While vehicle was being driven on neighborhood street, approx 25mph it lost transmission engagement and the engine began to rev, the vehicle then came to a screeching halt and would not move. Vehicle was turned off and then started again, moving from park, the transmission would not engage. Told by mechanic that transmission needs to be replaced due to complete failure
2012 Chrysler Town and Country transmission complaints
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Error code p083b
Oil cooler housing defective cracks under pressure or overheating. Driver side power seat failure major safety issues. Power train rough shifting.
When coming to a stop the engine will shut off indeterminately. Will have to put in park and restart the engine.
The transmission on this vehicle has started slipping at 94000 miles. I noticed it happens when taking off.
Front pump in transmission failed. Van will not drive.also have keep replacing sway bar end links, for years since new. Had to replace rear wheel hubs due to bearing failure.
Out of the blue one day, I was hearing a clanging when my car was idling but when I gave it gas the noice seemed to stop. Several different auto shops told me it was the engine gone bad. I found a shop that went a little further in checking and found that my "flywheel " was broke. The inner circle had just cracked completely out of the outer circle, which is very odd because it is a complete solid piece. I did not have any accidendents or blows to the vechicle so its a big surprise that it happened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. While driving 30 to 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure was experienced numerous times. The contact was able to restart the engine. The contact also stated that the engine computer failed, which caused the transmission to downshift. The engine computer failure was experienced numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact also stated that the alternator, battery, and psc and asd relays were replaced by the contact and an independent mechanic; however, the failure was not corrected. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. While driving 50-70 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted after 20 minutes and was able to function normally. The vehicle was taken to autoworld dodge chrysler jeep ram (1370 auto center dr, petaluma, ca 94952, (707) 762-2712) to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not taken back to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 109,000.
Car will be moving and automatically shift to a different gear and something going on electrically with car. As well it shakes a great deal
My car start but don't run . Some vehicles has this problem and they say that is the tipm module. I wish to know if there is a safety recall for this
Started hearing humming from the rear of the vehicle 35-70 MPH. Thought it to be tires. Reviewed recalls and found rt rear wheel bearings recall m13 / the federal safety agency 12v‑141 on my model. Called the dealer who said my car not included . $60 check out and $500 repair. Took it to a local garage paid $350 (attached). Called chrysler customer satisfaction,. No willingness to consider assistance. Unprofessional dealer attitude and only a sorry from chrysler.
At 106000 miles, the transmission went out making a loud noise. According to the mechanic making the repair, the parts inside the transmission were completely disintegrated.
Driving vehicle 45mph on leveled road, vehicle jolted, engine disabled and shut down in motion on highway causing traffic backup. Try to turn vehicle back on and ignition restart was disabled. Power remained. Neither key or key remote would restart vehicle.
There was a recall on the rear quarter vent window switch. This caused an electrical fire inside my van causing all of the windows and electric doors to cease opening, literally trapping my then 3 year old twins inside the van on 11/30/16. Supposedly fixed only to have it happen again 8/31/17. The second issue involves a recall on the powertrain control module when the van was brand new. It had to have reprogramming of software because of poor shift quality. This was done on 1/1/12. The last almost 2 years of my life have revolved around this issue. My van frequently thinks it's stuck in reverse when it is actually in park so it won't start. This can go on for days. It was brought to the dealership on 10/18/16, 11/3/16, 11/30/16, and again on 8/31/17 all for this exact reason. I have numerous time stamped pictures from the 9 month gap that I stopped bringing it in to show it was still doing it. I didn't bring it in, however because the issue was never resolved because no code came up. This time chrysler has came up with 8 things that it is but they are waiting on the back ordered powertrain module to complete the last of the 8 items. In the meantime they are making me pay over $1000 out of pocket for a rental I can't afford. The first time the electrical fire happened I was driving on the express way in an ice storm with my children and dog where there were no exits. The second time it happened, I was driving with the girl I babysit on a 50mph road. When the car thinls it's in reverse, it sometimes happens when I am in the pickup line at school causing other parents tp get angry when I am blocking everyone. Sometimes I go to start my car and it's fine, other days or minutes it thinks it's in reverse. It has been the bain of my existence. *tt no inspection, ro with complaint of "vehicle filled with smoke": 1/11/2016, p25 open at the time of the event updated 7/23/18
Fly wheel flex plate it was a sound like marbles rattling in a tin can at idle and at low speed . It wound up being the fly wheel / flex plate cracking all around the bolt pattern. My mechanic found and repaired it before it blew apart.
My van has only 36,714 miles on it and I had to replace the right front wheel bearing costing $496.24 today. I have heard of a wheel bearing issue recall involving 2012 town and country vans. Is my van a part of this recall?
This car is need camshafts, gaskets and valve arms in both side plus more the car only has 64,000 I put only 18,000 in 2 years keep the car up to date with oil change been complaining since day one that something is wrong with the car had a diagnostic by one chrysler dealer paid by the private dealer I bought the car from and cut not find anything wrong with it after a year of it the car need camshafts, valve arms in both sides and gaskets for a cost of 1,100. One of the parts was under guarantee by chrysler like the left side but not the right side.
I had a 2005 town and country but had to purchase another car because someone hit my car and totaled it. I purchased the subject vehicle in late 2012. I had to replace the transmission in 2015 and not quite 2 years later, the new rebuilt transmission is slipping. The transmission was replaced by a chrysler dealership. I was on my way to pick up my son. As I increased speed the engine started making a loud whistling noise (kind of). The RPM indicator was going back and forth. Going 25 MPH it was almost at three. It took a very hard effort to get the car to go 40 MPH.
Transmission intermittently locks into 2nd gear and will not shift up or down until vehicle is restarted. This issue has happened approximately 45 times in the last 6 months with the cold months of december and january each having 10 instances. This problem happens just after starting vehicle and putting into drive. The vehicle may thunk or lurch forward just after starting motion which indicates the transmission has malfunctioned. There are no codes thrown to the TCM. If it does not happen in the 1st 30 seconds it will not happen. Manufacturer has not fixed the problem as they cannot duplicate but it is so intermittent that they will never be able to duplicate. Dealer seems unwilling to discover what the problem is. Dealer states manufacturer has no records of such an issue while there are many on the internet who have had the same of similar issues. Vehicle has been into the dealer multiple times with same result. First visit the dealer replaced a cylinder head for a known cylinder #2 misfire issue.
Chrysler is hiding a major problem with their transmission to engine software. The van is unsafe to drive when it hesitates and and then jolts forward. This occurs both when the car is at a dead stop or when changing lanes in heavy traffic. The engine jumps to high RPM when you give it a little gas, but then it does not shift to the proper gear unless you let off of the gas pedal completely. I have been trying to resolve this problem with the dealerships for 3 years. I think they don't know how to fix the problem because chrysler doesn't know. The lurching forward and hesitation between the transmission.and engine RPM is a very serious safety problem!!!!!!.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated to approximately 80 MPH without warning. The contact's wife depressed the brake pedal to slow down the vehicle, but it became uncontrollable and would not slow down. The contact reached over and turned off the engine. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and restarted after a few minutes; however, the engine rpms immediately increased to 4,000. The contact disconnected the battery and reconnected it after about one minute. The vehicle restarted and the failure did not recur. The failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,600. Updated 12/01/15*lj; updated 4/10/18*jb
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the speed suddenly reduced and the vehicle stalled. After restarting the engine, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle failed to drive or reverse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,198.
When backing up I came to a stop. I shifted from reverse to drive. The van felt like it was hit from behind. Something in the transmission causes a hard bang. This happens about 40% of the time. I had it into 2 chrysler dealers and they say it is normal. They reprogrammed the computer several times to no avail.
When traveling to florida from buffalo, the battery light on the dash came on just outside of orlando,florida. It slowing started to affect the vehicle with the transmission not shifting and resulted in the engine running at 5000 RPM just to maintain 55 MPH in a construction zone with no pull off to safely leave the highway. The battery finally died when we reached our destination and it was the alternator that had malfunctioned. The temperature that day was over 100 f. It could have caused an accident had I not overworked the engine.
1 week after I bought my van the car started vibrating when the vehicle was stopped (waiting at the light). I went to the dealer to ask them if there was a recall for this problem they first say that there was no problem and then I read that there was a recall for some vehicles having debris on the engines, so they replaced half of the heads in the engine. The vehicle stopped vibrating, but then I notice that when speeding or slowing down the vehicle does not responds to the change in gears or isn?t accelerating like it should. Also while coming to a stop the transmission would not downshift causing the car to lunge forward. It would vibrate when coming to stop.
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