My wife was driving our 2010 town and country on 10/12/2020 when the van suddenly died and as a result loss of power steering and brakes. She was able to put van in neutral, restart the van, and regain power steering and brakes. This is the sixth or seventh time this has happened so she knows this is a possibility and is prepared but this ridiculous to have so many documented instances and still no recall. Van has approximately 125,000 miles.
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I was driving straight on a rural, two lane road at 45mph. The road was slightly hilly and conditions were clear. The van abruptly lost power and I could not steer. I waited for it to coast to a stop, put the vehicle in park and re-started the key. The van started right up and I continued driving.
I was at a red light at a city block intersection. When the light turned green, I started to accelerate, then the van immediately lost power. I was able to turn the hazard lights on. I could not steer, accelerate, brake. The van slowed to a stop and I turned the key to on (it had twisted to acc on its own.) the van started back up and I continued on my drive.
I was driving straight at 40-45mph on a slightly hilly, two lane road with no curbs. The weather was clear, traffic was moderate. With no warning, all driving power went off and I couldn't steer or brake. I could still put the hazard lights on. I had to wait for the van to coast to a stop. Then I turned the key to on and the vehicle started back up. Thankfully, I didn't get hit or drive into a ditch. I had a van full of kids and was so scared.
Traveling around a curve on city street dry pavement at 25mph , without warning all power , steering control, brakes gone. Entire car shut down while in motion, ran off road, no brake control, by the grace of god , I nor anyone else was killed or seriously injured. When car came to complete stop on its own before hitting someones house, I could put car in park and restart. Now afraid to drive that van
The engine shuts down while driving on highway and making this a very dangerous situation where innocent people can be at risk of accident without warning since you don't have steering or brakes when it the engine shuts down
The van just at its own choice cuts off, you can be going 5 MPH or 70mph. There is no warning, then you lose steering and braking with the engine off. After you get it stopped it starts right back up but you don't know for how long before it does it again. There is a recall on the igniti0n box but not for my VIN number, chrysler needs to expand the years on that recall before someone gets hurt badly or killed...
On wednesday 2/19/20, the engine shut off suddenly while driving. The steering and brakes were operating without power assist and the car was difficult to stop. This happened at slow speed while turning into a parking lot so the car was able to be stopped. The car was put into park and restarted. It operated fine immediately after the incident.
While driving, engine turns off randomly and renders the power steering and power brakes to lose their function as well. This has made driving the vehicle extremely dangerous because it happens randomly and without warning and has caused some close calls on the road, which is what prompted me to discontinue driving the van and taking it to the dealership. There are no open recalls for my vehicle, however, safety recall r03 describes exactly what is happening to my van and includes vehicles in model year 2010.
Driving along and all of a sudden the car turned off, steering became tight, and steering wheel locked. After checking into the situation, the ignition key was in the off position, upon trying to restart the engine it says bad key and vehicle would not start, wheel wouldn't turn and vehicle was disabled.
Vehicle was in motion on suburban street at speed of 40-45mph in a straight forward direction. Tire/traction symbol flashed on, then vehicle momentarily lost power. All lights flashed off, then came back on. Acceleration cut out, then resumed (foot was still on pedal). Steering temporarily locked up, then the steering wheel released so I could steer again.
Vehicle was in motion on suburban street at speed of 40-45mph in a straight forward direction. Tire/traction symbol flashed on, then vehicle lost all power. There was no lighting, accelerating, braking, or steering control. Vehicle slowed to stop. Removed key from ignition...re-inserted key and re-started ignition. Vehicle then drove normally.
Vehicle was in motion on city street at speed of 25-30mph in a straight forward direction. Tire/traction symbol flashed on, then vehicle lost all power. There was no lighting, accelerating, braking, or steering control. Vehicle slowed to stop. Removed key from ignition...re-inserted key and re-started ignition. Vehicle then drove normally.
Engine turns off and there is no power steering and only the ABS only work. I was in motion and the engine just turned off while I was driving.
The problem is getting worse. It quit on the road 4 times. Always in the 20-30 MPH range. The stabilizer light goes on, then power steering fails, breaks do not respond. Have to pull out key and restart. It has been getting worse over the last 6 months. Mechanics have no idea and say diagnostic check out fine. What do you do! I try 4 kids around in this thing!
Danger - brakes freeze while stopped in traffic - need to shut off & restart town & country to get going again. Repair shop owner never heard of it.
Coming to a stop or slowing down or even cruising at even 40 MPH, the RPM's will drop to zero without warning and the engine will shut off. Sometime this will be preceded by a jerking motion in the car. If we put the car in neutral we can immediately restart the engine. This is dangerous as we lose power steering and brakes when this happens and if we are in the middle of a turn it is very difficult to complete the turn and we are exposed to oncoming traffic. We have never yet had these ignition problems occur on the highway. Also, our ignition key fob has many times mysteriously turned our car on or off, has caused the alarm to come on, has locked and unlocked our car, and has even opened our windows part way when we are approaching our van. These things have been occurring for about 4 years. We have had a chrysler dealer service dept. And another reputable mechanic both unsuccessful at finding the cause of these problems.
This vehicle simply shuts off while driving which disables power steering and power brakes making it extremely dangers. I've read hundreds of accounts of this happening to other people also. All recalls have been handled by my dealership. I was driving about 30 MPH and the vehicle shut off. I simply coasted to a stop (no traffic thank goodness) and put the vehicle in park, clicked the key to the off position, waiting 15 seconds, started vehicle again and drove away. It has happened 3 times now.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the vehicle made a grinding noise every time the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent tire shop where it was diagnosed that the rotors and brake pads for the front wheels needed to be replaced. This would be the fourth repair for the front rotors and pads this year. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
Continuous sticky brakes on possible under designed ABS brakes. New rotors and brake pads replaced less than 14 months with proper maintenance by experience d mechanic. No evidence of malfunctioning master cylinder, brakes hoses or frozen calipers.
Car loses power while diving. Lose engine power, brakes, power steering. Last instance was while driving 45 MPH.
I own a 2010 chrysler town and country and for 3 months we have been living a nightmare. It powers down while we are driivng it, we lose steering and breaks. It has happened in the middle of intersections, with cars behind us, on hills and coasted backwards and with my children in the van with me. It has spent 3 months in and out of several garages. It has had numerous parts replaced, such as the battery, ABS module, and the PCM. Even after all these parts were replaced and we have spent quite a bit of money to have them fixed it still doens't run properly and shuts down while you are driving it. It is such a safety concern that we won't allow are children to ride in it. So I own $10,000 on a van that I cant take out of my driveway because it isn't safe to be on the road. I have contacted chrysler with my VIN number and they say there are no complaints about this vehicle currently and no recalls that haven't been satisfied. So I have a loan payment and an unsafe vehicle with no resolution anywhere in sight.
4.0 l v6 engine 1) while turning right from a stop onto highway, the power steering failed. - I drove into the passing lane, luckily no one was in that lane at the time. So the car was speeding up 10/30/18 traction control light briefly on 2) car in motion, decelling from 35 MPH, turning left across on coming traffic, the power steering & the power breaks went out. Hard to turn & hard to break, barely stopped in time. Had to turn off & back on again 11/17/18 traction control light briefly on 3) for the past 6 months, there have been occasions where my car would not start until like the 7 or 10th turn over of the fob. Car not in motion
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.
While driving, the engine cut out and I lost power to steering and brakes. The traction control light then came on when I finally pulled over. After resetting, the vehicle started and drove normally. If this happened on a busy road, serious injury would have occurred to the passengers in my vehicle and anyone else I would have struck due to loss of control.
Approximately two months ago the 2010 t&c began being sluggish to start. We replaced the battery and it started fine. A week after it began to stall with the dash lights turning on and off. A day or two later it began to stall and turned off in traffic. The battery has been checked and it is functioning - the local mechanic performed a diagnostic test and no code was present. Currently it had stalled and turned off several times - extremely stressful and dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chrysler town and country. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart. During the failure, the anti-lock brake warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to dan hatfield chrysler jeep dodge (245 lafayette st, london, oh 43140) where it was diagnosed that the heater hose failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact to file a complaint with the federal safety agency. The VIN was not provided. The failure mileage was 205,000.
The van will lose all power no matter the speed. This has happened on numerous occasions within the past year. Will have to stop turn van off, then restart. Sometimes takes longer than others but has restarted and will happen again after a little while for no reason. This needs to be fixed before something more serious happens. Please fix this. My families life does matter and so does others>>>....
Vehicle stalls randomly while driving. This causes steering to lock and breaks to malfunction. Very dangerous. This has happened on several ocasions
The car goes from the "run" position to the "accessory" position all by itself while driving on streets. When that happens you have no power steering or brakes and the engine turns off. Since you have no steering or brakes, you can't control the car or stop it. Very dangerous/ life threatening. There was a recall for this on 2010 town & country's, but they tell me that my car is 4 months outside of that recall. So they know it was an issue and still is.
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