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

While driving my kids to school going on a curve about 15 mph, the car shutdown and loss control of power steering and the braking. Findings upon inspection and diagnostics review, it was determined that the wireless ignition node (win) module is faulty. This component is critical to vehicle ignition and operation. The failure of the win module causes the engine to complete shut down while the vehicle was in motion on the highway. The shutdown resulted in an immediate loss of power steering and power breaking functions, leaving the driver with severely reduced control of the vehicle. Such a malfunction poses a significant safety hazard, as the driver is unable to maintain proper handling or safely maneuver the vehicle during operation. The win module has fail and must be replace immediately. Continued operation without repair could result in repeated engine shutdowns, increasing the risk of a crash or serious injury. Need replace the win module with an oem or certified equivalent part. Reprogram/ reinitialize the module as per manufacturer specifications. Test drive post-repair to ensure reliability and safety.

Every so often there’s like a miss or jerk as if it’s the transmission also there’s moments I’ll go after stopped and there’s no power until a few seconds.

Greetings, June 30, 2023 incident of our van stalling and shutting off while driving. The traction control warning light comes on, van automatically slows down and shuts off. When this happened, unable to steer, no control of brakes or accelerator along with being dangerous. Took vehicle into midas as they are closest to my work. After testing they determined it was the win module. Since June 30th 2023 to September 10th 2023 this issue happened over a dozen times. Luckily, no one was ever directly behind us and we were able to pull over safely, shut van off, wait one minute and start up again then was fine. The issue always happened while traveling under 30 mph. I am so grateful we, nor anyone else was injured. Midas informed me back early August 2023 that there was a recall on this exact same module, but recall didn't include our van. I spoke with russ darrow Dodge and let them know about our issue and got vehicle in and win module replaced on September 12, 2023.

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.

Electric fire drivers side rear inside, parked in driveway, hadn't been started for 24 hours, no inspection, not sure who to contact, disconnected battery and extinquised fire with water, major melting on inside and paint on outside, lucky we saw what was happening when we did close to fuel tank could have caused explosion.

Vehicle shot off while driving at approximately 25 mph to 30 mph twice during a round trip. No control of the vehicle. Pulled over and put vehicle into park and restarted the vehicle. Very concerning. There is a safety recall on 2010 Chrysler town and country for this serious problem but not for this VIN number. Why not? if this happened at a higher speed or with traffic present the outcome and consequence could be significant. Please advise.

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 transaxle has a safety defect, the can was sitting for almost a year and when the battery got changed the transaxle was warped. And it say ona flat road. . . P.

For the past several years we have tried to get power to examine the conditio. To no avail. Several times a week when we are driving the car will shut off and we lose power steering, the van turns off and we have to switch it into park to continue. Some day it happens several times. It seems like it is an occurance happening in other cars. ( see NHTSA campaign id:?14v373000. & 11v139000 ). I am worried bc it has almost led to several wrecks:. . It effects electrical. The ignition. Power steering and more. Also the air conditioner/ coolest has stopped working. We have to have tried multiple solutions with no avail… please help! and let me know if I can help with anything!.

I was driving from my grandmother's house to burger king and back. One way is about 6 blocks. It stalled on my twice on the way there and the only reason I noticed was either trying to press the gas and it didn't go any faster or trying to turn and the power steering didn't work. On the way back to my grandparents it stalled 4 times. Literally while I was driving every single time! not at stop signs. And then the traction light would come on. I just bought this van for $4000 in minnesota and did a tune up that costed me $500. Literally only had this van one week as of today. Had no problems other than a misfire from cylinder 1 on the way home with it. It just needed a new coil. Please help me! this was suppose to be a vehicle for my 18 month old and I and now it's not even safe for him to be in. I live in wisconsin.

Faulty tipm!.

Keys (pod) get stuck in ignition cannot remove them and cannot shift out of park to remove them, the shifting piece won't move out of park but the car start but can't shift gears or remove the key pod.

Vehicle is cutting off while driving. This has been happening over the past few months.

My vehicle shutsdown intermittently right after starting it either remotely or via the key. This tends to happen after the vehicle sits for a bit. The traction control light comes on and the car shuts down - no power steering etc. I just bought this vehicle and have not replaced anything yet. A google search indicates this is a common issue. Any help or direction to resolve the issue would help.

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.

I was driving yesterday with my 3 kids and the van shutdown without warning at highway speeds. It became a very dangerous event since we did not have breaking and very difficult to steer. After, getting to the shoulder, the vehicle would not start again, although it had a full tank of fuel. The key gets stuck in the on position. And it lock the starter in the ignition phase as if I was holding the key on after the car starts. I cycled the key and noticed that if I held it right, it would not lock the starter in the starting position. However, it would not turn on. I saw there were recalls on this vehicle and one about the ignition.

Took my vehicle in to get the recall that is related to my win module fixed at goldstein in latham, NY and was told it would take approx. A hour and a half. After an hour and a half they come out and tell me that they ordered the wrong part and will have to order the right part. They told me that they would call me when they receive the part and I haven't heard back from them.

Key will not come out and the shifter has hung up and fail to move.

Have trouble with the car starting have to mess with the sifter to get it to start also the back gate hydroponics are not working to keep the back door open it goes as up and then comes right back down.

Not sure what the actual problem is - the car has been stalling using occuring when first using the vehicle in the morning, leaving the driveway on a small side street, or at a stop or signal sign. It starts with the light saying the car is driving irregular, then other lights come on and may go back on - then at a light will go on and stop completely. I found that others are having the same problems when you are going under 30 mph. I have replaced the battery, the tipm, broke switch, reprogramed the power control module, ignition switch. Receiver 08035031, transmtr 08059057,sensor cr 08037155. Also checked the engine and all codes. The worst problem beside the fact it stalls in the middle of the road is that I had trouble getting it smoged. Lastly on one occasion it started doing funny things and I went on to the freeway, so at 55mph the speedometer went crazy up and down no consistent with my speed and then when I was pulling into the parking lot it stalled completely. Also once it stalled and all the electrical also went out , no emergency blinkers, no window opening, no radio. I have spent more than $3,000 with the dealer and no relief, it is almost happening every time I go out were before it was only occasional. The exact date is unknown but it is more than 2 years.

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.

Steering wheel emblem and retainer. This emblem and retainer can become a flying object in the vehicle if the steering wheel air bag is deployed in a accident and cause injury to individuals within the vehicle. Dealership stated they don’t have the parts to fix this recall. No this recall is still open per Chrysler and has been open for awhile. I called a dealership and was advised they would just put tape over the emblem. Tape will not hold the emblem and retainer in place once the air bag deploys. “tape” is not a good repair tactic.

Shuts down randomly while driving and loses power steering, difficult to stop. Occurs in any condition or speed. Sometimes traction control warning light comes on right beforehand. Inability to control vehicle after engine shutdown.

When driving, the vehicle would shut off , steering wheel became stiff and brakes would not work, as if it lost all power. There would be abs and 'slippery' symbol on the dash board. It would happen during turning too and since the steering wheel was stiff, I was not able to turn it back straight and had to stop in the middle of the road. This vehicle stalling happened a few times and kept getting more frequent. I took it to dealer few times. They found code c121c stored in abs module once, but could not identify the problem. I read up online that other people are having the same problem and are replacing the egr valve. I asked dealer to replace that even though they did not think that was the problem. Ever since they replace the egr valve, it has been running okay. Its surprising that Chrysler dealer did not know of this know issue. But it is definitely not safe since the vehicle stalls anytime without notice and you cannot even control the steering wheel or brakes.

Power steering intermittent failure when backing out of parking spaces and for the first 100 feet of driving. Loud whining sound on acceleration.

2010 Dodge Town & Country air bag light on which causes horn not to work an cruise control.

I have had to replace the tipm twice in the 1 year I owned the vehicle. First issue I had was with the vehicle not starting after many attempts while in a undesirable location. The second time the tipm was replaced was after my headlights would either work or not work and sometimes only one headlight would turn on. It was sporadic. This could lead to safety issues.

The vehicle while moving would shut down suddenly without warning which make it dangerous to operate. It would happen on the highway , city street.

Went to start car in the morning would not start up, so I as neighbors for a jump . It took awhile but started. Drive for awhile got battery checked it was good. Came home and cut the car off tried to start again, would not start. Got another jump and was going to the dealership, car cut off in the middle of the street while driving. I was nervous cause cars was behind me and it could have been a bad accident. Sat for awhile and got another jump was able to make it back home. From my reading it sounds like this may be related to the the timp issue that's going on with these vans. I just purchased my van a week ago and haven't enjoyed it because of this issue.

Gear shifter doesn't release key in park, key won't come out of ignition. Have to tap gear shifter to release key.

Driving straight 15 mph on residential street, and the vehicle lost power steering, the traction control light came on and the engine went from around 1000 rpm to zero rpm.

While driving the van will just shut off/stall with no warning. Which then locks the steering even if in the middle of turning. Its very dangerous. We have taken it to the mechanic multiple times but they cant figure what the issue is because whatever it is is not throwing a code. It happens every time its driven.

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.