner's expense.

Filed Jul 5, 2004 · Body · 68,000 miles · MI · fire

We had been having problems with our 2001 chrysler town and country. The sliding door kept opening while we were driving down the road and the door would open. Then while we were on vacation I was driving down the highway and the door caught on fire. Within 2 minutes the whole car was in flames if my three children had been in the car I am not sure if I would of been able to get them all out. The fire department got there in good time but it was to late. The whole van and everything in it was totally destroyed.