Bad relay module: 1. Battery drained while parked in garage overnight, multiple occasions. 2. Fuel pump continued to run and make noise when the vehicle is shut off. 3. Chrysler dealer performed diagnosis and confirmed that the TIPM require replacement, replacement part will take additional two months to arrive. 4. Engine stalled while making low speed right turn at high traffic intersection and nearly caused accident with children onboard. Likely caused by shut off fuel pump. 5. The vehicle is absolutely unsafe to drive and require immediate repair.
2012 Chrysler Town and Country fuel system complaints
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It's the timp the big black box with all the fuses in it I have had so much problems with it it messed up the alternator and the battery and the doors and the fule pump now I have to get a new box and a fused pump because it won't start at all now it have quite on me while I was driving before it broke all the way down I don't know why they ain't a recall on it yet
Chrysler recalled Jeep n Durango models due to faulty fuel pump relay. Town and Country vans were added to recall expansion. #R09- 14V‑530 My van doesn't start properly and have been stranded with 2 young children n cold weather. I need my van for work as I'm a single mother and just bought the van. I need this repaired immediately.
Car stalls while driving. Looses brakes and steering. Mechanics can not determine cause. No codes stored. Almost caused a collision happened 4 times in a month
The contact owns a 2012 Chrysler Town and Country. The contact stated that the vehicle would not immediately start. The contact was able to start the vehicle after several attempts. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel pump relay had failed and needed to be replaced. The independent mechanic also advised the contact that the manufacturer had made a bypass kit for the failure. The fuel pump relay was bypassed. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.
When trying to start start button is pushed, van turns over, starts for ~2 seconds and shuts off. Takes several tries to get it to completely start and continue running. Also when turning van off. Push button, van stops running, however, it switches to accessory and takes several times pushing button to switch to off and stay there. Vehicle is on level ground and stationary parked position. This has been going on for a month off and on. Recently the last week.
The van would not crank when I got ready to leave work. I waited a bit, put my halo charger on it and it cranked. The next morning it would not crank. It would turn over but not start. We had it towed to a mechanic who kept it for 4 days and told us we needed to take it to the dealer. We were told that it was the tipm, $1600 to replace, but $400 to do a bypass.
The fuel pump relay is faulty. We have had issues with the vehicle stalling out while driving. Once almost causing an accident. My mechanic said this is an issue with this vehicle. This is the same set up as the jeep grand cherokee and there was a recall issued for that. We took the vehicle to a mechanic and the parts to replace the relay are not available. We do not feel safe to drive the vehicle any more. I believe there should be a recall issued for the safety of owners. My wife was pulling out into traffic when the van completely stalled out while oncoming traffic was approaching. Luckily, she was able to manuver into a turn lane to avoid a collision. We've also had numerous times that it would glitch out while driving but not stall.
The vehicle does not consistently start and has a chance of failure when in operation. I have the vehicle in a shop and it has been diagnosed as a fuel pump relay that is not consistently receiving power. This has been a well known issue within the tipm system but no recalls are open on this specific vehicle.
Vehicle has less than 85,000 miles was working fine then few days ago would not start. The starter worked fine but would not turn over. Let it sit for half an hour and it started on first crank so I let is it run for a few minutes. Turned off and left for an hour or so tried again and had to repeat entire process...vehicle was stationary because we're afraid to drive it anywhere. Original owner is in a va healthcare facility and his daughter and me (husband are handling his affairs. Because of that it is my contact info imputed.
Tapping noise coming from top of engine diagnosis multi cam shaft rollers
In starting van, engine was turning over when key turned but not to the point of running. After 5-8 attempts it would crank and also sputtered in between attempts. Car was stationary. This was a sudden onset of symptoms that happened on vacation. Recogniing we had additional days on our trip plus the ride home, I took to local repair shop. In route, it sputtered like it wanted to quit. The diagnosis was fuel pump and fuel pump relay failed pressure test and diagnosis. I then learn by searching that 2011 vans have been recalled for same issues. With a return home interstate trip of 600 miles, I thankful I had repaired now reading what has happened with the 2011 related accidents and problems.
My van needs a new tipm. This is a recall for some chrysler vehicles under p54/the federal safety agency 14v‑530. Why does this not include all chrysler vehicles? The van starts intermittently. Sometimes without issue other times takes minutes and several attempts.
I purchased my vehicle in march of 2016 for the purposes of transporting 2 disabled family members. First, check engine light was coming on and stated that the crankshaft sensor we're not working. When I would drive while driving my vehicle would just shut off I feared getting hit by other vehicles. Then the fuel pump relay would stay on after shutting vehicle off until it would drain the battery. After, now my vehicle cranks but doesn't start at all. This is a hazard and dangerous what I am afraid of is that this is a common issue with these vehicles and the issue has not been looked at by the proper department or authority. I also brought this issue to chrysler where I purchased the vehicle and they said they can not assist with the issue and no recalls have been put in place my vehicle has been parked for 5 months now.
2012 chrysler town and country purchased second hand at 84.000 miles vehicle started then following at 86,000 miles. Lights sensor would activate lights without input from remote or driver. Then the lights stopped sensing when to change and has to be activated in manual. Vehicle windows would not remain up and locked when manually inputted to do so or activated to do so with remote. Interior lights would randomly switch on and run the battery dead. This resulted in many jumpstarts. Vehicle began to use fuel like 30.00 weekly with normal driving of my family to 30.00 every two to three days with no charge in driving. This increased when the family needs to drive increased to almost 20.00 daily. Vehicle would not accelerate on an incline would stay at 30 MPH despite you pressing the gas and it woul rev. Vehicle would decorate and accelerate on its own merit, one could press the gas and it wouldn't increase going up an incline causing any to maneuver around you to avoid collision and the it would accelerate on its own merit. Vehicle lift gate would not remain locked when secured whether by remote or manual. Lift gate also stopped sensing and has almost locked my small disabled a children in between where it closes. Vehicle lights would stop working with sensing in the auto mode. Have to manually use them then internal lights would come in and kill the battery. The signals in the dash had major malfunctions you would get the airbag, check engine and various lights intermittently flashing. The driver side seat would not work as you change a fuse it would blow. The passenger doors would not lock with remote input or manual lock door can open when driving. Rear windows would open on their own merit usually causing animal to get in. The car fuel pump would not stop running until the battery died or the terminal was removed. The screen said display is hot.*dt
My car would not start had to jump it. Thought battery, no took it to mechanic to diagnose the problem fuel tipm, relay switch. Told chrysler did not recall my vehicle but recalled other vehicles that had the same problem and was built in the same year as mine. Vehicle was stationary the first time. Then it stalled out while I was driving. I was turning onto a city street from my residential complex.
Fuel pump won't turn off after turning engine off. Drains battery completely. Tipm is to blame. Read the other comments or look into the lawsuits. This affects all chrysler vehicles with the pentastar enigne.
While in motion on a freeway at freeway speeds my van just stalled. The traction control light came on first and then it just stalled. Luckily I was able to pull over safely. I called for a tow because the van would not start after that, it just kept cranking and would not turn over. The repair shop was able to start it the next day and saw a code p061c. Which means it would be 5 different problems. They are keeping it to drive it and hopefully get it to stall again. This is a major safety issue, what if my kids with with me and we crashed. How many complaints will there be before someone steps in to fix this problem. There have numerous complaints for this same issue. Hopefully something is done before someone dies.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the vehicle would fail to start and would stall while driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to r & t motors (9651 bissonnet st, houston, tx 77036, (713) 772-4505) where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump relay needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The contact stated that the failure was similar to the federal safety agency action number: dp14004 (electrical system). The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 99,000.
Van has had very few problems, I have reached approximately 190000 miles and started having the stalling while driving issues that others have also reported. There are no indicators or pre warnings on dashand actually takes a few seconds to realize the car has shut off. After it happened the first time, my mechanic suggested to start with a full tune up as no codes were coming up. It has happened twice since. It is a terrifying problem, to just have car stop at random with no warning at any speed. 3 times...1st in motion city street going straight, 2nd time in motion city street right after making a turn, 3rd time on highway slowing down to turn. Why is this not part of the recall r09 for durangos/grand cherokee? I can no longer trust to have my kids in this car that is designed for families...how do I know the replacement parts will be safe?
Car won't start at times, after awhile finally starts, fuel pump will continuously run after car is off. Gets worse with cold weather. It did it a few times after we bought it but we lived in florida and didn't happen again. We moved to tennessee and now its constantly messing up. We replaced the battery and also the electrical body control throttle. Thinking that was it. Later to find out that it maybe the fuel relay. And that dodge durango and jeep and another vehicle was recalled for this same issue and yet chrysler has not recalled the town and country.
Multiple times the vehicle has stalled and completely shut down while in use. My father had it stall twice while on the freeway at freeway speeds. I have recently had the vehicle stall while idling at stop lights and stop signs when trying to proceed forward. We also had an issue where we took the vehicle out of park and into reverse and using the gas pedal was not propelling the vehicle at a proportional rate - and then when put back in drive the same thing occurred - the vehicle was still running. We had to park, turn it off, and restart the vehicle which cleared the issue in that moment. This is extremely dangerous as the vehicle completely turns off while you are in the middle of using it! We have our babies in these vehicles while we are using them! I have read too many other accounts of this happening to other owners who also are spending thousands of dollars for mechanics to go hunting for solutions - most of which do not work. This is unsafe and needs to be investigated as a larger issue with this vehicle. I'm listing my speed below as 5 MPH because that has been a frequent case; however, another driver of the vehicle has experienced this at high speeds previously on my vehicle.
I have been having years of problems with this vehicle. Shortly after purching it in 2015, the climate control unit started (and continues) to turn on randomly whenever it wants to, the A/C stopped working completely, and the blind spot sensors are on 100% of the time. More recently, the vehicle kept having to get jump started every morning for about 2 weeks until finally it wouldn't turn over at all. I have replaced the battery 3 times, the alternator twice (the first time after the vehicle stalling out on a major highway a long way from home), the fuel pump was just replaced, and then I find out from the garage that changed the fuel pump that the tipm needs to be replaced. I am now currently waiting for a new tipm from the dealership. I have been without a vehicle for 3 weeks now as this part is on back order. This vehicle has cost me thousands of dollars in the short time I have owned it and has been very unreliable for me and my family, including 3 children.
1) -stereo and navigation system on end off 2) - warning light's turn on on the board and run out of power 0 power 3) - injeccion problem
All sorts of electrical issues. Passenger side rear door slides open randomly when starting car or unlocking doors. Tailgate opens randomly the same way. Tailgate has opened when car was put in reverse to back up. Passenger rear door no longer locks. If car is locked and alarm enabled, that door will still open and alarm goes off. Fuel pump comes on when car is turned off, draining battery and damaging fuel pump. Fuel pump shut off while driving down road, and also while sitting at red light, causing car to turn off. Replaced oil sensors, fuel pump, crankshaft sensor; had house of voltage and circuit tests done on vehicle trying to determine root of electrical problems. After 9 months of trying to figure out what is wrong with vehicle and pouring money into it, finally discovered that faulty fuel relays in tipm were common in dodge from 2011-2013. Some models were issued a recall, but not the chrysler town and country. Repairing tipms is pricey. Fuel pump issue is now solved but all other electrical issues remain with doors and tailgate. Heater has also randomly turned on. Rear AC/heat has come on while driving down road even though rear system was turned off.
Our vehicle will randomly turn off while driving. This has been happening for over a year. We took our vehicle into the dealership. They looked for codes in the computer to help fix the problem but they said no codes were generated so there was nothing they could do. They suggested, when it happens again, come back to the dealership immediately so they can look for codes. We did this and they found nothing. Their next suggestion was to leave the vehicle with them for a couple of weeks so they could drive it and try to see if it would happen while they have it. We did that and they found nothing. Their last suggestion was to wait for it to get worse. There is the problem. They are asking us to drive a vehicle that we know shuts down while driving. It has happened while driving on the highway, it has happened while driving on a busy street during rush hour. Fortunately, we were able to pull over safely to restart the car. The concern is this situation is so random it may happen when we can't pull over safely and us or somebody else gets hurt. We have looked online and have found that others have experienced similar situations. It is awful that nobody has a way to fix this family vehicle until it gets worse. We feel we are forced now to get rid of this vehicle.
2018 my vehicle started having a problem where I would turn the key and it would just sit there turning over turning over and turning over without me having to hold the key down and it wouldn't actually start and I was told to wait 30 seconds and start it , it would work but then it stopped happening and was fine. Now last week my van started doing it again. I was told again to turn the key without starting it wait 30 seconds and then try to start it it would start after the 4 or 5th try. And after a couple of tries it would start but then die. Then the next day I tried 12 different times doing this and my van would not start. I had to have it towed to a garage and he hooked it up to two different computers he said he's 99.9% positive that the tipm is bad. He looked up for recalls for the tipm under chrysler and it only shows that there was recalls on jeep grand cherokees some wranglers dodge durangos and dodge grand caravans which I do know that the caravan and the town and country are almost the same I also have seen numerous reports of other people having the same exact problem as I've been having I would like to know why there is not a recall on the chryslers town & country I was told this part will cost me $1,500 to have it fixed.
The tpim is malfunctioning which is not allowing my fuel pump to work. The car would turn over but not start until I tried several times. Now it does not work at all and had to be towed. My mechanic I'm not able to fix this because the part is back ordered including a part to bypass the issue.
For the last 18 months I have had to take out my battery every time I turn off my vehicle in order to prevent the battery from dying because the fuel pump relay keeps running when I turn of the car. As a result of the fuel pump relay system not ever turning off when I turn the key to turn the car off, my battery is drained within minutes and the car fails to start until I am able to wait for the tow service to arrive and jumpstart my car. The car also about a week ago just shut off while I was still driving it. This is very concerning for me. I have 2 young children diagnosed with autism and both have history of seizures and this car is unreliable. I have paid thousands of dollars to repair battery and have this car towed until finally learning what the true problem with the vehicle has been.
My car was working fine before the the incident that I had was in the family dollar I was as doing some shopping when I was done I went to my car I put the key in the ignition on and I turn the car there was no sound or any power so I call the towing company to take the car to my house when I reach my house and call a friend that he is a mechanic to check on my car and he told me that the battery of the car was drain so I took the battery out and took it to closes autozone hwy 27 haines city fl I took my old battery to the autozone but the new battery was going to cost me round 230 dollars I had no other choice that to buy it then I went back home my friend the mechanic put the new battery in drove the car to the same autozone the same day to do a quick check up on the alternator so they did the check up and the alternator was going bad also so I bought a new alternator that cost me 170 dollars having this problem with almost a brand new car it got me upset I never went to the dealer to complain so 2 weeks pass coming out from my house I turn the ignition and the car didn't wanna start so I ask one of my neighbors to do a quick battery jump when so I took my car to the autozone since I have warranty on the 2 items they have me new alternator and battery again I took it to the mechanic and more money to spend also the mechanic told me that it might have some electrical issues inside the car so the mechanic replace again the alternator and battery now the car is running good for now a week pass and leaving home went into my car try to start my car and it took a while to start it sound it like a choke it took me almost 5 times before the car starts so I took the car to the mechanic and the mechanic told me that the fuel pump is going bad and it needed to be replace I spend almost 400 for 2 things now I got to spend more money for a fuel pump this is nonsense.
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