general problems of the 2007 Chrysler Town & Country

Saturday, December 22, 2018 - we were returning home after visiting out of town relatives for the winter holidays. The van stalled on us (entire family of four plus one aunt-five people total in our van) in the middle of the road! I was a panicking fearing we could all die that instant! we were very lucky to safetly get the van to the side of the road with the rolling momentium the van still had despite the engine turning off, no power steering, and no power brakes! my wife had been telling me (started about five years ago) that the van randomly stalls while in traffic and I had been researching the issue online continuously when I had free time and remembered the random stalling issue. No trouble codes came up when the van stalled on Saturday, December 22, 2018. After reasearching what others have posted online, this issue seems like a class action law suit needs to be filed for it because of the severity of the issue (putting families lives at risk, thats the main purpose of buying a van, to take your family places).

My wife had just filled up the van with gas and, while driving down the road, she said she heard some "chimes". . . Then all power to the van shut off. No power steering, traffic in front and behind her. I see that others on this site have had the same problem after getting gas. The van only has 56,000 miles. I'll be calling Chrysler tomorrow. I did get the lifetime powertrain warranty back in 2007 when purchased. I was not pleased to read that the ntsb would not require a recall from Chrysler until more evidence ( ie motor vehicle accidents and/or fatalities) occur. My wife no longer feels safe driving the van with our two youngs boys.

While the vehicle is in motion and I drive slowly or fast through a large puddle of water the water splashes up and I loose power steering. The steering becomes difficult to manage once out of the water and about 30 seconds later the power steering returns. No other time do I loose power steering. Daily the van makes loud noises like a whistling/purring or a ting once starting the car in the morning which a different customer attributed to the power steering possibly. Also the whining or whistling noise does increas with excelleration. It is weird. This has been happening since April of 2011 when I bought it used from the dealership.

After filling my gandmothers gas tank on her 2007 town and country we pulled onto the street and the whole car stalled out and I lost control of my steering wheel and breaks. If it hadn't been for quick reaction time on my part. We would have been in a collision. It's never had a problem before. In order to gain control back I had to throw the van in park and then it restarted and drove with no problem home.

Chrysler town and country 2007- shortly after refueling the vehicle, with no warning the rpm's will drop and the engine will stall. This event usually happens as I am merging into traffic from the gas station. This is a very dangerous situation because the power brakes and steering assist is lost during a stall!.

Someone is going to get seriously injured if Chrysler does not address the fueling problem in its vehicles. After fueling, my van will either begin sputtering and then stall or stall without warning. I recently fueled at a gas station on an exit off of interstate 70. Upon entering the highway from the on ramp, my van stalled. Fortunately, the tractor trailer approaching me in my lane was able to swerve into the adjacent lane and avoid hitting me. I took my vehicle to the Chrysler dealership service department where I have the vehicle serviced and told them about the problem. They said they are "hearing about this issue more and more" and simply advised me to "not fill up the van with gas all the way". They also mentioned that Chrysler 300 models have the same issue. What is being done about this problem?.

After refueling the van will sputter and sometimes shut off. Would hate to be on a major highway or intersection when this occurs. Hate getting any gas any more.

The vehicle stalls intermittently at any speed in drive or reverse. This issue has happened at least one time per week for several months.

Pretty much ever since I've had the car, I will occassionally be driving and bump the key with my knee, turning the van off altogether. The power steering stops working with the engine off, so I have to try to turn on my hazard lights and carefully navigate to the side of the road to put the van in "park" again so that I can restart it (I can't restart it while I'm still moving). I am very, very careful to try to never even touch the key with my knee so that this doesn't happen, but it still does occassionally.

I started to hear a whining noise that occurred after I had been driving on the freeway in cold weather in mid-January, and I was approaching 40,000 miles on my minivan. The more driving, the louder the noise would get, and it was loudest when I was idling at a stop light,etc. Pressing the gas would make it whine louder. Now that the weather is warmer (50 degrees) I don't hear the noise anymore. I was told by my repair shop that they see this in a lot of caravans and Town & Country minivans. It's the power steering--the filter is not good and because of the way the reservoir and filter are housed, they need to replace everything, about $300. Online I'm seeing a lot of other minivan owners with the same problem.