What 521 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Chrysler Town And Country

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 60K MILES ERROR CODE LOSE OF HIDRAULIC PRESSURE

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DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR WITH THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER BUILT INTO IT BROKE. THE CENTER CLASP WHICH HOLDS IT IN PLACE, HAS SPRONG. THEREFORE, IT FALLS DOWN.

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MY GRANDPARENTS WERE COMING HOME FROM IL MONDAY NIGHT. MY GRANDFATHER DROVE STRAIGHT OFF A TURN AND HIT THE DITCH INTO SOME TREES. IT HAD A FRONTAL/ROLL OVER. MY GRANDFATHER (DRIVER) RECEIVED FACE FRACTURES, BUSTED RIB CAGE, AND A BROKEN LEG. HE IS CURRENTLY IN ICU. GRANDMOTHER WAS IN THE BACK LAYING DOWN FROM JUST HAVING BACK SURGERY. SHE HAD A COUPLE FRACTURED RIBS. THE AIRBAGS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH DID NOT GO OFF. THE SIDE CURTAIN AND SEAT AIRBAGS DID GO OFF.

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BOUGHT 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VAN AT HILLSBORO CHRYLSER JEEP IN NH 4/12/17 -ODOMETER READING 19,152. BROUGHT VAN BACK 9/24/18 DUE TO SHIFTING ABNORMALITIES & RUMBLE STRIP TYPE ISSUE WHEN DRIVING WITH JUST OVER 41,000 MILES. CHRIS WEARE SAID DIAGNOSTICS DIDN'T SHOW THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO CORRECT IT. WE LEFT & CAME BACK - THE ISSUE REAPPEARED IN FRONT OF DEALERSHIP. WE TOLD CHRIS W ISSUE WAS UNRESOLVED. CHRIS SAID DRIVE IT 100 MILES FOR THE VEHICLE TO RE-LEARN CORRECT SHIFTING PATTERN. DROVE 100+ MILES & IT STILL LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING - ESP AROUND 40 MPH, WITH 2-1/4 RPMS, THEN IT FLIES OVER 3 RPMS & QUICKLY DROPS TO 1K RPM. IT HAPPENS AT OTHER SPEEDS BUT NOT AS OFTEN. ALSO ENGINE REVS AND RECEDES SEVERAL TIMES CLIMBING HILLS. 10/1/18 7:30 APPT AT HILLSBORO CHRYSLER TO RE-CHECK RUMBLE STRIP EFFECT & SHIFTING ISSUE AFTER DRIVING 100+ MILES SINCE LAST VISIT. SAW CHRIS W & GOT LOANER VEHICLE. RETURNED 2 HOURS LATER & WAS TOLD THEY DID A SOFTWARE RESET, & THE VAN NEEDED TO RE-LEARN OUR DRIVING HABITS, & TO DRIVE IT ANOTHER 200 MILES & THE PROBLEM SHOULD RESOLVE. WE WEREN'T ASKED TO SIGN PAPERWORK DURING EXCEPT FOR THE LOANER CAR. MILEAGE WAS 41,562. 10/4/18 - CALLED HILLSBORO CHRYSLER. SPOKE WITH CHRIS W - PROBLEM HASN'T RESOLVED & WE'VE DRIVEN 200+ MILES. MILEAGE IS 41,871. DURING THIS PHONE CONVERSATION, CHRIS SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE NO ERROR MESSAGES COME UP WHEN THEY HOOK IT UP TO THE COMPUTER - SAID THEIR COMPUTER IS NOT DETECTING ANY PROBLEMS AND HE SAID TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT TILL LIGHTS COME ON OR ENGINE FAILS. HE SAID IF THAT HAPPENS, CALL CHRYSLER FOR TOWING, AS IT IS COVERED UNDER THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY. VAN HAS 41,871 MILES ON IT & CONTINUES TO SHIFT ROUGHLY & REV & RECEDE MANY TIMES GOING UPHILL, & THERE ARE STILL MANY TIMES WHEN IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE DRIVING ON RUMBLE STRIPS.

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I HAVE A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY CHRYSLER. AS I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE GOING ABOUT 50MPH, ON SEPT. 3, 2018, ON THE FEEDER ROAD ALONGSIDE THE FREEWAY, MY VAN STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THERE WAS A LOUD WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE VAN AND IT WOULD NOT SPEED UP WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE GAS. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON TO THE STREET OF MY RESIDENCE BECAUSE I WAS NOT FAR. I HAD TO PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS TO MAKE IT HOME ONLY GOING ABOUT 3-5MPH. THIS WAS VERY SCARY FOR ME BECAUSE MY SON WAS IN THE CAR AND OTHER CARS WERE ALMOST ABOUT TO HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I ONLY HAVE 69044 MILES ON THE VAN AND I MAINTAIN MY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE VAN THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM. THE TECH SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THIRSTY FOR FLUID IN THE GEARS AND IT HAD BURNED UP ON THE INSIDE. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO TRAUMA OR DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND NO LEAK FOUND. MY VAN SHOULD'VE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST BECAUSE IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN NOVEMBER 2015 WHICH FALLS IN THE TIME FRAME AS THE VANS THAT MADE THE RECALL LIST AND MY COMPLAINT IS IDENTICAL TO THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:16V461000)ISSUED ON JUNE 24, 2016. I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VAN AND MADE SURE ALL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES WERE KEPT. THIS IS A 3700.00 PROBLEM THAT I DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO PAY. THIS IS NOT FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR NOR IS IT FROM NEGLECT. THIS IS A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OR ERROR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS CONCERN AS I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM.

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THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED. THE FIRST TIME NOTHING WAS FOUND. THEY PUT IN "FREON". THE SECOND TIME THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS THE EVAPORATOR LEAKING.. WE ARE WAITING TO TAKE IT ON FOR THREE TIME. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVEN'T BEEN ALL THAT ACCOMMODATING. BEING WITHOUT AC IN FLORIDA IS A REAL BUMMER.

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THE HILL HOLDER BRAKE FEATURE DISENGAGES WHEN THE DRIVER DOOR IS OPENED. THE CAR WAS ON AN INCLINE FACING UP AT A STAND STILL. DO NOT KNOW IF THE SAME WILL HAPPEN IN THE REAR SEAT WHERE CHILDREN MAY JUMP OUT THINKING THE CAR IS STOPPED AND SECURE.

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THE LEFT PASSENGER DOOR SLIDE WILL NOT OPEN, UNLOCK OR OPEN FROM OUTSIDE, INSIDE OR BY THE BUTTONS.

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THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND CAUSING UNEXPECTED DECELERATION. (LOUD WHINING NOISE FROM THE TRANS MODULE AREA. MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE IN TRAFFIC ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN THE VEHICLE/VAN LOST POWER AND HIGH REVVED THE ENGINE DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO A PARKING LOT TO AVOID COLLISION. IT APPEARS THERE ARE RECALLS DUE TO BAD HYDRAULIC PUMP IN TRANS BUT THE SOMEHOW MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. (RECALL S44/NHTSA 16V-461) I HAVE NO WAY OF VALIDATING THE PRODUCTION DATE OF MY VEHICLE. PLEASE COMPILE AND SEE IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS HAZARD. PERHAPS THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL MAKE DATES.

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THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THE GAS PEDAL., ON FULL ACCELERATION HAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. LAST TIME WAS ON 31 AUGUST WHEN PULLED OUT OF THE LEE COUNTY FLORIDA VA CLINIC WHICH IS ON A CORNER AND TRAFFIC WAS DOING 15-20 MPH ABOVE THE 35 MPH LIMIT. U WAS IN LEFT LANE OF 4 LANE ROAD AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT RELEASE, AFTER STOMPING ON IT 3-4 TIMES AND AFTER CARS HAD PASSED ME ON THE RIGHT, I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND WAS, THE ENGINE WAS RACING FULL THROTTLE, ABLE TO PULL OF THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER WHERE I AGAIN STOMPED COUPLE TIMES AND IT WOULD NOT RELEASE SO I SHUT IT OFF BEFORE THE ENGINE BLEW UP. AFTER I SHUT IT OFF, THE GAS PEDDLE DID RELEASE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT BACK TO OUR RESIDENCE. I HAVE SINCE NOT PUT THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR AS THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER, DOUGLAS CHRYSLER IN VENICE ON THIS ISSUE BUT I PLAN ON TALKING TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR, (XXXX) THANK YOU PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT CONSUMER STATED THAT THE GAS PEDAL STUCK, SERVICE MANAGER, THROTTLE BODY APART AND CLEANED OUT CARBON. UPDATED 10/11/18*JB *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR MAT CAUSED THE GAS PEDAL TO BECOME STUCK. *JS

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELT AS IF THE GEAR WERE IN NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOFFMAN CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (301-733-5000, LOCATED AT 171 S EDGEWOOD DR, HAGERSTOWN, MD 21740) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PUMP WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,552.

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THE REAR AC EVAPORATOR BOX DEVELOPED A LEAK AT 60,100 MILES. R-134A IS AUDIBLY HISSING FROM ABOVE TXV WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WITH AC ON. VISIBLE OIL COMING FROM TXV AREA. RUBBER RECTANGULAR SEALING DEVICE AROUND THE TXV HAS ROTTED/DETERIORATED. MANUFACTURE DATE OF VEHICLE PLACES VEHICLE AT 3 YEARS OLD AT TIME OF PART FAILURE.

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THE DOOR LOCKS TO THE SLIDING DOOR FOR THE DRIVER SIDE HAS PERMANENTLY LOCKED IS SELF AND IT CANNOT BE MANUALLY UP-LOCKED. THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AND THERE IS NOT KEY HOLE TO EVEN ALLOW ME TO TRY A KEY TO UNLOCK IT. ALSO THE PASSENGER SIDE APPEARS TO START GOING OUT SO SOON I WILL HAVE 2 DOORS THAT DON'T OPEN AND POTENTIALLY COULD TRAP ANYONE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR.

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SLIDING REAR PASSENGER DOORS CLOSED AND PERMANTELY LOCKED. DOOR MANUAL LOCK WILL NOT MOVE AND ALL ELECTRIAL DOOR OPEN SWITCHES WILL NOT OPEN DOOR. MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASHPANEL TO "UNLOCK DOOR TO OPERATE". ONE FAILURE OCCURED ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO AND THE LEFT SIDE DOOR FAILED SUNDAY AUGUST 26. HAD MOVED VEHICLE FROM ONE PARKING AREA TO ANOTHER SHORT DISTANCE AND TRIED TO OPEN DOOR WITHOUT SUCCESS AND WITH SAME MESSAGE ON DASHPANEL. HAVE NO WAY TO REMOVE PASSENGERS FROM REAR OF VEHICLE EXCEPT THROUGH REAR LIFT HATCH IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. DOORS HAVE NO WAY TO OPERATE MANUALLY. HAVE CONTACTED 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND BOTH KEEP SAYING DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS HAVE FAILED. BUT NO WAY TO OPERATE MANUALLY WHEN LOCKED? TO US 70+ YEAR OLDS THIS IS VERY ALARMING

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AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT STAYS ON THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 50,000 MILES. OUR DEALER WAS NO HELP WITH THE SITUATION.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF ANNISTON (1229 S QUINTARD AVE, ANNISTON, AL 36201, (888) 711-7834) WHERE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS COMPLETED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

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AFTER ENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL, THE VAN CONTINUES TO GAIN SPEED UNTIL THE CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED OFF.

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TAKATA RECALL: I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2016 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LESS THEN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I HAVE HAD 2 MAJOR PARTS BREAK IN MY REAR END. THE FIRST ONE WAS THE CONTROL ARM AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE AXLE BEAM WHICH NEITHER ONE ARE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS DRIVING WHEN BOTH OF THEM WENT OUT! I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT SINCE I'VE PURCHASED 3 VEHICLES FROM CHRYSLER THEY WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE. THIS AXLE BEAM BROKE WHILE I HAD MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN WHICH ARE 5 AND 3 IN THE VAN WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE AT 20MPH. I'M THANKFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE AND WE WEREN'T IN BAD WEATHER. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO INFORMED ME I HAVE AN OIL LEAK ON THE TOP OF MY MOTOR WHICH IS COVERED, BUT I HAVE TO PAY 100.00 FOR THEM TO FIX. WITH THAT BEING SAID I'M HIGHLY DISGUSTED WITH CHRYSLER AND WILL NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM THEM AGAIN!

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I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIWAY AND THEN HEADING HOME ON BACK ROADS WHEN THETRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED ON ITS OWN WITH A LOUD WHINING SOUND INTO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR WHILE CRUISING AROUND 45 MPH THEN IT CAME TO A STOP , I WAS ONLY A FEW MINUTES FROM HOME AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT HOME AROUND 5MPH VERY SCARY SITUATION, COULD OF LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH ,TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY SAID TRANS IS JUNK , VAN IS A 2016 ONLY HAS 61600 MILES ! THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION! I COULD OF BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOME ONE IF IT OF HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY ! CHRYSLER TELLS ME IT'S OUT OF IT' 60000 MILE WARRANTY !

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE GAS TANK WAS ONLY 3 MILES FROM FULL AFTER JUST HAVING FILLED THE TANK, AND NO ELECTRICAL LIGHTS OR SENSORS INDICATED ANY ISSUES. I WAS ABLE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT, WHICH WAS ADVANTAGEOUS AS I HAD MY THREE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS OTHERWISE. THIS HAPPENED ONLY ONE TIME, AND HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. I DID NOT TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP OR REPAIR SHOP, OR REPORT IT TO ANYONE OTHER THAN MY HUSBAND AND FAMILY.

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WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT ON A 4 LANE ROAD MY VAN MONITORS FLICKERED WENT OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO BREAK AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PUT THE VAN IN PARK STARTED STARTED THE VAN STARTED FINE BUT WHEN I PUT THE VAN IN DRIVE THE MONITORS FLICKERED RESET AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF AGAIN. I THEN PUT THE VAN IN PARK TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AGAIN PUT ON MY HAZARD FLASHERS AND STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE VAN PERFORMED NORMALLY.

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MY WIFE WAS PARKED AT A GAS STATION 5 MILES FROM OUR HOME AND ALL OUTLETS AND LIGHTS BEGAN BILLOWING SMOKE INTO THE CABIN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. IT HAS 30000 MILES DRIVEN. SHE HAD TO EVACUATE THE CHILDREN, AND IT WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER (MILLER IN LEBANON, NH) WE ARE WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSIS. *TT*DT*TP *CN

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ON AUGUST 15, 2017, WHILE DRIVING UP A HIGHWAY INCLINE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT ABOUT AN EIGTH MILE AWAY SO I ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO COAST, FORCEABLY STEERING IT THROUGH A SLIGHT CURVE AND THEN BRAKING. WHEN I STOPPED, I PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO PARK AND THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER THE NEXT MORNING. THEY STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT AND UNLESS IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING IT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAD OCCURRED OR WHAT WAS WRONG. THIS HAS NOT OCCURED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 14 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME AND HAD ROUGHLY 15,000 MILES ON IT.

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TAKATA RECALL I TYPED MY VALID VIN NUMBER JUST AS DIRECTED ON THIS SITE TO SEE IF IT WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL. HOWEVER, I GOT A MESSAGE THAT THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT VALID. IT IS VALID!!! I ALSO TRIED CHECKING MY VIN NUMBER ON AIRBAGRECALL.COM, BUT IT WASN'T FOUND THERE EITHER. I CAREFULLY COPIED MY VIN DIRECTLY FROM MY STATE OF INDIANA TITLE AND ENTERED IT SEVERAL TIMES ON EACH SITE TO NO AVAIL.

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THE SEAT BELT WONT STAY LOCKED

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