2006 Chrysler Town And Country Suspension Problems

“I had an accident where the vehicle suddenly steered to the left. I did a 360 plus 90. I was going around a bend to the left at the time. There was a light rain at the time but I was not exceeding the speed limit and I have driven this road many times in the past. The front passenger tire was completely torn form the car. After it was towed and I had a chance to see the damage, I noticed a dark black mark about 5/8 of an inch by 1/4 inch on the broken ball joint. …”

“Each front coil spring broke about two years apart I was driving about 55 MPH on a busy city highway when I suddenly felt what appeared to be a badly balanced tire. I managed to exit and stop in a retail parking lot and inspect the tires. What I found was a broken front driver side coil spring resting on the tire. The tire was hot enough to smoke. The tire was no longer usable. About 2 years ago on the same vehicle the passenger side front coil spring broke, but did not rub on the tire. It seems so odd that two coiled springs broke on the same vehicle. …”

“1. I did nothing unusual or potentially destructive. 2. The right front ball joint has worn loose -will not satisfy me inspection in the vehicle's third year. If it lets go, it could cause an accident, which on the road or turnpike could cause injury and/or death to one or more vehicle occupants. 3. I am going to take vehicle back to dealer for replacement--it is only 27 months old and still under warranty.”

“First time this happened when I was slowing down to come to a stop. The van shut down. No brakes. No steering. Put vehicle in park and it started right up again. It happened a 3-4 more times after that with similar circumstances. No rhyme or reason to when it would happen. On june 12, it happened again. On june 19, I took it to a mechanic who checked it out and said he hooked it up to different computers and couldn't find anything wrong. He drained the power steering fluid and put in new fluid. …”

“I drove my van to work. Parked it in the parking lot just like any other day. There were absolutely no problems prior to this issue. When I went to leave in my vehicle on my work lunch break, my van wouldn't move. The front driver side suspension spring broke while the van was sitting in the parking lot. I researched this issue and found it to be a common problem with some ford models, however have not found anything similar in dodge or Chrysler vehicles. My van currently has 49,000 miles on it and really should not have had this issue. …”