When driving the vehicle this morning at approximately 7 a.m. Period on major road in lake orion michigan when driving in approximately 40 miles per hour. The car shut down, turned off. Steering wheel locked up. While daughter was in the car also. Had to pull off in the middle of the major road. No codes appeared on the dash. Full tank of gas. Just had the oil changed the day before. At friendly chevrolet in lapeer michigan. Already notified the dealership. They advised with no codes not sure if they can help out at all. They were very helpful though. And courteous.
2012 Chrysler Town and Country steering complaints
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While driving at various speeds the van will shut off we will lose power steering and brakes you lose all power as if the key is off,I will jiggle the key and it will start back up or it will power up, you shift into nuetral and turn the key and start back up it is intermittent and it could happen while driving slow or driving 70mph down the highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. While the vehicle was parked, the push to start button was depressed and the vehicle was shifted into reverse. Suddenly, the vehicle stalled and rolled backwards. The contact activated the emergency brake and shut off the vehicle. The vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure occurred intermittently. The approximate failure mileage was 37,000.
Steering wheel did not properly function with the front wheel axel causing a accident on 8/23/2014, it was difficult steering on right turns and left and the vehicle would have wide turns.
When I start the car it will run fine and then the ignition switch will turn off leaving me with steering and braking power dead. Sometimes I will try to start the car and it will not start and the starter will just keep going so the only way I can get the starter to stop is to put it in drive. This has happened several times and fortunately I was driving at low speed or stopped. Had it happened at higher speeds or on the freeway, it could have resulted in a deadly crash. I took it into the dealer and they said it was a defective ignition switch and replaced the switch. So far the problem has not recurred. My complaint is also that I have asked the dealer and chrysler motors for reimbursement, $450.00 and so far they have refused because it was not an item on their recall list and I was out of warranty on mileage. I know that chrysler has known about defective ignition switches for several years so why have they not notified owners. This is a very dangerous problem, like gm had.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the contact heard a loud screeching sound from under the vehicle. After inspecting the vehicle the contact noticed that the front passenger side tie rod disconnected and the other three wheels were pointing forward. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where the technicians replaced the tie rod. They also advised that a lug nut was not tightened correctly. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 2,766. Updated 04/10/12*lj updated 04/16/12
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