2015 Chrysler Town and Country: jerking or lurching

Filed Jul 31, 2025 · Acceleration · IN

when coming to a stop the van will jerk, and when taking off it acts like it does not want to catch the gear, now we are expirancing no take off, it will not go past 20 miles, and when we try the engine will rev up and will not pick up speed.

Filed Feb 5, 2025 · Transmission · KY

Wife was driving vehicle home and loud whining began. Vehicle started to jerk on way home. Got home to driveway and car would not pull itself up the hill of driveway. Vehicle will not shift into any gear now except park.

Filed Dec 3, 2022 · Transmission · FL

While driving the transmission started to make a loud whistling sound and would not change gears appropriately. At 5-6 thousand RPMs the vehicle would jam into the appreciate gear and cause the car to abruptly lurch forward and shudder. Upon examination of the transmission fluid, it was black and smelled burnt, and contained bits of metal. No previous OBD codes or engine lights identified any issues. After driving an additional 5 miles the vehicle would not accelerate or engage into drive (any gear) or reverse.

Filed Nov 29, 2022 · Electrical, Seat belts · FL

Last month when driving my van started to stall when driving came to a stop at a light and the engine jerked, light turned green started to drive and it wouldn't go over 30 then all of a sudden it speeded up and the started making a weird sound pulled, off into a parking lot wasn't able to get it all the way in a parking spot. Called to have it towed. The transmission blew and it only has 65,000 miles. That cost me alot to get a transmission. Now the seatbelt on drivers side will not lock into place. Which I don't know what to do with that because you have to wear a seatbelt. When I bought this van brand new I had a lot of electrical issues kept taking it to the dealer they could never find anything. Lights would dim when driving, they was suppose to hook a machine up to it and it would register what was going on, this was requested by Chrysler when I couldn't get anywhere with the dealer ship. Chrysler set it up I go to the dealer and they don't have that equipment so they said they couldn't do anything, called Chrysler back told them was suppose to hear from someone never did. I feel this van is a death trap. The side doors act like they don't want to close at times. I have kept up on regular maintenance on the van. I just feel that when you pay $30,000.00 for a vehicle and take care of it things should last longer. I know it's 7 years old but low mileage and taken care of.

Filed Apr 9, 2021 · Transmission · 68,500 miles · GA

Over the course of having the vehicle for the past 3 years. We have had a number of odd occurrences where when driving the van it has a hard time shifting while climbing a hill, when pulling away quickly from a stopped position or when coming to a stop. The issue is always when the transmission is shifting. We have had it looked at but they could not replicate the issue, until. When driving to the grocery store the van would not go into gear while trying to leave the parking lot onto a major city highway. The van jerked and shook and then revved very loudly getting to almost 8000 rpms. The car then lurched forward almost causing us to collide into traffic. After this instance we decided a to call the issue in. Upon our initial call, the warranty was expired and they would not be able to do any repairs under the warranty. When searching for recalls while none showed for our particular VIN, many others have had this same issue. Given the nature of the issue we can confirm that cause of the issue is losing hydraulic pressure. This faulty component nearly cost the lives of my 5 family members as well as other that could have been injured.

Filed Sep 6, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 35,000 miles · VA

1) the automatic transmission is jerking when it switches to another gear at speeds less than about 40 MPH. 2) the back up camera stopped working right at 35,000 miles.

Filed Sep 4, 2019 · Transmission · 84,332 miles · TX

Transmission jerks after just 5-10 minutes of running the vehicle. In heavy stop and go traffic, it jerks and trembles, then shuts down after stopping. This is still happening even two months after it was repaired by the dealer.

Filed Aug 3, 2019 · Transmission · 43,000 miles · AZ

When I brake at a light there is a jerking and hesitation.. One time it stalled out completely right after breaking at the light on a busy city street

Filed Aug 18, 2017 · Transmission · 15,700 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler town and country. While driving, the vehicle switched in and out of gear, accelerated without warning, and seized. While attempting to place the gear shifter in drive, the vehicle jerked and the battery key fob indicator illuminated, which indicated a battery change. The vehicle was taken to community chrysler dodge jeep ram of martinsville (555 in-37, martinsville, in 46151 (765) 342-5000) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for routine maintenance. The dealer test drove the vehicle and informed the contact that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The vehicle was left at the dealer and the contact was provided with a loaner vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 15,700. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Jun 30, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 26,888 miles · FL

Engine hesitates and transmission jerks upon accelerating and at times during normal highway and /or stop and go traffic. Complained to dealership where car was purchased twice (locates on route 60 brandon fl) and response was no issues encountered. Mind you manufacturer warranty is about to expire.

Filed Jul 1, 2015 · Transmission · 30 miles · NY

Accelerator pedal has a 1 - 2 second delay. Dangerous when merging onto highway or need to do a fast pass. Pressing gas pedal, even to the floor, does nothing for a second or two, then transmission hits hard and jerks the car forward with force, almost losing control.