Fuel Pump Relay- the TPIM
2011 Chrysler Town and Country fuel system complaints
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TIPM is defective causing the car hard starting and stall.The fuel pump relay stays on draining the new battery . The car starts then shuts down after 2 seconds. The sliding doors open and close, horn stops, car alarm stops intermittently. I had to temporarily bypass the fuel pump relay.The cost of the TIPM replacement is $1500
My tipm is failing slowly. My starter is pulling way to many amps when starting. I've changed it twice. My fuel relay has failed. A lot of the times when I start my car I have an icon for my ABS sensor come on and the only way to get it off is to pull over and restart my car. When the light is on on my dash. My car won't drive over 60mph and my rpms will run high and when you let off the gas while it's doing this it will take you almost to a stop within seconds. My check engine light never goes off. And no matter how many times it gets tested and reset it comes back within hours. So my auto start never works. Sometimes when I start my car I can't get my seatbelt alarm to stop singing so I have to pull over and restart. It all leads back to this tipm (electronics board below the fuse box). I've had it priced at 1300$ to fix it. But turns out it's the most common issue with this year of this van. Please help!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chrysler town and country. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start-up. The contact charged the battery fully however, the engine still failed to turn over. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. There was no warning light illuminated. Naples dodge chrysler jeep ram (6381 airport-pulling rd, naples, fl 34109, (239) 296-2404) was contacted and made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.
2011 chrysler town and country with 114,212 miles. While parked, the car acts and sounds like it wants to, but will not start. Took it to the dealership and was diagnosed with a bad tipm (totally integrated power module) and fuel pump relay. This is a known issue and the same issue in recall p54/the federal safety agency 14v‑530 for the durango and grand cherokee lawsuit settlement but for some reason the town and country and other chryslers petitions were denied. After talking to chrysler, they only suggested that I keep my receipts in case it was accepted as a recall but would not give any financial help on a $1400 repair bill.
Car stalls and shuts off, car cranks but will not start this has happened numerous times in the past 24 hours, while driving it will unexpected shut off, this is a problem related to the tipm which has been recalled in other 2011 model vehicles such as the jeep grand cherokee and dodge durango. I have read forums where other 2011 town and countrys also had this same issue.
This must be a recall concern. Chrysler really needs to step up and take care of this tipm issue. The most common problem was a defective tipm that prevented the engine from starting. This van fails while the car was being driven. Today 1-4-21, the van is again at the dealership for repairs for the same issue again and again I can't believe it. The town & country would be running smoothly one day and fail to start the next day. Why recall concerning them was never issued????
Vehicle is experiencing intermittent dead batteries and no start issues. Had vehicle shut down while driving as well to fuel pump shutting down. After diagnostic found the fuel pump was staying on after key was removed killing the battery. This is an issue with a bad tipm module that had been under a recall on the previous years town and country. Called the dealer today ans was told on there were no open recalls on my specific VIN.
Vehicle intermittently won't start and is stalling out / dying when going down the highway
Fuel pump relay is stuck resulting in continuous pump running causing dead battery overnight and vehicle not starting.
The vehicles battery died due to a faulty tipm. After a jump start it will run but once the vehicle is off and sitting for less than an hour the vehlice will turn over, die, then will crank and not turn over for a while. This is the first time this is happening with this vehicle it has a little let than 70,000 miles.
Wife was driving. Then engine went to full throttle, would not slow down. She rode the brakes all the way home, switched from neutral to drive, van would jump into gear when she would shift back to drive, felt like brakes were not working well enough (probably glazed). Almost wrecked, could hardly stop. Very dangerous situation.
Fuel relay on tipm is faulty resulting in not starting and stalling while driving. It is very dangerous that this problem has not been addressed by a recall.
Apparently chrysler has a problem with their tipm from years 2011 to 2013. I just had to do a fuel relay bypass on my 2011 town and country because they did not tissue a recall for all males and models with this problem. They should not be allowed to refuse because all models most likely used the same tipm.
Vehicle won't start. Engine turns over but won't run. Sitting in my driveway.
My car has been out of commission for about 2 months off and on. The auto shop that I send it to has replaced the fuel pump 4 times before zeroing in on the problem which apparently is the tipum, an electronic piece. After doing research on the internet, there is a recall on this piece for issues involving the fuel pump stopping operation while the vehicle is running. This recall does not effect my car, but this exact problem is affecting my car. I'm wondering what's going on there and if there have been other reports of this. Thanks for your time, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Van began having trouble starting up at around 100,000 miles. The issue was intermittent until a week ago. While the vehicle was stationary, the vehicle wouldn't crank. The fuel pump will not engage and start the vehicle. My battery is good and when we bypassed the tipm, the vehicle cranks properly. This is an indication that the tipm is faulty. After researching this issue, it seems that it's a known problem for many dodge/chrysler/jeep models in 2011. This a definite hazard because the fuel pump continues to run even while everything is turned off.
Fuel pump relay prematurely fails inside the total integrated power module (tipm) causing loss of control while driving. The fuel relay fuse is not replaceable as it is hard wired inside the tipm. The entire tipm unnecessarily needs replaced at great expense and labor of nearly $1,800 for what should be an inexpensive fuse. Other chrysler/ dodge/ jeep vehicles have been recalled and repaired for the same issue, but not the chrysler town & country minivans. The manufacturer and its dealerships is avoiding a recall so that this model 'ages out' and permanently disposed so that it doesn't have to do a recall.
Persistent electrical motor sound emanated from rear of car after parking and powering off (continued after removal of keys). Next day battery was dead, jump started engine with difficulty. Drove for several hours, but again would not start after it was shut off. Mechanic diagnosed faulty totally integrated power module, replaced at a cost of nearly $1,500. After replacement of tipm, new issue of airbag indicator light is on and several 12-volt power ports inside the car no longer work, both new conditions since tipm replacement.
Van battery is dead every morning. Fuel pump countinously runs even after van is turned off. Sometimes stales while driving. Very dangerous especially with our children in the van.
Tipm failure, faulty fuel pump relay. Car cranks but will not start. Fuel pump replaced and same issue occurs.
Our 2011 town & country started having starting/stalling issues about 3 months ago - mind you there is only about 81k miles on the vehicle. The dealer first replaced the power module in september, then the issue returned only to be causing more electrical issues. The car was taken back to the dealer and it was explained then that they had to replace the power module due to a faulty relay. This is the exact same issue that other chrysler/dodge vehicles of the same year are being recalled for. The stalling was dangerous as it happened while driving. This has been a very costly problem without a recall being issued - although vehicles using the same engine and components are being recalled. Please help escalate this.
Ever since we got the car, it has had problems. We knew that it was a used car but didn't expect all the problems. The check engine light turns on all the time and the radio stops working. Currently we are having problems with the fuel pump. We were told that that was the problem and there was a recall on the 2012 & 2013 grand cherokee relay pump. Also the radio seems to be failing again. We were wondering if you could check that and more since there seems to be more people with the same problems as us.
The tipm on my vehicle has gone bad and the fuel pump is not working properly, wont start, etc. All the tipm problems you read about in the other complaints. This vehicle has a 3.6l engine, the same engine that the 2011 dodge durango has that has had a recall to repair this tipm problem. It makes no sense that this 2011 chrylser town and country would not have a recall as well. Explain that to me!
This vehicle quit while driving but was able to restart and drive to a parking spot and now wont restart do to failed (tipm) thoroughly integrated power module failure to supply power to fuel pump . After further investigation & diagnosis many similar chrysler products have same issues , or recalls this needs to be a safety issue recall?
Vehicle cranks, starter sometimes stays engaged for extended period of time, but fails to start due to fuel pump relay failure in total integrated power module ( tipm/fusebox). Sometimes will start, run, then die. After multiple attempts, will finally start, stay running. Known issue across multiple fca models and years. Can progress to failure while going down the road. Repair cost ~$1000. I view this as a safety issue worthy of a vehicle safety recall and find it reprehensible that despite all of reports regarding failure, no recall has been issued.
When starting with push button sometimes will not start . Other times stays engaged. Brake pedal gets hard with push button that's how I know it will not start with button. Heater will turn on on its own even after being shut off. Cruise control does not always light up and work. Back hatch will not open or close with button no codes pull up on any of these issues. I have had it at 3 or 4 different mechanics and nobody seems to know what the problem is. Have pulled up things on the internet that shows temp board. I have taken this vehicle in many times under warranty and nobody could find out what the problem is. Now warranty is out and still have no answers. We did replace starter and it did not resolve the issue. Husband is on disability for brain tumor so we do not have a lot of resources to try eliminate.would like to know what you have suggested to others that have put complaints in for the same issues
The power shuts off or the car won't start after the key is taken out. I was told by the mechanic I went to that something with the spark plugs was firing incorrectly so I had that replaced. I also had my auto start removed because I was told that was affecting the battery and finally I was told the fuel pump was constantly running which was draining my battery. I was told to pull the fuse for the fuel pump until I can have the part replaced, which is tedious and that still don't work all the time. It is my understanding that the part has been on back order since december. At this point I am very frustrated and I don't feel safe driving this car until the issue is resolved. The blind spot lights also remain on.
Faulty fuel pump relay the vehicle will shut off while driving and it will stay on while key is off and kill battery
Fuel pump relay gave out and unlike the durango and grand cherokee it's not on recall it's also 1000 dollar part that they know is bad, it stopped working for me on the highway had to coast to the icy shoulder and slipped into the ditch almost flipped because since the engine wasn't on neither was the power steering
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