2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY — Complaint #443802
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES filed December 4, 2003
NHTSA complaint #443802 (ODI reference 10050038) concerns a 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY and was filed on December 4, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 13, 2002. The vehicle had 60,221 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:wrecker and wheel lift devices, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:wrecker and wheel lift devices failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT COME OUT OF LOW GEAR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TCM MODULE ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WILL BE A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEELS. THE DEALER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS. THE AUTOMATIC LIFT GATE ON THE VEHICLE WOULD NO MOVE UP OR DOWN ON COMMAND AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 443802 |
| ODI Number | 10050038 |
| Date Filed | December 4, 2003 |
| Failure Date | August 13, 2002 |
| VIN | 2C8GP54LX1R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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