My car stops while driving down the road without warning, easily restarts after shifting into neutral. However, RPM goes to zero, lose power steering. Did not have this issue prior to key fob recall. It has done this several times, usually when weather is colder like 30 degree. Have also notice blind spot aid system will periodically not function. Heated seat light occasionally do not function. The blind spot and heated seats are minor compared to car stopping dead. It did recently while going around a curve and was very scary. I've taken it to two different dealers and they state there are no engine codes showing. I told my husband if I die in a vehicle crash, especially if rear ended or while turning to sue chrysler. Do not have this problem in warm weather. I'm afraid to have anyone in my vehicle, especially my five grandkids. I stay off interstates because of this, and have spent more time looking behind me for possibly getting rear ended. There is no warning when this might happen. One dealership told me to bring it in when it happens, which I have no idea when it will happen. Its like playing russian roulette while getting behind the wheel. This can happen anytime, driving 55, 35, 25 MPH, while going straight, or twice while turning. I think it has to do with the electrical system, or perhaps the ignition system and key fob recall. My car has 84330 miles. It's happened three times in the last two months. Frequency seems to be getting greater.
2009 Chrysler Town and Country engine complaints
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All of a sudden the whole vehicle completely shuts down. No lights, power steering goes out, brakes lock up and engine shuts down. This was in the middle of the road as I was driving.
Motor shuts off with no warning at low speeds up to 40 MPH. With engine shut off very hard to steer or apply brakes. Put car in neutral or park and it will start back up. When motor shuts off with no warning making for a very dangerous situation.car shuts down on city streets and also on the highway. Seems to happen as the weather cools down. Only light that appears on dash is the traction control when the motor shuts down. Have now quit using the vehicle because of dangerous condition it creates
My van stopped at a stoplight and would not restart. It was not making any noise at this time, when it cooled down it restarted and the engine was knocking. The car then sputtered and stalled several times. No lights came on except the traction control light. My van has 132,000 miles and has gotten oil changes on time.
My 2009 chrysler town and country engine has started to turn off randomly. It is happening once or twice weekly. So far, it has happened at speeds 45 MPH and under. The engine shuts down as if in ignition mode. I can put it in neutral or park and restart without trouble. The 2014 recall was completed for the key fob and ignition switch. I only have one key and plastic cards on the fob. The mechanics can find no cause of the problem.
When driving my chrysler town and country it will shut off for no reason . When this happens I lose all steering and power to the engine . It does this on turns , hills, and even highways.
Sudden engine shutoff: the engine has started randomly shutting off at low speed, about 20 MPH, causing the power steering and brakes to be lost. There are no indicator lights, check engine light, or alarms at all that come on, except for the skid warring light. There are no engine codes recorded. It is very dangerous and cannot be reproduced to be repaired. It has happened several times now, twice in one day, but usually days apart.
Van will stale when driving at a slow speed. Dealer could not find a code. This has happen three times in the last six month.
Hello, can you give me any information about the 'totally integrated power module' (tipm) in my 2009 chrysler town and country lx, 3.3l minivan? How to diagnose a problem with it? Are there known problems with it? My van exhibits the following random conditions' 1.) horn stops working after repeated use. It will work again after a period of time. Recently, I have pushed on the horn and it will blow and then cut out after a couple of seconds. This happen whether the van is in motion or stationary. 2.) starter will rotate the engine but engine will not fire. This is very infrequent but has gotten a little worse. Engine will eventually start and run fine. And the next time it needs to start it will without issue. Also, one time during the same day that this happened, the engine started but then immediately died.it started and ran fine after that. Van was always stationary. 3.)center mounted rear brake light will look very dim or not work at all one day, and then work the next. Van was in motion or stationary. 4.)cruise control will not engage and then it will. This was happening about a year ago but has not happened lately. Van was in motion. These situations have happened intermittently since we bought the van in 2012. Am I and my family in danger of the airbags not deploying when they should? Thanks for your help
The vehicle was in park and running in a parking lot. The van had been running and in motion for approximately 10 minutes prior to arriving at the parking lot where it was then placed into park and left running while waiting for my kids to get out of school. Radio on, heat on then with no warning at all the vehicle shut off, lost all power. I was unable to remove the key from the ignition. It would not go into the off position allowing me to remove the key. I tried to turn the key to the various positions to start the car and nothing happened. Auto locks would not unlock, the car was completely dead. I sat for about 5 minutes in a panic trying to figure out how cars I was blocking were going to get out of their parking spots. Then the van suddenly started up on its own. My hands were not on the keys, nowhere near the ignition and it just started up. What would have happened if this occurred while I was driving and in motion and even worse traveling at a high speed???? There should be a recall on this issue as it is a major safety concern. The vehicle did receive the recall fix for the issue with ignition a couple years back and now I wonder if that was even the real issue since my van randomly shut off on me for no reason at all whatsoever. I don't know if there are any other official reports but a google search pulls up many others having the same issue this year with various years of the town and country and the reports are recent.
Van dash lights flicker when applying the brakes. Van will completely shut off with all electrical dying. This happens when sitting at a light or slowing to yield to traffic replaced alternator, but the problem still occurs. Jostling the battery cables will restart electric system. New battery, cables are secure.
Engine burning ungodly amounts of oil between oil changes. No leaks, no smoke, where is it all going??
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart immediately after shifting into park. The contact stated that the failure occurred several times at random. The vehicle was taken to crystal chrysler jeep dodge (1005 south suncoast blvd, homosassa, fl 34448), but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the engine cut off and the vehicle lost complete electrical power. The dealer replaced the fuse panel and the load management computer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 144,000. Updated 05/30/17*lj updated 06/02/2017
Driving down gravel drive at about 15mph, van stalled, esp light displayed, no power steering, no gas. Turned van off, restarted, drove fine. Win ignition module replaced in may 2016. Didn't have problems with inability to start or with van stalling until this was replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the electronic stability control warning indicator illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the egr valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed that the egr valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired multiple times; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 80,000.
While driving usually at low speeds (20 MPH or less) the car shuts off, the steering and brakes lock when this happens. It seems to happen the most when I am coasting around a curve or coming up to a stop. This has happened recently while driving over 35 MPH. I have had both of the recall repairs done but this is still happening at an increasing rate. It began in june and would occur once every couple of weeks now it happens every day.
Our 2009 t&c stalled in city traffic this morning without any warning when slowing down to below 20-30 MPH (with the traction control light briefly illuminating after the stall). It had stalled previously 3 separate times in similar situations when either my wife or son were driving the van. Of course when the engine dies there is no power steering or power brakes which makes handling the vehicle extremely difficult. The van immediately restarts when you turn the ignition key, but the cel does not light up so there are no codes in the computer to help diagnose the problem. This is a serious problem that lots of people are having. Just read the blogs on the internet. If the van stalls while making a turn and you can't brake or steer, then it's just a matter of time before a potentially serious accident occurs. As far as I know there are no open recalls on the van (ignition recall already taken care of). The weather was nice and streets were dry.
My engine has shut down on me four times in the last two months. I took it to the dealer twice. First time, replaced ABS. Paid over $2200, still same problem. Second time, no error code but charged me $130 to clean the throttle linkage, still the same problem. My wife and I are scared to drive it. I did a search and found someone with the exact same problem (see below). Can you offer me (or the dealer) any advice on how this can be fixed? Engine shuts down during low speed operation. Problem occurs particularly when driving at speeds of 10-20 MPH under certain conditions such as controlling speed in speed zones, negotiating moderate gradients--down hill or uphill, turning into lane, and in traffic. We have experienced the problem on city and suburban streets and in parking lots. Problem has occurred when the car is cold or warm. There is no warning prior to the shutdown other than loss of power and associated ensuing problems: difficulty steering and braking due to loss of power; dash warning symbols/lights turn on, beginning with the traction control symbol. When we first experienced this problem last winter (2015), chrysler changed the ignition switch; however, the problem has reemerged with increased frequency over the last 30-60 days. Our local chrysler dealer has not identified the cause and cannot detect a code during testing. In january 2016, our dealer performed a tune up (hoping to resolve the problem) but the problem persists and occurs at a frequency of 1 in 2-6 operations. (www.carcomplaints.com/chrysler/town_country/2010/engine/engine_stalls_shuts_down_while_driving.shtml ). This is a safety issue which is causing considerable stress since we cannot fix or preclude these occurrences. - fort washington, md, USA
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. While the vehicle was stationary, the contact turned the ignition key and smoke began to pour out from under the hood. The vehicle would not start and had to be towed. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle independently shifted into safe mode. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the y heater hose fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed that the y heater hose fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired again; however, the failure recurred. It was confirmed a third time that the y heater hose fractured and the vehicle was repaired independently by the contact. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. The VIN was not provided.
While driving down highway at about 60 MPH with wife and 3 children, suddenly with no warning, all power to vehicle was completely lost. This made it very difficult to safely move vehicle to shoulder. If traffic would have been heavy this could have caused a serious accident. Once vehicle was parked it would not restart and had to be towed 20 miles to dealer. Once at dealer electrical system seemed to fail further. Power windows, locks and doors would no longer work. Clearly some sort of serious electrical problem this is the 4th time something like this happened, but with the previous incidents the car always started once it was stopped and put into park and key was turned.
2009 chrysler town & country. Consumer writes in regards to after the federal safety agency 14v‑373 recall was performed. However, a spontaneous vehicle engine compartment fire occurred three weeks later. *smd the consumer was not confident the recall was completed.
Car is dangerous! Engine has stalled repeatedly when in motion. Has been in for corrections three times with no improvement. Re. L25/the federal safety agency 14v‑373 recall, fobik was replaced by ziegler in mich.--followed by more stalling, subsequently by phillips in florida (also replaced wyn/fobc module--9dec15)--followed by more stalling, subsequently phillips updated PCM & tipm--5feb16,car stalled next day and then again the day after. Stalling usually occurs within a mile after starting the engine. Can then turn off the ignition key and restart the engine. Usually the engine then runs without stalling. Regarding "when did this happen?" stalling has occurred most recently several times in december, 2015 and several times in january and february, 2016. I wonder if the problem might not be the wireless ignition node module detents, but possibly the fuel shut-off float which is a problem with my 2005 chrysler town and country--just a thought that may be irrelevant to the problem with my 2009 t & c.
Engine shuts down during low speed operation. Problem occurs particularly when driving at speeds of 10-20 MPH under certain conditions such as controlling speed in speed zones, negotiating moderate gradients--down hill or uphill, turning into lane, and in traffic. We have experienced the problem on city and suburban streets and in parking lots. Problem has occurred when the car is cold or warm. There is no warning prior to the shutdown other than loss of power and associated ensuing problems: difficulty steering and braking due to loss of power; dash warning symbols/lights turn on, beginning with the traction control symbol. When we first experienced this problem last winter (2015), chrysler changed the ignition switch; however, the problem has reemerged with increased frequency over the last 30-60 days. Our local chrysler dealer has not identified the cause and cannot detect a code during testing. In january 2016, our dealer performed a tune up (hoping to resolve the problem) but the problem persists and occurs at a frequency of 1 in 2-6 operations. Most recent occurrence was 2/5/2016. Our car passed the maryland emissions test in january 2016. Current mileage is 96,342 miles. I reported the problem to chrysler corp., which has a case file open #28712527. In addition, I have researched the problem online and have found numerous reports of similar events with the town & country with mostly unfavorable outcomes because chrysler cannot detect a malfunction code during test. (http://www.carcomplaints.com/chrysler/town_country/2010/engine/engine_stalls_shuts_down_while_driving.shtml ). This is a safety issue which is causing considerable stress since we cannot fix or preclude these occurrences.
Recently purchased vehicle used (dealership filled with fuel after test drive but before we took it home). On the way home on city streets (while approaching an intersection), the engine stalled causing loss of power brakes & power steering. After putting the car in park, it started up & ran fine. A couple days later, my wife was driving it & while turning right at an intersection it did the same thing. She barely was able to safely complete the turn due to the loss of power steering. After that incident it hasn't happened again (but we haven't filled it with fuel again yet). Research on the net leads me to think it is the common problem with a valve in the fuel tank. We are very nervous driving the car & are dreading our next fill up. This is incredibly unsafe & I hope chrysler is willing to do something about it.
When we bought the vehicle (at around 80k miles) we noticed that you could smell coolant at times, but were told it was nothing. When we took it in for service we were told that it was 2 quarts low on oil. I asked the shop that did the first oil change, thinking maybe they didn't do a proper job- he mentioned that this was a common issue with this year of town & country. I took it in for a recall- a good friend wanted to perform an oil consumption test. Come to find out, it was burning oil at a rapid rate. If I hadn't been aware & checking the oil on almost a daily basis, it could have run out & the engine seized. The burning oil causes issues with the rings as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. The contact stated the vehicle jerked and the windshield wipers functioned independently. All the warning indicators illuminated during the failure. 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 issue. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Notice loud clunking noise shift from park to drive, or park to reverse. Not every time, but often enough. Also shift to/from to her gears is noticeable and gives the feel of hesitation. This is most often noticed around 37 MPH or 30 MPH. Went is cold the car act up . It is having troubles also getting hot the engine and I have the car for 5 month and I had to fill the coolant twice. I brought the car 5 time to the place where I bought the car 4 times to report the problem with the transmission they send me to one of the chrysler dealer for service and did not show nothing on the diagnosis. I am frustrated because I research online iand I am not the only one complaining about the same problem. Aslo the suspension feels very weak.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chrysler town and country. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system) and 10v235000 (electrical system). While driving off the lot after the vehicle was repaired, the radio failed and the ignition module was burned. In addition, there was smoke coming from under the hood. The contact stated that there was an abnormal odor of anti-freeze inside the vehicle. Prior to the repair, the vehicle had not exhibited any failures. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the failure was awaiting to be determined. The approximate failure mileage was 107,094.
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