Three problems related to ignition have been reported for the 2002 Chrysler Town & Country. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2002 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that she has experienced several failures with the ignition key shaft. While attempting to start the vehicle, she could insert the key into the ignition, but it remained locked. This failure has occurred several times to the point that it could take up to 15 minutes to get the key to turn. The contact would bang on the key and pull the steering wheel back and forth to get the key to turn in the ignition. The failure has progressively worsened. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 63,000. Update 09/10/08 updated 09/10/8.
Ignition lock gets stuck, can not start the van. On two separate occassions got stranded with an infant in the car, was not able to get the van started because of an ignition lock not working properly.
Long cranking before starting.