general problems of the 2014 Chrysler Town & Country - part 2

The passenger side sliding door has issues locking and unlocking. The actuator buzzes whenever the car locks or unlocks, even after a replacement part installed. When automatically closing the door, it often gets “stuck” trying to close and you can hear the door/lock motor repeatedly trying to pull the door closed and lock it even though the door is in the closed position. It will do this until the battery drains if not dealt with. To stop it, I have to manually open the door and slam it closed. Oftentimes the door is just stuck and will not open when in this stuck mode, which is the major safety concern. This has been happening for over a year now. It is especially worse in the heat, but happens all year. These doors are also frozen shut in the winter and the family has to enter the vehicle through the front driver or passenger doors.

The radio has stopped working. The screen will sometimes come on to all white then go off again and other times the Chrysler symbol will show then go off after a few minute. No sound, no back up camera, nothing . Been doing this for 3 days.

Transmission went with 56000 miles, getting the car back in almost 4 weeks. Now car just stops dead. Had to tow to dealer again same problem. Scared to drive because after getting car back engine �rolls�. Feels like stopping. I stalled yesterday at intersection and got towed to dealer. The fixed trans but now I have just stopping problem. Looking the problem up I find it's a problem with Chrysler. I can't afford to keep a lemon. Please check it out.

One morning before work when I started the van I noticed the battery light was illuminated. The vehicle drove fine and after work,the light was not on anymore. The van sat all weekend and when I started it up 2 days later the battery light was again illuminated. So I scheduled it to be seen at the dealership. By the time the dealership could get me in, the battery light was no longer on. The dealership ran diagnostics and could find no issues so I picked it up with no resolution. Today has been a week since the dealership looked at the van, the battery light has been on solid for 3 days now and on my way to drive it back to the dealership this morning, it completely died on the side of the road and I had to have it towed the rest of the way there. The vehicle completely died while driving on a straight 35mph road. All power steering and instruments were lost and I couldnt even put the van in neutral or get the key out of the ignition. I am currently waiting to hear from the dealership as to what they found as the cause.

The rear sliding door makes a loud buzzing noise when the door locks and unlocks. I've been told that it is the actuator. It happens every single time the door is locked or unlocked, wether driving or stationary.

The rear passenger sliding door continues to try to latch after closed, generally only on very hot days. This happens when the vehicle is stationary or in motion. This is a well known problem with these vehicles. . Read more...

Van turned off and would crank but not start. Happened at random times until it would not start at all. Was towed for repair, we had to replace the tipm. Now only a couple weeks later the van, again, will only crank but not start.

Tl- the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated that while driving, a noise occurred that was coming through the vehicle vent driver side front door and smoke was coming through the vent switch. The contact also stated that on the driver side by the third row seat driver side the cigarette power supplied cough on fire. The contact costed to the side of the road and took a beach towel to smother the fire for it not to spread and burn his left hand but did not seek medical attention. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 64,700. Aw.

Sliding right side door opening by itself (mostly happening overnight), rear lift gate has opened by itself twice (so far), driver's side sliding door has opened by itself once (overnight). I shut the power switch to it off, but it's still happening. So far, that has not happened while the vehicle was on or in motion. I worry about if I'm away and it happens that someone could steal articles from my van. The engine temperature has been running high lately, with a smell of antifreeze. I had the radiator flushed and thermostat replaced, but it's still running hot. It does this mostly when it's idling, even in cold weather.

Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the windshield wipers was operating independently while on the off position. In addition, the instrumental panel was resetting independently causing the fuel gage not to show and the mileage was zero. The contact mentioned that the windows failed to operate intermittently at times. The contact contacted kunes country Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram of oregon 601 gale st, oregon, IL 61061 where they provided a price to diagnosed the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000. Ak.

The passenger side sliding door lock stopped functioning trapping my child inside. We had to move the vehicle due to where it was parked as we could not exit on the driver side door. The door actuator jammed and pulling the door handle would not release the lock. After forcing the lock actuator to release the actuator still acts up and makes a buzzing sound. This appears to be a common issue on the 2014 through 2016 town and country as I've encountered hundreds of other posts about this same issue. Had there been an emergency it would have been impossible to exit the vehicle on the passenger side for the rear passengers.

Tire pressure senser reads a false low tire. Tires inspected my mechanic and none of the tires are actually low. Tire pressure senser stays on every engine start and does not go away.

The airbag light on the instrument panel will randomly illuminate and ding as if the airbag has failed. This happens at random and under no specific circumstances while driving on the road. This concerns me for the fact I fear the air bags will not deploy if an accident occurs.

My car is just shutting off while going 60mph on the highway. Just shuts off while in park, remote start, driving. Will do it at 20mph, will do it at 60mph. Once it shuts off, I loose power steering.

Passenger sliding door is buzzing any time the car is unlocked remotely, using a switch, or a button. Now continuously buzzes any time a door or door lock is activated.

The vehicle's entire electrical system shut down one day upon starting in my garage. It was still driveble, but there were no working electrical components. I took it to an excellent independent shop and they were unable to diagnose the problem, and said it needed to go to a Chrysler service center. Chrysler determined that the blind spot sensors had failed, which is a $2000 repair. We inquired as to whether the sensors could be bypassed and were told they could not. We were then told, both by the original shop and the Chrysler service center, that this would happen again, most likely within the next 50k miles, due to the location of the sensors being under the bumper immediately behind the rear tires. In that spot they take the brunt of the elements kicked up by the tires, which after prolonged exposure causes them to fail. They are not able to be cleaned effectively because they are located within a cavity that cannot be reached. I then called a body shop to see whether we could add some sort of cover to the cavity to prevent the debris from hitting the sensors, and was told this was not possible. The body shop, the original shop and the Chrysler service center all told me independently that this was a design flaw and a safety issue in the vehicle that existed in model years 2011-2016, and was later corrected when Chrysler redesigned the town and country into the pacifica. We live on a dirt road and now have a six year old vehicle that is a ticking time bomb for this exact issue to continue to occur for as long as we own it.

My vehicle randomly shut off while driving. It happened 15 times over the past year creating extremely dangerous situations. Because it was not throwing any codes, and would not replicate often, it was hard to diagnose until I developed an issue with starting the car, almost a year later. The win module was bad. I now know that earlier model year's had a recall for this exact issue. I find it curious that the bad win module would occur randomly for my model year without a collection of occurances.

I've listed a date below I don't recall the exact date, don't recall the exact mileage, or the exact speed everything listed herein is approximate, if it had happened all day everyday then I could've remembered, but the following has happened on multiple occasions both in winter and in summer. 1. Vehicle has stopped on me while driving multiple times, doesn't otherwise seem to drive rough, it has also stalled on me while driving and I make "y" turns or am driving and stop at a stop sign. I put the van back in park, and it will start back up. It doesn't happen while the car is in park. Sometimes there is a burning smell that is similar to the smell of an airplane. 2. Ticking noise when I start and continues while I'm driving and increases as I accelerate. 3. Heat and a/c will turn on, on its own, turns on the rear first, and then the front seats after, I can turn it off and it will repeat the process (I've actually recorded it happening). 4. Left passenger door closes on its own, won't stay open, clicking noise even if it's closed. 5. Interior lights and radio will flicker and go dim then bright (as if switching from night to daytime throughout the whole time I'm driving frequently happens).

Middle media control panel shorted and caught fire. Burned all the wires behind that panel. Happened during driving just after startup.

Rear view camera stop working.

Passenger side sliding door door will open and close normally but when it gets hot outside the door will not latch when it closes. Door sounds like it is constantly trying to latch shut. It will continue to do this while driving and randomly start and stop again.

Suspension rattles, shocks and struts rattle, having trouble starding engine on often, remote start fails with no indication of low battery, engine stalls before starting. Check engine light on, airbag light on.

Sliding door lock actuator is poorly designed. The motor is cheaply made and has burnt out twice in the past year on the right side of the sliding door. When the motor in the actuator burns out it causes the door to seize without warning and you can no longer open the door. This happened without warning when we needed to get our young child out of the vehicle in a hurry and could not open the door. We had to have a body shop make the repair to even open the door on each occasion as the door lock seizes and you cannot unlock it manually or operate handle. Upon discovery of the issue we looked online only to discover forumns of many town and country owners have the same issue. This is a safety issue because in an emergency or collision the door will not be able to open and thus passengers become stuck inside the vehicle.

While driving the van it completly dies no readings on dadh and the steering quits and the brakes fail I almost crashed intto a tree and a 2nd time I almost caused a 3 car pile up on a highway Chrysler claims they cant duplicate the problem many other drivers are having the same safety problems while driving withfamy members and theyre afraid of dying or killing others.

The passenger side sliding door tries to open and close repeatedly without success. This causes the external lights and and turn all lights to constantly go off and the van to ding like a door is opening. Once this starts, it does not matter if the car is parked, driving, on, or off.

The vehicle continues to run with the ignition key removed. Lights and assessories also stay on. Have to pull fuse and battery to shut vehicle down.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 45 mph, the windshield wipers activated independently, the vehicle independently decelerated, and the blind spot protection unavailable warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred four times. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

I was driving about 45 mph on a main roadway in ohio while on vacation. Suddenly, the vehicle went completely dead and stalled. All displays went black. I had no steering and limited braking ability. I was able to leave the roadway safely. Then, I put the vehicle in park. I was able to restart the vehicle, and drive back to our vacation home without issue.

Driving down the road and vehicle completely shutdown, no power steering, little braking, no lights on display. This would happen randomly with no engine light warnings. Happens multiple times. Once shutdown in middle of major intersection and it would not start up, would try to turn over. It also seems to happen around 35-45 mph and coming to a stop. Took it to dealership hooked it up on computer no engine light or sensor triped and while it was idling car shutdown asked service manager to check about a recall on 2011 vehicles (p54) but they said no recall. I take it to work every day less then a mile away and car has shutdown on me twice. Afraid to drive it any distance.

Defogger inefficient and unsafe when raining in summer caused by known problem with a/c heat blend door sticking. Ac on one side high heat on other. . Condensation forms on inside while driving on highway. Fca fixing for free on some 2014 -2105 models but not all even though same issue reported and same parts (identical part numbers) involved on same vehicle in same time frame.

While my wife and children were making a left-hand turn in the far left lane the van completely went dead. They lost all power to the engine, lost all power steering, lost all ability to accelerate, and lost all ability to break. The car traveled across both lanes and luckily into a shopping center turn lane, where they applied the emergency brake to come to a stop. Landscapers saw what happened and were able to push the car into the parking lot. The dashboard stayed lit and the ac fan continued to blow. It's almost as if the battery was still on, but they had no mechanical functions. We had the van taken to tequesta tire CO where they did a full inspection. After a full inspection, they determined the problem to be a possible "fluke". After additional research online, this appears to be a wider issue with other t&c owners. Other owners say they have not found the cause of the issue and spend a significant amount of money with no resolution or cause.

While in motion on a city street, my instrument cluster panel lit up, windshield wipers turned on and couldn't be turned off, turn signals stopped working, as well as the speedometer, odometer, temperature gadge, radio, and heating/cooling system. The vehicle still drives, but is not safe to be on the road due to no speedometer and turn signals. Also, my driver side window was rolled down and is now stuck in the downward position.

The van shuts off while driving, tonight I was traveling and as I started DE acceleration for a stop light the van shut off and I lost power steering and breaks. Thisncoukdve been very bad especially if I had my kids in the car.

The cable on the drivers side window keeps breaking. It's been replaced twice. The first time the window fell and busted in the door. The 2nd time it did not break but I heard the cable snap in the door.

The car stalls and loses electrical to all systems while driving.