Transmission started a whining sound at about 48,000 miles. This sound is just audible when driving around town. However, after 2 hours on the highway at 65mph it becomes very pronounced. If engine is shut off for 10 minutes the loud whine is back to a "normal" level. This appears to affect nothing else in the vehicle's operation. But it certainly can't be considered normal. We fear taking the van on the road since something in the transmission appears ready for self distruction. Other than a failed battery at 2 years (about 46,000 miles) this is the only problem experienced. This t&c lxi with all the options except power tailgate and 52,000 miles (mostly highway) has been an excellent vehicle to date and this obviously coming transmission problem at this early stage is a disappointment to say the least.
2001 Chrysler Town and Country transmission complaints
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At any speed vehicle will not accelerate or maintain power. Dealer examined vehicle and determined that a new transmission was needed.
At 50,000 miles my transmission went and chrylser will do nothing to help. A transmission sholud not go at this mileage. I was with my two little kids on a highway and we were lucky we didn't get killed. Not only did chrylser refuse to help, I was treated so horribly by thier "customer service" person, I was astounded. Chysler obviously has big transmissions problems and they can't possibly help all of us. They lost my vote.
47,000 on a single owner 2001 town and country - serviced regularly - fluids checked at oil changes. I also know of another 2001 town and country owner whose transmission went out at 52,000.
Automatic transmission failure@ 46,500 miles in 2001 chrys town & country: check engine light on steady; dlr said diagnostics indicate tyranny overheating; changed oil & filter. Light came on again one day later; dealer replaced tyranny solenoid pkg for $350. One week later, with no check engine light, car bucked upon stopping @ end of h'wy off-ramp & briefly refused to move in any fwd gear. Took to dealer who kept it two days but said nff, couldn't duplicate symptom. 2-3 days later took the vehicle on a turnpike trip. While cruising @ speed limit under cruise control, vehicle bucked & went into "limp-mode" as evidenced by tach moving from 2k to 3k RPM. Pulled to side of road; vehicle would not move in any gear(no chk engine light). Had car towed 85 miles to same dealer (south hills chrysler-jeep) in peters twp, pa. Had to fight hard with dlr and with daimler chrys cust svc, but dealer replaced tyranny; we pd $1100. Poor quality and poorer dealer service integrity. We were happy to get concessions, but the bad taste remains. Seems many others have had similar widespread experiences. Other potential problem symptoms include: continuing "steering shudder" with no cause, auto rear lift gate will not open or close automatically with no fix after multiple trips & complaints and too-easily-warped front rotors that cause brake pedal pulsation. Letter was written to chrysler customer service in auburn hills complaining about excessive cost of solenoid replacement and poor service/treatment by dealer. Bitter verbal complaints were made to the dealer service mgr and the general mgr as well. Customer service did assist mediation of the tyranny problem and did offer a concession on the cost of the solenoid. We have not yet rec'd the monetary refund promised, but it's been only three weeks.
Thus is a 2001 vehicle with 45k miles - worst car I have ever owned for the first 18 months we had the car we complained at every visit about a groaning noise from the rear when in stop and go traffic - finally fixed after a year and a half 9/01 paint peeled off left passenger door - fixed by dealer 11/01 radio stopped working - replaced under warranty 10/02 - sliding door hard to open - claimed to repair - still hard to open 10/02 - clunking noise over bumps in front end - replaced left side stabilizer bar link 4/02 - noise in rear when turning - replaced rear backing plate anchors 6/02 air conditioner compressor replaced - under warranty -they took two weeks to fix this 6/02 engine losing power when driving - replaced tps 1/03 rear wiper motor replaced - $150 (car has 38k miles) 6/03 rear stabilizer bar - $250 7/03 rear wiper motor again - out of warranty - $150 9/03 driver window motor - $250 the worst of all - 11/03 - transmission needs to be totally replaced - $2700 - no warranty - car has 45k miles - called chrysler and was told basically tough luck that I did not buy an extended warranty - the car just stopped moving - luckily we did not have an accident we have maintained this vehicle according to chrysler guidelines at the dealer since we bought it
We purchased this van on 7/31/01. The A/C compressor has been replaced three times and some other A/C part was repaired as well. The transmission completely failed causing the car to stop on the freeway with my wife and two small children in the van. There have been other less critical problems repaired under the 3/36 warranty as well. Chrysler gave us their 7 yr./100,000 mile service contract for free after I demanded a buyback (7-1-02 letter) after the transmission failed. They declined a buyback because the problem had been repaired. After the A/C was last repaired, I wrote again (5-12-03) and demanded a buyback or replacement. They referred it to their third-party impartial services group (isg) to set up a replacement. Communications have been initiated with us for a replacement, but we may want a buyback instead. When I verbally asked isg about a refund, they said it wasn't authorized. I sent a follow-up fax on 5-26-03 asking for the details of a refund under california law. I am awaiting a response.
My 2001 chrysler t&c ex only has 52,000 miles on it. I do not tow or haul any heavy material with it, but yet I need a new tranmission costing $3,200.00. The check engine light came on and the next day it failed. I took it back to the dealer and was informed that 5 seperate things were wrong with the transmission. Since I was over the 36,000 miles it was not covered under warranty. I asked the mechanic how 5 things were wrong with the transimission that only has 52,000 miles and not be defective and covered under a warranty and he replied " it does seem odd that 5 things failed with it only having 52,000 miles." I called chrysler to asked that it be fixed as a warranty, the same thing I had to do when the A/C failed and was later recalled, and they made it seem that it was my fault for not purchasing the extended warranty. I ask that since at least 13 other people, according to your complaint database, have had transmission trouble that this be investigated. A car that is only 3 years old, having 52,000 miles on it and is not used for towing or heavy hauling should not need a new transmission and if so sould be covered under warranty since it was apparently defective. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
My 2001 chrysler town and country van lost its transmission at 75000 miles. No warning lights or noises or bumps in the gears, just gone at a red light in busy traffic!! Estimated cost to repair this is $1500.00 which I don't have at the moment!!
While driving at any speed, the vehicle will not come out of low gear. The dealer replaced the TCM module on the vehicle. Also while driving at any speed, there will be a noise coming from the front wheels. The dealer needed to replace the sway bar bushings. The automatic lift gate on the vehicle would no move up or down on command and needed replacement. The manufacturer and the dealer are aware of the problem.
Ny 2001 town & country with 39,000 miles is not 3 years old. The computer that operates the transmission went out and had to be replaced. It cost $450.00 to replace this item. After calling chrysler to complain about poor quality their response was that I should of purchased and extended warranty and there is nothing they can do for me. Maybe chrysler should consider building a better product. In fact, I am going to sell this vehicle and never ever purchase a chrysler product again. They don't stand behind their products.
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.
Electrical battery/no start had vehicle less than 4 months with a dead battery in driveway. Dealer said it was our problem. Purchased new battery and starting noticing a "bucking" or "surging" as you were driving. After the repair attempt for the surging and bucking it would also stall while driving in parking lots, stopping at stop lights, backing out of parking spaces/driveways. When this happened you lost all power in vehicle. Had to be put back in park to restart. Sometimes would take 4 or 5 tries before you could actually be "on the road". Dealer claimed couldn't verify. They did however on second visit replace whole transmission. We only had 32,000 miles on it. It was in shop for that repair for 23 days. Still didn't correct problem. They replaced that PCM or a bcm not sure which. On invoices it mentions both so not sure if they did both or a typo on their part. Irregardless of which part what ever they did altered my odometer by adding approximately 2 thousand miles to my vehicle. Dealer states can't fix it as that would be tampering with odometer. Vehicle still bucks and surges and have called out tow truck on at least 2 other occasions for a complete no start/power. It has been in the shop at two different dealerships for more than 6 visits..still isn't fixed. So it has the battery issue and the stalling issue. Now of course it also has the odometer issue. We have had problems with the rear air conditioner but dealer stated that was the way it was made. Also have had some black molding/stripping fall off of windows/sliding door. Haven't done anything about that as the stalling and no start problems are more important. Got no satisfactory response from dealer or chrysler so have contacted a lemon lawyer. Hope no else has to go through what we did.
The transmission whining, shutters into gear, limited acceleration...car is 2 years old, out of warranty with 60k miles, although we thought we had 7 / 70 on power train...dealership refuses to cover cost o fix.
Nar 04/10/2003 the consumer experienced four different occasions where the vehicle was malfunctioning, the check engine would flash on and the vehicle would start shaking, and wouldn't move. The car has been placed in the shop several times and the problem was not identified until after the 4 incident and it was determined that the vehicle needed and entire transmission. The consumer has made repeated inquires to the dealership and still no response, the vehicle is unsafe and cannot be adequately repaired. Please give acceptable solution in repairing vehicle.
2001 chrysler town & country transmission went out after 46000 miles car comes with a 3 yr 36000 warranty. $2600. To replace chrysler is putting the transmission designed for the 2.2 / 4 cylinder van in a 3.8 / 6 cylinder very poor design. The dealer says that there is a nation wide back order on their transmission. A class action suite needs to be started.
Transmission failure at less than 36,000 miles on chrysler 2001 town and country minivan. Had taken vehicle in one month prior for "slippage" of transmission. Vehicle was returned with ntf. Failure was catostrophic and transmission will be replaced with remanufactured transmission. As of the date of this filing, have not received my car back from dealership. Was fortunate car failure occurred while pulling into gas station after a large bang had been heard to determine cause of failure.
We have had numerous intermittent electrical problems(tachometer quits,window wont roll up,heated seat quit working,rear window wiper quit)then on 9-13-02 the transmission failed twice within a few minutes time, the second time resulted in a car accident with injuries.
While driving 70mph the transmission failed stranding the consumer on the side of the road for an hour. *ak
Automatic transmission slams into a low gear while driving down the road. This happens once the "idiot light-engine" illuminates. Part that dealership wanted to replace was some sort of module which there were no parts for. Part is on national back order from chrysler corporation. Please describe details.
While slowing down gears will shift from drive to neutral.contacted dealer.
The gear shift allows the driver to position the car between park and reverse. My wife reached into the car to pull out the keys, she touched the shift lever and it popped into reverse. She was dragged down our driveway and run over.
While accelerating onto busy interstate I-80 my van suddenly experienced a limp-in mode. The van lunged and bucked and suddenly locked into 2nd gear , causing the van to lose acceleration. The truck that was behind me almost rear-ended me. The truck received no warning from me, it was as though I slammed on the brakes without hitting the brakes at all. This is an extremely serious defect. I had the van towed, and serviced at a local chrysler dealer in pa. They checked the van and they were unable to duplicate the problem. The end result was to replace the relay to the transmission. I was told this might work, however we won't know for sure unless it happens again!!!! This can't happen again or next time I may not be around to tell about it.
Vehicle lacks in acceleration, vehicle hesitates when shifting. Problem can't be duplicated to find a remedy.*ak
While driving between 50-70 MPH vehicle slipped from drive into neutral.no sound, no prior warning. This happened again on 3 aug 2001.
While driving at highway speeds transmission switches from drive to neutral without warning. This has happened twice. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Vehicle was placed in park, but remained in drive, moved forward 5 feet, until brake was applied. This vehicle had a transmission replacement after 12,000 miles
Consumer shifted gear into park, but vehicle was not in park ,it was still in drive. Consumer took vehicle to dealer, and is waiting for explanation of cause.*ak right rear seat recliner assemblies were replaced due to a rattling noise. Sliding doors don't always completely shut, while driving they will open, dealer states this is the design of the door.
Our dealer stated no problem with vechicle because their computer said so. On the last occurrence van had to be towed and would not start.
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