2001 Chrysler Town and Country: windshield wiper failure

Filed Oct 10, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 5 miles · OH

Car stopped, windshields wipers worked lighting worked, canton city police department attempted to help . I had to have the car towed ,prior to the incident autozone printed electrical problems in motion 30th street and market 8/07/2018 recall number 625600

Filed Aug 5, 2011 · Visibility · 149,964 miles · TN

2001 chrysler town and country limited, back windshield wiper screws came apart during a rainstorm and broke the windshield. It has to be replaced. I have had this vehicle since 2003 and have spent thousands of dollars on major parts. I cannot afford a car payment, but I am worried what will go next. Maybe something that would cause catastrophic injury. Daimler chrysler needs to reimburse some or all of these expenses.

Filed Mar 28, 2007 · Visibility · MT

The windshield wipers do not work properly. The driver's side windshield wiper does not go all the way up, and the passenger wiper goes too far. They will occasionally hit each other, causing the blades to break or fall off. We thought we had it fixed by a dodge dealership in june 2006 in rockwall, tx, but it still was not working along with the wiper fluid. Also, this was to be fixed by dodge. We have since moved to montana, where snow and rain can affect driving. The wipers are still eratic and could cause an accident.

Filed May 4, 2006 · Visibility · OH

I bought a used 2001 chrysler town and country lx van,on 04/04/2004 I have had a lot of problems with the drivers side power window. It will go down all the time,bet 99% of the time it comes up 1/4 to 1/2 in. At a time and takes about 1/2 hour to get it all the way up. Chrysler wants $300.00 dollars to replace it,but I read and get told that this happens to almost all chrysler and dodge and plymouth vans. And even if you fix it chances are it will stop working soon after. This is not right that chrysler can sell vans and make money off of the bad motors they put in the windows. I get wet if it rains if I for get and run the window down. And I freeze in the winter some times because it won,t come up. Also the timing go,s bad on the front wiper motor a lot and the arms cross over each other and brakes the blades. They know about all this and won,t own up to it. Chrysler needs to be made to fix there junk. I paid good money for the van and im tired of them making out that they don,t no about this problem just so they can make money off of us.

Filed Feb 28, 2006 · Electrical, Steering · 4,000 miles · MO

Vehicle has electrical problems including but not limited to power windows, wipers, stereo, headlights, and AC controls. Problems include headlights flickering on and off, wipers/stereo does not function when you first turn on the car and then comes on by itself anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 days later. No pattern can be determined which makes me to believe that the whole electrical system of this vehicle is defective. According to the dealership they cannot duplicate the problem, or if they cannot determine the cause of the problem, therefore it isn't their problem. I have spent countless trips to the dealerships and paid for them to look at it only to be told that they can't duplicate it. Then they offer me a solution for no less than $400 that is supposed to "fix" the problem when anyone with common sense knows that I would just spend that money and still have the problem because the replacement that they are proposing isn't the root of the problem.

Filed Mar 21, 2005 · Electrical · OH

If the side automatic doors or the automatic liftgate are opened and left opened while the car is not on, for any more than a few minutes, then van will not start and will need to be jumped. There have also been other electrical problems. The headlights, when left on automatic, will sometimes flicker when the car is not running . The rear wipers quit working, as well as the seat heaters.

Filed May 9, 2004 · Visibility · 40,000 miles · IL

Operate windshield wipers in intermittant mode. Wipers will not go to continuous mode when switch is turned to continuous setting. This is a multifunction switch that also operates high beam and turn signals. This switch had to be replaced 19 months ago for turn signal problems. Wipers will go into continuous mode for awhile when turnsignals are operated.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Brakes, Electrical · NY

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

Filed Oct 30, 2003 · Electrical, Engine · NY

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.

Filed Jun 2, 2003 · Acceleration, Brakes · 6,380 miles · NJ

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

Filed Mar 28, 2003 · Visibility · MN

The windshield wiper nozzle sprayed 1/3 of the way from the base of the windshield which resulted in poor visibility. The spray nozzle isn't adjustable. *jb scc

Filed Mar 6, 2003 · Visibility · NY

The driver side windshield wiper assembly became loose due to a loose nut. *dt