Chrysler Town AND Country · model year

1986 Chrysler Town AND Country

3 NHTSA complaints. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

Complaints
3
Recalls
0

The verdict

The 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country posts top-quartile complaint standing among its own model-year siblings.

Top 12%
fewest complaints, own model years
0
recall campaigns

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.

The most frequently selected component label in reports 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). Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause.

NHTSA currently has 3 investigation files overlapping the 1986 Town AND Country. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.

3
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
F
PlainCars Safety Score
0/100
1986 Chrysler Town AND Country

PlainCars' own composite of NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings and rollover-risk assessment, each dimension normalized against the federal scale or the full national model-year corpus. Not an official NHTSA figure, and not a substitute for a specific vehicle's VIN-level recall check.

NHTSA Overall Rating N/A
Not rated
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program overall crash-test rating.
Front Crash N/A
Not rated
Frontal barrier crash-test rating.
Side Crash N/A
Not rated
Side barrier and pole crash-test rating.
Rollover Resistance N/A
Not rated
Static stability factor + dynamic rollover test rating.
Rollover Risk N/A
Not reported
NHTSA single-vehicle rollover probability, dynamic test.

Total Complaints

3 filings

Crashes Reported

0 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL1

Recent Complaints

20030709ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR

CONSUMER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

20030709VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

CONSUMER STATES WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO ACCELERATE PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED. *AK

20000830POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country have?
The 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country has 3 NHTSA complaints, 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country?
The most-complained component for the 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country is POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION with 1 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR and VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL.
Is the 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

Data vintage: August 2026. 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.

Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 1986 Chrysler Town AND Country; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.