general problems of the 2012 Chrysler Town & Country

I have a 2012 Chrysler town and country van. In 2021 I had brake calipers replaced on the rear end because they were leaking brake fluid. Again this year same problem. What is going on with brake systems on todays cars? I do not think this is normal wear. How often are consumers dealing with brake problems? are manufacturers using poorly made parts? I think this needs to be investigated.

Van engine dies while driving. Has happened four times at high rate of speed— once on the expressway going 65 mph. Dash lights come on when driving and engine dies. Power steering and brakes go out. No codes. I coast to a stop on side of road. When trying to restart, van will have power, but will not turn over. After about 45-60 minutes, starts and runs normally. Could not replicate problem at auto repair shop. Had it towed first time. Three times since it restarted after sitting an hour. Almost was rear-ended on expressway overpass the last time it died. Children were in the car. Also died in the rain at dusk on county highway. Unsafe location. No warning prior to the failure. Also happened to another driver. First event may 2022. Again June 2022. Again July 2022. Again September 2022.

My town and country will shut off while driving, this is very concerning to me I have 4 children with me at all times. I can be going 10 miles down the road and it will shut off atleast 5 times. I live in the mountains so getting it out of the road is an challenge at most times. The other day I was going thru a green light and it shut off. Luckily it had just enough roll to get it out of the intersection and kinda off the interstate. It just does it no warning at all shuts off I loose breaks steering everything! it is very dangerous!!!.

Vehicle has shut off, while driving, multiple times over the past year and a half. The first instance was summer 2021. Coming to a stop from a highway exit ramp and the van shut off for no reason. I was eventually able to restart and drive within a few minutes. A few days later, the van would shut down, or try to shut down, every time I would slow to a stop during a 2 hour trip. A few months ago, while driving approximately 35 mph, the van dashboard lights shut off, windshield wipers turned on and all other lights and power steering / brakes shut down temporarily. Luckily we were driving in a straight line because I had no power brakes or steering at that moment. Most recent issue occurred 8/27/2022. Driving van on highway, shut off at a light at bottom of exit ramp. We do not feel safe driving this van.

2012 Chrysler town&country my 2012 town and country has randomly stopped on me three times in April and may of 2022. The car shuts off completely for no apparent reason. The car will not start again until put into park. This was unsafe because I had no control of the car until it rolled to a stop. Fortunately, each time the hazard lights responded and cars behind me went around. The very scary part was not knowing if I would run into the car ahead of me as neither brakes nor steering worked. I took it to my dealership and told them the problem. They said they discovered there was faulty wiring and repaired it at the cost of just nearly $700. I picked up the car. I drove it for under an hour and it stopped in the middle of a busy street. I took the car back to the dealership. They kept it for two weeks and finally said they made it do the event again. They then proceeded to try to diagnose it. After a week or so they called to say they thought they had diagnosed the problem. However they could not get the part that they thought needed to be replaced. None seemed to be available. The dealership then called to say that they had found two parts but only one was available. I was informed that they weren’t sure they could get the part at all. (the cost for parts and labor will be $1000. ) my car has now been in the dealership for almost a month. They tell me that they have no idea when the car will be fixed. I was also informed that even if they put this part in the car they cannot guarantee me the car will be safe to drive. I will not have any confidence in this car again. I will find it a financial hardship to purchase a new car right now. This however is the only choice open to me now in order to feel safe in a car again. 2022,dlr.

Traction control light came on and engine shut off while driving around 30 miles per hour after just starting about 20 minutes after shut off and listening to radio with key in accessory position lost brakes and steering. Traction control would not come back on till I stopped 10 miles after restarting and turned off. Only came back on with engine not on.

The contact owns a 2012 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving 10-25 mph, a squishing sound was heard when the brake pedal was depressed. The abs and traction control warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to truck farm of easley (296 calhoun memorial hwy, easley, SC 29640, (864) 220-1811) however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the contact was informed that the battery terminal was loosened, the brake valve and brake booster wire were eaten by rodents. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the repairs were not covered under warranty. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.

We purchased this vehicle at carmax in calfornia, right before christmas of 2014 we had the brakes replaced and rotors. 2015 of August we had to have the front brakes replaced. Not it is 2016 October and my front brakes (right side mostly) is squeaking again. We own a Chrysler 300 srt8 and a tahoe, my tahoe of which I had since 2005, has only had 2 brake replacements. I feel there is some other issue with this vehicle and no one is looking into it. There is something defective. And I think it is very dangerous. On top of that my airbag lights continuously go off and on and currently has stayed on, and will not turn off.

Alternator went out at 86k. Known issue with exact same part # on other Chrysler products have been recalled. Van is in the shop now getting a $480 replacement installed plus 1. 2 hours of labor for a part that if on another vehicle would be covered under an existing recall.

Tl-the contact a 2012 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while in the parking lot at the school the contact pushed the start button and placed the vehicle in reverse and the vehicle shut off without warning and the vehicle rolled backwards. The contact pushed the emergency parking break and shuts off the vehicle and restarted the vehicle while applying brake. The vehicle has not been diagnosed or repaired. The failure continues to occur intermittently. The contact stated that the approximate failure mileage was 37000. Am.

I got into a car accident hit from side my car sustained over 5,000 of damage my children and I were in the car at the time the airbags did not deploy. I reported this to Chrysler they just advised me to go to dealer to have airbags checked. Never offered to do any further inquiry. Currently, my van starts at times and at others does not my new battery which was costly continues to be drained I called Chrysler they said it would cost 145. Just to diagnose the problem I don't have that kind of money available to check the car I said to the service dept. "you know these vans are experiencing these problems yet you still charge me so much to have a known problem checked?" they said yes do you want to make an apt. ? of course I did not.

This car was a new purchase, and already had 5000 miles on it. ( it was a demo car at dealership). After 17k miles ( 22k total), brakes started smelling of burning parts. When I had to stop at an intersection, car simply would not stop. Thankfully, there was no accident or injuries. Chrysler mentions that this was due to driving habit, and will not take any responsibility. I have been driving for 18 years in total, and never had this issue in any of my other cars.

When I start the car it will run fine and then the ignition switch will turn off leaving me with steering and braking power dead. Sometimes I will try to start the car and it will not start and the starter will just keep going so the only way I can get the starter to stop is to put it in drive. This has happend several times and fortunately I was driving at low speed or stopped. Had it happened at higher speeds or on the freeway, it could have resulted in a deadly crash. I took it into the dealer and they said it was a defective ignition switch and replaced the switch. So far the problem has not reoccured. My complaint is also that I have asked the dealer and Chrysler motors for reimbersement, $450. 00 and so far they have refused because it was not an item on their recall list and I was out of warranty on milage. I know that Chrysler has known about defective ignition switches for several years so why have they not notified owners. This is a very dangerous problem, like gm had.