general problems of the 2010 Chrysler Town & Country - part 2

The contact's father owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact's father had the vehicle serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags) at a dealer. After the contact's father passed, the contact took possession of the vehicle. The contact stated that as she attempted to unlock the vehicle with her key fob, the vehicle failed to unlock. The contact was able to enter the vehicle with the key however, the vehicle failed to start. Due to the failure, the contact towed the vehicle to a dealer. After a few days in their possession, the contact was given an estimate for the replacement of a new battery. The next day, she was contacted again and was informed that the ignition switch also needed to be replaced. The dealer linked the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags) however, the recall vehicle had been previously repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

The lock on the driver side rear door, sliding door, keeps making a loud buzzing noise every time it locks and unlocks. I believe it might be the lock actuator. The door locks and unlocks fine but the buzzing noise is extremely loud. There are no warning lights and it has not been looked at by a mechanic.

Vehicles is shutting down while driving. No codes shown. Mechanic can find reason. It's been happening for a month. Steering wheel locked when of. I'm able to restart it right away after putting it on neutral.

Key falls out of ignition while driving.

Over the last year our van has randomly stalled out while driving but lucky it happened on side roads where we could pull over and then restart it. We took it to a local shop and they could not duplicate the problem but told us there was a recall but our particular VIN was not part of it. Then itt didn't happen again for several months but it was also covid time so we were not traveling near as much. Then this week it happened to me and I was able to pull over, turn the car off and restart it, regaining all functions. Then yesterday I was driving with my 4 children during rush hour traffic going 40 mph on a very busy 4 lane road when my traction control light came on (like it does everytime this happens) and I lost power to the engine, power breaks, and power steering. I had no way to move my car off the road to a safe spot and here I was stuck in the middle of a very busy road scared to death. This time my car would not turn back on like it had in the past. That was the scariest day of my entire life as I watched cars swerve to avoiding hitting us with my precious cargo inside. Thank god a police offer got to us before the worst could happen. Chrysler is lucky because if something would have happened they would have had the largest lawsuit on their hands since they denied my recall request. Now my car is sitting at the shop waiting for them to open back up in 2 days. I am still shaking and having nightmares of what could have happened to my life yesterday. Chrysler needs to address this problem now!!!.

VIN# 2a4rr5d16ar298469 ~ a 2010 Chrysler (t&c 230k miles) after turning vehicle on or while driving, these things often happen: 1) front windshield wipers come on by themselves. . . . 2) windows cannot be rolled down at any time while driving or parked 3) dash lights come on (esp, air bag off, rpm, mph, fuel, etc 4) one cannot open the car doors to let people in unless the vehicle is off (only thennnn you can push the key fab unlock button and let people in. . . . So sad). . . .

The car randomly shuts off when driving. We have to put it in neutral & restart quickly to avoid an accident. It can be city or highway. Also, when car is off windows randomly open on their own. Moonroof has leaked since we purchased & rear window fluid won't work.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was hard to restart, and the gear shifter was difficult to shift into gear. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not covered under a recall. The contact stated that the failure was like NHTSA campaign number: 11v139000 (electrical system). The failure mileage was approximately 156,000.

Car was sitting in the garage. The dash board spontaneously caught on fire. It burnt straight through the driver side window.

About 4-5 years ago I had the r)# recall performed on my vehicle for the win module causing the vehicle to shut off randomly. Now in the last year it has intermittently happened around 10 times the vehicle will shut off and lose power while driving. I called bob richards Chrysler in graniteville SC to redo the recall, because I was a service writer and manager for 9 years at brickner's park city Chrysler in central wisconsin. And we used to redo them all the time but they would not so I thought I would notify because this can be very dangerous.

When trying to put car in manual mode the shifter doesn't change gears. This causes an issue when trying to shift to lower gears in bad weather. I have read many forums on this issue and it seems as tho it is completely a design flaw. There is a plastic piece that rubs on the wires and shorts them out eventually causing you not to switch gears manually, which can cause an accident in bad weather.

For the last 2-1-2 to 3 years I have been having problems where all of my indicator lights on the dash - they will start flashing on and off, audio alarm (dinging) goes off, speedometer, rpm/temp gages repeatedly goes back and forth from max to min and windshield wipers will come on. At times turing off the ignition will resolve the problem and at others they just stop by themselves. I have also found that I can temporary alleviate these problems for a few weeks to a couple of months by removing the negative terminal off of the battery and pulling the 60 amp main fuse for 30 - 60minutes. Google sites states this problem is due to a bus/grounding problem. I finally took the vehicle into a Chrysler shop and was advised that the problem was due to a shorted cable that connected to center monitor of my ves system, which was also bad. The last time I used the ves system was two months ago so this does not logically explain why I have been experiencing the problem for almost 3 years. Also this same cable shorted out causing the monitor to go bad and was replaced approximately 7 years ago by the same dealer who now has the vehicle and the indication at that time was that my ves system was inoperable. As this problem has occurred intermittently while driving it presents a safety problem. I called Chrysler's customer complaint department and was advised that the only action that they could take was to call the dealer, advise them that a complaint had been lodged and write up the complaint. Their suggestion was that due to past negative experiences that I have had with this dealership was to take the vehicle to another dealer - no help at all and due to their lack of action an insult to the being called a customer complaint department, bottom line I have a vehicle with serious safety issues which Chrysler will not address. Search google for online examples.

Car turns out off while driving like the key turns off. Sometimes it takes 2 times for the key to be recognized. I saw recalls on other years for the same issue. It has happened on all road types including the expressway.

At random times, perhaps once every 200 miles average, the engine will suddenly turn off. This usually happens during turns or when speeding up from a stop. When this happens, I lose all power steering and engine control. This has resulted in 4 near-misses while turning corners with other vehicles in the area. The engine starts right back up again, but the vehicle must be put in neutral or park to restart - again, in mid-turn or as traffic is accelerating around me. This issue is listed on the NHTSA recall site (campaign 14v373000), but is not associated with my VIN.

While driving, my 2010 Chrysler town and country will completely shut down. I have no brakes, no steering control and my engine completely does. It happens at times when I am coasting or driving at a slower speed. I have 2 little kids and it is terrifying when I've lost complete control of my vehicle, and I need to try and move off the road or try and restart it at an intersection with traffic all around me. There is no pattern to the shut down, it just happens sporadically. I've been reading, and it seems that there are a ton of complaints of the same thing happens to other people! please please consider this issue as a serious and dangerous defect to the vehicle.

My wife was driving our 2010 town and country on 10/12/2020 when the van suddenly died and as a result loss of power steering and brakes. She was able to put van in neutral, restart the van, and regain power steering and brakes. This is the sixth or seventh time this has happened so she knows this is a possibility and is prepared but this ridiculous to have so many documented instances and still no recall. Van has approximately 125,000 miles.

I was driving straight on a rural, two lane road at 45mph. The road was slightly hilly and conditions were clear. The van abruptly lost power and I could not steer. I waited for it to coast to a stop, put the vehicle in park and re-started the key. The van started right up and I continued driving.

I was at a red light at a city block intersection. When the light turned green, I started to accelerate, then the van immediately lost power. I was able to turn the hazard lights on. I could not steer, accelerate, brake. The van slowed to a stop and I turned the key to on (it had twisted to acc on its own. ) the van started back up and I continued on my drive.

Traveling around a curve on city street dry pavement at 25mph , without warning all power , steering control, brakes gone. Entire car shut down while in motion, ran off road, no brake control, by the grace of god , I nor anyone else was killed or seriously injured. When car came to complete stop on its own before hitting someones house, I could put car in park and restart. Now afraid to drive that van.

Was driving home when headlights stopped working had to pull over . Drove home with no headlights was scary . Needs to be a recall on fixing this unsafe van.

I was driving straight at 40-45mph on a slightly hilly, two lane road with no curbs. The weather was clear, traffic was moderate. With no warning, all driving power went off and I couldn't steer or brake. I could still put the hazard lights on. I had to wait for the van to coast to a stop. Then I turned the key to on and the vehicle started back up. Thankfully, I didn't get hit or drive into a ditch. I had a van full of kids and was so scared.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the vehicle would lose motive power randomly. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired; however, the failure persisted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 132,803.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at 30-40 mph and making a turn, the accelerator pedal was depressed, and the vehicle inadvertently lost electrical power. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that he shifted the gear shifter from neutral back to drive and was able to restart the vehicle to continued driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that an unknown computer module needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the computer module was replaced; however, the failure recurred while driving and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that no issues were found. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a second dealer, jim browne Chrysler Jeep Dodge ram of dade city (12020 us-301, dade city, FL 33525) who diagnosed that the ignition key had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the ignition key was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The contact stated that whenever the failure recurred, he would put the vehicle in neutral, then drive and attempt to restart the vehicle but the vehicle would only restart after he waited 10-15 minutes. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened; however, the manufacturer closed the case after a while. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign numbers: 11v139000 (electrical system) and 14v373000 (electrical system, air bags). The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

My van shut off while driving on a city street.

While driving on a flat straight road around 35-45 mph vehicle (about 80k miles) lost all power and steering. Was lucky to get on the shoulder and restart the car. This has happened twice in the last month. All other recalls and repairs are up to date.

It sudden stall out while driving.

Parked van on driveway and opened passenger side rear door. As it often does, it tried to close back up on my arm, so I stepped back, let it close, then opened it again. Confirmed the power door was staying open, then unloaded my bags. Closed door and locked van with keyfob (can see this on security camera footage). Ten hours later, the locked hatch opened on its own and within ten minutes the back of the van was smoking, then engulfed in flames. Entire van burned down, starting at back passenger side. Also burned down truck parked next to it on driveway. [van was mfrd in August of 2009].

The back side rear window caught on fire. This was suppose to have been replaced in a recall at naples Dodge Chrysler. I took the van in after waiting a year for the part to come in. Now it has caught in fire and burned van inside and out, while parked in the driveway. Which makes me wonder if they ever really did the replacement in it. Please contact me at [xxx] or [xxx]. Sincerely, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The car starts to power down and makes the power steering stop working. The traction control symbol shows up after it starts to power down. It has happened three times in the past two weeks about 2-3 minutes from home while the car is in motion. One of the times was while I was turning left with oncoming cars. The car has to be restarted. This is very dangerous and should be a recall as so many others have experienced the same thing.

The van has repeatedly shut down while driving. This seems to exactly match the existing recall 11v139000, but my VIN is not covered. This has happened twice while in motion with my family in the car.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shutoff without warning. After restarting the vehicle, the vehicle operated as intended. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer piedmont Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram aev located at 4015 clemson blvd anderson, SC 29621 however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure or retrieve a fault code. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but, no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 138,000.

2010 Chrysler town and country will click once, but will not turn over. This issue typically happens when the vehicle has been running for a while, and the engine is hot, or during hotter months. This causes car to not turn on when hot, not over heated, just hot. This has been noted on many other websites for this same year and people believe it has something to do with the transmission sensor not knowing if the car is in park or drive. This has happened to other years causing vehicle to slip into other gears. This could be considered dangerous. This has been occurring on vehicle since three months after purchase from dealer with no check engine lights coming on or any running issues.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated that while at an intersection, the contact placed her foot on the accelerator which the vehicle seized without warning. The vehicle has not been seen for a diagnosed test. The contact did mention NHTSA campaign:11v139000 (electrical system)as a possible solution to the failure of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made arw e of the failure the failure mileage was approximately 90,000. Ck.

While driving 40mph on a main city street the car shutoff. Radio was still on, lights were still on, but the engine was not running. No power steering, no brakes. As a result of shutting off while driving 40mph it caused an accident rear ending a pickup truck. Transported by ambulance to the er.

My vehicle starts trembling and shuts down all of the sudden, all the time while I am driving slow or fast. It stops sometimes in the middle of the highway. I have three kids and this is our only way of transportation. I am truly concerned for our safety.