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1983 Chrysler Town And Country Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 1, 2002
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1983 Chrysler Town And Country, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Brakes2100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID.*JB

NHTSA ID 8008971 · filed May 1, 2002

CONSUMER STATES BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, PROBLEMS DID NOT START TO OCCUR UNTIL AFTER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ABS RECALL #685 CONSUMER STATES ABS LIGHT BRAKE HAD BEEN COMING ON SPERATICALLY DURING DRIVING, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE, DEALER INSPECTED SYSTEM AND STATED VEHCILE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AND NO FURTHER ACTION NECESSARY, AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, HOWEVER ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATED MUCH MORE THAN BEFORE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK IN TO DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM, FOLLOWING THIS THE BRAKES BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL DESPITE REGULAR BRAKE MAINTENANCE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY, AGAIN THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND BRAKE FLUID SPEWED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED HAD THE RECALL PARTS INITIALLY BEEN REPLACED THESE COMPLICATIONS WOULD HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE, REPAIRS WERE MADE AND WRITTEN UP AS A GOODWILL, HOWEVER BRAKES FAILED AGAIN VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN AND DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND THE REASONS FOR THESE FAILURES, THE BRAKES, BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE ABS OPERATIONS WERE CHECKED AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. *JB

NHTSA ID 560446 · filed Mar 21, 2001

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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Data sources

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