2008 Chrysler Town and Country airbags complaints

Filed Sep 1, 2010 · Airbags, Tires · MI · crash · 1 injury

2008 chrysler town&country, left front tire blew out and driver lost control of the vehicle. Drove off the right side of the roadway striking the right of way fence.* bf (ohio traffic crash report # 10-0440-90)*jb updated 09/13/10*bf updated 01/04/11*lj the consumer suffered a minor shoulder injury. The consumer also stated the air b a did not deploy. Updated voq 01/10/11

Filed Aug 18, 2010 · Airbags · 56,962 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the air bags independently deployed while the vehicle was sitting idle in the contact's garage. The dealer advised they were unable to repair the vehicle because there were four separate components of the air bag that worked together within the system and reads the module. The module was destroyed when the air bags deployed and the dealer was unable to properly diagnose the exact failure. The manufacturer was contacted and the dealer was awaiting a response before proceeding with any repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage and current mileage was 56,962. Updated 11/16/10 *bf updated 11/23/10

Filed Aug 13, 2010 · Airbags, Body · 42,325 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that vehicle was stalling. The vehicle does not give any warning before it shut down; however, it does not occur while sitting idle. The contact stated that the sliding doors do not close automatically. The doors close and then open back up. The doors will only close manually. The contact also stated that the engine light came on and the dealer had to replace the etesian indicator sensor. The brakes had to be replaced twice within the first 37603 miles. The first time they were replaced at 21000 miles. The rear brakes had to be replaced at 29781. The rear lift gate broke in september 2009. The starter failure caused the air conditioner to fail and the windows from opening and closing. The contact stated that they also had a problem with the air bag light coming on. The clock spring steering angle sensor was replaced. The vehicle will start and the gear shift selector would move, but when the gas pedal was engaged the vehicle would not accelerate. The dealer replaced the transmission, but the contact was not sure why. Updated 11/05/10. *lj updated 1/25/11 *cn updated 04/18/11

Filed Jul 20, 2010 · Airbags · 77,000 miles · MN · 2 injuries

While driving down the street the airbag on my 2008 chrysler town and country minivan deployed. There were three occupants in the vehicle. My arm was bruised and cut during the accident. My daughter had her head shoved through the passenger side window by her airbag. My grandson was coughing and choking on the powder from the airbag. Unable to see, I managed to slow the vehicle to a stop without causing any further damage to my vehicle or any others. The police and insurance adjusters looked at the vehicle and could find no physical reason for the airbags to deploy.

Filed Feb 2, 2010 · Airbags · 22,000 miles · FL

While driving my 2008 chrysler town and country at approximately 5 miles per hour in a shopping center parking lot the side air curtains deployed without any other vehicle or object hitting the vehicle. The vehicle is at greenway chrysler, orlando, florida waiting for engineers to inspect the vehicle to determine the cause of the aircurtains deployment.