2011 Chrysler Town And Country Suspension Problems

“Trailing arm on right rear passenger side of the van snapped, whie 'I was driving on a city street close to my home. The rear of the van started to shake violently I was able to bring the vehicle under control and stop. I then proceeded cautiously to return to my home. My husband removed the right rear tire where we saw the trailing arm snapped in half.”

“There is currently a recall for Chrysler town & country vans for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012 for wheel bearing issues. Why is there none for the 2011 -- I had one replaced today and the two rear ones also need to be replaced. I see on the internet that there are others owning the 2011 model that also have this issue. At a $448.82 pop for one, that's is a lot to handle when you have to have 3 of them replaced. If they were still having the issue in 2012, why is the 2011 not on recall for this also?”

“Slightly before 9,000 miles I started noticing a slight shimmy of the steering wheel when the brakes were applied when driving over 50mph. This condition did not occur consistently, but was sporadic. As time has past, this condition has become much more frequent, the steering wheel shimmy has become much more severe, and is now occurring at speeds as low as 35mph. I have owned Chrysler Town And Country vans over the past 16 years (trading up every 2 years) and can testify that their brakes have been a consistent weakness (typically warped discs). …”

“Today I noted that both michelin as energy saver 225 65 r17 front tires are cupping on outside edge, steering has been very sensitive at high speed, vehicle wanders easily on the freeway requiring frequent steering correction. It is the alignment of the caster adjustment/design or manufacturing of the new t&c design has a problem. With only 3500 miles on it, I ran my hand over the tread of all tires, and the front tires are cupping, while the rear are smooth. Please advise. Dealer informed of oversensitve steering, has not performed an alignment yet. …”

“Vehicle began approximately 30 miles prior with a wobble/sway at highway speed. After another 20 miles clinks developed from right rear. The final incident had the right rear wheel seemingly lock causing me to bring the vehicle to a sudden stop. As it turns out the vehicle had 2 right rear swing arm mounting bolts missing and the other 2 sheared off. This caused the right rear tire to contact the inner wheel well cutting it. Additionally there were 2 bolts missing from the left swing arm mount. …”