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2002 Chrysler Town And Country electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 62 complaints for the 2002 Chrysler Town And Country, 12% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
62 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 7
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2002 Chrysler Town And Country Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 49 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles11
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 49 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 7 fires.

What owners wrote

While vehicle was warming up a strong odor and smoke escaped from defroster unit into passenger's compartment due to an electrical short circuit that resulted in a fire. Please give any further details.

January 2002 Fire

Drivers window not working along with radio, the windshield wipers will not shut off even with key out of ignition, removed fuse and then the car would not start, once we had the car jumped the rear windshield wiper started and wouldn't stop and the dials in the dashboard starting spinning and car needs to get a jump each time it is shut off. No one can seem to find the problem with it.

Reported at 108,345 miles, August 2011

Other problems reported for the 2002 Chrysler Town And Country

Electrical system problems in other years

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