2000 Chrysler Town & Country Powertrain & Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF WHEN A CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHILE THE CONTACT WAS STANDING IN THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE . THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE AT IDLE WHEN THE AC WAS ON. NUMEROUS ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH AC SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW. ASSUMED THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS BAD AGAIN, AND DID NOT USE AC. PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE A CRACKED DRIVE PLATE (TORQUE PLATE, FLYWHEEL). VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER STATED KNOWN PROBLEM, RECENTLY FIXED THREE WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEM. $125.00 PART PLUS LABOR TO REMOVE TRANSAXLE AND REPLACE DRIVE PLATE. *JB

SERPENTINE BELT COMES OFF EVERY TIME THAT IS RAINING HARD. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE CHANGE THE TENSIONER AND THE BELT WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT. WHEN THIS COMES OFF THE VEHICLE DIES WHICH WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. SO FAR ME AND MY WIFE ARE BEEN LUCKY. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF 2000 TOWN AND COUNTRY CHRYSLER VAN. VAN BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF SLIPPING TRANSMISSION 2002 REPLACED TRANSMISSION PUMP HOSE GASKET AND FILTER AND INFORMED NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTINUE TO SLIP IN FREEZING TEMPERATURE UNTIL CAR WARMED UP. NO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN WARM WEATHER. PROBLEM COMMUNED UNTIL ESCALATED WINTER 05 UNABLE TO DRIVE CAR SAFELY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ENGAGED. CAR BROUGHT TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO REPORTED TRANSMISSION APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY ASSEMBLED. CHRYSLER DEALER NOTIFIED STATES THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. *JB

AT 69800 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHUDDER BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. AT FIRST THIS HAPPENED FAIRLY INFREQUENTLY. IT KEPT HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. NOW AT 74500 MILES IT OCCURS EVERY TIME WE USE THE VAN. *JB

(1) I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY (WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES) WHICH I PURCHASED ONLY FIVE MONTHS AGO. WHILE ON VACATION FAR FROM HOME, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED WHINING LOUDLY AND SHIFTING ROUGHLY. (2) I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS WHO BOTH INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. (3) THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED COMPLETELY AT A COST TO ME OF APPROXIMATELY $2800.

I HAVE A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVAN. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL VEHICLES MUST BE MADE SO THAT A CAR CAN NOT BE PUT IN GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE. CURRENTLY, IF MY VEHICLE IS IN PARK I CAN JUST PULL DOWN ON THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT WILL GO INTO GEAR, WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS SURPRISED AS OUR 1996 JEEP HAD BEEN RECALLED SO THEY COULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE MY 3 YR OLD SON PUT MY CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED ROLLING FORWARD AND WAS STOPPED BY A PARKED CAR. WE ONLY MOVED 2 FT IN A PARKING LOT, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE HAD WE BEEN ON A HILL OR SOMETHING. *JB

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE PARK AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL HITTING A TREE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVAN. PURCHASED USED WITH 39000 MILES, 11 MONTHS AND 9K MILES LATER, WITH ONLY 47000 MILES ON THE MINIVAN I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO PAY AND STATED IT WAS NOT PART OF ANY RECALL.*AK I HAVE SINCE SOLD THIS MINIVAN, BUT STILL FEEL CHRYSLER HASA PROBLEM TRANSMISSION AND SHOULD REPAY ME FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND MY RENTAL CAR I HAD TO USE.

WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SMOKE FROM UNDERNEATH. THE OWNER PULLED OVER AND NOTICE THAT A TRANSMISSION LINE HAD RUPTURED AND SPRAYED COOLANT. THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON ITS FOURTH REPAIR FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. *JB

TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT FOOT ON PEDAL OR KEYS IN IGNITION. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WITHOUT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. ANTI-THEFT DEVICE WAS STILL ENGAGED ON BRAKE PEDAL PREVENTING DRIVER FROM STOPPING AT RED LIGHT AT INTERSECTION. IN A PANIC, TO PREVENT COLLISION WITH OTHER CARS, DRIVER VEERED OFF ROAD AND SIDE SWIPED COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO STOP CAR.

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 72,000 MILES. CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 604E TRANSMISSION. *NM

CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION THAT WAS REPAIRED. *PH THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY COVERED UP TO 36000 MILES. *AK THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, SCREECHED AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT. ALSO, THE FRONT SEAT ADJUSTMENT MOTOR STOPPED WORKING IN THE UP AND DOWN POSITION. *SCC THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOW MOTORS, AC COMPRESSOR,AND THE AUTOMATIC TAILGATE CLOSE LATCH ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WITH 54,000 THE DIFFERENTIAL PIN WENT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION CASE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH AND ONLY HAD ANOTHER 50 FEET TO DRIVE. I MAINLY DRIVE HIGHWAY WITH MY TODDLER AND I AM FEARFUL OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD WE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY DURING OUR NORMAL COMMUTE. MY HUSBAND WAS A MECHANIC FOR 19 PLUS YEARS AND WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM EXPERIENCED MECHANICS AND CHRYSLER CERTIFIED MECHANICS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE AND IT A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ON JULY 9TH, 2003 TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. I SPOKE WITH ERIC WHO REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME HIS LAST NAME NOR WOULD HE TRANSFER MY CALL TO ANYONE ELSE. HE SAID HE IS THE FINAL DEICISION MAKER AND THAT HIS MANAGER'S ROLE IS TO MANAGE PEOPLE AND NO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS. HE ALSO TOLD ME IF WAS MY FAULT FOR BUYING A USED VEHICLE. IT IS NOT MY FAULT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT I COULD GET IT INSTALLED FOR FREE SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS A MECHANIC. ERIC HUNG UP ON ME BECAUSE I WAS CONTINUOUSLY ASKING TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER. I DID NOT GET ANY RESOLUTION OR ASSISTANCE FROM CHRYSLER. I AM IN NEED OF MY VEHICLE BEING REPLACED BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS IF THEIR TRANMISSION ALSO MALFUNCTIONS AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED WITH CHRYSLER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED?*AK

TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR - TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR PREMATURELY FAILED ON VEHICLE. SENSOR MUST BE REPLACED FOR VEHICLE TO BE OPERATED. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND LESS THAN 3 YEARS SINCE PURCHASE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER'S TWO YEARS OLD SON, ENGAGED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND DAMAGED A FENCE AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS 2000 TOWN & COUNTRY HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH ITS DRIVE TRAIN/DRIVE SELECTOR. THE RECENT HAS BEEN THE FOLLOWING CASE THAT HAS OCCURED TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH WITH NO REACTION FROM CHRYSLER DAIMLER DUE TO LOCAL DEALER NOT BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE OF PROCESSES TO REGISTER OCCURANCE. THE VEHICLE, WHEN PARKED, WITH ENGINE TURNED OFF, AND KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, COMES OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY BY ITSELF, WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. HAS SPOKEN WITH CHRYSER-DAIMLER AND THEY ARE SENDING AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE WITHIN 72 HOURS.