2003 Chrysler Town And Country Seat belts Problems

HELLO MY NAME IS [XXX] I AM A SURVIVOR OF A CAR CRASH I WAS ON THE WAY FROM PICKING MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL DRIVING A MAN IN FRONT OF ME WAS DRUNK DRIVING AND AS A MOTHER I SWERVED TO PROTECT MY SON FROM GETTING HIT WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW WAS I ACTUALLY DIDN'T SAVE HIM HE SUFFERED FROM MULTIPLE BRAIN INJURIES AND FRACTURED BONES IN HIS FACE BROKEN RIBS HE LATER DIED FROM THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING IN MY 2003 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY LX HIS SEATBELT DIDN'T PROTECT HIM AND HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VAN. I HAVE BEEN TRYING AND TRYING TO GET CHRYSLERS ATTENTION DON'T KNOW WHY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. MY SON'S NAME IS [XXX] BORN AUGUST 18 2008 DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 29TH 2016 I JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MY SON. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR SEE ALSO ODI 10872127. *DSY

NHTSA ID

10917404

Incident

Jan 25, 2016

Mileage

120,000 mi

2003 TOWN & COUNTRY SEATBELT HARNESS BREAKS OFF FROM SIDE OF THE CAR WITHOUT ANY CAR IMPACT. CAR WAS PARKED.HAD THERE BEEN A FORCEFUL IMPACT, I THINK DRIVER WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. INSIDE PORTION OF PLASTIC PIECE THAT HOUSES THE SCREW THAT IS SCREWED INTO THE SIDE HAS HAIRLINE CRACKS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10353796

Incident

Aug 29, 2010

Mileage

69,000 mi

RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT IN THIRD-ROW SEAT OF TOWN AND CHRYSLER MINI-VAN DOESN'T RETRACT. SAME BELT WAS REPLACED IN JUNE OF 2005 AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10182610

Incident

Dec 20, 2006

DT: THE SEAT BELTS BEGAN SHREDDING. BOTH BELTS IN THE FRONT AND THE ONE IN THE THIRD SEAT ON THE LEFT. THE OWNER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALER BUT NOT CHRYSLER. THE SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR A MONTH. OWNER WAS PUTTING TAPE ON THE SEAT BELTS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER. THE OWNER CALLED CHRYSLER ALSO. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE SEAT BELT WERE NOT COVERED BY A WARRANTY.*AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10125892

Incident

May 20, 2005

Mileage

38,000 mi

RIGHT, REAR SEAT BELT IN 7 PASSENGER MINI-VAN WILL NOT RETRACT, THEREFORE PUTS AN OCCUPANT IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT IN DANGER.

NHTSA ID

10124834

Incident

Jan 10, 2005

I CAME TO A STOP - 3 OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS DRIVING A 2003 TOWN & COUNTRY VAN. WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY A PICK UP TRUCK GOING AROUND 40-45 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN HE HIT MY DRIVERS SEAT WENT BACK AND BROKE. I WAS THEN THROWN FORWARD THRU MY SEAT BELT AND UPTOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. HE HE ME AGAIN (CAR JERKED AND I WENT BACK) SEAT BROKE - AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. HAVE SEVERE NECK PROBLEMS - TORN DISK IN LOWER BACK - PAIN ALL DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BODY CONSTANTLY - NEVER SLEEP - SEEN DOCTORS WAITING FOR INJECTIONS. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK NEXT STEP IS SURGERY. WHY DID MY SEAT BREAK - IF IT DIDN'T I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SUCH MEDICAL PROBLEMS. IF MY CHILD WAS SITTING BEHIND ME, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED, PARALIZED, KILLED. SEATS SHOULD WITHSTAND CRASHES. AIRBAGS SHOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED. CLOSE TO $10,000 IN REAR AND FRONT DAMAGES. SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE WORKED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10118709

Incident

Oct 11, 2004

Mileage

17,000 mi

I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. I PROCEEDED INTO AN INTERSECTION AND THE PASS FRONT CORNER OF MY VAN WAS IMPACTED. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH CAUSED ME, AS DRIVER, TO COME OUT OF MY SEATBELT AND I WAS THROWN OUT THE DOOR WHICH OPENED DURING THE CRASH DESPITE BEING LOCKED. I WAS THROWN TO THE PAVEMENT AND INJURED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10098513

Incident

Oct 1, 2004

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE BATTERY FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. *LA THE CONSUMER STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A RATTLE IN THE DOOR, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED, THE AIR AND HEATING WOULD GO UP BY ITSELF, THE BACK AUTOMATIC HATCH WAS NOT WORKING AND WOULD COME OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE DUE TO A FAULTY ACCUMULATOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK, THERE WAS A ROARING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS TANGLED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WAS FAULTY, A COMPONENT WAS LOOSE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK, THERE WAS NOISE IN THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE BRAKES SMELLED SMOKEY AND WERE SCRUBBING, THE CLIP ON THE CUP HOLDER WAS BROKEN AND THE BATTERY KEPT DYING AND WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10081870

Incident

Jul 3, 2003

ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS (IN THE TWO MONTHS WE HAVE OWNED THIS VAN) MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS SEATBELT HAS COME UNFASTENED. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY SEATBELTS IN THE BACK PASSENGER SECTION UNTIL I SAW A REPORT ON TV ABOUT IT. I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. NOTE: YOUR SECTION THAT ASKS ME TO INCLUDE THE MODEL OF VAN WILL NOT LET ME PUT TOWN AND COUNTRY -- IT JUST LETS ME PUT "SPRINTER 2500" WHATEVER THAT IS... (CHANGED TO TOWN AND COUNTRY VIA CONSUMER'S VOQ DESCRIPTION ON 12/9/04. CAT)

NHTSA ID

10025854

Incident

Jul 1, 2003

THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RELEASE, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. *JB

NHTSA ID

10015626

Incident

Apr 10, 2003