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1996 Chrysler Town and Country power train problems

147 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1996 Chrysler Town and Country16% of all complaints for this model year.

147
Power Train complaints
16%
share of all complaints
83,835 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Transmission stopped worked, electrical cluster waving back and forth before and after transmission repair, newly installed transmission broke down 5 days after installation, repair shop claims electrical system not working properly and is cause of transmission breakdown. *tr

    filed Mar 16, 2015

  • I have a 96 chrysler t&c van the transmission was replaced almost 30 months and 38 k miles ago after it broke a shaft on the inside at 101k miles. Came to a stop at conner went to go forwarded and the van was in neutral in gear position. Dealer did not want to open it up just replace with new…

    filed Feb 11, 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.