Six problems related to battery dead have been reported for the 2012 Chrysler Town & Country. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Chrysler Town & Country based on all problems reported for the 2012 Town & Country.
Fuel pump relay sticks and causes battery to go dead. Filed complaint with Chrysler in 2021. They explained there is an issue with the tipm in multiple vehicles with the same fuse relay box which could catch fire. My 2012 was not included because not enough complaints. Does not make sense. Ordered Chryslers relay bypass kit from multiple outlets including oem chryler parts departments only to get cancelled due to availibility for only recalled vehicles. My vehicle shuts out randomly and will not start . The fuse box finally did start smokining at the fuel pump fuse #25. I had to order a complete tipm now because it damaged the circuit board. Also,why is there no recall on the flexplates (flywheel) it shattered at the crankshaft bolts.
2012 Chrysler town and country purchased second hand at 84. 000 miles vehicle started then following at 86,000 miles. Lights sensor would activate lights without input from remote or driver. Then the lights stopped sensing when to change and has to be activated in manual. Vehicle windows would not remain up and locked when manually inputted to do so or activated to do so with remote. Interior lights would randomly switch on and run the battery dead. This resulted in many jumpstarts. Vehicle began to use fuel like 30. 00 weekly with normal driving of my family to 30. 00 every two to three days with no charge in driving. This increased when the family needs to drive increased to almost 20. 00 daily. Vehicle would not accelerate on an incline would stay at 30 mph despite you pressing the gas and it woul rev. Vehicle would deaccrate and accelerate on its own merit, one could press the gas and it wouldn't increase going up an incline causing any to maneuver around you to avoid collision and the it would accelerate on its own merit. Vehicle lift gate would not remain locked when secured whether by remote or manual. Lift gate also stopped sensing and has almost locked my small disabled a children in between where it closes. Vehicle lights would stop working with sensing in the auto mode. Have to manually use them then internal lights would come in and kill the battery. The signals in the dash had major malfunctions you would get the airbag, check engine and various lights intermittently flashing. The driver side seat would not work as you change a fuse it would blow. The passenger doors would not lock with remote input or manual lock door can open when driving. Rear windows would open on their own merit usually causing animal to get in. The car fuel pump would not stop running until the battery died or the terminal was removed. The screen said display is hot.
2012 Chrysler town and country complaint 2/2 vehicle would having a humming and whirring sound coming from it that would cease only when the battery is dead or terminal removed. The lights would kill the battery despite being left in off position. The vehicle currently was taken to the store for the change of a tipm due to smelling a very hot burning scent and then in stop whirring sound along with display is hot in red on screen. The actual screen and middle control panel to hot to touch. The vehicle tire system signal would occur recurrently and it would cause one to have continuously check tires even if they were fine and sometimes the vehicle would need and others not. The vehicle was left with the dealer to change a tipm and work on the fuel pump not stopping even with no key in the vehicle and change the burned electrical rear window switch that had burned like October. The vehicle had a brand new battery installed by aaa. And this battery cell was destroyed by the continuous draining and jump starting. The vehicle has had the tipm put in and returned to me a month later not being able to drive more than 2 miles without overheating and release of white smoke. The car has no coolant in it and no oil when replaced immediately the vehicle burned it off and it ran out. The vehicle also had to be towed back to the dealer. The dealer charges for the new computer and then tells me I have to pay for the coolant problem, the oil leak problem and and some caliber with my wheel. The vehicle also after having a new tipm installed and new remote coded and programmed the vehicle passenger door on the right still doesn't lock with instruction from neither remote or manually. The dealer is telling me I can not fix the oil leak thing and drive it topping of the oil and checking it daily.
While stopped and engine running in drive gear. Vehicle was in line at a drive thru. I could smell electrical odor in vehicle. The cars electrical stopped working and then the battery was affected. Suddenly no power to vehicle. Battery was even dead after electrical went out.
Car sometimes does not start, takes 4 to 6 times. Engine stalls. New battery could be dead overnight or in a few hours. When this happens doors can not be unlocked, no ligths, no radio, or instrumentation panel. Needs to be jump, then works, but it has been happenning often.
Vehicle battery dies overnight and requires a jump start. Clicking noise can be heard coming from the fuse box under the hood (tipm?). Vehicle is unresponsive to the key fob and accessory mode won't even turn on while key is in the vehicle. Jump start remedies the problem for the day, but this is required everyday since the battery dies overnight.