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1997 Chrysler Town and Country service brakes, hydraulic problems

42 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 1997 Chrysler Town and Country11% of all complaints for this model year.

42
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
11%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
9 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that something under the vehicle was making a grating sound. She could feel and hear a popping sound when the accelerator and brake pedals were depressed. She believes the vehicle is unsafe to drive. The current and failure…

    filed Jul 11, 2008

  • As head of engineering development at temic automotive, n.a., now owned by continental teves, I was involved in the investigations into hundreds of cases of 'thermal incidents' on abs controllers on nearly every program. The incidence was highest, on those vehicles with the greatest exposure of the…

    filed Jan 24, 2005

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.