2007 Chrysler Town & Country Visibility & Wipers Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAD NO HEAT, THE DEFROST BLEW COLD AIR ONLY, AND THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT DEFROST. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND ANTI FREEZE NEEDED TO BE ADDED. A WEEK LATER, AN ANTI FREEZE LEAK APPEARED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A VERY LOUD EXPLOSION SOUND. IT WAS SO LOUD, THAT AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT BEHIND US. OUR REAR VAN WINDOW HAD A WHOLE APPROXIMATELY 12"X14" ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. EACH CORNER OF THE WINDOW ALSO HAD LARGE CHUNKS OF GLASS MISSING. LARGE CRACKS WERE RUNNING HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE GLASS. WE HAD NO CARS DIRECTLY AROUND US, DID NOT RECENTLY DRIVE UNDER AN OVERPASS, AND HAD NO OBJECT INSIDE OF THE VAN THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE GLASS TO EXPLODE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED, THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, AND WHEN WE APPROACHED THE VAN, WE SAW THE GLASS HAD SHATTERED AND WAS OUTSIDE OF THE VAN ON THE GROUND INDICATING THAT NO ONE HAD BROKEN INTO THE VAN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A CITY STREET THAT WAS IN GOOD REPAIR (NO POTHOLES OR ROUGH ROAD). BACK WINDOW JUST SHATTERED. TEMP OUTSIDE WAS 46 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, I DID NOT HAVE THE HEAT ON IN THE VAN, NOR DID I HAVE THE BACK DEFROSTER ON. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE (I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT) AND THE WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE VAN ... NO BULLET, NO ROCK, NOTHING IN THE VAN AS EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING WAS THROWN / SHOT THRU THE WINDOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME WHEN THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT STRUCK THE WINDOW AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS. 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PUSHING THE REAR DOOR AJAR BUTTON, THE REAR WINDOW SUDDENLY SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000.

2007 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AT 30 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW "EXPLODED". THERE WAS NO OTHER CAR AROUND, NO OTHER CAR PASSED ME BY THAT WOULD HAVE KICKED SOMETHING UP FROM THE ROADWAY. THERE WERE NO PEOPLE, KIDS OR ANIMALS IN THE AREA. TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREE'S. THE REAR DEFOGGER WAS NOT TURNED ON AND THE REAR WIPER WAS NOT ON. THERE WAS A HOLE APPROX 12" X 6" ON THE UPPER LEFT OF THE WINDOW - THE REST OF THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED. THE GLASS FELL INTO THE VAN ON THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO OBJECT (ROCK, ICE, SNOWBALL) IN THE VAN. NOTHING COULD BE SEEN ON THE ROAD. THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $358.27. THIS HAPPENED ON 02/15/10. IN AUGUST OF 2008, THIS VAN WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. WE WERE INSIDE AND HEARD A LOUD "CRASH". THE REAR WINDOW HAD EXPLODED LEAVING A LARGE HOLE IN THE GLASS. THERE WAS NO OBJECT IN THE VAN OR ON THE GROUND AROUND THE VAN THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. *TR I CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING THIS RECENT WINDOW AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO REPORTS OR COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE. I PLACED MY PROBLEM ON THE EDMUNDS FORUM AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM 1 PERSON WHO CLAIMS THEIR TAIL LIGHT ENCLOSURE EXPLODES. HIS MECHANIC CLAIMS IT IS DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE TAILGATE. *TR