While driving consumer began to make a left hand turn and without any indication steering wheel became stuck. Vehicle was serviced. Dealership stated rack and pinion needed to be replaced.
2001 Chrysler Town and Country steering complaints
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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.
When turning steering wheel to the left the steering gets stuck. Driver has to tug on steering wheel to release it.
The vehicle made a knocking noise in the front end. The dealer replaced the front suspension strut, strut mount, front sway bar and sway bar link. The rear end of the vehicle also made noise. The dealer replaced the transfer gear set. The vehicle also experienced a whining noise in the steering wheel. The dealer replaced the spring clock along with the shroud stabilizer. Power steering fluid due it being clog and caused the steering to whine when turned. The rear lift gate would not open with the remote. Faulty front rotors squeaked when applied. The drivers side window would not go up due to a faulty regulator. The cruise control would not disable when the brakes were applied and the brakes would not work when the cruise control was engaged. The rear windshield wipers were inoperative. The engine made noise when started. The timing chain failed and caused the check engine light to illuminate. The o-rings failed and caused fuel odor inside the vehicle. *scc
While traveling on the highway without prior warning. When the consumer is turning the vehicle steering column will lock up. Please fill in additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts
When the vehicle was driven, the consumer was unable to turn the steering wheel. The steering wheel felt as if it were locking. The dealership indicated that the cause was due to the rack and pinion. Ts scc
Consumer indicated that their vehicles' steering column is experiencing the defect as states in recall number 00 v 305 000,but vehicle year is not part of this recall. Please provide more details. Ts
I brought car in for analysis for the power steering problem several times while still under warranty and was re-assured that I was experiencing normal noises. About a few months later when the car was now not under warranty the rack and pinion failed. And upon picking up the vehicle on 08/09/2002 I noticed that the airconditioning was not working . Then was told that now the condenser for the AC has now failed.
I brought car into the dealership on 2 prior occasions for suspect noises in the front end and they assured me this was normal . I called back to report noise was getting louder and again I was reassured that this was normal and that it was not getting louder.after the warranty was up the rack and pinnion failed this was probably the noise I have been hearing.
Total loss of steering... Major components exposed to road elements ... Possibility of major accident.
Power steering malfunctioned. When they turned steering wheel it would tighten up. Dealership had to rebuld steering.
Vehicle lost complete control when backing out from a parking spot. Vehicle towed to dealer who informed consumer that problem was due to steering: column coupling improperly installed by manufacturer. *ak
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