2003 Chrysler Town & Country Speed Control & Cruise Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES BUT WHEN HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAK PEDAL, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED TO 60 MPH AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION HAD STILL NOT DEACTIVATED. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND WHEN RESTARTED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,500.

GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON A SUBURBAN HIGHWAY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR SEEMINGLY STUCK, RPMS WOULD NOT LOWER, RESULTING IN GREAT DIFFICULTY SLOWING DOWN. STOPPING THE CAR WAS NOT POSSIBLE. BRAKING WOULD ONLY SLOW THE CAR SOMEWHAT, NOT STOP THE CAR. WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AFTER SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLYING BRAKES. EVEN THEN RPMS REMAINED VERY HIGH. INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM WAS "PROBABLY" CAUSED BY ANOTHER CAR SERVICE COMPANY CLEANING THE IDLE SPEED MOTOR AND DAMAGING IT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT 100% SURE BECAUSE ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE RPMS TO COME DOWN DURING THE DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP, THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *TR

GOING APPROX 50 MPH ON A SUBURBAN HIGHWAY WITH SEVERAL STOPLIGHTS, THE ACCELERATOR SEEMINGLY "STUCK", RESULTING IN GREAT DIFFICULTY SLOWING DOWN. STOPPING THE CAR WAS NOT POSSIBLE. RPMS WERE VERY HIGH, AND COULD NOT BE LOWERED. WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AFTER SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND GRADUALLY APPLYING BRAKES, THEN TURNING THE CAR OFF. CONFIRMED BY TOW-TRUCK DRIVER AND CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF FAILURE IN THE VEHICLE ITSELF. THEY WERE ALSO UNABLE THUS FAR TO GET THE RPMS TO SLOW DOWN. IF YOU START THE CAR NOW, EVEN IN PARK, THE RPMS IMMEDIATELY REV VERY HIGH. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP UNDERGOING DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP. *TR