Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Chrysler Town & Country - part 1

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the locking mechanism for the drivers side rear sliding door had failed and the door could not be opened remotely or manually. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 62,000.

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The contact owns a 2013 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while placing the car seat in the third row and attempting to latch the seat belt, the seat belt failed to latch as needed. The dealer was contacted and recommended having a fire station install the car seat in the vehicle. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 70,000. The VIN was not available.

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The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated that the rear passenger’s side sliding door would not open and the rear driver’s side sliding door was making a grinding sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with door axle failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact there was no recall associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 115,500.

The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while he was a passenger in the vehicle, the driver’s side rear sliding door failed to open, and the contact had to exit from the trunk of the vehicle. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The dealer inspected the vehicle and provided the contact with an estimate for the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 99,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler town and country. While the vehicle was stationary, the power locks malfunctioned. The contact was not able to unlock the vehicle from the inside or the outside. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 76,000.

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The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the rear passenger side door never locked. While the contact was seated in the rear of the vehicle as it traveled approximately 15 mph, the contact pulled the rear passenger side door open. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,002.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler town and country. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that the doors would lock and unlock automatically without warning. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown. Parts distribution disconnect.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler town and country. The contact experienced difficulty starting the vehicle with the key. The key would not start the vehicle after it had been turned off. The vehicle was repaired according to NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (electrical system), but the failure recurred. In addition, the instrument panel lights flickered and the doors did not properly lock and unlock. The battery also failed and had to be recharged and replaced. An independent mechanic diagnosed that there was an internal electrical malfunction and advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer for repair. The vehicle was also included in NHTSA campaign number: 11v394000 (air bags and equipment). The parts were unavailable to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was not available.

The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler town and country. While parked, the doors failed to lock. The vehicle would lock and unlock intermittently. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the doors of the vehicle would unlock and lock independently. The contact also stated that the vehicle was difficult to unlock with the key. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the rear driver side door failed to lock or unlock. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

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The contact owns a 2012 Chrysler town and country. While parked, the sliding doors independently opened. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 26,000.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the key fob failed to lock and unlock the rear doors. The dealer was notified of the failure and stated that there was no manufacturer recall to address the repair and they did not inspect and diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was to be taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

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The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the power steering would disengage independently. The contact mentioned that during cold weather the steering wheel made a loud noise when turning. In addition, the contact stated both sliding doors failed to lock. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician referred the contact to take the vehicle to the authorized dealer. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 72,000.

While driving about 30mph in my neighborhood, all of a sudden, my van's horn started honking, the wind shield blades began wiping very quickly and water was spraying over the windshield. Also, the automatic locks were going up and down and the car lights and blinkers were flashing on and off uncontrollably. It was very scary! I stopped the car and shut off the engine, but everything continued. Luckily I was not far from home and was able to carefully drive it there. Once in the driveway, the only way to get the car to quit was to disconnect the battery. Waiting on repair report.

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The contact owns a 2002 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the passenger's side sliding door would not unlock manually or automatically. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer or an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000. The current mileage was approximately 160,200.

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The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the sliding doors failed to remain open and it automatically closed. The contact mentioned that the door required excessive force to avoid closing and preventing an injury. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired on three occasions but the repairs were unknown. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 60,000.

Automatic door locking and unlocking failure in Chrysler Town & Country 2005 van. No way to gain entry on the passenger side to assist children & elderly mother to exit the vehicle. Remote failed to work as did the inside unlocking control on driverside.

The contact owns a 2009 Chrysler town and country. While driving approximately 55 mph the rear driver's side sliding door involuntarily opened. As the contact began to pull over the door closed involuntarily. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have the failure diagnosed and it was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 38,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The right rear power sliding door on the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country fails to latch properly and does not notify the operator of the malfunction. The door will fail to operate in the closing operation with the power sliding option and requires operator intervention to manually close the door. In many instances when the door fails to close properly, iit is impossible to manually close the door to get the latch mechanism to engage. The failure of the door to latch constitutes a safety concern. The fact that there is no warning indicator to notify the operator that the door has not latched poses a severe safety risk to the occupants. The only notification the operator receives during this malfunction is increased road noise due to poor sealing between the door and door frame. Occupants could be ejected from the unlatched door. The manufacturers representative has been made aware of the concern and has failed to properly address the concern or shown any interest in resolving the issue. Other owners of Chrysler Town & Country vehicles has stated that they have experienced similar concerns with their power sliding rear doors.

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that he was unable to unlock the doors using the key fob. The only way to enter the vehicle was to unlock the doors manually. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 58,000.

After parking and locking the vehicle, when I come back to it sometimes the side doors or rear door are open. This has happened more than once in a parking garage at work, in my garage at home, and when the vehicle is parked on the street. On one occasion, the driver's side sliding door was found open by police in the parking lot of a hotel where I was staying. On two occasions I've found the vehicle's engine running when it was parked inside my closed garage at home. The doors can be opened remotely or the engine started remotely with two successive presses on the appropriate button on the key fob, but I often come back to the van and find these doors open when I have been too far away from the vehicle to activate it with the key fob. Because it takes two successive presses within seconds on a single button to open a door with the key fob, the key fob is not likely the problem. I would like this fixed, but in the interim, I want to disable the ability to open the doors or start the engine remotely until such time as a fix can be found.

I have owned a 2007 town and county from new. Yesterday for the 6th time when I turned the vehicle off the left hand sliding door opened by itself. I called Chrysler some time back about this and they had no history of this happening. The vehicle has about 36,000 miles on it. We use the vehicle primarily for traveling and with our dogs. Can you imagine what could happen if I pulled into a rest area and the door opened by itself!!!.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated the automatic door locks failed to lock or unlock unless accessed manually with the key. The automatic door locks would function as normal, although temporarily whenever resetting the fuse box. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and was unable to provide assistance. The failure mileage was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the power door locks failed. He was able to temporarily repair the locks by disconnecting the battery cable before driving the vehicle each day. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that they could not guarantee the repair would correct the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 120,000.

2006 Chrysler t&c: passenger sliding door will not unlock or open with remote or console switch. Driver door switch will sometimes unlock to allow manual opening.

Sliding door locks fail to operate remotely.

The contact owns a 2005 town and country. The contact stated that all of the door locks stopped working. The contact was only able to open the doors with the key or from inside with the handle. The dealer had not inspected the vehicle, but the contact was told by the dealer that this was a constant problem. The failure mileage was 103000 and the current mileage was 114000. Updated 02/02/11.

Power locks continue to fail. Pull iod fuse to temporarily fix the problem, but it resurfaces within a few days.

I am experiencing at 80k miles on my town and country, faulty rear door locks. I am extremely concerned about this issue secondary to having two small children. The automatic door locks no longer work. I fear that my children will open the doors while the car is in drive. This is not only a huge inconvenience of crawling through the vehicle to lock and unlock doors, but I am majorly concerned of my children's safety.

Passenger side electrically operated door does not latch after closing. Door does not always display to driver that it is not latched.

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While removing a bike rack from the trunk of my 2002 Town & Country Mini van, my hand slipped shutting and trapping the fingers on my right hand in the door jam. Since my fingers were in the way, the trunk wouldn't shut securely and therefore, the trunk release would not work. When I tried to open the trunk with my left hand, it just dinged at me three times and stayed tight on my hand. My fingers quickly began loosing feeling. Seeing as I had no adults available to assist, I started trying to pull my hand out as my daughter called 911. The ring on my right hand was keeping the trunk opened just barely far enough where I could pull my hand out, but in doing so I managed to scrape a large portion of skin off one of my fingers and my knuckles were bleeding. If it hadn't been for that ring, I am certain I would have needed the paramedic' assistance to break open the door. This would have left me trapped for at least 5 more minutes. As it is, my index finger has been numb for three days. By the grace of god, I only suffered this temporary numbness and minor scratches. I am deeply concerned for my children's safety as it would have crushed their little hands. You would think a 2002 model would have the safety feature that would detect an obstruction and not close or at least be able to reopen immediately. Very concerning.

2005 Chrysler town and country power locks all stop working. Pulling and replacing fuse gives temporary fix but problem occurs again.

The passenger side sliding door lock does not respond to the remote or inside control for locking and unlocking. It only works when controlled manually.

2007 Chrysler town and country minivan sliding door lock fails to open with power button or keyless fob. This requires a manual intervention to unlock the door and then manually open the door. This is a safety issue in case of emergency which would hamper immediate egress. Web sites suggest to reset the iod fuse or change out an expensive bcm. However, this only treats the symptom. There are no recalls or Chrysler help to identify or fix the root cause, not just the proximal cause. I have small children and believe this could be life threatening if the power/keyless locks fail to open during a traumatic event requiring immediate egress. This issue is found hundreds of times on the internet going back to 2004, but with no fix after 6 years? thank you for addressing this critical issue. This has been an issue for several months. Searching recalls . Gov failed to locate any other issues.