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2003 Chrysler Town And Country air bags problems

25 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2003 Chrysler Town And Country, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
25 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
91,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
16 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2003 Chrysler Town And Country Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 91,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 91,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 33% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 16 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

Hello my name is [xxx] I am a survivor of a car crash I was on the way from picking my son up from school driving a man in front of me was drunk driving and as a mother I swerved to protect my son from getting hit which I didn't know was I actually didn't save him he suffered from multiple brain injuries and fractured bones in his face broken ribs he later died from the airbags not deploying in my 2003 chrysler town and country LX his seatbelt didn't protect him and he was thrown out of the van.

Reported at 120,000 miles, January 2016 CrashInjuryDeath

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the air bag warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who performed a diagnostic but was unable to generate a failure code. The manufacturer denied assistance with the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 80,200.

Reported at 80,200 miles, October 2011

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