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all vehicles · every Town and Country year · method

Chrysler Town and Country 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.79 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 81 complaints filed in the first three years, of 634 ever. 95% lower bound 0.61.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20082.09248
20090.5152
20101.51149
20110.7779
20120.7981
20132.60304
20141.21158
20150.3743
20160.6751

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 395 complaints

part needed6316%
blind spot3810%
blind3810%
repair experienced369%
window switch338%
system part338%

Engine 100 complaints

van2121%
shuts1515%
power steering1212%
shuts off1111%

Unknown Or Other 58 complaints

spot1831%
blind spot1730%
blind1730%
van1323%
sensors1018%

When it breaks

15% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,000 miles, from 372 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Totally Integrated Power Module Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10451176 · 10451244 · 10452538 · 10462607 · 10477005 · 10478129

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.