general problems of the 2013 Chrysler Town & Country

My Chrysler town and country has serious electrical issues. It started with the radio shutting off and restarting by itself, which is not a serious issue at all. But yesterday, at a red light, the radio shut off and so did the car. The engine stopped working, the accelerator pedal would not respond. It was terrifying. Thankfully we were at a red light, but if this were to happen on a busy highway, or even just on a regular street with traffic, it could be a life threatening situation. From what I have researched online, this is a common problem with Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge cars. Legal action has been taken and class action lawsuits were filed to address this matter. The center for auto safety (cas) asked this very own NHTSA to open an investigation into faulty tipm, which seem to be the problem that causes these cars to very dangerously completely shut off even while driving, causing drivers to lose control of the steering and of the brakes. The cas estimated 7 million Chrysler vehicles have power issues related to the tipm. One month after receiving a class action lawsuit, Chrysler issued a recall for 189. 000 Dodge durango and Jeep grand cherokee with bad tipms. 189. 000. Out of seven million. This is absurd. It seems as if Chrysler is waiting for someone to be killed due to this issue so they can take it seriously and actually issue the recall to all the cars that have this problem, not a tiny fraction of them and not only because it is directly related to a lawsuit. Unfortunately, despite multiple claims throughout the years that not only this is a common problem with Chrysler, but that the corporation is well aware of it and negligently refuses to address the issues, the NHTSA rejected the cas petition to investigate this problem. Proof is definitely not amiss, as a quick internet research will produce thousands upon thousands of reports of the same problem on the same car. This needs to be a recall urgently, and not only after someone dies.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Chrysler town and country the contact stated that when they would attempt to accelorate their vehicle, their vehicle would hesitate to accelorate, the suddenly accelorate aggressively. The contact took the vehicle to the dealership (lester glenn Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram fiat 1199 NJ-37 w, toms river, NJ 08755; (732) 481-2586) who were unable to identify the cause of the failure. The issue persist. The contact learned that those with similar issues have stated it was an issue with the tipm and fuel pump relay fuse. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000. Gl.

I'm not sure what exactly happened, the vehicle is pending investigation. I attempted to stop the vehicle, pressing the brakes down as hard as possible, and the vehicle wouldn't stop. The other vehicle was hit from behind at a light I was probably going around 40 mph. Also, when we first bought the vehicle it had a habit of turning off while driving. Finally got that fixed. It turned out to be the master power cylinder or something like that.

The telematics module goes bad in these models. Loosing all gauges and wiper control without warning. This often results in costly diagnostics that leave the driver in an unsafe vehicle. The vehicle will still drive and operate. This can happen in motion or stationary.

I have already replaced the oil filter adapter housing as many have complained about, but I am still having an oil leak just a few months later. Now when I drive sometimes the accelerator goes out so I just cruise until it comes back on. It happens at highway speeds and in town driving.

While in motion on a highway everything shut down. No spedometer, no tv, no windows, no blinkers, no ac,no brake lights, no headlights. Everything that was electrical was off. The engine was still running. All warning lights were on the dash and it also said no bus,.

All the warning lights turn on and the wiper starts working, all the gauges stop and the ac and dvd turns off, bougt this car from fuccillo Nissan in latham on 06/12/2015, so far its the 5th time I have told them about the problem and till date they cant do anything to duplicate the problem, showed them videos of it when it starts to happen. . . They wont fix it or get it fixed, service department and there general sales manager keeps telling me to take it to Chrysler to get it fixed, its still under warranty from the dealer.

•last March I was driving on highway in rush hour, 60 – 65 mph. Van shuts off, breaks do not work, and steering wheel is locked. All I could do is wait until the van coasted to a stop; I put it in park and then started it back up again in order to exit the expressway. •took the van in. They kept it for over a week and then told me that they replaced something with the brakes and now it is working fine. •(11/04/14), I was on vacation in ohio. Going 40 mph and the same thing happened. Again, I was lucky and no accident. •took the van to nearest dealership. They charged me $79 to check out the car – and they did not find anything. I would have thought that would have been a covered charge. •Chrysler “escalated my ticket to corporate” and they also asked me if I felt safe driving my van home. I did not feel safe – but really did not see a choice because all the dealership and the surrounding car rental places had to offer me was a small car and I had 3 people, luggage and a wheelchair to get home. •I drove side roads home – the total trip took me an additional 9 hours instead of 4. 5. (11/06/14) the car shut down again on me – no one was on the road at the time. •(11/07/14) ray laetham dealership in grosse pointe, michigan. •11/12/14 dealership asked several questions about the car and said the engineers at Chrysler have given them additional things to try •11/14/14 dealership tells me I can pick up my van. Engineers have decided that it must have been the e85 gas that I had been using "which has been known to cause problems" even though that is the gas that I was told to use. Hopefully I will survive the last 6 months of my lease. I have a van that I cannot drive my family in.

Think Toyota . I was accelerating from a light and let up on the gas but car kept accelerating . Next I put it in neutral motor kept racing. Got car stopped. In the middle of the road. Restarted car-still raceing. Next atempted to pull over so put my foot on brake and put it in gear van shook and shook til about 35 miles per hour{with brakes on} then a big thunk and it returned to normal. Xxxx in August it did smething similar. When aproaching a stop let up on gas {30 mph} van kept going pushed harder on brakes car shaking but slowing till the big thunk and then it stoped,part way into intersection. Not for the week of heart.