general problems of the 2010 Chrysler Town & Country - part 1

So my vehicle, the key fob for some odd reason goes from in the run position to the off position, which caused my car to turn off while driving shuts down the entire car and with that makes it hard to stop.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the check engine warning light had been illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated while driving 20-25 mph, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continued driving. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 217,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shut down. The driver was able to restart the vehicle. The engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who stated that the failure was due to the electrical system. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified about the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number 11v139000 (electrical system).  .

While driving lost all power to vehicle. Lights, power steering etc. Able to shift into neutral and restart. This has occurred a few times. Very dangerous at night with no lights.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent but had started occurring more frequently and the vehicle would stall at various speeds. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 171,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and restarted the vehicle however, the failure recurred. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 213,000.

While driving at posted limits, the van will shut off without warning. This has happened 5 times. We have been fortunate that no cars have been following close behind, so we have been able to pull the van off the side of the road, stop and re-start the van. I have had a dealer and another mechanic look at the ignition and attempt to trouble shoot. However, nothing is ever found. This does not happen with any consistency. . . It is very random.

My a/c compressor unit froze up. Tearing my serpentine belt. Causing my engine to not run at all. My driver side window switch wiring melted. So now my window does not function at all. My vehicle doesn't go over 40mph and no longer shifts properly. Most of my engine wiring has melted. I have replaced the map sensor, but it says there is a problem with the circuit. Also says a problem with the barometric sensor, which I have yet to find. I had to replace the water pump. My cooling fan has totally stopped working. My key sticks in the ignition. I have replaced the battery and starter. I have also replaced the ignition coil pack, spark plugs and wires. I thought this may be the reason it was having issues starting, but it still continues. My vehicle will studder or stall out while driving. Causing it to lose power, steering. Sometimes the van just doesn't start. Or it will seem like it wants to start, but it doesn't "fire. " sounding like a starter issue, but the starter has already been replaced.

While driving, the engine will shut off resulting in a loss of power steering and brakes, amongst other systems. Very hazardous. Previous models have been recalled for this same issue and I would like to report it is still an issue in the 2010 Town & Country limited.

The van's ignition switch intermittently won't fully go into the off position so I can fully turn off the car and lock the doors. Sometimes the key fob pops out when I'm driving. Sometimes I am unable to remove the key from the ignition switch and unable to turn off the engine normally. Upon getting the part number off the ignition switch and searching for a replacement to purchase, I discovered other owners experienced the same problems and a recall was done. I contacted the dealer and was shock to find out my van is not being acknowledged in the recall despite my issues experienced and articles published indicating the year, make and model of my van and a recall specific to my issue. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.

My vehicle is stalling and dying randomly down while I am driving.

While driving the whole car stopped working, everything just died. Power steering, gas, power brakes, everything. I was able to, thankfully, get to the side of the highway, and put the car into park. I gave the car a few minutes, then it started back up again. This is not the first time this has happened, just the first time on a highway. I've taken my van to a dealership before and they can't "reproduce" the problem so they don't fix anything. Meanwhile, my life and the life of my family are in danger because I don't know if my van is going to shut down while I'm driving. There was no warning it was going to happen, the steering just goes out and you have no power.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, the vehicle inadvertently lost electrical power and stalled. The anti-traction warning light illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact stated that he turned off and restarted the vehicle and was able to continue to drive. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.

Van will suddenly shut engine down resulting in loss of brakes, power steering and all other systems. Van must need to be restarted by turning key off and back to run position. Seems to happen at lower speeds and is an intermittent issue that can’t be duplicated on command. Is becoming more frequent. (3 times in 2 days most recently) will stall in the middle of the road and unable to safely move over. Tractions control light will turn on.

Engine stops while driving. Has happened multiple times and is extremely dangerous. Have been told it is a bad tipm which was recalled on other models, but not mine????.

I was driving about 30 mph when I couldn’t accelerate or brake. The power steering also went out. I saw the traction light on. As I tried to move to the shoulder, I almost got hit. I turned the van off and then restarted it. When it started back up, no lights were on. This has done this to me every time I’ve driven it in the past 2 weeks. It is a big safety issue. I’m scared to drive it. I just recently had the fuel injector and spark plugs replaced. This did not fix the issue.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated while driving at 20 mph, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled without warning. The contact restarted the vehicle and drove to the residence. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

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.

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.

Engine randomly shuts down while in operation.

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.

The van just at its own choice cuts off, you can be going 5 mph or 70mph. There is no warning, then you lose steering and braking with the engine off. After you get it stopped it starts right back up but you don't know for how long before it does it again. There is a recall on the igniti0n box but not for my VIN number, Chrysler needs to expand the years on that recall before someone gets hurt badly or killed. . .

While driving, engine turns off randomly and renders the power steering and power brakes to lose their function as well. This has made driving the vehicle extremely dangerous because it happens randomly and without warning and has caused some close calls on the road, which is what prompted me to discontinue driving the van and taking it to the dealership. There are no open recalls for my vehicle, however, safety recall r03 describes exactly what is happening to my van and includes vehicles in model year 2010.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start up after multiple attempts. There were several unknown warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact had the vehicle towed to several dealers and independent mechanics where they informed him that the win (wireless ignition node) module was defective and needed to be replaced. The dealer informed the contact that the win module had previous been replaced under an unknown recall; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

Engine turns off and there is no power steering and only the abs only work. I was in motion and the engine just turned off while I was driving.

While driving, van shut off. Engine braking and steering.

I bought this 2010 chryler town and country in October 01 2019, five days later I call the dealer and explain the problem I was having and told them the engine would sudden shut off while driving that said vehicle was unsafe to drive could I have the vehicle tow back to the dealership or have someone look at it where I live and they said that I have to drive back to the dealership . As I as driving I almost got hit three times driving 100 miles back to the dealership drive I got from.

While in motion my car turns off while driving. While in park sometimes it will not start right away but everything else turns on.

Vehicle stopped running while driving on street. This has happened 4 times in the last year.

Coming to a stop or slowing down or even cruising at even 40 mph, the rpm's will drop to zero without warning and the engine will shut off. Sometime this will be preceded by a jerking motion in the car. If we put the car in neutral we can immediately restart the engine. This is dangerous as we lose power steering and brakes when this happens and if we are in the middle of a turn it is very difficult to complete the turn and we are exposed to oncoming traffic. We have never yet had these ignition problems occur on the highway. Also, our ignition key fob has many times mysteriously turned our car on or off, has caused the alarm to come on, has locked and unlocked our car, and has even opened our windows part way when we are approaching our van. These things have been occurring for about 4 years. We have had a Chrysler dealer service dept. And another reputable mechanic both unsuccessful at finding the cause of these problems.

Vehicle's system (electrical, motor, steering) shuts down while in operation. Lights do not function, loss of power steering, braking is limited. This has been an ongoing issue with a previous complaint filed (11166442). When the vehicle loses power, if the key fob is touched, the vehicle may regain power suddenly.

While driving the car unexpectedly cut power to the engine. The electronic stability control light illuminated. Without the ability to drive I slowly coasted to the side of the road. I put the car in park and then in drive again but still the gas petal was not having any effect. I had to shut the car off and restart to get going again. The van is new to us and has happened twice in the three days we've owned it. This is extremely unsafe as it is a complete loss of power in the middle of driving and I can easily see how this unexpected event could cause a rear end collision.

Van randomly turn off while driving without any warning, lost all power steering control and power assisted brake control. This has happens randomly over the past 3 years. Very dangerous and could lead to death if it resulted in a crash. Has always happens when the vehicle has been in motion, has happened at highway speeds, at low speeds, and when turning.

For a few months now the van will sometimes not start, even if starting it back up immediately after just driving it. It has died in the middle of the road while driving with no steering capabilities, it hesitates when driving between 35-40 mph. I never know if it's going to start back up after I shut it off, or when it's just going to decide to lock up and die while driving.