Car dies/stalls at random when moving. Have been going 70 MPH down the rd and it has happened. When this happens it causes us to lose powered steering. This is extremely dangerous! It has stalled/died at various speeds. Sometimes soon starting the vehicle will die right away. Alternator has been replaced and that is not the issue.
2013 Chrysler Town and Country steering complaints
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The engine seizes without warning. It simply shuts off. This effectively limits both the breaking and the power steering. This is dangerous as there are no warning light indicators, no audible notifications, no error codes. Going 70 MPH we were nearly killed when the motor died and we lost our breaking and steering ability. This has happened on multiple occasions with no rhyme nor reason. Long trips or short, fast or slow, interstate or in town. It needs to be addressed as this is a major issue. A cursory glance at internet forums will reveal that mine is not simply an isolated event.
The van randomly shuts down while driving this makes it hard to steer and could cause an accident because of the power loss and steering. The van must be shifted into neutral or park to restart. This can be very difficult especially on the highway. Sometimes it smells like an electrical fire. It has been looked at by several mechanics with nothing found. *ln
While driving van shut down. All electoral worked but no brakes or power steering. Like the key. Was in acc not on
2013 chrysler town and country stalls with now warning or error cause car to lose power steering and coast to a stop. It has happened with no patter at various speeds and types of driving. It is a very dangerous as it has happened many times often at hight speeds and in traffic. I have seen that many others have had this same safety issue and no resolution has come of it.
My vehicle shuts down randomly. I can be going 55mph, 45 MPH, 35mph, 25mph, 10mph, at a stop light, as well as turning, it has happened during any and all of those. No turn signals, power steering, brakes. Been happening months. 1 dealer and 2 mechanics cannot find any issue. Occured 7 times today in a 3 mile round trip.
My wife was driving 40 MPH and the engine turned off. It was 5 pm and rush hour with cars all around her. She noticed a walgreens coming on her right. She had no turn signal to alert the driver behind her. My wife tried to slow down to turn but realized that she had no brakes. She turned into the parking lot and had no power steering. She had to use the emergency brake to stop. My wife had both my sons in the car with her. She then put the car in park and was able to turn the car back on. This has happened two times before this. Each time I have brought it to the dealer and they say there is nothing showing up and it doesn't do it when they drive the vehicle. Chrysler was contacted on 4/1/19 and they issued a case number 58294804. They asked if I wanted to get it fixed or a buyback. I said buyback. I called on 4/3/19 to check the status and they said they are still investigating.
Vehicle shuts down with no advance warning! There are no error or fault codes stored in the PCM. Very dangerous while operating on the highway. The vehicle is totally disabled when this occurs. The condition seems to be a common problem with chrysler products as described on the internet. Someone (fed. Govt.) should immediately launch an investigation into this serious and/or deadly situation. The vehicle has approximately 74000 miles on the odometer. Someone please help! Today it happened three times.
I drove my eldorado equipped handicap van (mileage was only 38k) for approximately 2 miles without incident. I was in a parking lot and was pulling away from an atm and suddenly the steering felt sloppy or like a flat tire. I checked the tires and all was fine. I pulled onto a city street and the steering stopped working. The steering wheel was not aligning with the direction of the tires. I immediately got off the road.
On may 9th 2018 while driving the car down a two way street not far from a school zone it basically locked but the engine was still running. The vehicle was still in motion but I could not steer because the wheel was locked, I could not stop because the brake did not work, I almost crashed and died. I had to jump a curb to slow the vehicle down and avoid accidents. I was then able to turn off the vehicle. This is extremely dangerous and sounds like defective parts in the vehicle that need to be reported as a recall to the manufacturer. The public needs to know as many lives on the road are at risk and we want answers and the problem resolved by the manufacturer.
I was traveling at 20 MPH and turned right onto another street. In mid-turn, the engine cut off without warning and all power steering and power brakes failed. I nearly missed a car on the corner as the car turned. Because I was unable to brake, I am not sure how the van stopped without any response from the brakes. Once I came to a stop, I put the car back into park and restarted the car. We bought this car new on 2/13/2013 and have not had this problem before. We do see reports of many chrysler town and country vans and dodge caravans reporting this problem going back to 1996, with some recalls along the way. It appears that this is an old issue that has not been properly addressed by chrysler.
?last march I was driving on highway in rush hour, 60 ? 65 MPH. Van shuts off, breaks do not work, and steering wheel is locked. All I could do is wait until the van coasted to a stop; I put it in park and then started it back up again in order to exit the expressway. ?took the van in. They kept it for over a week and then told me that they replaced something with the brakes and now it is working fine. ?(11/04/14), I was on vacation in ohio. Going 40 MPH and the same thing happened. Again, I was lucky and no accident. ?took the van to nearest dealership. They charged me $79 to check out the car ? And they did not find anything. I would have thought that would have been a covered charge. ?chrysler ?escalated my ticket to corporate? And they also asked me if I felt safe driving my van home. I did not feel safe ? But really did not see a choice because all the dealership and the surrounding car rental places had to offer me was a small car and I had 3 people, luggage and a wheelchair to get home. ?I drove side roads home ? The total trip took me an additional 9 hours instead of 4.5. (11/06/14) the car shut down again on me ? No one was on the road at the time. ?(11/07/14) ray laetham dealership in grosse pointe, michigan. ?11/12/14 dealership asked several questions about the car and said the engineers at chrysler have given them additional things to try ?11/14/14 dealership tells me I can pick up my van. Engineers have decided that it must have been the e85 gas that I had been using "which has been known to cause problems" even though that is the gas that I was told to use. Hopefully I will survive the last 6 months of my lease. I have a van that I cannot drive my family in.
Multiple times windshield wipers began going and warning lights flashed inside the car and windows went down with out being powered and doors open and shut by themselves. Three times the car engine spontaneously shut down while driving losing power steering and brakes. Had it to multiple dealers - no code on the computer system so no one would do anything to fix it. Frequent conversations with customer service for chrysler... Nothing they can do. We've been instructed by chrysler to keel a journal every time our car shuts down while driving... That's their solution. Even with this journal (assuming my family continues to survive the shut downs where we lose control of the brakes and steering while moving down the road) if there is no code chrysler will have no solution.
The vehicle drifts to the right at any speed but the drift is greater at highway speeds. The steering wheel has to be held 8-10 degrees to the left to keep the car straight. The vehicle has been back to the dealer 5 times and still has not been corrected.
Took delivery of a brand new 2013 chrysler town and country touring van with 4 miles on it on thursday, june 20, 2013. Drove it home approximately 10 miles. Took it out for the first ride on saturday june 22, 2013 and while driving, engine failed without warning and I lost all power to vehicle. Started it back up and vehicle did this again. Continued to start up and shut down without warning about four times. Called road side assistance and car was towed back to dealership. Service department can not duplicate the problem. Corporate office is of no help. Without fixing the problem, this will happen again. This is a serious problem that can cause a serious or fatal accident and chrysler has not addressed the problem. They did recall their prior models for this exact problem - recall #72674.the problem is continuing with their newer models but chrysler does not seem interested. Meanwhile, I have a brand new vehicle sitting at the dealership less than a week old that I am afraid to drive my family in. There have been over 57 reports in the chrysler town and country forum of this exact problem - some involving accidents with children as passengers. Chrysler is selling unsafe vehicles putting children at risk of serious harm. I can provide the names of all the people I spoke with at chrysler - their customer service unit, and their top care unit - along with all those I am dealing with at the dealership. I have a meeting with the dealership monday, july 1st. However, unless the problem is fixed, this vehicle remains unsafe to drive. I have put chrysler on notice, the dealership and now you, that this vehicle is unsafe and can cause serious injury to the passengers and other innocent drivers. Please do not wait for a fatality to investigate this.
As I was backing out of a parking space, I lost power steering and power brakes. Steering was very stiff and brakes were hard. It was similar to when the car stalls, but the car was still running. I put the car in drive and attempted to pull forward. Still no power steering or power brakes. I put the car in park and no change. I turned off the vehicle, waited a minute or two and then restarted it. Car was fine then. When this occurred, no indicators lit on the dash. I took the car to the dealer and they were unable to replicate the problem or determine any cause of the problem. They did not test drive the car, as it still had the same mileage as when I dropped it off.
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