2010 Chrysler Town and Country: brake failure

Filed Oct 22, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · MN

Van will suddenly shut engine down resulting in loss of brakes, power steering and all other systems. Van must need to be restarted by turning key off and back to run position. Seems to happen at lower speeds and is an intermittent issue that can’t be duplicated on command. Is becoming more frequent. (3 times in 2 days most recently) Will stall in the middle of the road and unable to safely move over. Tractions control light will turn on.

Filed Oct 21, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 119,000 miles · MN

While driving, my 2010 chrysler town and country will completely shut down. I have no brakes, no steering control and my engine completely does. It happens at times when I am coasting or driving at a slower speed. I have 2 little kids and it is terrifying when I've lost complete control of my vehicle, and I need to try and move off the road or try and restart it at an intersection with traffic all around me. There is no pattern to the shut down, it just happens sporadically. I've been reading, and it seems that there are a ton of complaints of the same thing happens to other people! Please please consider this issue as a serious and dangerous defect to the vehicle.

Filed Dec 10, 2019 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · MO · crash · 2 injuries

While driving 40mph on a main city street the car shutoff. Radio was still on, lights were still on, but the engine was not running. No power steering, no brakes. As a result of shutting off while driving 40mph it caused an accident rear ending a pickup truck. Transported by ambulance to the er.*dt*jb *dt *dt

Filed Aug 30, 2018 · Brakes · SC

We have a loss of brake fluid. We have had a mechanic's opinion he doesn't know why we are losing fluid. All hoses, reservoir has been checked and no sign of the problem.

Filed Aug 30, 2017 · Brakes, Engine · 70,000 miles · MI

We've had a sporadic, reoccurring problem where the engine shuts down while driving down the road. The van will lose acceleration, the power steering fails, (at least one time the power brakes failed as well) and the traction control light illuminates. As these happen, you realize that they were caused because the engine has just performed an uncommanded (by the driver) shutdown. Unfortunately, none of these symptoms are necessarily immediately obvious. For instance, when traveling straight (not using power steering), at low speeds (not accelerating), the first indication of failure is that the traction control light has illuminated. The far more concerning issue is when you realize that the engine (and systems) has failed while attempting to turn through an intersection. After the engine fails it will restart immediately. The issue is controlling the vehicle -after losing power steering, the ability to accelerate, traction control, and brakes - through the failure, in traffic, often on contaminated roads (rain, snow, or ice are common fall through early spring where we live) to be able to safely restart the engine. This problem began two years ago. It happened a few times in the winter over a couple week span and then went away. The next fall (8-9) months later it began doing it again. The occurrences this time were more frequent. We were told by the dealership that they were unable to duplicate our failures due to the intermittent nature of the problem. After a several weeks, the failures stopped. Now at the end of summer, it's been probably 9-10 months since the last occurrence, it has started again. Several occurrences in the last week. From what we can remember, the failures occur with the first several minutes of the trip (sometimes more than one within a few minutes) and usually at lower speeds. We can't remember an event above 40 MPH.

Filed Jul 7, 2017 · Brakes, Steering · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the steering and brakes failed. The vehicle restarted after one attempt. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (ken nelson located on 1100 n galena ave, dixon, il 61021), but the failure could not be duplicated. The dealer confirmed that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but did not offer any assistance. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.

Filed Mar 31, 2017 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · FL

When driving this vehicle it can completely stop! No engine running, no brakes, no power steering, no lights, no emergency lights, you must coast to a stop. The key will not come out the gear shift freezes also. If it is dark you must jump out of vehicle and start waving at on coming cars, to go around. If it does this at a stop in an intersection you must get out and waive cars around. People want to call for service, but if they call for service by the time they arrive, it may have started. This is a wait and see situation! I can go for a few days, or a few weeks, but it always happens again! I am afraid for my life and the life's of others especially at night time driving. I have had it to the dealer numerous times. They have even kept it for three days, and claim nothing is run! They tell me that they have run every test immaginable, but can,t find anything wrong. They have replaced the battery. I have had electrical connections checked and repaired. I dearly love this van, but not enough to die in it! I have read of hundreds of owners of the same vehicle complaining of the same thing. Mine did cut out on me on the interstate at 80 MPH, fortunately the road was straight, and had to coast to a stop, and then you sit and wait until the car decides to start and run again! I am reading where people are spending thousands of dollars fixing one thing then another, yet they still have a death mobile! I am not going to stop on this one! I heard about the key problem, but my dealer claims they fixed the key! I was only given one key, and I am not going to spend $150 on a new key! I am lucky to make the payments as my dealer laid me away on interest, and I am a 68 year old disabled widow trying to survive on social security, and I am not ready to die for chrysler! Can,t the 100's of people experiencing the same problem do a joint suit with chrysler?

Filed Nov 18, 2016 · 142,000 miles · PA

Random , unexpected shut down of vehicle and stall, 3 times now since purchasing a year ago.all three times from a stopped position and then acceleration - stall/shut down.had the win recall done earlier this year. Without warning, usually from a stop position and into accelerating, the vehicle will shut down. No power steering, no brakes major accident waiting to happen. My wifes vehicle transporing our children and the children she babysits. I see thousands of complaints identifying the same problem, local dealerships unable to identify and chrysler not investigating ? The "well, it could be this" scenario is costing a lot of money that I don't have for a problem that isn't getting fixed. Insurance will not cover a vehicle in the event of an accident occurs, if known to be driving a vehicle known to fail., what then? I want my wife and children safe.

Filed Dec 31, 2015 · Brakes · 100,000 miles · AL

The front brakes were designed to apply themselves when turning the steering wheel. The brake on the opposite side of the way that the stering wheel is turned is automatically applied when it is being driven. This wears our the brakes and causes a lot of expense keeping brakes repaired. Once we were coming home on the interstate and the brakes got so hot that it melted the wheel cylinder and dumped all the brake fluid out and we had no brakes. We were lucky that this happened as soon as we turned into our yard. If it had happened a few minutes earlier,while we were on the interstate,it could have been a disaster. I have spent a lot of money on this problem, but there is nothing that can be done to fix it.

Filed Oct 8, 2015 · Brakes, Engine · 58,000 miles · PA

While driving the vehicle the engine turns off and there is a loss of brakes, steering and engine.

Filed Oct 15, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 72,000 miles · IA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle was merged to the shoulder and the contact engaged the service brakes. However, the brakes failed to engage and the vehicle continued to rev. The contact mentioned that the vehicle stalled after placing the key into auxiliary mode but the failure recurred once the vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure but decided to install a recorder on the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure recurred while driving 35 MPH. All lights on the instrumental panel illuminated, and the door locks, air conditioning and radio failed. The dealer analyzed the recording and diagnosed that the win module would need to be replaced. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 11v139000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

Filed Oct 14, 2014 · Electrical · 47,000 miles · IA

Engine shut off while driving causing no power steering and no brakes. Check engine light came on as well as electronic throttle control sensor. Came to a stop and turned ignition off completely. Let car sit for a few minutes and turned car on again and was able to drive vehicle back home and park it. This is the second time this has happened while driving at low speed. Took to dealer and dealer determined that the key fob when in ignition can be jarred a little bit causing it to come slightly disengaged from ignition. Dealer said this is not part of any recall and to remove everything from the key ring except for key fob. Nothing they can do.