Replaced fuel pump around 140k miles.
Replaced front wheel hub bearings around 150k miles. One easy, one hard to do.
Replaced windshield wiper switch/handle (was bad in all 97's), caused wipers to just go on whenever and vehicle fault light warnings, figured this out at 145k miles. Everything good after replacement.
Replaced radiator fan switch (thermistor?) at 142k, had gone bad (a lot of 97's will have this) and was causing the radiator fan to run intermittently, resulting in overheating in stop and go traffic. Not expensive to have done.
Tops of headlight lenses have become crazed, probably from too many automatic car washes (will just use no touch washes in the future).
Very reliable vehicle overall, heard that the engine type makes a difference here (this being the 3.8L V6).
Gets about 21 MPG in mixed traffic which is outstanding for a vehicle so large.
Replaced fuel pump, wheel hub bearings, but expect some of that at 150K miles.
Very comfortable to ride/drive in.
I just bought a 1997 T&C I love this van, but it had some details, one where the head lamps were faded or foggy by sun and auto car wash too. I ask for the price of them and the originals on Chrysler were 250 each, the copie were 75 dlls.
I have a very good advice for the headlamps that get foggy by use or by wash the car. If you are a "Do it yourself" type of person like me and want to save some $$ (Actually a lot) you can sand them with a very fine sand for metal #1500 or #2000 the finest #1500´s will be´perfect, sand them and after give them some car polish by hand with cotton or with a buffing machine (be careful with the car paint if you do it with a buffer machine ) the headlamps will almost like new or will be at least 90% better and you won't have to spend $500 on 2 new lamps.
I hope it can help some people, because it's crazy to spend a lot of money if your lamps are still OK.
There is a product called plastic polish you can buy at the hardware or auto paint store. If you sand the plastic of your headlights without buffing out the fine scratches the crazing will come back ten fold polish the crazing out. Then you have "like new" headlights.
Also, to avoid damaging your paint, remove the headlights prior to polishing them.
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