2006 Chrysler Town & Country Suspension Problems

EACH FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ABOUT TWO YEARS APART I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ON A BUSY CITY HIGHWAY WHEN I SUDDENLY FELT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BADLY BALANCED TIRE. I MANAGED TO EXIT AND STOP IN A RETAIL PARKING LOT AND INSPECT THE TIRES. WHAT I FOUND WAS A BROKEN FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING RESTING ON THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS HOT ENOUGH TO SMOKE. THE TIRE WAS NO LONGER USABLE. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO ON THE SAME VEHICLE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, BUT DID NOT RUB ON THE TIRE. IT SEEMS SO ODD THAT TWO COILED SPRINGS BROKE ON THE SAME VEHICLE. AFTER HEARING OF OTHER FAILURES I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE REPORTED. I DO FEEL BLESSED THAT AN ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR IN EITHER CASE. MODEL YEAR: 2006 MAKE: CHRYSLER MODEL: TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING L MILEAGE: 109775

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL BAR WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AXLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT CALLED LUCAS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (1624 NJ-38, LUMBERTON, NJ 08048, (609) 845-0030) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO ROAD SALT. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED FROM A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000. *BF*JB

I DROVE MY VAN TO WORK. PARKED IT IN THE PARKING LOT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE IN MY VEHICLE ON MY WORK LUNCH BREAK, MY VAN WOULDN'T MOVE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE WHILE THE VAN WAS SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND IT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME FORD MODELS, HOWEVER HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING SIMILAR IN DODGE OR CHRYSLER VEHICLES. MY VAN CURRENTLY HAS 49,000 MILES ON IT AND REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT THE SPRING DID NOT BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WILL BE FIXED TOMORROW. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 CHRYSLER T/C MINI VAN SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES THEY EVEN LOCKED UP ON THE HIGHWAY ONCE I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THERE RESPONSE WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM HAD FRONT BRAKES REPLACED,CALIPER,DISC ECT .HAD A CROSS BAR THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL BREAK OFF WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR I KEEP TELLING THE DEALER THAT I BELIEVE IT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END INCLUDING THE BRAKES IN JAN 2010 I TOOK MY CAR TO MIDAS TO HAVE THE BRAKES DONE THERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE 3 CAR TO BE BROUGHT IN FOR THE SAME REASON WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE CAR THEY NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END OR THE RACK AND PINION IS LEAKING AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME .IN TOTAL SINCE 11/2006 THAT I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR I HAVE PAID CLOSE TO IF NOT OVER $3000.00 DUE TO FRONT END PROBLEMS PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE THE CARS BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THE HIGHWAY ONCE BEFORE THE SAD THING IS THE WARRANTY IS GONE AND I BELIEVE THIS CAR TO HAVE BEEN A LEMON . BUT KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH DIFFERENT CARS MAYBE SOMEONE WILL LISTEN AND HAVE THIS BRAND ALSO CHECKED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWERVE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM. HE SLID OFF THE PAVED ROAD AND INTO A DIRT ROAD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN AND GRADUALLY STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS DETACHED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER, BUT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 24,000.