This vehicle is a danger to families driving. The van just looses power while on freeway due to its electrical malfunctions. Totally integrated power module failure is so dangerous and should be taken care. My van died while I was driving on the highway and if my children were in the van at the time I would have been even more panicked! I was driving home after having my battery check per light had came on, battery tested good, and light went back off. While I was on my way back home the battery light came on again and then other lights started flashing on and the veh became very unstable. I took the first exit and the veh died. I had it towed to a shop that tested the alternator then PCM and said it is still not holding a charge. The van is on it's way to the dealer. This is not acceptable quality or safety for any minivan intended to carry children. Parents purchase these vehicles for size and safety!
2011 Chrysler Town and Country driver assistance complaints
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While driving down the road 2 times this week - my vans electrical system completely turned off for about 2-5 seconds and turned back on. This includes: tvs, driver dash, radio dash all interior lightening -both times happened during the day I am not sure about outside lights (I assume). The first time the van stalled completely losing power steering and had to restart engine. The 2nd time I could still gas the van with power steering before all electrical restarted itself. Both times I was driving on a busy road going straight (MPH 30-45pmh).
My complaint is the tipm module just like many dodge and chrysler. And chrysler thinks they can pick and choose who they reward an recall too. This is a faulty part on all chryslers for several years and they know it! But when I get done with this class action law suit I am about to start I hope all paying chrysler and dodge customer get money they deserve!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the rear passenger door independently opened and closed at random. The contact also stated that the blind spot sensor seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure could not be determined due to the cost. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Van air bag light comes on and off, even after I paid $267.00 to fix it. Also van will not start,just makes a thud sound or cranks but does not start until 4-5 tries or after a few minutes.had to dealer 5 times.also cannot pass inspection because computer chip blank.and van died 8/8/2016 and was towed to shop and found battery completely drained and needed a new battery.was charged $385.20 for diagnostics and new battery. Something is not right. I have read of thousands of chrysler owners with same problems and chrysler will not acknowledge the problems.main cause ,bad tipm.
Electrical system malfunction. The back up sensors do not work, the safety backup video does not work, it says my tires have 0 pressure, it will not start after being shut off. Tipm problem? Way too many people have complaints about the vehicles electric system related to the fuel system and engine not starting. This is clearly enough evidence to warrant a tipm recall. If you know what the problem is exactly, could you let me know because we are trying to find a solution.
Randomly closes the powered doors and doesn't stop when obstructed, several trips to the dealer and no issues found. Always when in park and with all 3 methods of opening the door, fod, manually and interior button. Warning lights keep coming off and on (check engine and tire pressure low) but service shop says no issue. Autostart doesn't work much of the time but service center says when check engine light is on it won't. I autostarted my car but it wouldn't let me press the brakes, push the start button, put it in drive to operate the vehicle then it died. I was able to start again but it immediately died again several times. I was tehn locked in and the lights and horn kept flashing, the locks would not unlock. It very frequently does not detect the key and will randomly beep that the key is not detected while driving and will not start at all with the key in hand.
After being in the shop for 4 weeks they took a tipm off of another vehicle to see it that would fixed mine. It finally will start, I got it out of the shop on 10/20/15. I have had no problems until 11/1/15 around 9 p.m. My van was in my driveway and I heard a horn and looked outside my lights where on and the van was running. My keys where in my purse across the room. It was the weirdest thing. I went out there, the doors were locked and running. I had to get my keys and cut it off. I hope I am not fixing to start having problems with this tipm.
While attempting to start ignition this morning, the engine cranked over once then stalled and would not restart. All dash lights and radio worked however power windows worked intermittently. After about twenty minutes, the engine finally started but the traction control off light remained illuminated for another ten minutes or so.
For a week I had trouble getting vehicle to start, on 9/10/15 only 5 months after buying vehicle it starting loosing power while I was driving 45 MPH down a busy highway. No lights came on indicating there was no power it just started slowing down, so I pulled over which was very hard to do because the steering wheel was tight and the brakes were tight as well. Finally got it to crank so I could get to a safe place off of the side of the road. I had it towed to a local mechanic who stated it was fuel pump but he wanted dealership look at it to be sure that was the only thing. They towed in on 9/16/15. Was not able to get it fixed until 9/23/15, when I had my husband take me to pick it up. I drove it across town to work, at lunch would not crank. They had to tow it back to dealership where they informed me there was a bad connector and was fixing that. After fixing that still would not crank so they have been going wire for wire trying to find out the problem because the tipm is on national backorder so unable to get a new one for now. It has been 3 weeks without my van.
The blind spot indicator is not working. Many times within the last year and even the years before that, the indicators would chime when there was nothing around to set them off. Now the triangles on the rear view mirrors are on constantly. This van is not even paid off yet and it is already falling apart. I think this module should be recalled. I have noticed many posts that people are having the very same problem. When you buy a new car you do not want to pay thousands of dollars to fix a problem because of a faulty product.
The vehicle shut off completely while being driven, on the way to coming to a stop. It would not restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where it was determined it had a faulty tipm, which was replaced for $1151. Upon picking the vehicle up from the dealership, it was noticed that both front turn signals were no longer working, and a warning box popped up about this issue. Also, a warning light of a battery appeared on the dash, and now the car has to return to the dealership for these issues. I feel the shutting off of the car could have been extremely dangerous, considering the bad weather (icy roads) and if I had been traveling at a higher speed.
It seems to be the same issue that was recalled in the 2008, 2009, 2010 chrysler town and country vehicles. The key is very loose in the ignition and moves around causing the power to go out in the car. I spoke to several dealers which told me it is the same problem as the vehicles that were recalled in previous years. The car has to be repaired and the quoted repair was approximately $400 because it is unsafe to drive. It almost caused an accident last evening.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the exterior lighting on the side view mirrors and the beeping noises were very distracting when the vehicle was shifted into drive. The service rear camera warning indicators were constantly illuminated and the rear view mirror was not working properly. The dealer stated that the blind spot sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000. Updated 11/12/14
Vehicle back up camera too dim and not visible in bright sunlight.
In my 2011 t&c, the backup camera is too dim to see in daylight. It can be used at night and it's moderately useful on a dark day. But in full sunlight the camera screen just cannot be seen well enough to be useful. I have the rbz radio in it. I had the same radio in a 2010 t&c and at first that camera was just as bad. I found s technical service bulletin showing a software update for that problem on the internet, and once the dealer updated the software, the backup camera was dramatically better. Now, I buy a 2011..., and they seem to have gone backward. It's just as bad or even worse than the 2010. I took it back to the dealer and they fiddled with it and checked other vehicles, but they said they are all the same, even though they admit it's too dim to use in sunlight and that the software update they did on my 2010 made a huge improvement. Unfortunately, they say there is nothing they can do until chrysler sends out either a solution or a software update doing to my 2011 radio, the same fix they did to my 2010. For a vehicle that has a sticker price getting close to $40,000, I find this disappointing. I like everything else about the van, but the fact that it's so good otherwise just makes this problem even more frustrating!
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