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The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler Town and country. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle stalled and various warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road, opened the hood, removed the battery, cleaned the battery, and then replaced the battery. Afterwards, the vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to marshall Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (140 spears ln, crittenden, ky 41030, (859) 824-3300) where it was diagnosed that the totally integrated power module was faulty and caused the electrical and engine shortages. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was 75,000.
The van has stopped cold in traffic. This was the second time this has happen it an electrical problem. Now there are signs of it happening again which will make the third time in as many years. This should be fix by the manufacturer being it is ongoing.
Vehicle will start but engine quits within seconds, key is still in on position. Turn key off and restart, stays on but computer has reset. This has happened 3 times this week.
- Farmington, ME, USA
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Vehicle will not start. Tipm needs replacing. Upon investigation into the issue, there are countless complaints of the same part, but with very concerning safety issues such as vehicle stalling while driving or airbags randomly deploying or not deploying at all during an accident. The NHTSA denied the petition to investigate this widely occurring issue. What the hell good is this organization if they don't place consumer interest and safety first"?????????????"
The car shut off when I was driving. I had to steer it over to the side. I'm lucky no one was behind me. I had a car full of kids so it was scary. Now I'm having trouble with it starting. Sometimes it starts sometimes it doesn't. I have also had trouble while driving the car it will not go over 40 miles an hour also dangerous. I had to pull over and shut the car an start it again. I had to put in 2 new batteries which are very expensive in this car. I had the relay fixed with fix bottom diagnosis, .fuel pump. New remotes. I went online and there are so many people with the same exact problems. I cant understand why this has not been recalled. I'm afraid to drive my car. I don't know what to do? people are saying it is electrical problems, tipm failure. They also said that Chrysler knows about it and has done nothing about it. There is a law suit on this as well.,
The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler Town and country. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (button Chrysler Jeep Dodge, 1220 E boulevard, kokomo, in 46902) where the technician informed the contact that the totally integrated power module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the failure was not qualified to be advanced to a case manager. There were no recalls associated with the VIN. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred more than three times. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Horn does not work at steering wheel but will randomly blow when a door is opened. This is an ongoing occurrence since "when did this happen" as the problem has not been found.
The alternator failed and burned up and cooked the battery. There was a recall on the Chrysler 300 and other models with the same engine and alternator. I feel my vehicle should be recalled too. The cost was $1,000!
At first starting the van was intermittent you would have to wait till you heard the fuel pump turn on in order to start the vehicle because the fuel relay on the tipm board is going bad. Once you heard the fuel pump come on the van would start but there are times where the starter stays engaged and wants to keep trying to start when the van is running. Last weekend I was on the highway with my five year old daughter and the fuel pump shut off while driving( in motion), speed limit of 70, .I lost control of the steering, the van decelerated very quickly in heavy amount of traffic, I was nearly in a multi-car accident. When the van is shut off I am not sure the air bags will work if I had been involved in an accident. I have to unplug the fuse to the fuel pump every time I get out of the vehicle because the fuel pump keeps running draining my battery. I had to pay $200 to replace my battery. This has been a problem with Dodge and Chrysler for 10 years they know about it but it will take someone dying in order for them to recall all vehicles affected. I am afraid to drive my van because I feel in this current state it is unsafe because it has shut down because of the fuel relay on the tipm board.
My side mirror was hit and replaced. Right after replacement, the side sensor didn't work. Shop was already closed, I had my whole family in the car on 295 when all the lights on the dash started lighting up including the battery, the ac went out, windows stopped working, back up cam flashed. Pulled off the road just in time for the van to shut down and leave us stranded. After towing it back and unerring home, the repair shop said they towed it to a dealership that said, sorry, you alternator went out, pay us $1375!
The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler Town and country. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. There were no warning indicators illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (super deal motors, 5821 funston St, hollywood, fl 33023) where it was diagnosed that the computer module failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact to file a complaint with NHTSA. The failure mileage was 110,000.
The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler Town and country. The contact stated that he was unable to operate the windows using the window controls due to the wires being disconnected per NHTSA campaign number: 14V234000 (electrical system). The dealer that performed the interim repair was dave dennis Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram (4232 colonel glenn hwy, dayton, oh) who stated that the parts were unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
On highway, I switched on high beam, ft wipers turned on and will not turn off. Jnstrument lights, turn signals, tail lights stopped working, no high beam, no stop lights
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.
I have 60K miles on my vehicle and the blind spot detectors have stopped working. My mechanic indicated that this issue should've been on recall a long time ago! damage was caused due to salt, water, dirt and road grime. Now because of normal conditions on my state I am being quoted at near 2K to fix an issue on a an I have personally put 20K miles on. So disappointed I will likely never buy Chrysler vans again!
We have had numerous time when the van will not start. The engine sounds like it is trying to turn over but nothing happens and the engine light comes on. After numerous attempts the van starts. When it has been taken in to the Chrysler dealership they are unable to diagnose the problem due to the code being resolved. More importantly the van stalled while driving 70 mph on the highway. Lights, radio, fans all worked but the engine just shut off. Chrysler dealership stated they couldn't find the issue and put a new battery in. After picking up the vehicle is stalled again going 30 mph in town. Again van was towed to the dealership and again was told the codes were resolved so they were unable to figure out what was wrong. They state that they see there are a lot of electrical codes but that they are unable to read them because they have been resolved. Vehicle has 144000 miles on it and has regular maintenance done.
Tipm, I have had tons of problems with my van since I purchased. There is no telling how much I have spent of the years on repairs. Come to find out most of my repairs were not necessary. They all came from the faulty tipm. I can't believe this has not been recalled. The issue it causes is unbelievable. The stress and inconvenience this has caused me and my family is more than I could ever imagine. I'm out thousands of dollars on repair bills and now I find out that it will be another $1,300 to fix this. I have been having issues for years!!! when I would take it in they would treat the symptoms not the problem which I'm just finding out is the tipm. If this would have been properly diagnosed while under warranty than no big deal, but of course it was not. I have been driving and all of a sudden by brakes don't work, I turn on the van start to drive and it won't shift I have to pull over and turn off the van then restart it. Sometimes it wont start just sits there like it wants to start. The fuel pump is now constantly running. I'm sure that's not safe at all. The engine hours are twice what the mileage says it should be. Hum guess that's cause my engine is running all the time. That would be because the tipm is flawed.
The contact owns a 2011 Chrysler Town and country. While driving approximately 50 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to coast to the side of the road. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and resumed driving. In addition, all the door locks unlocked independently, the radio functioned independently, and the tire, traction control, and ABS warning indicators remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the tipm needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they never heard about the vehicle having that type of failure. No assistance was offered. The approximate failure mileage was 155,000.
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- Union, KY, USA