2008 Chrysler Town and Country: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Dec 14, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 109,000 miles · KS

All four brake system lights are lite up. Steering has become loose and steering wheel wobbles. I have changed the pads on brakes 4 times in a year and my rotors are still very grooved. Dust is sucking up into the cab of the vehicle for no reason. There is a knocking coming from the engine that sometimes is there but most of the time its present was told by the dealer I bought from that was normal in these vans. Has a hard time coming to a stop now. I can not believe this has not been recalled codes on machine that are indicated are c2200 and c2205 which are ridiculous to buy and from what I have read everyone is having problems with them

Filed Jun 9, 2016 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · OH

We have had our van for seven years (bought new) and have always done regular maintenance on it. While driving down the highway with three of our children, the horn started blaring, wipers turned on, fluid started spraying all over the windows. We pulled off the highway as soon as possible and shut the van off. Everything continued! We popped the hood and heard a slight ticking coming from the "fuse box". We gave it a light tap and it finally stopped. We were able to get it home. The problems continued off and on for months with no one able to help and got worse since the locks started going up and down, dash lights start flashing, front and rear lights flash, and the car does not always shift gears. It even does some of these things while turned off. We took the fuse out of the horn but know it is still happening because sometimes in the morning the wipers are up from randomly turning on and off by themselves during the night. We took it to a transmission specialist to have to transmission rebuilt (twice) and the converter replaced. Everything else is still happening and no one has been able to diagnose the problem, especially since it doesn't always do it. Luckily I found this information on my own. I can't believe this is such a wipe spread problem and chrysler has done nothing about it!! With a large family, we cant afford to keep putting money into something that was obviously built faulty.

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Electrical · 166,000 miles · NJ

Vehicle shuts off when driving, gauges start going crazy, horn beeps, flashers blink, car won't shift out of first gear. Sometimes car doesn't start at all, ticking noise under hood (from black box on driver side). Date of most recent occurrence listed below, has been going on intermittently for a couple years.

Filed Aug 17, 2015 · Acceleration · 155,000 miles · NH

While driving I had slowed slightly down a hill and started to accelerate up hill, when I crested hill the gas pedal got stuck. I had 2 children in car. Got really scared. I quickly swiped my foot under pedal to knock anything blocking out of way, nothing there. I hit brakes, car kept going as it wasn't strong enough to hold it back. Threw car in neutral and the engine was screaming. As I rolled to side the pedal, with manipulation, became unstuck. This was a very scary incident, which could have ended badly. I researched on the net and saw many other complaints of this nature. Please do something. Consumers are being robbed of the 2nd biggest asset they spend their hard earned money on.

Filed Feb 27, 2014 · Electrical · 102,000 miles · SC

When I went to start my car the windshield wipers came on would not go off. The dash board lights are flashing and the bell sound in the car wont go off. The speedometer and RPM gauges will not work. The lights dim. I had small issues with this previously but it stopped. I tried to rest the computer system by disconnecting the battery but it did not work.. I have had many issues with this car. My engine went out because of a rod bearing. I had asked the dealership to listen to the knocking in the car but they said they did not hear any thing. I always had my oil changed when required. My mother has the same year and model car and now hers is doing the same thing. It cost me 1500.00 to repair. I only had 60,000 miles on it when in started and 80,000 when it went out.

Filed Nov 20, 2013 · Engine · 36,000 miles · CA

Car started smoking for few minutes when car first started each day. Took it to a repair shop, who changed the oil, put in a new filter, plugs, etc. It then worked fine for a couple months, and then climbing a hill a loud knocking started. Took it to a chrysler dealer who refused to fix or replace the engine, because I could not produce receipts for oil changes, since that work was typically done by me, or one of my workers. I contacted corporate and was told that they would not honor any warranty for any part of the car because they had decided that I didn't take good enough care of the van, even though it was in perfect condition, except for the engine. I have since talked to many auto repair places and was told that even if I had not done anything to the car at all, the engine should not have blown at only 30,000 miles. Now I have had a $42,000.00 top of the line limited minivan sitting in my driveway, which is technically still under warranty. Talked to an attorney and was told that it was impossible to win against auto dealers anymore, especially since the new ceo is a criminal who fixed the failing company by ripping off customers.

Filed May 13, 2011 · CO

Our sunshine kids radian xtsl is not holding at the point of superlatch as it should. After confirming we have a tight install, just a touch, knock, nick, anything to the release tab will loosen the strap to the point of the seat tipping. Several times I have gone to take my son out of his seat and his seat is completely loose (even though I check his seat weekly and know it is tightly installed). (related vehicle information: model year=2008, make=town and country, model=chrysler).