While driving on sunday night, a car in front of mine hit the brakes requiring me to do the same. At that point, the seat behind my driver's seat disengaged from the locking mechanism and tilted forward. My daughter was in the seat at the time in her carseat. As the seat fell forward her face hit the back of my seat causing an abrasion and black eye. She was taken to her doctor. The van will be taken in to chrysler for evaluation. Clearly the seat malfunctioned as it was not left unlocked.
2001 Chrysler Town and Country seats problems
14 complaints (3% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 80,000. 1 crash reported.
- owner complaints
- 14
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 80,000
- crashes
- 1
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Front assembly: seat heater/cooler4
- Mid/rear assembly3
- Front assembly: recliner3
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Chrysler Town and Country seats problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 2001 Chrysler Town and Country owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Many electrical problems, windows don't go up and down, radio and cd player does not work, fan on the heater does not come on at times, heated seats do not work, sliding door has come open while driving (very dangerous if you have kids). Popping noise in the front suspension. Still does it after being worked on.
Dt*: the contact stated while using the driver's heated seat for 30 minutes it became hot and branded coil marks in a leather jacket. The contact received a satisfaction notification from the manufacturer stating the heater coil in the seat would be replaced.
My heated seats were not working. I took my vehicle to the dealer, and was told that the element needed replaced. I paid $154 to fix this. The heat still did not work, and I was told that the element in the back of seat also needed replaced which would cost $600. I was showed by the mechanic that the wires come loose and burn. Needless to say I was not going to pay another 600, I already threw away $154. I'm told even though there is a warranty, this is not covered.
Dealership replaced the clock spring at the consumer's expense of $100.00. *ak the cruise and horn was inoperative, the steering was hard to turn when the vehicle was first started and the passenger side middle seat handle had broken. *sc the dealer replaced the steering hose.
The seat was not locked and when the consumer applied the brakes suddenly, the child safety seat moved and the baby car seat lunged forward. The baby bruised his/her face. It must have symbol to let you know seat is locked into placed. *ak *cb
For the last 3 years, we have had nothing but problems with our 2001 town & country awd van. I am in the shop almost once a month! The list of repairs are as follows: (2001) failure of rear-windshield wiper, failure of driver's side heated seat, replaced switch, replaced front drive shaft, replaced power steering reservoir bottle (2002) replaced power steering pump, transmission failure (2003) of rear fan motor, replaced rear-tailgate latch, failure of front passenger heated seat, driver's side window sticks and stays down mostly during wet weather and requires you to turn the defroster on high for 5 minutes to have it go back up, check engine light came on due to leak in compressor, belt still squeals after a hard rain, knob for fog light won't stay on.
Middle row bucket seats do not always latch easily. When not locked down, the seat springs forward while driving, causing passenger in child safety seat to slam into the seat in front. My daughter's head was somewhat protected by the "wings" on the sides of her child seat, but her forehead showed a mark from the impact, and her mouth was bleeding as a result of the incident. The vehicle was not going more than 15 MPH, and was decelerating for a stop sign at the time. The child safety seat was secured with the latch system, so the seatbelt was not in use.
Another vehicle was traveling at 45 MPH and rear ended consumer.'s vehicle. Consumer driver's side seatback collapsed on impact. Consumer suffered from neck and leg injuries. Please provide any further information.
Consumer states the design flow of the front seat has inadequate adjustment range, whenever consumer drives more than 20 minutes her legs fall asleep.
Questions about the 2001 Chrysler Town and Country seats
Does the 2001 Chrysler Town and Country have seats problems?
Owners have filed 14 complaints about the seats of the 2001 Chrysler Town and Country, 3% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2001 Chrysler Town and Country seats problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 80,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2001 Chrysler Town and Country seats?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Chrysler Town and Country have bad seats?
The Chrysler Town and Country model years with the most seats complaints are 2014 (94 complaints), 2015 (80 complaints) and 2013 (58 complaints).
Other 2001 Chrysler Town and Country problems
Electrical 73Airbags 72Transmission 69Steering 52Visibility 41Brakes 33Suspension 29Lights 28Engine 27Seat belts 23Body 21Fuel system 21Locks 19Tires 14Acceleration 11Wheels 3Driver assistance 1
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