general problems of the 2006 Chrysler Town & Country

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Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, when the brake pedal was depressed, it traveled all the way down to the floor. The vehicle was driven to the residence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000. Bp.

The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler town and country. While driving at an unknown speed, the abs, and the air bag warning lights illuminated and all of the controls near the steering wheel failed to work. The contact diagnosed that the speed control switch and the cruise control failed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 146,000. The VIN was not available.

I have encountered a very serious problem with the steering wheel of my 2006 Chrysler town and country. After doing some research, I have found that many others have experienced the same issues. As far as I can tell, no one has been able to solve this problem. This is a link to one of the forums that I encountered while doing research. . Read more...

First time this happened when I was slowing down to come to a stop. The van shut down. No brakes. No steering. Put vehicle in park and it started right up again. It happened a 3-4 more times after that with similar circumstances. No rhyme or reason to when it would happen. On June 12, it happened again. On June 19, I took it to a mechanic who checked it out and said he hooked it up to different computers and couldn't find anything wrong. He drained the power steering fluid and put in new fluid. Today, on 7/29/2014, I was driving to work and slowed down to make a right hand turn and the van shut down. I had no steering or brakes as I was turning and almost hit a car on the opposite lane of traffic. I was able to pull over, put van in park and start it up again. It scared me so much I was shaking. Something needs to be fixed. It is not normal.

I bought my Chrysler tc new and within 2 years and only 20, 248 miles my brakes are gone. Chrysler said it was my heavy foot. Now 2 years later brakes are out again and I only have 45,300 miles on this car and it isn't my foot. Chrysler has a brake problem. Going down the highway I press the brakes and there is this growling noise.

Ignition switch shuts off while driving and engine stops running. Possible from bumps in road or bumping key ring with drivers knee. Has happened more than three times.

06 town and country same problem with brakes! back brakes sieze up take to dealer, they tried to get drum off for almost 3 hours put wheel back on sent us on way. Brakes pulse when applied. . . Didnt do that before. . . . Replaced brake drums, and the broken brake cyclinder. . . Still throbs replaced all again. . . . Guess what still throbs. . . They didn throb before I took it to dealer. . . . See other people have same issue what has happened to customer service instead of excuses?.

Rear rotors delaminated causing severe vibration while braking and partial loss of braking ability in vehicle less than 4 yr old with 42k miles. I have retained the rotors and can send photographs if requested.

The only events leading up to the failure is cold and wet weather. The failure is that after my van has set for maybe a day or two, and I get into it to drive, the rear wheels are locked up/frozen solid. This has occurred twice: in Jan of 07 with 20,000 miles and Dec. 09 with 63,000. The first time the wheels froze up the brakes were replaced. I was told there was a gap allowing water to get into the brakes and freezing them up. Luckily the warranty paid for this repair but the gap was not covered. This time the dealership wants us to cover all costs. They said that moisture got into the brake system through the same gap and rusted the brakes out again to cause it to freeze up this time. This is the exact same problem as before, the service department has informed me of this. But they refuse to help because it is now out of warranty.

When car is in cruise the brake sometimes requires excessive pressure to brake or disengage cruise control. It is as if the brake is stuck.

Hoping brake pedal warped rotor, every ten thousand miles rotors need to be replaced or resurfaced. Resurfaced at 20,000, replaced at 30,000, resurface 41,000. I have owned 5 Chrysler vans and only needed brake service after 30,000 miles this van is two years old and has three brake jobs.

I have a 2006 Chrysler Town & Country that has a braking system that is too small for the size of the van. I am on my third set of front brakes and my second set of rear brakes. This was all done before 36,000 miles. I spoke with someone who used to be a Chrysler service manager and he stated that Chrysler installed a braking system that is too small for the van which causes the brakes to wear out faster. I see this as a safety issue and it is becoming quite expensive. Have there been any other reports like this? I think Chrysler should have to answer why they did this. I also believe the rear captain's seats in the van have too steep of a decline angling towards the point where the back and the bottom of the seat meet to properly install child restraint seats. It is impossible to level out the car seats for my kids. No other van has seats that are similar to this.

The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler town and country. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle suddenly swerved to the left and the contact could not control the vehicle. He applied the brakes, but the vehicle continued to swerve. The vehicle did not respond to the braking system. He slid off the paved road and into a dirt road, causing the vehicle to slow down and gradually stop. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the front control arm on the driver side wheel was detached. The vehicle is currently at the dealer, but has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 24,000.

No abs installed on my van. Chrysler says was optional. Didn't know to ask. Have been in one collision where I believe had I not hit another vehicle I would have ended up in a worse collision with a railroad track. Another incident occured at a stop sign. Thank god nothing was coming in the other directions.