2000 Chrysler Town & Country Tires & Wheels Problems

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHEEL FIRST CAME LOOSE BUT THEN QUICKLY CAME OFF COMPLETELY, SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND DAMAGED A FENCE IN A FRONT YARD. THIS EVENT BEGAN WHILE THE VAN WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LUGS (RIM STUDS) WERE BROKEN. THE STUDS APPEARED TO HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. THE BUMPER, DISK BRAKE, THE BODY AROUND THE WHEEL WELL AND SOME PARTS UNDER THE VAN WERE CLEARLY DAMAGED. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING CHRYSLER T&C FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SHOOK, THEN CAME OFF. BOLTS SHAVED OFF. I SEE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS, SO THERE IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE HERE. I FEEL SO FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ONLY DRIVING 15 MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND WAS NOT CROSSING A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE VEHICLE HAS SIGMA REGENT TIRES, SIZE 215/65/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE PRIOR TO THE WHEEL COMING OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. *KB THE LEFT FRONT BUMPER AND LEFT FRONT TIRE AND RIM WERE DAMAGED AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LUG NUTS AND RIM STUDS WERE BROKEN. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0271-90. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE OF FOUR TIRES WERE LEAKING AIR. THIS AIR LEAKAGE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE WHEELS. THERE WERE PITS WHERE BEADS SET IN THE WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE DEALER TIRE ADDED SEALANT TO THE BEAD, AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE TIRE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE WHEELS BE REPLACED. ONE OF TIRES EXPERIENCED EXTREME OVERNIGHT LEAKAGE. THE OTHER TWO TIRES ONLY LEAKED SLOWLY. THE WHEELS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THE WHEELS UNDER PERSONALIZED SERVICE CONTRACT WARRANTY. THE WHEELS WERE CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM AND CORROSION CAUSED THESE PITS. *AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

AFTER HAVING TO REPLACE THE TIRES THREE TIMES AIR IS STILL LEAKING FROM THE RIMS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ALL FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE CONTINUOUSLY LEAKED AIR SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED (MICHELIN TIRES, RADIAL X, SIZE 215/65R16, DOT M30D68AX289). *AK *NM

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONSUME HEARD A LOUD HISSING NOISE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIM HAD CORRODED. *AK *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR AND FRONT RIM MEDALLION CHROME COMPLETELY RUSTED AND WAS LEAKING AIR. THE DEALER STATED THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. *AK ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TIRE WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE RIM LEAK, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED DUE TO A SLOW LEAK, THEN ONE LAST TIRE REPAIR WAS DUE TO THE SLOW LEAK BUT HAD MASSIVE CORROSION ON THE INSIDE. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLAT TIRE DUE TO A SLOW LEAK WHICH CAME FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ALUMINUM RIM. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE TIRE WAS WATER TESTED AND A SLOW LEAK WAS DETECTED AT THE EDGE OF THE RIM. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE RIM AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE RIM WAS FLAKING/CORRODED. THE EDGE OF THE RIM WAS CLEANED WITH A POWER TOOL AND GREASED. THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND INFLATED. THIS WAS THE SECOND FLAT TIRE DUE TO A SLOW LEAK AT THE EDGE OF THE RIM. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. THE SAME REPAIR PROCEDURE WAS USED. *SCC *NLM