Three problems related to starter have been reported for the 2005 Chrysler Town & Country. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Vehicle has intermittant electrical problems, like the headlights going off for no reason while driving at night causing a safety issue and takes several tries to turn on the headlights, the power sliding door will not open except manually, turn signals flash both directions, turn signal lights burn out sooner than would be expected, when first starting the vehicle, it makes a whining noise until you accelerate. All these issues are intermittant. We have replaced the starter, alternator, battery (2 times) and it still exhibits these issues. None of the old parts are available.
All failures progressed in sequence over a period of time. Door locks failed to lock and or unlock intermittantly using power controls. Instrument panel lights and gages would flicker and pulse on and off, at times just off at night for different periods of time, usually minutes. Headlights would flicker between brights and dims or on and off. Radio lights flicker on or off. Instrument panel indicators light up for minutes at a time and then shut off with apparently nothing wrong. Seat belt audible alarm sounds on occasion when driving for no apparent reason. Cooling fan turns on hours after parking and can only be shut off by removing fuse or draining battery. Engine stalls at high speed abruptly, and turns back on. Transmission disengages and then re-engages after a few seconds. Occasionally the ignition switch will not provide power to the starter until after a few attempts and a few minutes.
Grinding noise from starter on my 2005 Chrysler town and country when it is cold. Dealership acknowledged that several Chrysler Dodge and Jeep vehicles have this problem. Explained it was a two pieces of the metal starter grinding but it was not going to harm anything. I asked for them to change it under warranty but since they could not reproduce it the next day (surprise) they would not acknowledge that I had a problem. Spoke to customer service and they took the dealers word. I then saw the entry on this site of the same problem. Now I have to chase the problem and take it to another dealership etc. Had a similar problem with a 2000 Chrysler cirrus.