Total Complaints
3 filings
CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1986CHRYSLERTOWN AND COUNTRY carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1986 TOWN AND COUNTRY is power train:automatic transmission with 1 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:catalytic convertor (1) and vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 3 investigation files overlapping the 1986 TOWN AND COUNTRY. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page, a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | 1 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 1 |
CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO ACCELERATE PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. VEHICLE WOULD MOVE ON IN SECOND GEAR. REST OF THE GEARS WERE FROZEN AND WOULD NOT MOVE. *AK
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.