Lose Power Steering Problems of Chrysler Town & Country

2013 Chrysler town and country stalls with now warning or error cause car to lose power steering and coast to a stop. It has happened with no patter at various speeds and types of driving. It is a very dangerous as it has happened many times often at hight speeds and in traffic. I have seen that many others have had this same safety issue and no resolution has come of it.

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Coming to a stop or slowing down or even cruising at even 40 mph, the rpm's will drop to zero without warning and the engine will shut off. Sometime this will be preceded by a jerking motion in the car. If we put the car in neutral we can immediately restart the engine. This is dangerous as we lose power steering and brakes when this happens and if we are in the middle of a turn it is very difficult to complete the turn and we are exposed to oncoming traffic. We have never yet had these ignition problems occur on the highway. Also, our ignition key fob has many times mysteriously turned our car on or off, has caused the alarm to come on, has locked and unlocked our car, and has even opened our windows part way when we are approaching our van. These things have been occurring for about 4 years. We have had a Chrysler dealer service dept. And another reputable mechanic both unsuccessful at finding the cause of these problems.

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Lost my power steering at 70mph on i75, traveling from ohio to michigan, christmas, with my family in the car. The wheel on the rt had some wobble in it, but I was able to get the vehicle stopped with very little steering left. Steering fluid all over under the vehicle. I looked it up on line, and found that this is a notorious problem with the 2005 Chrysler town and country, with a $1300+ repair bill. Have there been crashes because of this? is there a recall on this? why not? we were very lucky this time. . . . .

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My wife was turning off a main road on to the interstate. The vehicle lost power. The engine turned off, electrical power turned off and I lost power steering and breaks. I was able to immediately restart the vehicle after turning the ignition off and back on.

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On multiple occasions, so far happened 3 times during the first 5 mins driving on a curved road, twice happened at the same location 1 week apart. First lost the power steering, then the esp/traction control lights on, power brake lost next. Manage to stop the car, turn on the hazard lights and restart the 2010 t&c. Then every thing back to normal again. Sent to sands Chrysler dealer over quakertown PA 18951, no code read out, suggest to start with 90k maintenance. Noticed so many similiar case reported through the web pages, hope Chrysler treat this seriously. The dealer did not perform the l25 recall on the ignition switch, looks like my car is not qualify, I will double check again. Milage reading is 96069.

While driving vehicle it shut off and lost power steering and power brakes. Once to a complete stop, turned vehicle off and turned back on. Resumed normal driving function.

My wife was turning off a main road into a parking lot. The vehicle lost power. The engine turned off, electrical power turned off and I lost power steering and breaks. I was able to immediately restart the vehicle after turning the ignition off and back on.

I was driving approximately 38 mph. I was feathering the throttle as I was approaching a turning vehicle. The vehicle lost power while driving. The engine turned off, electrical power turned off and I lost power steering and breaks. I was able to immediately restart the vehicle after turning the ignition off and back on.

I have had electrical issues since the beginning of buying our vehicle brand new. Most recently the engine stalled while driving 25mph, engine light came on and flashed before the engine stalled causing power steering to fail. I took it to the dealership and was told they could not find an issue. The following week, on 3/16/18 they did an oil change and air filter change, again did not find any issues. On 3/19/18, as I was driving my 3 kids to school, the battery light came on and I lost power steering. I almost crashed with the kids in the car due to this issue. I ended up driving it back to the dealership and was told the power belt was completely off and the alternator was not attached to the engine as it should be. The brackets that hold the alternator on, was gone. This was the 3rd time this month I have brought this vehicle in, was told multiple times there was no issue. Now we could possibly have to replace the engine block.

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Vehicle stalls while driving constantly. It seems to be worse at slower speeds, but does happen at higher speeds. When the stall occurs, you often see the abs light come on. The car loses power steering. You have to pull over and restart or sometimes can put it into neutral and restart while driving. There are other times car seems to surge forward for no reason. It's often difficult to start.

While driving at various speeds the van will shut off we will lose power steering and brakes you lose all power as if the key is off,I will jiggle the key and it will start back up or it will power up, you shift into nuetral and turn the key and start back up it is intermittent and it could happen while driving slow or driving 70mph down the highway.

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While driving the vehicle, always under 40mph, the traction control light comes on, I lose power steering, the engine shuts down, all lights and radio is down. So far I have been able to put it in neutral and restart. This morning I hit a curb going around the round about taking my kids to school. This has been going on over a year. It doesn't matter if its cold or hot, raining or sunny. It will go a month with nothing and then in one day it will die 6 times. We have been to private mechanics we have been to two different Chrysler dealers and they have checked the erg valve and the key fob, the ignition switch, they have check the battery, ran down all the electrical stuff, they had it for 2 days last week and couldn't figure it out. It's died on my 4 times this week. I have four kids and I'm always in the van and now I'm scared to drive it! we checked the VIN and there is no recall as we already did the vent window. But the recalls that are listed describe exactly what is happening. So Chrysler knows and doesn't care! you cannot just recall certain batches when there are clearly other vehicles doing the same problem. What is Chrysler prepared to do for a family when they are seriously injured in an accident because of their van! can't trade it in. Don't have the money to take the loss, wtf are consumers supposed to do with these vans. We are the original owners of the 2010 t&c, I love this van but it scares me to death! I just want it fixed! I mean I love roller coasters too but if one kept going off the tracks I'm not damn sure I wouldn't ride it or put my family on it. Please Chrysler fix these cars!.

I was driving down a city street when the van suddenly died in the middle of the road. It lost power steering and brakes and wouldn't release the key. After a few minutes the van started again. I began to drive home through city streets when about 10 minutes later the van once again died and lost power to the brakes and steering and wouldn't release key eventually the car maybe a clicking sound and allowed me to start car. I took it to the dealership and they could not duplicate the problem and found no error codes.

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While driving vehicle we have lost power steering and all controls to vehicle on 5 occasions. This commonly occurs after hitting bump in road. Symptoms of vehicle match up exactly to NHTSA campaign number: 14v373000, this is an expansion of recall 11v-139 (the engine will turn off, which will then depower various key safety systems including but not limited to air bags, power steering, and power braking), however Chrysler says my vehicle is not included in this recall. My vehicle was manufactured several months after the vehicles included in that recall. I believe my vehicle is also affected.

For the past several months the car will not start and takes several tries to successfully start the car. It hesitates at around 35 mph and tries to stall. I have been waiting for Chrysler to follow up with a second (l-25) recall notice. Yesterday, 12/14/14 while going around a round-about it died completely and I lost power steering, and all power to the car. I was able to restart the car and return it home. This is my main form of transportation, used to take the kids to school and activities. I was told by the dealer today they have been advised not to touch it by Chrysler and told to contact Chrysler. The representative at Chrysler said I needed to take it up with the dealer as it is not a matter of having a part, but that Chrysler does not have a solution. This is very concerning, as it poses a serious safety to concern to me, my kids, and other drivers. Please let me know what recourse I have in getting Chrysler to complete the full repair to my satisfaction. * mopar website says parts are available. It would seem a huge liability that Chrysler would not make driver and passenger safety priority.

Myself,my husband,& 3 young children were driving home at 45 mls an hour and the vehicle completely turned off. We lost power steering, power brakes and the engine shut off. We had to coast to a complete stop( thank god no one was behind us or around us) and put the van in park and it turned back on. So we started driving on, only to have the van shut off a second time while going uphill again at 45 mls per hour. The same things happened, power steering,power brakes and engine cutoff! again we were blessed that no one was around as there is no where to pull over! we put the van in park,it started back up and made it the one more mile home with no problem. We took the van to service center at the dealership ( we have bumper to bumper warranty) they kept the vehicle for almost 4 wks, while they had it, it shut down on them once but could not get the vans computer to "throw a code" to their computer. They wanted to give it back without doing anything to it, we asked that they at least address the recall issue of the win module (as this is described as exactly what was happening)they did this, however, the van has shut down on us two more times! they kept the van for a few days and replaced the win module again, although they still don't know for sure that it is the problem as my van will not " throw a code"! I now have a $400 a month van parked in my driveway and am in limbo until Chrysler corp gets back to me! I refuse to trust their "best guess" with my family and others lives on the road.

I was driving down my street, going around 25 mph, and the 1st thing I noticed was that I had lost the power steering. The kids were watching a dvd, that stayed on along with the normal interior lights however when I applied pressure to the gas pedal to attempt to pull over the car wouldn't respond to that. I realized then that the engine had shut off while I was driving! thankfully I was able to drift to the side of the road. I parked, turned off the van and then restarted it. Everything came back on and was working again. The mechanic can't figure out what the problem is and Chrysler is claiming no one has ever reported this problem before. A simple google search proves them wrong.

While driving in the rain, lost power steering capability and could barely turn wheel to get out of harms way. . . . This has happened several times. . . Thought just a fluke. . . But consistency tells otherwise. . . Don't think I would buy a Chrysler product again. . .

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My van will just turn itself off while you are driving and you lose all power steering and etc. We have had it to the dealership 3 times. I believe it should be included in the ignition switch recall but I have contacted the Chrysler 1-800 number and contacted them thru their website and they won't help me. The representative thru their 1-800 number wants me to pay to take it to another Chrysler dealership and pay them to look at it after I have already paid $800 to my local one to have a switch replaced that did not fix the problem.

In June 2013 my engine stalled without warning. I lost power steering and power brakes. I was traveling <10 mph. I had another incident later that same year in October. The incidents were so random and I thought perhaps I didn't turn the key fob all the way after starting the vehicle via the remote start system. Again in 2014 it occurred several times, so I started trying to determine the common denominator, but could find none. The service station I brought it to couldn't diagnose or repair due to the inability to replicate the problem. In 2015, the problem became more frequent and today I am now experiencing this 2-3 times per day 3-4 times per week at speeds traveling up to 40 mph. I brought it to my local Chrysler dealership where I purchased the vehicle and after having my vehicle for 5 days they were unable to diagnose or repair due to the inability to replicate the problem. This has truly become a serious safety issue as I always lose power steering and brakes. Typically, I put my hazards on, place the vehicle in neutral, restart it, return to drive, and turn hazards off. However, I came very close to being involved in an accident when this occurred while I was making a left hand turn through an intersection. I am at a loss as what to do.

As I was backing out of a parking space, I lost power steering and power brakes. Steering was very stiff and brakes were hard. It was similar to when the car stalls, but the car was still running. I put the car in drive and attempted to pull forward. Still no power steering or power brakes. I put the car in park and no change. I turned off the vehicle, waited a minute or two and then restarted it. Car was fine then. When this occurred, no indicators lit on the dash. I took the car to the dealer and they were unable to replicate the problem or determine any cause of the problem. They did not test drive the car, as it still had the same mileage as when I dropped it off.

Purchased a 2009 t&c 3 weeks ago, 47607miles. First incidence occurred after 1 week. While driving the vehicle lost power steering, (electronics, lights, radio, etc remained active), I realized the engine had stalled/cutoff. I was only going about 20mph, I had to put the car in park and restart the ignition. Car drove fine. Took the car back to dealership where they machined the rear rotors. Week 2, took the car back to the dealership again, they machined the front rotors. Week 3, while driving the same incident occurred, engine cutoff during operation without warning. Luckily I was in a neighborhood and speed was approx 15-25 mph. Electronics remained active. (there were no warnings or error codes when the engine shut down. ) had to put the vehicle in park and restart the engine. Took the car back to the dealership for the third time in 3 weeks of ownership where it currently remains as they try to chase this ghost. I am convinced this vehicle is dangerous and not safe to drive since the engine cuts off randomly. I asked first team Honda of chesapeake to take this vehicle back and I would buy a different vehicle. The used car sales manager offered me 75% of what I paid for the car 3 weeks earlier and told me there was nothing wrong with my vehicle. It is under warranty for 90 days so I will continue to send the car back and warn others before they purchase an unsafe vehicle.

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While driving during a rain storm we went through a puddle. We lost power steering for about a minute. If this had happened on an interstate or mountain road it could have been very dangerous.

I was driving the van home going about 45 mph, when all of the lights on the dash flashed on and the gauges all shot up. I lost my power steering, and realized that the van was no longer running. I tried my best to pull it off of the road, but it was difficult without power steering. The dash lights were all still on at this point. Once I was semi-safely off the road, I put the car in park and shut the ignition off. I immediately turned the ignition back on, and it seemed fine. I continued home. This has happened to me on several different occasions. After about the 3rd time, I had a local store service it. We did not have a Chrysler dealership at the time. They could get no error code in the diagnostics, but told me the throttle plate sensor (?) needed to be cleaned, and perhaps that would help. It did not. It continues to do this, and there is never any warning. So far, it has only happened to me going 45 or so. I've contacted Chrysler about this, and of course they have no record of this type of problem. I told her all she had to do was google it. That's what I did. Their advice was to either hand it over to the dealership to see if they could get it to malfunction (but since it could be weeks or months before it happens, that's really not an option, is it?) or the next time it does that, document everything that happens (as I've done here and reported to them) and take it to the dealership. I stressed that the van always restarts, and the chances that they'd find a code to explain what had already happened and was now over was pretty minimal. It seems that they just don't care to dig deeper, or research possible causes, or even take a vehicle that's having this issue and study it under a microscope. Looks like they're just keeping their fingers crossed that no one actually dies as a result of this issue.

After repeated serpentine belt replacement on 2000 t&c the belt has slipped off during a "minor" rain storm, the belt slipped off again and caused me to lose power steering and I crashed into another vehicle as well as a business. I contacted the dealer and they informed me that even though there have been repeated complaints about this problem, that because the NHTSA has not issued an "official" recall of this problem that there was nothing that could be done. What are my tax dollars being spent on?.

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2006 Chrysler Town & Country Mini van. When driving in the rain or through standing water over 1 inch deep the serpentine belt gets wet and you lose power steering immediately with no warning making it difficult if not impossible to turn. There are several reports on line of this happening as well as service centers saying they have even seen the vehicle throw the belt once it begins to slip. Chrysler does not have a fix for the problem nor does their customer service say there is a recall of any sort.

After getting caught in an early evening's thunderstorm, I attempted a regular, right turn off us 34 toward our subdivision. Our 2000 Chrysler Mini van lost power steering during the turn. I was unable to keep completely with in my lane. Thankfully, no one was in the opposing traffic lane. After regaining my composure, I deciding it was ok to "limp" home with the van, through the subdivision. I noticed a lot of the dash lights were triggered, which indicated to me that the alternator was no longer working for the final couple of blocks. This affected the brightness of the headlights and slowed the wiper speed. This also affected the air conditioner and that prevented the defogger from working properly. Once at home, I found that the serpentine belt had come off. In another moment of time, the belt's coming off might have easily have resulted in more disaster. Consulting the auto repair place, (which had replaced the same belt in June), I had the van towed in, where a new belt was installed. Nothing else was found amiss in the system. It was suggested that perhaps the rain or a particular puddle had the effect of causing the wet belt to slip off during the turn. And it was mentioned that they had seen similar "wet belt" issues from my van's manufacturer. Now I'm afraid to drive in the rain with the van for fear of it happening again with worse consequences.

While driving during a rain storm I went through a puddle. I lost power steering for about 30 seconds. This has happened twice!!! it is scary and I will never buy another Chrysler.

My 2006 town and country Mini van has lost all power steering driving through modest puddles. This seems to happen when going through modest puddles (approximately 6 inches deep), and has only happened at low rates of speed. It has happened on 4 different occasions. When this happens, all steering is completely lost. The vehicle quite literally will not steer at all, but then the vehicle eventually "comes out" of it - after driving and attempting to turn for maybe 1/8 mile. Almost as if what ever moisture caused the problem evaporates. The last occurrence was this past January.