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I bought my car from 440 Dodge in Jersey City NJ, I had Mopar Insurance for repairs. I bought it back twice for transmission purposes, Dealer did change a somewhat sensor to change shifting on trans at no charge cause I was covered but know it's happening again, Not shifting accordingly, gas is burning cause of staying in gears that are not shifting. Trans is not slipping but I'm having the same problem on shifting and will stay stuck on same gear and car will keep accelerating wich in some cases l'd have to keep foot on brake, pull over and let system reset. What are my options in this case, Thank You
While driving on the freeway, the engine completely shut off. I lost power steering, power and all electrical power. I stopped then it turned on fine with no issues. Not reproduced. No prior messages or symptoms.
My engine needs to be replace. The dealer says the upper rod has damaged the engine and the engine needs to be replace ($5200). Also, the actuator in the right sliding door had to be replaced.
I've had to have major work done to my engine and transmission. But the electrical problems are never ending. Most of the electric inside of my car hardly works. Our power doors have closed on my kids several times, the car has locked us in while the alarm was going off and we couldn't get out, it's been stuck on and wouldn't turn off, the transmission is constantly slipping, the windows open and close themselves, many times I've come out of the store and the electric sliding door was open when it wasn't left open, locks lock themselves, car alarm goes off while cars in drive and in park, car hesitates to go and I could go on and on. This car is only five years old !!!!
My van is shaking when I stop and stalls out when I stop. It also shifts poorly (jumps when shifting). I took it to medina auto mall who said the transmission needs replaced. It only has 55,000 miles on it. I noticed there is an active recall for power tran on the ones made right before (or after, I can't remember exactly which way it was) my van was made which is very frustrating. I should not have a to replace a transmission on a van I just purchased 2 years ago that I have taken great care of and has low miles on it. I paid 21,000 for this vehicle and it is disturbing that they are telling me the transmission is bad. I have 3 children and it is dangerous to be driving them around in this vehicle. Unfortunately, we are unsure what to do right now as we don't have the funds to put that much money into it. I put a date as to when it last happened but it has happened many times.
- Seville, OH, USA
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I was driving along in motion, an all of a sudden the car just completely shut down. The steering wheel locked up and the brake got tight. Thank god I was on a slow street so I was able to stop the car and put it in park and the car started right back up again. This happened to me once in October and once again a month later in November. In November I was on a regular street in traffic and the car shut down. I was able to put it in park and start it back up again. This is so scary and a safety problem. Thank god I didn't cause an accident.
Car was running perfectly at 70 mph on the highway and engine cut off without any warning or indication of poor operation, resulting immediate loss of power steering and loss power brakes. This has happened twice in 12 days on Nov 14 and now Nov 26 while driving to whole family to thanksgiving. Mechanic has not been able to duplicate the problem. Very scary. Car has 76K miles. Car will start right back up after 20 min and run perfectly fine. Car has been well maintained with extended warranty.
The car has 25,000 miles on it. Starting out from my house down a hill the power steering and brakes were not working as apparently the engine stopped. I restarted and drove about 15 miles and was on I-26 in tn at 65 mph and the engine RPM dropped to 0, power brakes and steering were inoperable but I managed to get onto the shoulder but was in a dangerous spot with traffic speeding by. Car would start but I was afraid to drive it ass it was not safe if it cut out again on the interstate highway. Had it towed. Still not repaired and mechanic said it showed a code of both bank sensors. E has not found the problem as of yet but I understand Chrysler has had issues with engine stoppage. This is dangerous as my wife would not have been able to control the hard steering and brakes and likely would have wrecked.
The contact owns a 2015 Chrysler Town and country. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle shutoff causing the power steering and power brakes to cease operation. After gaining control of the vehicle, the driver was able to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the local the dealer umansky Dodge Chrysler of charlottesville located at 960 hilton heights rd, charlottesville, va 22901, who diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the PCM was defective and needed to be replaced. The PCM was replaced and the failure was remedied. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 74,500.
The contact owns a 2015 Chrysler Town and country. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling at a drive thru, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle failed to respond. The driver stated no warning light was illuminated. The driver was able to drive to a nearby parking lot and park the vehicle. The driver called the contact so he could continue driving the vehicle to their residence. The contact stated he then experienced the failure himself and also stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact called arrigo Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram sawgrass located at 5901 madison ave, tamarac, fl 33321, (954) 515-5800 and were made aware of the failure. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired as of yet. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 16V461000 (power train), however the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000.
The vehicle stalls and all electrical turns off when driving. When the vehicle is in motion and slowing down to make a turn the vehicle stops running and the whole electrical system turns off so there is no power steering, no brakes, the whole electrical system fails. The stability control light comes on after a few seconds and stays on until you pull over turn the key off and then back on. The vehicle restarts after you do this but it has happened 4 times in the last 3 days.
Car wonts start has a flashing check engine light and a lighting bolt on car has don't this like 10 times now. I have researched and I seen they had a problem with this same problem once before.
This car is a melon. It is less than 4 years old and in the past six months I have had two major issues. The transmission died and there is a recall on other Chrysler Town and country's for this same problem but not my car. Now the electrical control unit that controls all the actions of the vehicle (wipers, turn signals, etc) has died and has to be replaced.
While driving my car will seem like it pushes back as if the shifting gear is hold back. Now it started shaking to as I sped up on the interstate to the point were I could not put my foot on the gas. The shaking last about 5 minutes and check engine light is on. It also did not want to start right away.
On one of our last visits on June 12, 2019, I took my vehicle in because it was making an awful whining noise and jolting when accelerated and when I would brake it would shake. Upon inspection the dealer informed us that the whining and jolting was due to the transmission failing and needed replacing through warranty. They also told us my automobile was shaking when braking because it needed new brakes, which were not covered by warranty. I declined the replacement service for the brakes due to their excessive fees upward of $800. We picked up our vehicle on June 25, 2019, after the transmission issue was addressed. We then visited an auto brake vendor and they informed us our brakes were still good and didn't need replacing, not what the dealer told us. So we drove our car for 2 months with an unknown shaking when braking. Come August we begin to notice the vehicle jolting a bit again when accelerating. On August 28, 2019, while driving the vehicle with my 4 kids in it after school, the brakes gave out it; took me pressing the pedal to the bottom to finally get the car to stop, nearly missing the car in front of us. I pulled over immediately and called the dealer because I knew this was not a simple brake pad issue. The dealer told me to take the car to them immediately. When I arrived the service attendant informed us that the vehicle needed to be inspected which would probably not be until the following day since it was later in the afternoon. The following day I was informed by the dealer that the vehicles brake booster had failed and that the transmission and engine head bolts were broken. How is it that the transmission head bolts were broken when they had just reconstructed it 2 months prior and why was the braking issue not correctly diagnosed during that same June visit instead of trying to sell me overpriced brakes and putting my family in danger.
In June the engine had to be replaced in my vehicle. In may, the oil container was replaced. Now in September the transmission is being replaced. Last year sometime, there were electrical issues addressed. Now the air conditioning in the back of the vehicle does not work. It seems we are totally rebuilding the Chrysler Town & Country 2015 all at substantial costs to me. While they are putting in a new transmission, they tell me that they are too busy to check the electrical issue and the air conditioning troubles. Yet I waited for nearly a month for a westchester dealer to replace the engine and they did not honor my additional insurance by giving me a rental vehicle - so I had no transportation. I have had a horrible time with the troubles, inconveniences and costs. Don't I have any rights here? I was driving my vehicle on narrow streets in a busy resort area - thank god it was very early in the morning because the car just stopped running with no warning. This turned out to be transmission on Sunday morning labor day weekend! I am still in the resort area paying for housing while they "fix" my transmission. Parts were to arrive yesterday Sept 10th but didn't arrive until early this evening. They are not sure they can have it fixed by Friday Sept 13, 2019. Last summer the electrical stability went bonkers. That was another issue. Also my vehicle keeps going down in value. I owe more on it than it is now worth. Documentation is with my vehicle which is currently undergoing transmission repairs. That is documentation of all of these repairs since making this purchase less than 18 months ago.
1) the automatic transmission is jerking when it switches to another gear at speeds less than about 40 mph. 2) the back up camera stopped working right at 35,000 miles.
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- North Bergen, NJ, USA