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1997 Chrysler Town And Country cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 39 complaints for the 1997 Chrysler Town And Country, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
39 7% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Parked vehicle, started the vehicle with feet on the brakes and it accelerated, hit another car bumper, took to dealer who said the computer malfuctioned.

Crash

While driving at 65 MPH vehicle jumped out of gear, and the engine revved very high. Consumer stopped the vehicle, and killed the engine. After a minute consumer restarted the vehicle and pulled out. Currently, vehicle would not go out of second gear. Vehicle was taken to a dealer, who determined that a new transmission was needed.

Reported at 73,000 miles, February 2004

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