Chrysler 300C Complaints

1,258 consumer complaints on file.

#10512166May 15, 2013
ENGINE
I HAD JUST REFUELED AT THE QUICK TRIP LEFT THE STATION AND WITHIN ONE MILE EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE CUTTING OFF AND ON. THE TACHOMETER WOULD SHOW THAT THE ENGINE WAS GOING FROM 2000 RPM'S TO 1000 THIS HAPPENED MAYBE 5 TIMES IN A ONE MINUTE SPAN AND THEN QUIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512188May 15, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN FILLING UP THE CAR, WHEN I COME TO AN IDLE...THE CAR DIES. HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE FILL UP THE CAR AND HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER IT'S FILLED. WHEN WE DON'T FILL UP THE CAR, IT NEVER HAPPENS. WE CALLED OUR CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT CHRYSLER IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE COMPLAINT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511853May 14, 2013
ENGINE
CAR STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER FILLING GAS TANK. HAS HAPPENED ON AN OCCASIONAL BASIS, EACH TIME AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511869May 14, 2013
ENGINE
TROUBLE WITH ENGINE STALLING. IT HAPPENS AFTER THE CAR IS DRIVEN FOR A WHOLE OR FILLED FULL WITH GAS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND THE CAR TURNS OFF. SOMETIMES IT WILL IMMEDIATELY RESTART AND OTHER TIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART IT. WHEN IT STALLS OUT, THE AUTOMATIC STEERING ALSO LOCKS UP CAUSING THE CAR TO BE DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES NOT JUST ONCE.... ONE TIME WAS AFTER BEING ON INTERSTATE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, AS SOON AS WE PULLED OFF THE CAR KEPT CUTTING OFF. IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR AND IS PROPERLY MAINTENANCE. ON SOME OCCASIONS, I HAVE EVEN HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO RESET THE COMPUTER FOR IT TO START. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT OTHER THE MONTHS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511880May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
JUST FILLED UP WITH PREMIUM 93 GAS. WAS HEADING TO WORK & STOPPED AT A LIGHT. CAR IDLE BECAME ROUGH. RPM'S DROPPED & THE CAR STALLED. IT TOOK 2 TRIES TO RESTART IT WHILE I WAS SITTING AT THE LIGHT WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND & IN FRONT OF ME. ONCE STARTED IT RAN FINE. NO OBD2 CODES COULD BE FOUND. IT HAS DONE THIS 4 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. BRAND OF GAS DOESN'T MATTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511876May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I REFUELED MY CAR, IT WOULD STALL RIGHT AWAY. IT HAS HAPPENED MAY TIMES WHEN I REFUELED MY CAR. I DIDN'T MATTER WHAT BRAND OR OCTANE I USED. I WENT ON LINE AND NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS I USED WAS NOT TO FILL UP MY CAR ALL THE UP. THEY (BLOG WEBSITES) SAID THAT THE ENGINE BECOMES FLOODED (THEY WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD THEM, AND THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM HAD TO BE CHANGED FROM THE GAS TANK TO FUEL LINES AND EVAP SYSTEM ) AND THE CAR CANT CORRECT ITSELF AND STALLS. AND EVER SINCE I STARTED DOING THIS SOLUTION MY CAR HASN'T STALLED. IF I DO FILL UP MY CAR ALL THE WAY I HAVE TO BURN OFF SOME GAS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511907May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED. EVERY TIME WE FILL THE GAS TANK UP, IT STALLS AFTER ABOUT HALF A BLOCK OR LESS OF DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511931May 14, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE STALLS ONE OR MORE TIMES AFTER REFUELING, PARTICULARLY WHILE DECELERATING. VEHICLE MAY THEN LURCH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL OPERATION, WHICH USUALLY OCCURS AFTER 5-10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT ONGOING. MECHANIC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511978May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONDENSER WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND HAD BEEN REPAIRED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511980May 14, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FILLING WITH GAS, THE ENGINE DIED WITHIN 2 BLOCKS OF THE GAS STATION. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED ON ANY OF THE 3 OCCASIONS AND THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RESTART, REQUIRING AT LEAST 30 SECONDS. ALSO, AFTER RESTART ON ALL 3 OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE RAN VERY ROUGH FOR 1-2 MILES AND THEN RAN SMOOTHLY. ON 1 OF THE OCCASIONS, THE CAR DIED THE NEXT DAY AFTER ONLY DRIVING A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME. AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED, THE VAPOR CANISTER WAS REPLACED, AND THE EVAPORATION SYSTEM SOLENOID WAS REPLACED. ON 1 OF THE OCCASIONS, THE GAS TANK WAS TOPPED OFF BEYOND THE INITIAL SHUT-OFF BY SEVERAL TENTHS OF A GALLON. AFTER THE 3RD OCCURRENCE (70,796 MILES), THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE OLATHE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK (2/20/2013). THE COST WAS $1583.58. SINCE THEN, THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 72,062 MILES ... APPROXIMATELY 1200 MILES SINCE REPLACING THE GAS TANK ... AND HAS NOT DIED FOLLOWING FILLING WITH GAS (6 TIMES). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511991May 14, 2013
ENGINE, STEERING
WE WERE DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY FROM MICHIGAN TO TEXAS ON THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR STALLED AND IT WOULDN'T START UP AGAIN. MY HUSBAND COULDN'T CONTROL THE CAR. HE PUT THE FLASHERS ON. FORTUNATELY NO ONE HIT US. CARS STARTED DRIVING AROUND US. HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO START THE CAR. WE HAD THE KIDS IN THE CAR AND IT FELT LIKE WE WERE STALLED FOREVER. WE WERE AFRAID FOR THE REST OF THE 2 DAY DRIVE. I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AFTER GETTING BACK FROM THE TRIP. THEY CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO STALL, SO THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT HAD STALLED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511992May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED AT APPROX 41K MILES. HAD JUST REFILLED TANK AND CAR REFUSED TO START. LET CAR SIT FOR 1/2 HOUR AND CAR RESTARTED. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN - ALWAYS AFTER REFILLING THE TANK. SOMETIMES THE CAR IS HARD TO START AFTER A REFILL AND OTHER TIMES IT STALLS, TYPICALLY WHEN LEAVING THE GAS STATION. I USE THE AUTO-FILL FEATURE AT GAS STATIONS AND DO NOT OVERFILL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512009May 14, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS PROBLEM, I FILLED UP MY CAR AFTER A TRIP, AND UPON LEAVING THE GAS STATION MY ENGINE STALLED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO CRANK AND WHEN THE ENGINE DID COME ON ONCE THE RPMS WOULD NOT SETTLE AND THEY KEPT DIPPING TO ALMOST ZERO BEFORE THE ENGINE CUT OFF. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN ABOUT FIVE TIMES AND I FINALLY HAD ONE REPAIR SHOP TELL ME TO NOT FILL MY GAS TANK UP ALL THE WAY AND IT SHOULD PREVENT THE CUT OFFS. I THEN FAILED AN EMISSIONS TEST AND HAD TO HAVE MY GAS CAP REPLACED. I THOUGHT THAT THIS HAD SOLVED THE PROBLEM SO I TRIED TO FILL THE TANK UP ALL THE WAY AGAIN AND IT IMMEDIATELY CUT OFF AFTER STARTING IT UP. I WAS ABLE TO REV THE ENGINE AND USE UP SOME OF THE GAS AND MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME WITH THE RPMS CONSTANTLY DIPPING ALMOST TO ZERO. THE CAR CUT OUT AT A STOP LIGHT AND I THEN HAD TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AFTER SITTING IN THE INTERSECTION STALLED. I'VE HAD MY CAR INSPECTED BY TWO CHRYSLER DEALERS, A FEW INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS, AND ALSO A NISSAN DEALER WHERE I KNOW THE HEAD MECHANIC. THE ONLY ANSWERS I'VE GOTTEN WERE THAT IT IS A FAULTY O2 SENSOR AND NEEDS A NEW GAS TANK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512017May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING GAS TANK WITH FUEL ENGINE WILL STALL FOR THE FIRST FEW MILES. HAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC/ROADWAY PUTTING MYSELF IN DANGER AFTER PUTTING FUEL INTO THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512012May 14, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ENGINE STALLS AT LEAST ONCE AFTER REFUELING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL-LINE PURGE VALVE LAST YEAR,BUT IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT IT WAS BAD GAS THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, BUT I'VE TRIED USING SEVERAL BRANDS OF FUEL WITHOUT ANY LUCK. I DON'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE THAT MUCH, BUT I HAVE HAD A FEW NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE ENGINE ACCELERATES BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512027May 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE
AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE VEHICLE IS PRONE TO STALL. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES AND SPEEDS. IF YOU ONLY FILL THE TANK UP 3/4 OF THE WAY IT SEEMS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. NO TROUBLE CODES ARE SET. AFTER STALLING THE VEHICLE CAN SOMETIMES BE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY, OTHER TIMES IT MIGHT HAVE TO SIT FOR 5 MINUTES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512029May 14, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I FILLED THE TANK AND THE VEHCILE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES THE NEXT FEW MILES. ESPECIALLY AFTER RIGHT TURNS, LIKE WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAYS. THIS HAPPENS NOW EVERY TIME WHEN I FILL THE TANK. VERY DANGEROUS. FROM WEB FORUMS I UNDERSTAND GAS IS GETTING SUCKED INTO THE EVAP SYSTEM BECAUSE A CHECK VALVE AT THE GAS-FILLER NECK DOESN'T WORK. WHAT A PAIN! I REPLACED THE EVAP SOLENOID, THAT DIDN'T HELP...THE PROBLEM AT THE GAS TANK FILLER-NECK CHECK VALVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510794May 6, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510654May 5, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME THE CAR IS FILLED UP WITH GAS, IT STALLS SEVERAL TIMES. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS AS AT LEAST ONCE I WAS GETTING ON AN INTERSTATE. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE I OVERFILL THE TANK (WHICH I DON'T) AND REPLACED A CHARCOAL FILTER AND SOLENOID AT THE COST OF ALMOST $500. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER THIS REPAIR AND NOW I AM TOLD I NEED A NEW GAS TANK. THIS WILL COST ANOTHER $1250. I AM AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER CHRYSLER 300'S. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. AT FIRST THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF OVERFILLING THE TANK AND NOW CONFIRM IT IS THE FUEL TANK, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2005 WHEN THE NEW 2006'S CAME OUT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510152April 30, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE STALLED 3 TIMES AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. VERY CLOSE TO A MULTIPLE CAR PILE UP BEHIND ME. TANK WAS NOT TOPPED OFF AND NEVER HAS. CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM YET REFUSES TO HELP THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES. THE GAS TANK IS FAULTY, CAUSING RAW FUEL TO ENTER THE EVAP SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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