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2004 Chrysler Town And Country steering problems

Owners reported steering problems in 22 complaints for the 2004 Chrysler Town And Country, 10% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
22 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2004 Chrysler Town And Country Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 58% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 19 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

In september 2018 I notice smoke coming underneath the hood and upon opening the hood my friend said that I had a fire in the engine compartment and put the fire out.after calling my insurance company and them towing it to a garage I was informed that a power steering hose had busted that they said caused the fire.I then later online looked up more information and found out that there was a NHTSA campaign:04v386000 concerning the upper power steering hose that may split that can cause a fluid leak that in the…

Reported at 242,800 miles, September 2018 Fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chrysler town and country. The contact experienced the identical failures as mentioned in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number 04v386000 (steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections). The manufacturer was notified and the VIN was excluded from the recall defect. The failure mileage was 74,000.

Reported at 74,000 miles, March 2010

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