general problems of the 1999 Chrysler Town & Country

It had been raining but had stopped. I was making a right hand turn when my right tire went through approximately 2-4" of water in the gutter. I immediately lost control of the steering and veered into the opposite lane. Fortunately there were no cars in that lane. I had difficulty steering and the engine began to overheat. I was fortunate the garage was around the corner. The belt had slipped off the pulleys. The belt had not broken, only slipped off. They said I was the 3rd town and country that day that had to have the belt put back on due to the wet weather, and that it was a problem with model for many years. This is the 3rd time to send this report. When I hit "verify" everything goes blank.

Took van in for slight engine noise and mechanic noticed that strut tower was nearly rusted through. Took to the dealer who stated that the car was unsafe to drive under any circumstances since one rough piece of road and the car body could fall to the ground and the strut assembly come through the dash into the passenger compartment. This will now cost over 1500. 00 to repair. Chrysler issued a service bulletin on this in 2002, since they were aware that vans from 1998 to 2002 were subject to this. They called it a "cosmetic problem". Any problem that will cause a metal object several feet long to violently and suddenly explode through the dash into the passenger compartment at the driver is hardly a "cosmetic problem". "cosmetic problems" do not render a vehicle unsafe to drive. Chrysler has acknowledged the problem and redesigned the strut tower to eliminate this in later models. Now they need to recall the vehicles that are rusting out before people die!.

: the contact stated while driving various speeds, a noise was heard. The vehicle was driven to an independent repair shop, who determined the front driver side strut tower was rusted and needed to be replaced. Updatd 01/19/07.

The driver side shock absorber tower on a 1999 Chrysler town and country has rusted through losing support for the shock absorber. Have checked other 1999 and 2000 Chrysler town and country vans and they all have the same problem. What is being done to correct this problem? thanks, gps.

Dt the struts on the drivers side have rust top service. If you look at it from top near the windsheild between the 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock you can see it starting to rust. On the passengers side the rust as of right now is not visible. As of right now have contacted the dealer, but have contacted the body shop and they have noticed this models more frequently. Took the vehicle into my auto repair mechanic yesterday July 12, 2005 and he showed me this on my 96 model and have the same thing on 99 model in an earlier. Stage.