1997 Chrysler Town And Country Exterior lighting Problems

“The clear plastic lenses on the front of my headlight assemblies were defectively designed as the plastic is especially prone to damage by uv light, heat, cold, &/or road chemicals. The plastic after a few years has come to be fogged or hazed or cloudy looking... And upon close inspection also has thousands of tiny cracks throughout each lens. Our vehicle is a 1997 Chrysler t&c which we purchased in 2000. By 2002 we noticed the headlights at night were getting dimmer and it got progressively worse until about 2004 when I bought brighter bulbs to try to compensate for this. …”

“The plastic lens covering the headlights on my 1997 Chrysler Town And Country has become clouded [opaque] over the past two years and continues to become more so as time passes.this greatly reduces the amount of light that the headlights put out and therefore makes driving at night hazardous.my local Chrysler dealer wants greater than $600 to replace these and told me this was not covered under my extended warranty [still in effect].my seach at local salvage yards for the part was unsuccessful because,I was told,these Chrysler plastic lenses all tend to get cloudy[opaque]as they age. …”

“The plastic headlamp covers on my Chrysler minivan have become fogged or hazed or otherwise become cloudy and will not allow light transmission required for safe nighttime driving many cars have this problem, and the manufacturer builds the headlamp unit as a single assembly costing $400 to $500 for each light to replace the clouded plastic.”

“The headlight acrylic covers have become so clouded that the lights are so dim that the highway is unsafely illuminated during night driving. Switching between high and low beams doesn't make much of a difference. These are original Chrysler installed assemblies, and should certainly last longer than 7 years. Its like trying to look through a windshield that has become less and less transparent. The problem is not with the replaceable lamps, but with the head light assemblies in which they are mounted. Chrysler should replace these without cost to the customer.”

“Plastic lens covering the headlights on my 1997 Chrysler town & country has become clouded over the past two years and continues to become more so as time passes. This greatly reduces the amount of light that the headlights put out and therefore makes driving at night hazardous . I was told by my dealer that the replacement of these lens are very expensive, over $500.00. I love my Town And Country, its great for vacations but I feel that driving it at night is a danger to myself, family, as well as other drivers on the road.”