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2008 Chrysler Town & Country Rear Three Quarters View

Long Term Update 2: 2008 Chrysler Town & Country

By Ron Kiino
Photography by Julia LaPalme
2008 Chrysler Town & Country Rear Three Quarters View

Truck Trend editor Mark Williams, who spent a week with the T&C, notes, "It has none of the booming echoes that big, hollow caverns typically do, but there are some problems. The high-pitched whistle emanating from the driver-side A-pillar at higher speeds (75 mph or so) is just about intolerable. Also, the power pushbutton setup for the third-row seat had an episode in which a piece of luggage accidently hit the 'close' button on the side pillar and almost crushed the passenger belted into the seat. It doesn't seem equipped with any pressure-sensitive retract feature." The bright side? "Fuel economy on highway cruising seems almost unnaturally good-got 25.6 mpg over the 1500 miles I drove, and even got 540 miles between fill-ups. Love the 22-gallon tank."


2008 Chrysler Town & Country
Months/miles in service 5/15,659
Avg econ/CO2 19.0 mpg/1.02 lb/mi
Unresolved problems None
Maintenance cost $190.07 (2 oil change/inspection/rotate tires, 1 replace A/C filter)
Normal-wear cost $0


Does the minivan's architect still have its mojo?
3 months and 11,245 miles: More than 11,000 miles into the 2008 Chrysler Town and Country's stay with the Motor Trend staff, associate editor Allyson Harwood was "was impressed with the ease with which you can reconfigure the cabin."

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