Upon purchase of the vehicle (feb 2015), we received a safety recall notice on the ignition switch (r03/the federal safety agency 14v‑373). Went to dealership (dick meyers chrysler/dodge in harrisonburg va) in may 2015 and was told that we were "on a list" and would be notified. Never heard from them. Did a follow up on jan 28, 2016 and was told the same thing - "on a list" due to backordered parts. This delay seems ridiculous and obvious to us that chrysler doesn't want to swallow the cost and hoping people will just give up.
2008 Chrysler Town and Country engine complaints
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The incidents below are related to the tipm. 11-22-13, 80000 miles, I have video. (I'm guessing on mileage.) in my garage. I hit my unlock button on my fob. I do not have a starter, but my van began running, the lights,wipers & horn came on, the doors locked. I manually unlocked the door. Entering the vehicle, I tried to turn on/off the van, wipers & lights to no avail. After 1/2 hour, it stopped. I started the car. It was working. 3-17-15, 100000 miles (I'm guessing on mileage.) in the parking lot, I tried to start my van. No response. Figured my battery died. As soon as we started a jump, van's horn started blaring, wipers, lights & motor began. Could not turn anything on/off with my key. We removed/replaced a fuse, which stopped the horn, wipers, etc. I drove home. 1-28-16, 122487 miles I left work, hit my fob's unlock button, the wipers started going, etc. (the horn's had burned out from a previous incident). I drove 4 miles. The van stalled dangerously in traffic. I was able to pull over. After 5 mins, the wipers stopped. I drove it home. The engine light came on. I made it home. Next morning, while driving, the washer fluid started shooting! I barely got the van pulled over before it stalled. I couldn't stop the wipers. It started again.I drove to about 2 miles from the dealership before it died - the wipers were still going. My tow bill was $77. When I tell service the symptoms, she said, "do you have a town and country?" I had the ignition module (recall) replaced.I went home. 2-3-16, 122600 miles driving to work. Wipers begin, wiper fluid shooting out again! 5 days prior, they said it was a recall for the ignition module. Today, it has nothing to do with the ignition module replacement. I must pay $966 to get a new tipm if I want to be safe. It is not covered under recall or warranty. I called chrysler customer service.they said the same. *tr the consumer no longer owns the vehicle. The conumer requested a reimbursement for an issue that became a recall and a tow.
With the initial ignition, this car's engine just stopped and lost all power while leaving our driveway, back in 2010. The ignition was replaced sept. 2014 under a recall notice. We had no further problems at that time. The ignition was replace again in sept. 2015 due to another recall notice. On jan. 15, 2016, while driving 40 MPH on a local road, the engine shut down and we lost all power. Took car to chrysler dealer. They could not identify problem, but said a technical report suggested replacing the PCM, which was done on 01/18/2016. On 02/01/2016, the engine shut down and lost all power, after traveling approx. 400 ft.
"takata recall" while driving on a normal street the car will just turn off. I will lose control of steering, brakes and the ability of driving it. After the vehicle stops, I put it in park and starts back up.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started various electrical functions did not function intermittently. In addition, while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the contact saw steam come from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the contacts residence. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Engine extremely burns oil, no leaks have been found. Car has 70mmiles however it has burned oil like this since I bought it at 28m.miles. I have tried many oils and non have helped. I notice that online there is a ton of complaints with others. What can be done to help me solve this problem. I burn 2 qts every 1500 miles. No blue smoke where is it going?
Engine was started and journey started on tarmac road. 2 minutes later, esp amber warning light illuminated, power steering disengaged and brakes went hard. Acceleration was not possible. Car had to be forced to side of road and restarted. This has happened twice in one month.
The tipm is a cause of the vehicle horn honking, wipers moving on their own, wiper fluid spraying, and the lights flashing by themselves. I have had the vehicle randomly stall by itself on the highway while my wife was driving it and this has happened several times. These issues seem to mysteriously go away when I try to diagnose the issue. Last week the battery died and because of it being a few years old and now being in the winter, I decided to replace it only to have it die again a day later. Took the vehicle to a mechanic who tested the charging system and said it was all good. Then proceeded to do a parasitic draw test where he determined that the tipm was causing the issues. I did some google searches and found that this is a wide stream problem with many owners of various chrysler vehicles having the same issue. This is not safe especially when the vehicle shuts down while driving it and there are no power brakes or steering capabilities. A person could end up in a terrible accident or even be killed not to mention other drivers being at risk also. Doesn't seem to make much sense that chrysler is dragging this on and not doing anything not to mention that I can't even order the part because it's on a national back order. This has happened several times in the last year and a few times last year but the tech was unable to correctly diagnose the issue.
Van died while driving on highway. Stopped and restarted. A few minutes later the transmission stopped working (engine running, no power to wheels). Coasted to shoulder and then it started to work again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but the failure was unable to be diagnosed. In addition, the contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was unavailable. Vin tool confirms parts are not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at 15 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. In addition, all of the lights on the instrument panel remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for repairs but the failure was unable to be determined. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the engine light remained illuminated. In addition, the change oil light remained illuminated intermittently even after the oil was changed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired, but the issue recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 135,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. While driving at approximately 55 MPH, the engine stalled. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 122,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. While attempting to accelerate from a red light, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system). The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000. The VIN was not available.
Engine won't turn over. Just clicks
Engine stalled while backing out of driveway. I was able to restart, then ESC lights came on.
Coolant must have a slow leak somewhere. Yet there is not a drip circle under my car the airbag light comes on. The air conditioner wouldn't work and now the heater doesn't work. Does the airbag have anything to do with the leaking? It happens intermittently.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. While driving at approximately 55 MPH, there was a strong burning odor coming from the vehicle. The contact stated that the engine stalled numerous times without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Yesterday while driving in town my engine stalled, and the horn started blaring. Not honking or alarm sound, but solid blaring. My wipers turned on high, and the windshield wash started spraying all over. Front and rear wash and wipers. My reverse lights were on, even though the vehicle was in park. Also, the fan inside the van for the heater/AC isn't working. This spell lasted 3-5 minutes. Afterward, I was able to restart the van and continue on my way. Today, the same thing happened, shortly after starting the vehicle. 2 of the 3 times happened while I was driving on the street, approx 25-30 MPH.
I received a recall notice for my 2008 chrysler town and country back in may of 2015. The recall number is r03 and has to do with the wireless ignition node module. I have been on a "waiting list" with my local chrysler dealership in titusville fl for months and every time I call I am still "number 6 on the waiting list". I am concerned for the safety of myself and my family. It is not logical that the dealership has receive zero parts for this important recall in all these months. Please assist.
The van would stop at low speeds with loss of steering and braking power. No codes would be triggered, it was as if the ignition was just turned off while driving. The electrical power would still be on like the radio and instrumentation panel but the steering and braking would tighten up; very scary feeling. It has happened to my wife driving the kids eight to ten times and myself two times. The dealer said the ignition recall would take care of the problem but I think it is something else (took dealer 6 months to get the part in after our first incident). It got so bad that my wife would have me warm up and drive the van around before she would use it. After my experiences with the issue my procedure to her is to place the transmission in neutral while the van is still rolling and restart the car (this is only in the case of possibly being rear ended). Also, the traction control light would flicker right at engine cut off but no engine light. Five days before the appointment for the recall, my wife with kids and parent were in the van entering an on-ramp to the freeway when the engine cut off again causing the van to rear end the car in front. The accident totaled the van even though the speed was around 8mph; no airbag deployment. Chrysler opened an investigation but found no evidence of any failure from the vehicle. How can they find anything when no codes are triggered when the engine cuts off?
Slowing down when approaching toll booth at night in main lane when van dies and will not start. Everything went dead (including hazard lights). Lucky we didn't get hit! Toll road authority truck pushed me to shoulder. After an about an hour, the van started.
Slowing down to turn and van dies (completely dead). Wont restart unless I disconnect battery and reboot system.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. When the brakes were depressed, the vehicle stalled without warning intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,130.
Stopped at mailbox engine quit dashboard lite up engine would not restart pushed vehicle off road in traffic engine would turn off but would not crank acted like it was flooded. Let engine cool and it restarted in two hour. Left overnight and it restarted. Blog says problem may be tipm module called dealer drove to dealer for investigation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 10v235000 (electrical system), 10v611000 (equipment), 11v394000 (equipment,air bags) and 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the parts to do the repairs was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issues. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 09/21/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. While driving at approximately 40 MPH, the engine stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 121,000.
The vehicle was parked inside our attached garage. I went through the garage when going out to work in the yard. The vehicle was not running at the time. When I returned to the garage 5 minutes later to get an extension cord I discovered the van was running and the doors were locked, it appears it remote started without a request for remote start. Neither key fob was in a purse or pocket at the time. I had to run into the house to get my key fob that was located in the bedroom to shut the vehicle down. The other key fob was on the kitchen counter and had not been disturbed. The van would have kept running could have filled our home with carbon monoxide. Both our kids were inside napping at the time and their mother was inside the house nowhere near either key fob.
We took our two vans in for re-call repairs and the vans started to work poorly, we think that the dealer can not be truthed do right by us,finding problems or leaving us with problems that did not acure before taking to the dealer's shop for recall services I believe it's all about the money.what can we do now?
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact had to maneuver the vehicle to the side of the road where it was restarted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred three times. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000. Ma 9/22 updated 11/16/2017
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