DROVE TO STORE ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY, ON THE WAY THERE AND BACK NO SIGNS AT ALL THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG OR ANY KIND OF WARNING LIGHTS. GOT HOME PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT 2-3 HOURS WENT OUT TRIED TO START IT AND VAN WAS COMPLETELY DEAD NO POWER AT ALL. MY HUSBAND JUMPED IT WE STARTED DRIVING AND WITHIN A MILE ALL LIGHTS AND GAUGES STARTED FLICKERING AND ENGINE FAN WOULDN'T SHUT OFF HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO MAKE FAN STOP RUNNING. NEXT TIME GOT IT STARTED AGAIN STILL DEAD GAUGES BUT HEADLIGHTS WERE WORKING THEN EVERYTHING WENT DEAD AGAIN AND ENGINE FAN WOULDN'T COME ON AT ALL. IT HAS HAD A NEW BATTERY, NEW BODY CONTROL MODULE, TRANSMISSION MODULE AND GAUGES PUT IN AND STILL THE ENGINE FAN WON'T RUN AND ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS ON GAUGE PANEL WON'T GO OUT. DEALER SAID THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE MORE THINGS AT THE COST OF A MINIMUM OF $80 PER THING THEY CHECKED OUT. JUST BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. IT WAS PARKED FOR FIVE MONTHS PRIOR WHILE TRYING ALL THE REMEDIES ABOVE. I HAVE ALSO HAD SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS NOISE IN FRONT END HAD TO DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. HAD A PROBLEM WITH SLIDING DOOR CLOSING WITH SOMEONES ARM IN IT AND DOOR DIDN'T STOP ON IT'S OWN! NOW THE POWER DOORS AND LOCKS WON'T WORK AT ALL. I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR CHRYSLER'S THAT THEY WERE HAVING MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THESE VAN'S!! THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR DISASTER LIVE ON FIXED INCOME AS WELL AND CAN'T AFFORD THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS!! MAKES ME NOT WANT TO BUY ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE ESPECIALLY FROM CHRYSLER!!!
2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR HAS A "PUSH BUTTON" ELECTRONIC KEY SENSING START SYSTEM. I PARKED MY CAR, RADIO RUNNING, TOOK MY KEY FROM CAR, LOCKED CAR. CAR KEEPS RUNNING INDEFINITELY EVEN THOUGH KEY IS NOT IN PROXIMITY TO IGNITION. IF A DRIVER TAKES HIS KEYS FROM THE CAR AND CAR IS IN "PARK", I THINK VEHICLE SHOULD SHUT DOWN AFTER AN APPROPRIATE TIME DELAY SUCH AS 15MINUTES. IF A PERSON DRIVES HIS CAR INTO A CLOSED ATTACHED GARAGE, LEAVES THE CAR WITH THE KEY BUT DOES NOT PUSH THE "OFF" BUTTON...THE CAR WILL RUN UNTIL OUT OF GAS. THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO PEOPLE IN HOUSE AS EXHAUST FUMES WILL BUILD UP IN CLOSED GARAGE. CHRYSLER CAN PROGRAM THE ELECTRONICS TO STOP THE ENGINE AFTER 15 MIN, IF KEY HAS LEFT PROXIMITY OF IGNITION, AND CAR IS IN PARK. *TR