There are 17 owner-reported suspension complaints for the 2005 Chrysler Town & Countryin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
CAR STEERS BY ITSELF AND HAVE A HIGH HUMMING SOUND WHEN IT TAKE OFFS
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY ON 5/22/13. VERY LOUD BANG WAS HEARD APPROX 7PM BUT THE SOURCE OF THE BANG COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED OR EVEN CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS VEHICLE-RELATED. NO ABNORMAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF VEHICLE WAS DETECTED AT THAT TIME. NEXT MORNING, 5/23/13, DROVE VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED A RUBBING VIBRATION IN FRONT END, THEN SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. TURNED VEHICLE AROUND AND DROVE IT BACK TO DRIVEWAY AND PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE DRIVEN OF ABOUT 1000 FEET. AS VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CLOUDS OF BILLOWING WHITE SMOKE FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEELWELL APPEARED. INSPECTED OUTSIDE OF TIRE. NO APPARENT PROBLEM. OPENED HOOD. NO APPARENT REASON FOR WHITE SMOKE. THEN BOOM, AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND TIRE RESTED ON WHEEL RIM. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS LIFTED ON THE TOW MECHANISM, THE PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND UNCOILED ITSELF. THE SPRING HAD UNCOILED ITSELF INTO THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RUBBING VIBRATION, BURNING RUBBER SMELL AND SMOKE, AND THE BLOWOUT. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SUDDEN BLOWOUT AND LIKELY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE LAST 25 MILES DRIVEN PRIOR TO THE COIL SPRING FAILURE WERE FREEWAY MILES, AND THE FAILURE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AN HOUR EARLIER ON 5/22/13 AT 60 TO 70 MPH WITH THE LIKELY OUTCOME THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND RUN OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER. DEALER SAID THAT IN HIS 30 YEARS, HE HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. FAILED PARTS HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY OWNER. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED.
2005 CHRYSLER TOWN*COUNTRY. CONSUMER STATES FRAUDULENT AND INACCURATE SALE OF VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A DEAD BATTERY, BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR CONDITIONER PULLEY, COMPRESSOR, LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO THREE MAILBOXES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD FRACTURED. THERE WAS ALSO OTHER UNKNOWN BODY AND SUSPENSION FAILURE AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH OVER A RAIL ROAD TRACK, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,060 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 55,150. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE UPDATED 11/01/10*JB
SUMMARY: POTENTIAL FAILURE OF EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE ON 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVANS DUE TO INCORRECT ROUTING OF CABLE ALONGSIDE REAR SUSPENSION LINK. DETAIL: I WAS DOING SOME MAINTENANCE ON OUR '05 T&C TOURING THE OTHER DAY WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE IS RUBBING ON ONE OF THE VERTICAL REAR SUSPENSION LINKS. IT HAS WORN THROUGH THE OUTER SHEATH OF THE CABLE, AND THE CABLE ITSELF HAS BEEN EXPOSED. THAT CABLE IS VERY, VERY STIFF, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ROUTED THAT WAY AT THE FACTORY. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I WOULD RE-ROUTE IT TO GET IT AWAY FROM THAT SUSPENSION LINK. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IN AN INQUIRY AT THE CHRYSLER MINIVAN FAN CLUB WEBSITE'S FORUMS WOULD INDICATE OTHER OWNERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM. YOU CAN VIEW THE THREAD WITHOUT JOINING OR BECOMING A MEMBER AT HTTP://FORUM.CHRYSLERMINIVAN.NET/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=16879. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, HE HEARD A METAL RUBBING AND POPPING SOUND COMING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 34000.
HIT BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE PULLED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD WERE I WAS FINAL ABLE TO STOP, THE RIGHT TOP STRUT PLATE BROKE, DROVE VERY SLOWLY HOME CALLED THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED THE VAN AND THEY TOOK OUT STRUT AND THE STRUT PLATE, THE STRUT PLATE WAS COMPLETE ROTTED REPLACED WITH NEW STRUT PLATE. *TR
I BOUGHT A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY ON JUNE 29 , 2007 WITH 48,000 MILES . I HAD A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT END SOUNDING LIKE THE STRUTS WERE BOTTOMING OUT ON ALL BUMPS. THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED CHRYSLER REF TO THE PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE STABILIZER BUSHINGS,THE DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED THAT ALOT OF 2005 TOWN & COUNTRY'S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TAT THE BUSHINGS WERE REDESIGNED. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO DISCUSS THIS ONLY STATING THAT THEY COULD ONLY DISCUSS MY VEHICLE ONLY. STILL REFUSING TO HELP IN ANY WAY. *TR
2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY, TOURING MODEL. VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION SYSTEM. FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT 35K. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 33K BECAUSE OF WEAR ON FRONT TIRES. ROTORS WERE REDONE AT 26K. SWAY BAR LINKS AND BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED AT 35K. ALSO, A CRITICAL BOLT ON REAR SUSPENSION WAS MISSING WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *TR
DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND WAS WAITING IN A LONG LINE AT A STOP SIGN BEFORE HEADING OUT TO THE ROAD WHEN A HORRIBLE GRINDING, ALMOST DRAGGING SOUND OCCURRED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SOUNDED AS IF SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT AND WAS BEING DRAGGED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. DROVE 4 FEET TO MOVE OUT OF THE TRAFFIC LANE AND THE GRINDING DID NOT STOP. PULLED OVER, STOPPED, LOOKED UNDER CAR; NOTHING. PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, GRINDING SOUND. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THE RIGHT FRONT CV AXLE HAD BROKEN. VEHICLE HAS 52,014 MILES. HAD YOUNG CHILDREN IN CAR WAS DOING UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR. *TR
IN NOVEMBER 2006, I BEGAN HEARING A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE TIE ROD END WAS BROKEN. THIS FAILURE WAS AT 32,463 MILES AND COST ME $170. IN MARCH 2007, I HEARD THE SAME CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE SWAY BAR LINKS, SWAY BAR BUSHINGS, AND STABILIZER CONTROL LINKS WERE BROKEN. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT 38,347 MILES AND COST ME $350. I HEARD THE SAME CLUNKING NOISE AGAIN IN MARCH 2008. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS WERE BROKEN AGAIN. FORTUNATELY, THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT 55,214 MILES. I HEARD THE SAME CLUNKING NOISE AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2008. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND STABILIZER BAR CONTROL LINKS WERE BROKEN AGAIN. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT 67,579 MILES AND COST ME $200. AFTER THIS REPAIR WAS MADE, I CONTINUED TO HEAR THE NOISE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS ARE BROKEN AGAIN. MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2005 TOWN & COUNTRY VEHICLES, AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER DOES NOT RECALL THESE PARTS. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM THAT IS COSTING ME A LOT OF MONEY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT, AND MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT I CAN EXPECT THESE FRONT END PROBLEMS TO CONTINUE. HE ALSO SAYS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THESE FAILURES CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME, AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. *TR
PURCHASED A 2005 JEEP UNLIMITED MAY 2005. AUGUST 2006 NOTICED A STEERING VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OF 53-55 MPH. DEALER SAID THEY TIGHTENED THE STABILIZER ARM AND THAT THE VIBRATION PROBLEM WAS DUE TO TIRE CUPPING. THEY IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO RHETORIC ABOUT PROPER TIRE ROTATION AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I TOOK THE JEEP TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC THAT SAID THE RACK AND PINION JOINT WAS LEAKING AND THE TIRE PROBLEM WAS DO TO POOR ALIGNMENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AND RELAYED THE NEW INFORMATION. SHE SAID THAT CHRYSLER RECOMMENDS FRONT END ALIGNMENT EVERY 12000 MILES. THE JEEP HAS 15000 MILE CURRENTLY. THE JEEP HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD AND HAS ONLY BEEN USED TO AS FROM WORK. *NM
1.) EVENTS: NOTICED A LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING SHARPLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND A DIFFERENT BUT LOCALLY THE SAME NOISE, WHEN BRAKING HARD. 2.) FAILURE: HASN'T FAILED YET BECAUSE I AM HAVING THE PROBLEM REPAIRED AT A COST OF $800.00. VEHICLE HAS LESS THEN 50,000 MILES. 3.)REPLACE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS,(THEY ARE ONE PART SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH FAILS, BOTH HAVE TO BE REPLACED DOUBLING THE COST TO ME). PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. AFTER REVIEWING MANY ENTRIES ON LINE FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT IS ENDEMIC TO THE MODEL. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ASSIST WITH THE SERVICE, STATING THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. ACCORDING TO MY REPAIR TECH, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE LEFT UN-ATTENDED AND COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT ANY SPEED. *JB
DT: THE CALLER SAYS HIS VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AT 55 MPH. HE THINKS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. DEALER TRIED TO FIX IT BY REPLACING A TIRE, BUT THAT DID NOTHING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP HIM. DEALER SAID EVERYTHING MET SPECIFICATIONS. CHRYSLER, TOWN & COUNTRY.*AK
DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED. EVERYTHING IN THE FORWARD PART OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED; INCLUDING THE STEERING, SEAT, AND FOOT BOARDS. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THIS WAS IN THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE.*AK
FAILING BACK SHOCK ABSORBERS ON A CHRYSLER T&C 2005 AFTER ONLY 5000 MILES - MOST LIKELY DUE TO LOW TEMPERATURES. *JB
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