2013 Chrysler Town and Country: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed May 21, 2024 · Electrical · IL

The passenger side rear sliding door will not lock and it periodically opens on its own. There is no warning or reason for this occurrence. It has happened multiple times and seems to be happening more often as time goes on. The vehicle has not been professionally inspected.

Filed Dec 21, 2022 · Electrical · TX

Horn, and door locks activate randomly. Now vehicle will crank but not turn over. Research and troubleshooting confirms a bad TIPM which was recalled in other Dodge and Jeep vehicles, but not the Chrysler Town and Country.

Filed Mar 29, 2022 · MN

Door locks emit a loud, annoying "buzzer sound" when locking. The locking mechanism was inspected by a repair company. The cost to repair was more expensive than we cared to pay.

Filed Aug 12, 2021 · Electrical · MN

The rear passenger sliding door lock actuator has failed. There is a loud buzzing noise when the door unlocks. I was told eventually the lock will fail entirely which is a huge safety risk. There would be the potential for someone to steal the car or worse.

Filed Jan 7, 2019 · Body, Driver assistance · 132,000 miles · TX

On september 2018 while driving on the highway my 2013 chrysler town and country started stalling notice that it was losing power I barely made it home when I try to open side doors notice that none of the power side doors wouldn't open they were stuck we can't open the doors and once we turned off the van it wouldn't start we thought it was the battery so we got a new one, but the battery wasn't the problem. Because when we connected the battery it turned on but once again we shut down the engine it wouldn't start again... We notice it started making a noise and losing power and the engine shut down and it wouldn't start again so we decided to disconnecting the battery so we can see if it would turn on the next day and it but so that it what we have to do everytime we would go somewhere. But than we started having problems with the transmission it started failing so now we are also having to deal with the transmission...all this is driving us crazy never had problems with my other 2 to van's that we bought before, but this one is a lemon if its not one thing it's another last year we had problems with the engine had to take it in to the dealership and now all this electrical and transmission problems I actually don't know what to do....please help that is my only vehicle to get to work.

Filed Apr 14, 2018 · Electrical · 42,000 miles · MI

I believe I have a faulty tipm, you know that part that many, many other drivers have dealt with but you refuse to do a recall on! I was driving and the traction control light turned on, my brake lights were flashing and my drivers side passenger power door said 'function not available' when I tried to open it. After driving around the corner I felt the car bog down (almost felt like it went into overdrive) so I pulled over and turned the car off. It would not turn back on. The engine would not turn over. The heat turned on by itself, the engine light, airbag light, electronic throttle control, and battery lights all came on and stayed on. My husband had to come jump me and I only made it a few blocks for it happened again. My husband thought it was the alternator due to the headlights and dash lights flashing so he took it out to get tested. Tested fine. Tried the battery and it was drained. Replaced the battery today and the battery light has stayed on. We drove somewhere and it bogged down and sensor lights turned on. It got to the point that it wouldn't even stay on when jumped, doors wouldn't open, I couldn't even lock/unlock it. My husband is beyond frustrated with this. I do not feel safe driving the car again even after we figure out what's going on and fix it. Thank goodness it never 'stalled' when I was on a major road/freeway with my 3 kids. This is completely unsafe and needs a recall and to be fixed! I shouldn't have to pay $1,200+ because of a faulty part my car was built with!

Filed Apr 23, 2014 · Body · 6,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 chrysler town and country van. The contact stated the driver's side sliding door would constantly become stuck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the technician diagnosed that the door latch needed to be replaced. The repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacture was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 6,000 and the current mileage was 14,000.

Filed Apr 26, 2013 · Body · 100 miles · CA

On the way home from purchasing the vehicle I stopped to walk the dogs. I turned off the ignition and walked over to the passenger side. I opened the door with the door handle. The door was about 3/4 open when I reached in to get the dog's leashes. Even though the door hadn't completely opened it suddenly started closing rapidly. I was able to get my head out but not my arm. The door closed on my arm and trapped me. In order to stop the closing door I grabbed the door and pulled on the door with my left hand and it stopped. If I had not reacted this way the door would have crushed my arm. I then had to reach over with my left hand and use the door handle to open the door and free myself. I have a couple of scrapes on my arm, it is slightly swollen and sore but luckily it didn't break. If I hadn't seen the door start to close it could have trapped my head. If my dogs would have been in the doorway they would have been killed. This vehicle is supposed to have a safety stop if anything is in the doorway.