2005 Chrysler Town and Country Consumer Discussions Page 4

Chrysler Town & Country power steering problems

Re: Power Steering Problems [hmackenzie]

Written by: mcohio on Jan 12, 2008 06:30 AM

We own a 2005 Town & Country and just found out we need to have the Power Steering unit rack replaced at 60,000 miles. The Cleveland area dealer quoted $695 and I will probably have them do it. I am absolutely dumbfounded that a rack & pinion steering unit would go up this soon. I just bought this vehicle from my father in law and recently sold a Jeep Cherokee that was ... Read More...

2008 Chrysler Town & Country/Dodge Grand Caravan

Re: Purchasing an '08 minivan in 6-8 months. [artgpo]

Written by: dennisctc on Jan 06, 2008 04:04 AM

Speaking of transmission problems: There are 1,562 posts concerning Chrysler minivan transmission problems VS 276 Odyssey transmission problem posts here on Edmunds. This is a good measure of quality, people with 15 year old Caravans posting questions about their tranny, when Honda didn't even make a minivan back then. The fact that there are 276 Ody postings ... Read More...

Chrysler Town & Country Interior Issues

Re: 2008 Town and Country 3rd row Auto Seats, gas mileage [luvrealhorses]

Written by: minivangrandpa on Dec 13, 2007 05:09 PM

I just purchased a 2008 T & C Limited van in late November. I don't have the third row power seat so I can't comment on that issue. We filled up the van with 60 miles on the odometer and drove about 150 miles not exceeding 60 mph. As you know, this van has the 4.0 engine. We got 23.5 mpg. Although I've not checked the mileage around town, on the mpg fuel read out, I don't remember ... Read More...

Chrysler Town & Country Lease Questions

Re: T&C Lease questions [Car_man]

Written by: withalacrity on Jun 11, 2007 07:36 AM

Thank you Car_man for the above information. Several questions. Do you know if the above money factor (.00091) and residual value (45%) and 10500 miles are the same for the Limited? Do you have any idea what the 2008 residual factor might be…I know it is purely speculation at this point. It makes it difficult to decide if I should wait for the 2008 or buy now taking ... Read More...

Caravan/Town & Country Electrical Problems

Re: 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Door Locks [romott]

Written by: debspalmtree on Nov 01, 2007 05:08 PM

Thank you so much for posting this. I have had problems with my locks not working for 3 months. My brother tried replacing some of the other fuses, as a matter of fact that 10d is probably the only one we didn't try. I thought I was going to have to take it to the dealer and pay thier big price to fix it. I decided to try one more time to see if i could find something on the net, ... Read More...

Re: 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Door Locks [jeffnks]

Written by: romott on Oct 20, 2007 10:36 AM

Unfortunately, this appears to be a temporary fix. My locks quit working again in 3-4 days. Removing the fuse fixes it only temporarily. I went to my dealer, and he admitted that they see this problem daily after I pointed out that there were a number of folks on the internet that said they had this problem and therefore, it was a common problem that Chrysler needs ... Read More...

Re: 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Door Locks [romott]

Written by: mmg2 on Oct 20, 2007 10:16 AM

I just wanted to thank you for your posting about the IOD fuse and the door locks. Ours quit working yesterday. After searching on the internet, I found your post. We did what you said, took out the fuse for 30 seconds, put it back in and the locks worked!!!!!!! Thank you very, very much. I hope your post will help others too. Read More...

Re: 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Door Locks [romott]

Written by: jeffnks on Oct 09, 2007 06:20 PM

Thank you so very much for your post!!! I had the same problem today with my 2005 Town and Country. I just went out after reading your thought and IT WORKED! You saved me a trip to the dealership. Thank you again! Jeff Read More...

2008 Minivans

Re: Honestly.... [mfletou1]

Written by: marine2 on Oct 06, 2007 10:34 PM

I'm just not compelled with arguments to buy American anymore, because all you really are doing is rewarding years of bad financial decisions and captiulating by short sighted unions. I'm vehemently anti-big labor at this point because I believe it is destroying American industry, but the automakers have nobody to blame but themselves for giving in everytime ... Read More...

Caravan/Town & Country Electrical Problems

2005 Chrysler Town & Country Door Locks

Written by: romott on Oct 05, 2007 03:20 PM

I found a fix for this problem on the internet - (ain't it wonderful!!!!). Turns out the computer can get confused about a door lock actuator problem which will disable the locks (horn, lights, memory seats all change but no locks). Remove the IOD fuse which is located in the fuse block next to the battery for 30 seconds. problem fixed. There is supposedly a software ... Read More...