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2008 Chrysler Town And Country Front View

Long Term Update 5: 2008 Chrysler Town & Country

11 months and 27,495 miles
By Ron Kiino
Photography by Brian Vance
2008 Chrysler Town And Country Front View

"She creaks, she groans, her driver-side mirror whistles at high speed," says Loh, "yet I dig the Caravan for two reasons: (1) The flexibility and usefulness of Stow 'N Go.Loaded up two bicycles and camping gear and never once had to consider storage or stowage problems.A piece of advice for future updates: Have duplicate controls for the power front seats in the rear cabin so users don't have pop over to the first row to adjust the front seats to make room for folding the second row. (2) The powertrain is a little rough when you do weird things (i.e., abruptly getting off the gas while accelerating), but is otherwise a hoot to drive. And all shifts have that smooth, uninterrupted feel."


Months/miles in service 11/27,495
Avg econ/CO2 19.0 mpg/1.02 lb/mile
Unresolved problems None
Maintenance cost $299.56 (4 - oil change/insp./rotate tires, replace A/C filter, transmission service, replace air filter)
Normal-wear cost $864.68 (replace front brake rotors/pads, brake system fluid flush, replace front tires)


Does the minivan's architect still have its mojo?
5 months and 15,659 Miles - 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.
7 months and 19,407 miles - With just over 19,000 miles on the odo, the T&C's right front brake began to squeal.
9 months and 22,665 miles - Techincal editor Kim Reynolds got a flat tire in the Chrysler Town & Country. "The digital display came to life showing a countdown of the right rear tire's pressure: 29 psi, 28 psi, 27 psi. And it was raining hard. I immediately headed back to the office."

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Community Comments

aallen4  (06/23/09 07:15 PM)

I am in disbelieve that any customer would buy
this van.
At 19000 miles you called it normal wear.
To replace tires,brakes and rotors.
I am driving a sienna van with 80000 miles and
I just put tires on.
I have original brakes yet.
Why would any intelligent person want that van ?

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