2014 Chrysler Town and Country: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Apr 1, 2023 · Engine · LA

The rocker arms have failed twice and caused a constantly flashing check engine light. I was told by the mechanic that this is a common problem with the 3.6 liter engine and if you continue to drive you will have catastrophic engine damage. The engine shudders and shakes and will not respond as it should. It constantly needs spark plugs. There is a constant ticking in the engine, it misfires and when it loses power you have to make a quick maneuver to avoid being hit. This model requires constant repair. My Chrysler trained mechanic said that there is no permanent repair. He called the Town and County 3.6 liter junk. While going out of town the engine slowed from 80mph to 40mph. An 18 wheeler behind me slammed on brakes and blew his horn. I had to drive off of the road to avoid being killed. I could not drive over 40mph. I found the closest hotel for the night and had to have the vehicle towed the next morning.

Filed Feb 10, 2021 · Engine · 80,000 miles · TN

My vehicle has a ticking problem (lifter) for over 8 months. I need to get it fixed and no one works on the engine. Only the dealer. Secondly, my engine light comes on for the thermostat gauge.

Filed Nov 20, 2020 · Engine · 127,000 miles · MO

Vehicle had leaking plastic oil filter housing at 110k miles. After review online, noticed this is a very common design issue all over the 3.6 pentastar v6. Then at 127k, I have now been informed after engine started ticking while driving that timing chain, camshaft etc have failed and engine must be rebuilt and or replaced entirely. I have owned many vehicles and never had one with an engine failure at this low mileage. Small fixes, of course but total catastrophic engine part failure at 127k? Chrysler should be ashamed of this poorly designed engine. They know this engine has problems as they extended engine warranties for 2011-2013 models but I feel like they leave their customers with newer engines high and dry. I will never buy another fca product again as long as I live, and I am a young father with many more vehicles left to buy in my life - this was my first fca vehicle.

Filed Oct 13, 2020 · Airbags · 85,000 miles · MA · 1 injury

Car just parked in parking spot and passenger took seatbelt off and started to pull door lever. Passenger headrest airbag bursted open, knocking the passenger head forward. Headrest made a loud bang. The motion and force of the headrest banged against the back of passenger head causing instant headache and whiplash.

Filed Sep 13, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 85,000 miles · WI

I've listed a date below I don't recall the exact date, don't recall the exact mileage, or the exact speed everything listed herein is approximate, if it had happened all day everyday then I could've remembered, but the following has happened on multiple occasions both in winter and in summer. 1. Vehicle has stopped on me while driving multiple times, doesn't otherwise seem to drive rough, it has also stalled on me while driving and I make "y" turns or am driving and stop at a stop sign. I put the van back in park, and it will start back up. It doesn't happen while the car is in park. Sometimes there is a burning smell that is similar to the smell of an airplane. 2. Ticking noise when I start and continues while I'm driving and increases as I accelerate. 3. Heat and A/C will turn on, on its own, turns on the rear first, and then the front seats after, I can turn it off and it will repeat the process (I've actually recorded it happening). 4. Left passenger door closes on its own, won't stay open, clicking noise even if it's closed. 5. Interior lights and radio will flicker and go dim then bright (as if switching from night to daytime throughout the whole time I'm driving frequently happens).

Filed May 11, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 130,000 miles · CA

Suddenly experienced bad jerking above 35 MPH and found out was a misfires. Replaced 2 spark plugs. Misfires still occurring which can now be felt while idle (jolt/hiccups and around 50-60 MPH). Can also hear engine ticking. Common with 2011-2013 engines and 2014 engines are the same so extended warranty should be provided as well.

Filed Mar 17, 2020 · Engine · OH

When we purchased the van in 2018, the dealer told us the number 2 head was replaced and camshaft because of rocker arm ticking, now last fall I had to replace 8 rocker arms on the same head. Chrysler extended the warranties on 2011 thru 2013, but the 2014 has the same exact engine. Why isn't it covered under the extened warranty, I need another camshaft.

Filed Mar 5, 2020 · Electrical · 93,000 miles · MI

The vehicle's entire electrical system shut down one day upon starting in my garage. It was still driveble, but there were no working electrical components. I took it to an excellent independent shop and they were unable to diagnose the problem, and said it needed to go to a chrysler service center. Chrysler determined that the blind spot sensors had failed, which is a $2000 repair. We inquired as to whether the sensors could be bypassed and were told they could not. We were then told, both by the original shop and the chrysler service center, that this would happen again, most likely within the next 50k miles, due to the location of the sensors being under the bumper immediately behind the rear tires. In that spot they take the brunt of the elements kicked up by the tires, which after prolonged exposure causes them to fail. They are not able to be cleaned effectively because they are located within a cavity that cannot be reached. I then called a body shop to see whether we could add some sort of cover to the cavity to prevent the debris from hitting the sensors, and was told this was not possible. The body shop, the original shop and the chrysler service center all told me independently that this was a design flaw and a safety issue in the vehicle that existed in model years 2011-2016, and was later corrected when chrysler redesigned the town and country into the pacifica. We live on a dirt road and now have a six year old vehicle that is a ticking time bomb for this exact issue to continue to occur for as long as we own it.

Filed Mar 28, 2019 · Engine · 84,000 miles · AL

Exactly one year ago my van (72,000 miles) started misfiring / idling rough (code: p0301), I changed the coil and spark plug in cylinder 1. This did not correct the problem. A short time after the engine started making a loud ticking noise. I still had miles left on my warranty so took it for service. The dealer replaced both cam shafts, 12 rocker arms and 12 tappet-valve lash on the back side. This repaired the issue until a couple months later - the oil filter housing started leaking. Repaired that, another huge issue. Now as of yesterday, the van is showing (code: p0304) misfiring and idling rough. I now fear the same issue is brewing on the front side (cylinders 2,4,6).

Filed Feb 2, 2016 · Brakes · 38,000 miles · IL

I was pulling into a parking space in a busy shopping center. Fortunately I was parking in front of a grassy area where there were no parked cars or people present. As I slowly pulled in with my foot on the brake, my car accelerated in an abrupt manner up into the grassy area. It would have kept going but was stopped by an icy mound of snow. My foot never left the foot pedal. I am only five feet tall and I have small feet. The gas pedal was no where near my foot. The speed the car accelerated at was frightening. My 11-year-old son was in the car with me. Several people tried to shovel me out of this spot to get my car off the hill, but they were unsuccessful because the snow bank was all ice and they could not shovel it. I had to get my car towed out of this spot because it was stuck on the snow bank which was the very thing that stopped the car from going farther in an uncontrolled way. The dealership checked the codes and nothing came up. My car was not doing anything strange before this event and is not doing anything strange now which is even more frightening because it feels like a ticking time bomb that can repeat this event without any warning whatsoever. I will be calling chrysler after writing this complaint.