2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY — Complaint #753226
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS filed January 19, 2010
NHTSA complaint #753226 (ODI reference 10300260) concerns a 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY and was filed on January 19, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 1, 2009. The vehicle had 13,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings 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 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES. SHE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE SHOES AND BRAKES. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL TIRE SHOP FOR REGULAR TIRE MAINTENANCE WHERE THEY FOUND THE BRAKE SHOES WERE WORN OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF NEW BRAKES YET AGAIN. NO FURTHER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS 34,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 753226 |
| ODI Number | 10300260 |
| Date Filed | January 19, 2010 |
| Failure Date | November 1, 2009 |
| VIN | 2A8HR54P58R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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