Steering Idler Arm Problems of Chrysler Town & Country

The power steering quits working at times when its raining. It will not work many times when I crank it up if its been raining. Its has stopped working while on the interstate, city streets, while turning onto another street or road, and at stop signs. I have had the drive belt, power steering pump, tension idler replaced and nothing helps. I have taken it to john greene Chrysler Dodge in morganton nc, and other repair centers. No one has been able to fix the problem.

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While my wife was pulling into a driveway she drove thru a small puddle and the water splashed up on the idler pulley and caused the belt to slip. This in turn caused the vehicle to lose power steering. She ended up in the yard instead of the driveway. I have been in quality since 1985 and I am currently a quality manager so I am really surprised with Chryslers' lack of concern with this design problem. I am really dissapointed with Chrysler and the NHTSA for not doing something about this issue. Maybe it is time to let some of the national investagative tv shows know about the problem.

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I own a 1999 Chrysler Town & Country van. Major problem is serpentine belt coming off and causing a loss of steering. Every time it rains my serpentine belt comes off which causes extremely hard steering. I have replaced tensioners twice in the and belt 4 times. Thank god I was not on the free way or a street with alot of traffic or this could kill me or an other person. I have looked on the internet and this has happened to 100s of people. On the internet it state that the factory recommended repair ( the replacement of the idler pulley and the pulleys retaining bracket. ) in the TSB I read, Chrysler's engineers have decided that on some models the idler pulley is misaligned by . 08 inches. Chrysler should recall this and fix there problem before someone gets killed. Get involved and make Chrysler fix this problem.

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While negotiating a curve, I lost all control of steering. My van went into a ditch. The tie rod end just came out. There is no rust, no damage, etc. It just came undone. I had to buy a new one and have it replaced. The auto parts dealer has never seen one that just came apart.

2000 Chrysler town and country belt problems. The drive belt for the power steering slipped off while driving through a puddle. The dealer replaced the idler pulley but the belt has slipped off twice since then.