Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2006 record →
Air Bags
Filed Sep 14, 20064,000 milesMI
VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 4000 MILES ON IT. AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES DURING A DRIVE, AND SOMETIMES THE LIGHT SEEMS TO TURN ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, BUT IT'S FAIRLY REPEATABLE WITH TURNING THE WHEEL. I AM SENDING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL CHRYSLER MINIVANS STARTING WITH A 1998 MODEL AND I AM SURPRISED THAT THIS SYSTEMIC SAFETY PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. *NM
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal
Filed Jul 21, 20067,000 milesTX
TURN SIGNAL WILL FLASH EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT, AND ACTUALLY CHANGES TO RIGHT WHEN TURNING LEFT, AND LEFT WHEN TURNING RIGHT. I HAVE HAD TWO VERY NEAR MISHAPS DUE TO THE PERSON BEHIND ME NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY I AM TURNING. I TOOK THE 2006 CHRYSKER TOWN AND COUNTRY VAN FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY KNEW WHAT WAS BAD, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE PART(S) AVALIABLE. I AM STILL DRIVING THIS VERY UNSAFE VECHICLE, WAITING FOR THEM TO GET THE PART(S).
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 24, 20064,000 milesAL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH IN THE RAIN AT NIGHT, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE NOTICED COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR RESULTING IN WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, WHICH REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.
Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Feb 8, 20065 milesGA
PASSENGER AIRBAG DISABLED LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 1/28/06. I TOOK THE CAR TO CARMAX ON 1/31/06 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. CARMAX IS STILL UNABLE TO CURE THE PROBLEM AS OF 2/8/06. THE ORDERED A NEW SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND THAT DID NOT WORK. THEY TRIED TO REPLACE THE SEAT WITH A SEAT FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THAT DID NOT WORK. *JB
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 26, 2006400 milesKY
WHILE DRIVING A NEW 2006 TOWN AND COUNTRY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. INITIALLY, PULLING OVER, SHUTTING THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTING THE CAR WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, AFTER THIS SHUT-OFF PROCEDURE THE CAR WOULD DOWNSHIFT VERY ROUGH (WITH AN AUDIBLE BANGING NOISE). VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE FIRST SYMPTOM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID ILLUMINATE. DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS AT THIS POINT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. WE ARE DRIVING A RENTAL VEHICLE AS A SUBSTITUTE. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.