What 381 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Chrysler Town And Country

THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD, WE CAME FROM A SHORT 4 DAYS VACATION IN ELKO NEVADA, WE ARE HEADING HOME BUT AFTER PASSING DONNER PASS APPROACHING COLFAX THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE, RPM SHOOTS UP BUT THE VEHICLE STRUGGLES TO SPEED UP AND COME TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING ANYMORE EVEN IT WAS IN THE DRIVE MODE UNLESS YOU TRY TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THEN IT WILL MOVE JUST A FEW METERS AWAY AND THE SAME STORY. THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO CALL ON AAA TOWING SERVICE EVEN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. NEED YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING THIS MATTER.

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CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION OF POOR OPERATION, RESULTING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND LOSS POWER BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN 12 DAYS ON NOV 14 AND NOW NOV 26 WHILE DRIVING TO WHOLE FAMILY TO THANKSGIVING. MECHANIC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VERY SCARY. CAR HAS 76K MILES. CAR WILL START RIGHT BACK UP AFTER 20 MIN AND RUN PERFECTLY FINE. CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY.

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HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I'VE HAD BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS REPLACED TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. HIGH BEAMS, SIGNAL, PARKING LIGHTS ALL WORK AS THEY SHOULD. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THE HID HEADLIGHT BALLAST NEEDED REPLACED. NO POWER GOING TO LOW BEAMS. HAD IT REPLACED AND LIGHTS WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. NOW I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I JUST BOUGHT THE VAN IN JULY. I'VE SEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL.

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DRIVER HEADREST DEPLOYED RANDOMLY. CAR WASN'T IN ANY SORT OF COLLISION. PLASTIC SUPPORT INSIDE HEADREST FAILED. PLASTIC HOLDS SMALL BAR THAT ENGAGES WITH ELECTRONIC POWERED CLIPS.

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THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED OPEN FOR NO REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY NOT MOVING.

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SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT HAS OPENED ITSELF (UNLATCHED ITSELF) 5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING.

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SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. NO WARNING NOISES, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITH MY 7 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR AND NO HELP FOR MILES. HAD WE BEEN ON A HIGHWAY, WE MAY HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN I HEARD A WHINING/ WINDING SOUND. THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH AND WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF, TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO GET MY VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER IS SHOWING AN ERROR CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION.

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TRANSMISSION SLIPPING

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PASSENGER FRONT HEADREST EXPLODED WHILE STATIONARY. WE WERE AT A STOP LIGHT, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR IMPACT. IT CANNOT BE RESET AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET WHEN THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND A SAFETY ISSUE.

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CAR SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. IT SHUTS OFF BOTH AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS DRIVELING IN A PARKING LOT AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALL POWER SHUTS OFF INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND THE BREAKS WON'T WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND POSES A HUGE SAFETY RISK. I HAVE ONLY NARROWLY MISSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS.

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MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY STATIONARY, AND AS I WALKED TO THE VEHICLE TO ENTER THE CAR WITH MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AND AS WE APPROACHED I HEARD A LOAD POP NOISE. I FOUND THE AHR HEADREST HAD DEPLOYED, WITH NO ONE TOUCHING OR MOVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE HEADREST HAS NEVER BEEN RESET FOR ANY REASON. THE PLASTIC JOINT MECHANISM AND SPRING THAT HOLDS IT IN AND TOGETHER CRACKED AND BROKE. I CALLED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL NOT FIX OR REPLACE UNLESS I PAY OUT OF POCKET, APPROX $1000 FOR 1 HEADREST. THE GENTLEMAN ON THE PHONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE KNEW OF THIS HAPPENING OFTEN IN CHRYSLER T&C VANS, HOWEVER COULD NOT HELP ME AS MY WARRANTY IS NOW UP AND THERE IS NOT A RECALL. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY VAN NOW, KNOWING THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST AHR MAY DEPLOY AT ANYTIME NO WARNING AND CAUSE INJURIES TO ME, WHICH COULD CAUSE ME TO CRASH MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ENDANGERING MY CHILDREN AND FAMILY. I HAVE ZIPTIED BOTH THE PASSENGER HEADREST AND DRIVERS HEAD REST SHUT. THE DRIVERS HEADREST IS ZIPTIED IN CASE IT RANDOMLY DEPLOYS AND THE PASSENGERS IS ZIP TIED AS THE HEAD REST INTERNAL PLASTIC MECHANISMS ARE BROKEN.

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WHINING SOUND THEN ABRUPT FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION TO PERFORM. FIELD DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LA AND VICINITY.

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THIS IS AN ADDENDUM TO COMPLAINT # 11361493. THE ACTUAL DATE WAS THE PREVIOUS DATE, 09/25/2020. NO OTHER RESTRAINTS OR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, ONLY THE FRONT PASSENGER HEAD RESTRAINT. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR, THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER. THE PASSENGER WAS WACKED BY THE HEAD RESTRAINT BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURY. THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER STATED TO REPLACE THE HEAD RESTRAINT WOULD COST $680. THIS IS THE STATUS TO DATE 10//09/2020.

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AT 115,000 MILES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2015 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY TOURING FAILED. IT STARTED WITH A SHUDDER, AND THEN HIGH PITCHED WHINING, AND THEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. IT HAPPENED VERY FAST, AND WITHOUT WARNING. WE WERE ON CITY ROADS, DRIVING SLOW AND STOPPING AT INTERSECTIONS. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER. DEALER SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY ARE INSISTING ON REPLACING THE AC CONDENSER AS WELL, OTHERWISE THEY CLAIM CHRYSLER WON'T HONOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION WARRANTY (APPARENTLY THE TRANSMISSION LINES RUN THROUGH THE AC CONDENSER). TWO OTHER IDENTICAL MINIVANS ARE AT THAT SAME DEALER FOR IDENTICAL REPAIRS. MINE HAD THE MOST MILEAGE AT 115,000. THE TWO OTHERS HAD FEWER MILES. ALL NEED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. $4400.

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THE CAR HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. STARTING OUT FROM MY HOUSE DOWN A HILL THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING AS APPARENTLY THE ENGINE STOPPED. I RESTARTED AND DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES AND WAS ON I-26 IN TN AT 65 MPH AND THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 0, POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WERE INOPERABLE BUT I MANAGED TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDER BUT WAS IN A DANGEROUS SPOT WITH TRAFFIC SPEEDING BY. CAR WOULD START BUT I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ASS IT WAS NOT SAFE IF IT CUT OUT AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. HAD IT TOWED. STILL NOT REPAIRED AND MECHANIC SAID IT SHOWED A CODE OF BOTH BANK SENSORS. E HAS NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM AS OF YET BUT I UNDERSTAND CHRYSLER HAS HAD ISSUES WITH ENGINE STOPPAGE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE HARD STEERING AND BRAKES AND LIKELY WOULD HAVE WRECKED.

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FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ON SMOOTH SIDE STREET. NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER.

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ON9/16/2020 NOTED A HIGH PITCHED WHINE STARTED WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND CONTINUED ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES TO WORK. AFTER WORK, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN 1-1.5 MILES ON LOCAL SIDE STREETS FROM MY WORK, THE CAR BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION AND BOGGING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A LOCAL GARAGE. THANKFULLY, I DID NOT TAKE THE HIGHWAY OR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. 9/17/2020 THE SERVICE GARAGE HAD IDENTIFIED NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. IT ONLY HAS 74000 MILES ON IT AND OUT EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED RECENTLY. THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING, A WINDOW MOLDING SUDDENLY FLEW OFF OUR DRIVERS SIDE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES TO CEASE OPERATION. AFTER GAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL THE DEALER UMANSKY DODGE CHRYSLER OF CHARLOTTESVILLE LOCATED AT 960 HILTON HEIGHTS RD, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22901, WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE PCM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PCM WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,500.

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THE LOCK FAULT ACTUATOR MAKES A BUZZING SOUND WHEN LOCKING OR UNLOCKING

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THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN MINUTES IT WASN'T MOVING, ONLY IN RESERVE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WHEN CHECK HAD MANY ERRORS MESSAGES ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND PUMP AND ANYTHING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION BASICALLY. THE FLUID WASN'T DRY PUT WE ADDED MORE JUST IN CASE, NO CHANGE.

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SOUND OF LISTERS

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ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY

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REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY SOME OF THE TIME. MOST THE TIMES IT DOES IT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. BUT HAS HAPPENED WHEN I HIT A BUMP DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLIND STOP MONITORING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE IN THE MIRRORS. THE AUDIBLE BEEPING SOUND WAS ALSO INOPERABLE WHILE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

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REAR EVAPORATOR CORE CORRODED AND LEAKED. NEEDED REPLACEMENT AS THE AC WAS NO LONGER WORKING. 69,000 MILES. BOTH THE REPAIR SHOP (MIDAS) AND AN AUTO DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM - AND BOTH INDEPENDENTLY COMMENTED ON BAD DESIGN - THAT THE CORE IS DIRECTLY EXPOSED TO ROAD SALT AND UNDERCARRIAGE MOISTURE, FOSTERING CORROSION. REPAIR COST WAS $849.72.

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