Owners/service Manual problems of the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country

Vehicle was stationary and parked for hours in the driveway. For no reason the alarm went off on my car. Found key fob to shut off alarm. Daughter went to see what happened, then came to tell me there was smoke coming from my rear passenger sliding door. Went outside and heard noise that door was trying to open. Used key fob to try to unlock door. Tried to manually open door. Door wouldn't open and smoke continued. Didn't know if fire was inside door and was parked by garage so called 911 to put out potential fire. Concerned that there was electrical problem so continued to park car in street not close to house. Called Chrysler customer service and they said they would send an investigator due to concern of fire. Dealer said problem was due to a broken door latch and mechanical assembly mechanism needed to be replaced in addition to door handle for $1200, but didn't want to get work done until I got the information from the investigation. About 3 weeks later got a letter from Chrysler special investigations. They said due to the age and mileage of my vehicle, there are a number of factors outside the manufacturer's control that could have been contributed to your incident. Not happy with the explanation from dealer or investigator. Why did the alarm go off? and car door decide to open for no reason and the latch was apparantly broke at same time? even though there were no issues the night before with using the door. And what caused the smoke and potential fire? reading other complaints now wondering if problem was/is the tipm total integrated power module?.

Took my town and country in for the ignition switch recall and after they replaced the ignition switch the 2 key self programing does no work any more,, called Chrysler and they said you must take it to the dealer for key programing, I asked them how cane you do a recall and take out something that it says it will do in the manual,, the said I was out of luck,, need to pay the dealer to program and keys I have.

The keys system would not lock/unlock the car consistently. Manual operation of unlocking/locking the car was the work around. Subsequently the ignition or wireless remote system has gone bad which now affects the igntion displaying a "bad key" and solution is to replace the entire wireless remote system. The wireless remote system controls the ignition, the doors, the engine.

The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the racks on the luggage rack were sharp. He stated that one could cut their finger by grabbing the rack incorrectly. The contact had to saw the rack down with sand paper in order to smooth out the rough edges. The manufacturer has not offered any assistance. The failure mileage was 500 and current mileage was 1,000. Updated 01/29/08 the third row seats did not have sufficient leg room, the outside mirrors were too small, the windshield sun screen is too short, the owners manual was not properly edited. The radio did not adjust properly at highway speeds, the key fobs lock and unlock inadvertently. The power locks activated at 15 mph. Updated.