Chrysler 300 Complaints (2005)

837 consumer complaints on file.

#10374969January 6, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. SHE STATED THAT SHE SUSPECTED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 133,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372016December 21, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MOTOR LOCKED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367961November 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I DROVE MY CHRYSLER 300 HOME A PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT DAY I COULD NOT SHIFT IT OUT OF PARK. 11/18/10, I HAD IT TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER REPLACE FOUR TO FIVE PER WEEK AND THAT THE TOWN OF 7000 PEOPLE 12 CHRYSLER 300 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT ONE LADY WAS ON HER THIRD REPLACEMENT. THE CLOSEST DEALER IS 40 MILES AND THE TOW CHARGE IS $125. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH PROBLEMS FOR A RECALL. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE INTERNET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10364104November 5, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
CHRYSLER 2005 GEAR SHIFT GETS STUCK IN PARK CAUSING YOU TO REPLACE GEAR SHIFT. HAVE REPLACED 3 GEARSHIFTS IN 6 YEARS. WATER GETS INSIDE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW TRANSMISSION ANYWHERE FROM 40,000 TO 95,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10361392October 20, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,850 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,859.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360929October 17, 2010
WHEELS
DURING A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION I WAS ADVISED THAT THE SEAL BETWEEN THE TIRE AND WHEEL WAS FAILING ON ALL 4 WHEELS AS A RESULT OF CORROSION OCCURRING ON THE MAG TYPE WHEEL. THE FAILURE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED BY SANDING THE WHEEL AND RESEALING. COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. IT IS LIKELY THIS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AS DUE TO BRINE SOLUTION AND ROAD SALT USED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THE PERSON DOING THE ROTATION STATED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF WHEEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10357766September 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349892August 16, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CHRYSLER 300 UP UNTIL THIS MORNING AS I STARTED MY CAR FOR WORK. MY CAR WAS STUCK IN "PARK". AS I RESEARCHED THIS DEFICIENCY ONLINE IT I NOTICED THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING OCCURRENCE WITH CHRYSLERS OF ALL TYPE. I CALLED MANY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON A NORMAL BASIS. MY COMPLAINT IS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS DEFICIENCY AND THIS IS COSTING CONSUMER TOO MUCH MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ON THIS. I HAVE MY CAR SERVICED REGULARLY SO THIS SHOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349310August 14, 2010
POWER TRAIN
MY CHRYSLER 300 IS STUCK IN PARK! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346522July 31, 2010
POWER TRAIN
MY CARS ENGINE STARTED CLACKING AND SMOKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS - THEN THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING AND WOULD DIE DOWN AND ALMOST STOP WHEN DRIVING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE AUTO SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR MY WARRANTY BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND I HAD NOT CHANGED THE OIL ON A REGULAR BASIS. MY HUSBAND KEPT UP TO DATE ON ALL CHANGES OF OIL. IT IS A 2.7 ENGINE MADE BY CHRYSLER MANUFACTURE WITH 78,844 MILES AND THE WARRANTY IS UP TO 80K MILES. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE AG'S OFFICE IN BOSTON, MA WHERE I LIVE AND CALLED CHRYSLER TO TELL THEM THAT I KNOW ABOUT THE 2.7ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEM. THE AG IS INVESTIGATING IT WHILE MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER WAITING FOR ME TO GO AND GET IT BACK. I ALSO HAVE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS; HORN DOES NOT WORK, AIR BAG CONTROL SENSOR PROBLEMS, STRUTS REPLACED, AND MANY, MANY, MORE ALONG THE YEARS. THE ENGINE IS A 2.7 ENGINE. I WANT MY WARRANTY HONORED AS I CANNOT ASSIST MY DISABLED DAUGHTER UNLESS I WORK AND HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR BOTH HER AND MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO - I AM CURRENTLY SENDING AS MUCH INFORMATION ON COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE TO THE ATTY GEN OFFICE AS THEY REQUESTED. CAN YOU HELP ME? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346080July 29, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY A TOW TRUCK COMPANY TO ENABLE THE OVERRIDE SWITCH BELOW THE CONSOLE. THE CONTACT RESET THE OVER RIDE SWITCH BELOW THE CONSOLE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FROM PARK. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE AGAIN AND RESET THE OVER RIDE SWITCH BELOW THE CONSOLE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE SHIFTER WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,831 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10341295July 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN
GEAR SHIFT GETS LOCKED INTO PARK AND WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE WHEN CAR IS ON AND BRAKE IS PUSHED IN. IN THIS CASE WE HAD TO REMOVE PARTS AROUND THE SHIFTER TO GET TO THE PINK RELEASE TAB THAT IS LOCATED BELOW THE SHIFTER, AND MANUALLY PUSH THE PINK TAB SO THAT THE SHIFTER COULD GO IN REVERSE. THE CAR IS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AS OF NOW, SO THAT THE CAR DOESN'T GET STUCK IN PARK AGAIN. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON BUT CAN BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM IF NOT FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10340267June 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN
GEAR SHIFTER DEFECTIVE. GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK POSITION. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10334669June 4, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, UNEXPECTEDLY THE VEHICLE INCREASED ACCELERATION TO THE SPEED RATE OF 75 MPH. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKED PEDAL REPEATEDLY, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THEN THE CONTACT PLACED HER FOOT UNDERNEATH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO RELEASE THE STICKY PEDAL WHICH THERE WAS NOT A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY AND THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS SHIFTED INTO THE PARK POSITION THAT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10333820May 29, 2010
EQUIPMENT, TIRES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2005 CHRYSLER 300 KEY WILL NOT UNLOCK HAS BEEN LIKE YEAR AFTER THE CAR WAS BROUGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10331449May 20, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARRANT. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329307May 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CAR BLEW UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10327677April 27, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
MY ENGINE HAS BEEN TICKING FROM THE BEGINNING ABOUT 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. CASH! FOR MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY... BRAND NEW FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK, THIS IS IN CONYERS GA. I TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. OR IT IS A NEW ENGINE AND IT WILL STOP, OR THE GAS CAP WAS NOT ON RIGHT AND THEY WOULD FIX IT. EACH TIME I BOUGHT IT BACK THE NOISE WOULD STOP FOR AWHILE THEN IT WOULD COME BACK. JUST KEEP YOUR OIL CHANGED AND THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM THIS IS WHAT MR. LARRY REPAIR BOSS TOLD ME. WELL. I DIDN'T HEAR THE NOISE AS MUCH WHEN I PICKED IT UP AND THE RENTAL CAR WAS GETTING EXPENSIVE AND THEY TRY TO TELL ME I DIDN'T BUY THE EXTRA WARRANTY BUT I DID! THEY TOLD ME I COULD KEEP DRIVING IT. OR THEY TRIED TO SELL ME A NEWER ONE...SELL NO WAY! BECAUSE MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO DRIVE I NEED A GOOD RUNNING CAR. (I'M A MINISTER) NOW THE NOISE IS LOUDER AND THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS LOSING POWER. I CAN NOT SAY HOW MANY TIMES I TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BUT THEY KEPT ON TRYING TO SELL ME ANOTHER CAR INSTEAD OF REPLACE THE CAR OR FIX IT WITH A NEW ENGINE. THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING AND THEY TOLD ME TO GO TO GOOD YEAR AND I DID. THEY SAID IT WAS MANUFACTURING THAT THEY COULD NOT TIGHTEN UP THAT SIDE TAKE IT BACK BUT I ENDED UP PAYING FOR GOOD YEAR TO FIX THAT. NOW THE WARRANTY IS GONE FOR REAL AND THE NOISE IS LOUDER. IT IS NOT THE FLY WHEEL OR THE TRANS IT IS IN THE ENGINE RIGHT SIDE IN THE BACK UNDER THE HEAD GASKET. I'M AN RETIRED JEEP EMPLOYEE AND I USE TO INSPECT ON THE ENGINE LINE. I KNEW THIS WAS NOT GOOD TO KEEP HAPPENING SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A ENGINE TOO? WOW PISTONS OR LIFTERS, OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT CAR IN MY ENGINE! HELP! [XXX] IS IT BECAUSE I'M A GIRL? THEY DIDN'T LISTEN OR GOT TREATED THIS WAY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10327681April 27, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
MY ENGINE HAS BEEN TICKING FROM THE BEGINNING ABOUT 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. CASH! FOR MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY.. BRAND NEW FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK, THIS IS IN CONYERS GA. I TOOK IT BACK THEY KIND OF JOKE AROUND SAID WASN'T THAT THE 1 ON THE SHOW RM FLR I SAID YES. THEN THEY SAID MAYBE WHEN THEY DROVE IT FROM TENN. IT HAD NO OIL IN IT. IT IS A NEW ENGINE AND IT WILL STOP, OR THE GAS CAP WAS NOT ON RIGHT AND THEY WOULD FIX IT. EACH TIME I BOUGHT IT BACK THE NOISE WOULD STOP FOR A WHILE THEN IT WOULD COME BACK. JUST KEEP YOUR OIL CHANGED AND THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM THIS IS WHAT MR. LARRY REPAIR BOSS TOLD ME. WELL. I DIDN'T HEAR THE NOISE AS MUCH WHEN I PICKED IT UP AND THE RENTAL CAR WAS GETTING EXPENSIVE AND THEY TRY TO TELL ME I DIDN'T BUY THE EXTRA WARRANTY BUT I DID! THEY TOLD ME I COULD KEEP DRIVING IT. OR THEY TRIED TO SELL ME A NEWER ONE...SELL NO WAY! BECAUSE MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO DRIVE I NEED A GOOD RUNNING CAR. (I'M A MINISTER) NOW THE NOISE IS LOUDER AND THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS LOSING POWER. I CAN NOT SAY HOW MANY TIMES I TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BUT THEY KEPT ON TRYING TO SELL ME ANOTHER CAR INSTEAD OF REPLACE THE CAR OR FIX IT WITH A NEW ENGINE. THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING AND THEY TOLD ME TO GO TO GOOD YEAR AND I DID. THEY SAID IT WAS MANUFACTURING THAT THEY COULD NOT TIGHTEN UP THAT SIDE TAKE IT BACK BUT I ENDED UP PAYING FOR GOOD YEAR TO FIX THAT. NOW THE WARRANTY IS GONE FOR REAL AND THE NOISE IS LOUDER. IT IS NOT THE FLY WHEEL OR THE TRANS. IT IS IN THE ENGINE RT SIDE IN THE BACK UNDER THE HEADGASKET. I'M AN RETIRED JEEP EMPLOYEE AND I USE TO INSPECT ON THE ENGINE LINE. I KNEW THIS WAS NOT GOOD TO KEEP HAPPENING SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A ENGINE TOO? WOW PISTONS OR LIFTERS, OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT CAR IN MY ENGINE! HELP! [XXX] IS IT BECAUSE I'M A GIRL? THEY DIDN'T LISTEN OR GOT TREATED THIS WAY. HELP! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326669April 20, 2010
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THE SERVICEMAN SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED IT JUST NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND DROVE DOWN THE HWY AND IT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AGAIN. I WENT BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID TO ME THAT THE ALIGNMENT MACHINE SAID THAT IT WAS ALIGNED JUST PERFECT. SO I TOOK THE REPAIRMAN ON A TEST DRIVE AND AGAIN IT PULL TO THE RIGHT. SO BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP WE WENT AND THEY REPLACE A BOLT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT(TSB) AND IT STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. I NOTICE A LOT OF THE 05 MODELS HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH CHRYSLER HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM ON THE 06 AND NEWER MODELS. WHEN YOU HIT DIVOT IN THE RD. THE FRONT END SHAKES AND BASICALLY THE FRONT TIRES ACTUALLY LEAVE THE RD. FOR A BRIEF SECOND. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED YET AND ALL THAT THE SERVICEMAN TELLS ME IS THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGN.(WHICH I DOUBT SERIOUSLY) IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEN I AND A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS OF THE CHRYSLER 300 WOULDN'T HAVE PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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