general problems of the 2001 Chrysler Town & Country

The day we purchased our van, the speedometer started acting up and anything over 50 mph it immediately jumps up to 120 and stays there. I had the vehicle to the dealer approx. 8 times in the first month. They state this is not covered under the first 3000 mile, 3 mon warranty, even though it started the day I purchased the vehicle.

When putting the vehicle in reverse it accelerated, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and hit a parked vehicle. Consumer took vehicle to the dealership for inspection, and mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem.

Car accelerates on it own at anytime. The dealer was unable to fix it and the vehicle is unsafe to drive.

We do not know what is causing this "hesitation" in the acceleration of the car while driving. The car tends to idle poorly sometimes stalling while at rest and/or revving up while at rest. While taking off from a stop sometimes when pushing on the accelerator the car will not properly accelerate then all of sudden kick in and lunge forward. Now the car has a "da, da, da" intermittent hesitation or vibration within the engine making it feel as if you are riding over the same tiny bumps over and over again feeling like their is something braking the car intermittently while you are driving it which also makes the car have a poor riding feel. Also, we have noticed that this car does not ride smoothly like the car we testdrove here in michigan. We hit bumps and it feels like the car is dropping off a small cliff, but then on little divits the car drives over then smoothly, which leads me to believe it is not a tire problem. The back end does not even feel like it has shocks when you hit a bump, rather it "booms" and feels like it is dropping off a ledge. We wonder if this is all related somehow. . . . And we would just like our new car to perform like the lxi we test drove that had such a smooth ride.