Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chrysler Town And Country submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DIFFERENTIAL PIN SHOT OUT THROUGH TRANSMISSION HOUSING, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BLOW. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG WHILE VEHICLE WAS GOING 55MPH. TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP, AND WAS LEAKING. VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES TO ALERT DRIVERS BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY SLOW DOWN BY JERKING IN GEAR. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
WAS TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION EXPLODED. HAD VEHICLE HAD STOPPED DEAD IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED THAT A PIN HOLDING TRANS AXLE HAD BROKEN. IT WAS A HOLLOWED PIN THAT WAS USED.*AK
SUDDEN ABRUPT TRANSMISSION FAILURE - DIFFERENTIAL PIN CAME LOOSE THROUGH BELL HOUSING OF TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. *AK
WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN FRONT END WOULD VIBRATE CONSTANTLY. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BOTH AXLES WERE BENT & MOTOR MOUNTS WERE WORN OUT. MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH AXLES AND MOTOR MOUNTS. ALSO, WATER PUMP/HEATER AND THERMOSTAT WENT OUT AT 30,000 MILES. PROBLEM WITH THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTS. *AK
VEHICLE HAS A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE FRONT DRIVE TRAIN BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND ENDING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE SHAKING RETURNS AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. BETWEEN THESE SPEEDS, THE SHAKING IS PRESENT BUT NOT AS VIOLENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1994 BUT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE WITH AGE AND MILAGE. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT THE ENTIRE VEHILCE SHAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED BY THE ORIGINAL DEALER WHO IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS AS WELL AS OTHER CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS WITH NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. FOR ADVISE AND ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEITHER THEY NOR THE DEALERSHIPS NOR THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ABLE OR WILLING TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. WHATEVER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED BY CHRYSLER HAVE BEEN DONE EITHER UNDER WARRANTY OR AT MY EXPENSE. NOTHING HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND IS GETTING TO THE POINT OF BECOMING A REAL SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD WELCOME ANY INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING AND SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS
DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AXLE SEPERATED FROM TRANSMISSION WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH. *AK LOWER LEFT STABILIZING ARM BALL JOINT BROKE, WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS INTO WHEEL WELL AND SLID SIDEWAYS UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED, DEALER STATED PART FELL OFF BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN GREASED. *SLC
INNER CV JOINT HOUSING ON PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FAILS, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION "SHIMMY" ONCE SPEED 30 MPH OR MORE. *AK
REAR AXLE BUCKLED UNDER AND DROP DOWN ON THE WHEEL, AXLE NEED TO BE CHANGE. TT
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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