What 635 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Chrysler Town And Country

I WAS DRIVING UP HILL IN THE CITY OF MUSCATINE AND MY AUTOMOBILE STARTED ROARING AND ACCELERATING NEAR A STOP SIGN AND I COULD NOT GET THE AUTO TO STOP. I ENDED UP HITTING A CURB AND CRASHED INTO TWO TREES AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. THE AIRBAGS IN THE FRONT AND THE SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR WERE IMPACTED AND THE FRONT ALSO. THE CAR WAS STILL ROARING WHEN EMERGENCY PERSONAL ARRIVED TO ASSIST ME. THIS CAUSED ME TO HAVE SEIZURES AND WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. THE UPS DRIVER HEARD THE CAR ROARING AND ME CRASHING INTO THE TREES.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE KEY WAS REMOVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE DRIVE POSITION. WHEN THE CONTACT RETURNED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED OFF AND CRASHED INTO TWO VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,025.

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THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WHEN THE DRIVER ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PRESSED THE IGNITION BUTTON TO TURN THE VEHICLE, KEEPING HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AS THE VEHICLE STARTED, THE WIPERS CAME ON AT HIGH SPEED WITHOUT HAVING BEEN TURNED ON AT THE TIME OR PREVIOUSLY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ENGINE REVVED AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE IN REVERSE DESPITE BEING IN PARK WITH THE DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS OPEN AND CRASHED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR, EJECTING THE DRIVER WHO HAD NOT EVEN HAD TIME TO PUT HER ON SEAT BELT. THE VAN CONTINUED TO REVERSE DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WHERE IT COMPLETED (ALMOST) A 180 DEGREE TURN. THE VAN FINALLY CAME TO A STOP ROLLING UP AGAINST A SIDEWALK CURB WITH A COUPLE MORE ENGINE REVS. A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DRIVER WAS THE FIRST TO THE VEHICLE AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP. HE NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. HE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF BY PRESSING THE IGNITION BUTTON. THE OWNER OF THE VAN AND DRIVER ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VEHICLE'S AND THEIR SAFETY AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS INCIDENT. *TT

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I GOT INTO THE CAR WHICH HAD BEEN PARKED ON A HILL. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FACED UPWARD. I TURNED ON THE ENGINE AND PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. (AT THAT MOMENT I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THE BRAKE WAS STIFF). I SWITCHED GEARS INTO DRIVE AND IT SLOWLY SLID BACKWARD DOWN THE HILL. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME. I PRESSED HARDER WITHOUT ANY REACTION FROM THE BRAKES OTHER THAT A GRINDING NOISE. THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN BUT GAINED MOMENTUM AS IT ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SLOW MOTION ACCIDENT, I HAD TIME IN WHICH I DOUBLE CHECKED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE BRAKE AND THAT I WAS INDEED PRESSING THE BRAKE AND NOT THE GAS. I HAVE A DASHCAM VIDEO IF YOU NEED. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM: WHENEVER THE CAR IS COLD AND ON A STEEP HILL WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR FACING UPWARD, THE BRAKES STIFFEN UP AS IF THE ENGINE IS OFF AND YOU PUMP THE BRAKE AND IT IS HARD. I HAVE NOTIFIED CHRYSLER WHO IS OPENING AN INVESTIGATION. I SO FAR HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I DETECTED A BURNING SMELL. I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY LEGS. I LIFTED MY LEG AND SAW A GLOWING HEATING COIL IN THE SEAT. I TURNED OFF THE HEATED SEAT SWITCH AND PULLED TO THE CURB TO FURTHER CHECK OUT THE SITUATION. I REALIZED THE SMOKE/FIRE HAD STOPPED AND DROVE TO A PARKING AREA AND CHECKED THE SEAT AGAIN. THE DANGER SEEMED PAST SO I WENT TO DINNER. MY WIFE AND I RETURNED HOME WITH THE SEAT HEATER OFF. THE NEXT MORNING THE DEALER WAS CALLED AND THE CAR TAKEN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. *TR

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I HAD PARK THE VAN SO I COULD GET SOME GAS. I GOT OUT TO PAID FOR THE GAS AND SPOKE TO THE ATTENDANT FOR A FEW MINUTES. WALKING BACK TO THE VAN WHERE I LEFT IT BY THE GAS PUMP THE VAN WAS ROLLING INTO A 2004 FORD EXPLORER. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPEN. WELL OF COURSE I CALL LOCAL POLICE AND I GOT A TICKET AND I WASN'T IN THE VAN. THIS WAS A RENTER VAN, WENT THE NEXT DAY TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPEN. THE AGENT INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD BE TAKING IN FOR SERVICE. WELL HERE IT IS MIDDLE OF OCT. AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THE VAN ROLL BY ITSELF. THE ONLY THING GOT WAS A BILL AND IT IS PAID. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND SEE IF YOU COULD SOLVE THIS MATTER. *TR

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SUBJECT VEHICLE (2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN, VEHICLE 2) WAS INVOLVED IN COLLISION ACCIDENT WITH 2005 FORD MUSTANG (VEHICLE 1). VEHICLE 1 PULLED OUT FROM A STOP SIGN TO TURN LEFT ONTO 4 LANE THOROUGHFARE WITH A LARGE TRUCK TURNING RIGHT ONTO STREET WHERE VEHICLE 1 WAS STOPPED. VEHICLE 1 DRIVER'S VIEW OF TRAFFIC WAS HINDERED BY TURNING TRUCK. VEHICLE 2 WAS IN THE INSIDE LANE PASSING THE TRUCK. VEHICLE 2'S RIGHT FRONT CORNER COLLIDED WITH LEFT FRONT CORNER OF VEHICLE 1 AT FULL VEHICLE SPEED SINCE DRIVER OF VEHICLE 1 DID NOT SEE VEHICLE 2 PULLING OUT AROUND TRUCK IN TIME TO BRAKE. VEHICLE 2 DRIVER SIDE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG, DRIVER SIDE KNEE AIRBAG AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ALL DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN VEHICLE 1. DRIVER OF VEHICLE 1 SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE ABRASIONS AND BRUISING OF BOTH LEGS FROM THE KNEES DOWN AND OF ONE FOOT FROM THE FORCE OF THE KNEE AIRBAG. THE KNEE AIRBAG ALSO PREVENTED THE DRIVER FROM PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE SINCE THE AIRBAG WAS BETWEEN HER FEET AND VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED 3-4 CAR LENGTHS CROSSING INTO THE ONCOMING LANES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AGAINST THE CURB ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET. THE KNEE AIRBAG APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE CAUSING MORE INJURY THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED WITHOUT IT AND ALSO HINDERING DRIVER ACCESS TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT DID NOT CAUSE ANY BRUISING OR NOTICEABLE INJURY TO THE DRIVER OTHER THAN MINOR SORENESS IN THE CHEST. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ALSO DEPLOYED AND BROKE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, A CHILD'S FINGER BECAME STUCK IN THE HEADPHONES THAT WERE EQUIPPED FOR THE FACTORY DVD PLAYER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE HEADPHONES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 08/14/14*LJ

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