2006 Chrysler Town And Country LWB Air bags Problems

“Passenger airbag disabled light is constantly on. I purchased the vehicle on 1/28/06. I took the car to carmax on 1/31/06 to have it repaired. Carmax is still unable to cure the problem as of 2/8/06. The ordered a new seat belt retractor and that did not work. They tried to replace the seat with a seat from another vehicle and that did not work.”

“Our 2006 Chrysler town and country air bag warning lights lit occasionally in fall 2009. By dec 2009 both driver and passenger air bag warning light are always lit when the van is running. Our internet search found that 270,000 2005 Chrysler minivans were recalled for this same issue (warning lights stayed on, airbag sensors were corroded causing airbags to either fail to deploy or deploy at an improper rate). This seems to be a significant safety issue. Why haven't the 2006 Chrysler minivans been recalled?”

“Vehicle has about 4000 miles on it. Airbag light illuminates intermittently when turning the steering wheel. This happens several times during a drive, and sometimes the light seems to turn on and off randomly, but it's fairly repeatable with turning the wheel. I am sending this complaint because I have seen this problem on several Chrysler minivans starting with a 1998 model and I am surprised that this systemic safety problem has not been fixed in at least eight years.”

“Air bag light went on in my 2006 Chrysler t&c van, took to dealership to check out. Found out on line previous year 2005 had a recall for exact same problem (over 250,000) vehicles, since my year did not have a recall required to pay 320.00 for repair. Don't understand, since obviously problem still exists why I had to pay for repairs that were done for cars one year older than mine. Chrysler basically told me since there was no recall it was my problem. If I did not get this fixed I would have had to drive not knowing if airbags would work or work when not needed. …”

“I own a 2006 Chrysler town and country with 54,000 miles. The airbag light is continuously illuminated on the dashboard. Since the airbag light is illuminated, the airbag will not deploy. I had a mechanic look at the codes, and the driver's side frontal sensor is corroded. This is the same problem as the 2005 Chrysler town & country which has a recall with NHTSA campaign number: 07v192000. I hope you can amend the 2005 recall to include 2006 models, that way; this can be paid for by the manufacturer. The cost for a mechanic to repair is approximately $160 or parts and labor.”