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2012 Chrysler Town and Country electrical system problems

The 2012 Chrysler Town and Country has 401 electrical system complaints filed with NHTSA — 46% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

401

Electrical System complaints

46%

Share of year

3

Crash-involved

1

Related recalls

Electrical System complaints by year

Town and Country electrical system complaints by model year1,297 complaints1984: 1 complaints1990: 1 complaints1991: 1 complaints1992: 10 complaints1993: 12 complaints1994: 2 complaints1995: 4 complaints1996: 147 complaints1997: 89 complaints1998: 72 complaints1999: 67 complaints2000: 25 complaints2001: 88 complaints2002: 65 complaints2003: 46 complaints2004: 24 complaints2005: 179 complaints2006: 75 complaints2007: 44 complaints2008: 1,297 complaints2009: 478 complaints2010: 1,071 complaints2011: 543 complaints2012: 401 complaints2013: 403 complaints2014: 225 complaints2015: 62 complaints2016: 108 complaints2017: 1 complaints
Town and Country electrical system complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

Related recalls

14V234000Electrical SystemMay 7, 2014 · 644,757 units

Defect

Chrysler Group, LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles manufactured August 25, 2010, through October 31, 2013. The affected vehicles may experience overheating of the vent window switch in the driver's door armrest.

Consequence

An overheated switch may result in a vehicle fire.

Remedy

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the vent window switch with a newer version, free of charge. The owner notification letter was issued and the remedy campaign launched on on December 31, 2014. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P25.

What owners report

“RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE FIRE AND FOUND THIS VEHICLE WIT FIRE AND HEAT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER'S DOOR AREA. THE DRIVER HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE STATED THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE DOOR OF HER VEHICLE. THE HEAT DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY IN THE AREA OF THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. OWNER AND DRIVER…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Electrical System · December 16, 2017 · fire

Common questions

How many electrical system complaints does the 2012 Chrysler Town and Country have?

NHTSA has 401 complaints about the 2012 Chrysler Town and Country electrical system — 46% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Are there recalls for the 2012 Chrysler Town and Country electrical system?

Yes — 1 NHTSA recall campaign for this model year is tied to the electrical system: 14V234000.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.