ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
IN JUNE 2004 WHILE DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM ON THE HIGHWAY SERPENTINE BELT ON MY 1998 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY BROKE. IT WAS REPLACED. IN JULY OF 2004, WHILE DRIVING ON A WET STREET, THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF. IT WAS PUT BACK ON. ON OCT 8,2004, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF, IT WAS PUT BACK ON ALONG WITH THE TSB SHIELD RECOMMENDED IN 1999 BY CHRYLSER TO PREVENT THE BELT FROM COMING OFF IN THE RAIN. ON NOV 1, 2004 WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE BELT CAME OFF. CHRYSLER PUT IT BACK ON AND CHARGED ME $43. CHYSLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEFECT SINCE 1999. NO EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION. ALLEN SAMUELS DEALERSHIP IN WEBSTER, TX SEES 3-4 MINIVANS COME IN WITH THIS PROBLEM EACH TIME IT RAINS.*AK
2002
AIR BAGS
2002 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY EX. AIR BAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY ON SINCE TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE NEW VEHICLE IN 2002. WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. WITHIN 2 DAYS, AIR BAG LIGHT IS BACK ON. SEVERAL TIMES LATER NO SOLUTION. THIS PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO A DOCUMENTED RECALL ON PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN OVER 5 YEARS NOW AND NO SOLUTION. I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL FOR THE 2002 YEAR MODEL FOR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. *JB