Chrysler 200 Complaints
4,225 consumer complaints on file.
- #11254713September 11, 2019SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SUPPORT FROM THE SHOCKS. AS A RESULT, THE WHEELS STRUCK THE BUMPS VIOLENTLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHOCKS AND STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. CHRYSLER OF CULPEPER (11030 JAMES MONROE HWY, CULPEPER, VA 22701, (540) 547-3900) AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V392000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11254425September 10, 2019AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR JERCKS OFTEN. AND MAKES A WIRED NOISE AND THE MILEAGE LIGHT BLIKKS ON AND OFF NON STOP. AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11254070September 9, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING I WAS PULLING OFF OF A STOP SIGN THIS IS A HUGE SAFTEY HAZARD
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253933September 8, 2019SEATS
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:10PM ON 8/29/19, THE CAR WAS ON AND IN PARK WITH THE AC TURNED ON, AS MY SON IN LAW WAS PLACING HIS 33-MONTH BABY IN THE CAR SEAT, LOCATED BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT. MY SON IN LAW SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND WAS PULLING HIS FEET INTO THE VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BLAST AND FELT THE SEAT HEADREST EXPLODE AGAINST HIS NECK AND BACK. HE STATES HE MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT FOR AN UNDETERMINED TIME. ALTHOUGH HE WAS DISORIENTED, HE THEN TURNED AROUND IN THE SEAT TO CHECK ON HIS SON, WHO WAS CRYING. HE NOTED THAT THE HEADREST WAS SPLIT APART. NO NOTATION OF ANY DUST OR PARTICLES WERE NOTED. HE THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AT OUR HOME. MY SON IN LAW HAD BAD HEADACHES THAT NIGHT, SO I ENCOURAGED HIM TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED. THE ER PHYSICIAN FELT THAT HE DID HAVE A CONCUSSION AND GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS ON CARE POST-CONCUSSION. CHRYSLER IS SENDING A TECHNICIAN TO CHECK THE CAR. I HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO REVIEW THE ORC (OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER) AND THE EDR (EVENT DATA RECORD) AND TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE NHTSA. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MAY OR JUNE 2016 FROM CARMAX IN AUSTIN TEXAS AND HAS BEEN IN FOR ALL RECALLS SINCE THAT TIME. THERE IS ONE RECENT RECALL THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED DUE TO WAITING FOR TEXAN CHRYSLER/DODGE TO GET THE PART AND CALL ME. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED FROM ME. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A COLLISION OR WORSE AND INJURED MY FAMILY. *DT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253974September 8, 2019SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
I'M BUYING THIS CAR THIS WEEK WHERE THERE ANY RECALL ISSUES I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DEALER REPAIRED THEM
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253995September 8, 2019SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2015 CHRYSLER 200 S I HAVE SEARCHED THE RECALL DATABASE AND IT SAYS ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ISSUES SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT AND TO NO SATISFACTION HAS ANYTHING BEEN COMPLETED. LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD ARE FLASHING AND THE SCREEN IS FLASHING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE MALFUNCTIONING. IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY I AM AFRAID TO MOVE IT ALTHOUGH NOW IT SAYS IT HAS A MISFIRE AND THE SERVICE AWD LIGHT IS ON. WHEN I DID DRIVE IT THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE PAST 1500 RPM.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253780September 7, 2019WHEELS
ALL FOUR TIRE WALLS WERE BADLY CRACKED WHEN THE CAR WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND AROUND 34K MILES, AS PER THE PICTURES TAKEN BY THE CHRYSLER GARAGE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253827September 7, 2019POWER TRAIN
AT ABOUT 46,0000 MILES THE VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID IT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ALBANY, NY WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE VALVE BODY X2 BECAUSE THE CAR FAILED TO START AFTER THE FIRST REPLACEMENT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253664September 6, 2019SEATS
"TAKATA RECALL" MY FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST OPENED UP AND CAN NOT BE PUT BACK TOGETHER. I CAME OUT TO GET IN AND IT WAS OPEN. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST OVER $400.00 TO REPLACE. THE CAR WAS SETTING STILL.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253442September 5, 2019AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN YOU STEP ON ACCELERATE AND SERVICE AIRBAG NOTIFICATION
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253494September 5, 2019POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR WILL JUST STOP ACCELERATING AND THE DASH WILL FLASH ERROR MESSAGES SAYING SERVICE TRANSMISSION AND EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO PARK, SO YOU HAVE TO SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP FROM ROLLING IF YOU ARE ON A SLOPE/HILL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON A FEW MINUTES LATER AND IT WAS DRIVABLE, BUT DID THE SAME THING DAYS LATER. THE CAR HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED AND NOT DRIVEN SINCE, BECAUSE I'M SO AFRAID OF CAUSING A WRECK.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252867September 3, 2019ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR STALLED AT A STOP SIGN AND STALLED AGAIN 3 TIMES AFTER THAT. IT READ SHIFT TO P TO START I DID THAT AND IT WOULD NOT LET ME CHANGE GEAR AFTER THAT. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 200 SO IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN A ROUNDABOUT AND PEOPLE COULD HAVE REAR ENDED ME.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11253062September 3, 2019ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR IS STRUGGLING WITH STARTING. MULTIPLE TIMES IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED. FIRST TRIP TO DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED IT NEEDED A COMPUTER UPDATE. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AFTER THE COMPUTER UPDATE AND BEGIN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. GIVES ME A "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" MESSAGE. IT'S ONLY AT 67,000 MILES AND I HAVENT OWNED IT A YEAR. VERY FRUSTRATED. IT IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW!
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252688September 1, 2019SEATS
ON AUGUST 20TH I NOTICED THE HEADREST ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HAD DEPLOYED. THE HEADREST MECHANISM DEPLOYED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I NOTICED SEVERAL SMALL PIECES OF BLACK PLASTIC ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. UPON EXAMINING THE HEADREST, I SAW THAT THE PLASTIC WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD A SPRING MECHANISM HAD FAILED. THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT WAS ALLEGEDLY FIXED DURING AN EARLIER CHRYSLER RECALL, AS THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE ARH NOT DEPLOYING. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE FIX MAY BE CALIBRATED TOO SENSITIVE AND THE AHR DEPLOYS WITH NO TRIGGER EVENT. MY CHRYSLER 200 HAD 51,000 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED; IT IS STILL COVER BY A PLATINUM SERVICE CONTRACT ALTHOUGH THE DEALER IS BALKING AT ALLOWING THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEFECTIVE HEADREST IS STILL INSTALLED IN THE CAR. I AM CONTACTING CHRYSLER TO MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS AS WELL.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252644September 1, 2019POWER TRAIN
2016 CHRYSLER 200 S WITH 94,000 MILES SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN GEARS, OFTEN FEELING/SOUNDING LIKE IT IS SLAMMING INTO GEAR. IT SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS AND BUCKS AND JERKS DURING RAPID ACCELERATION.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252556August 31, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. IT MADE SOME UNUSUAL NOISES AND ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS FLASHING. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS FLICKERING OFF AND ON. MANY WARNINGS POPPED UP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESISTANCE. EVEN SAID CAR FOB NOT DETECTED AND BOTH FOBS WERE IN THE CAR AND HAVE NEW BATTERIES. WHEN WE GOT OUT AND LOCKED THE CAR AND TRIED TO GET BACK IN THE CAR, WE COULDN'T GET IT TO UNLOCK. THEN TRIED TO UNLOCK IT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO UNLOCK BUT CAR STILL WOULDN'T START.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252578August 31, 2019ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, WHEELS
WHEELS ON CAR ALL PEELED OFF AND LOOKS AWFUL.THE DRIVERS INSIDE HANDLE PEELING AND WIFE CUT HAND ON IT .WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS IT LOSES POWER AND STUTTERS HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH STRUTS AND BRAKES EVER SINCE WE HAVE OWNED CAR WE PURCHASED IT OFF SHOW ROOM FLOOR IN GRAYSON KY T
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252413August 30, 2019UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE
CAR STOPS WHILE DRIVING IT. VERY DANGEROUS. HAPPENED TWICE WITH THIS VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. ENGINE STOPPED WHILE CAR WAS GOING 45 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. HAVING IT TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER IS AS SOON AS SOMEONE CAN LOOK AT IT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND IS STILL BEING FINANCED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252218August 29, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
"TAKATA RECALL" YOU HAD PUBLISHED ON JULY 28, 2015 OF AN INTERMITTENT CONNECTION C4 CONNECTOR & PDC RECALL FOR CHRYSLER CARS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECALL WAS DUE TO INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER TO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE A 2015 CHRYSLER 200 AND IT HAS THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL. I CALLED THE HOTLINE AND SPOKE TO A LADY THAT STATED THAT NOT ALL CARS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE RECALL; ARE RECALLED. OUR VEHICLE HAS WITHIN THE PAST 3-4 WEEKS STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY 2-3 TIMES AND EVEN PULLING INTO OUR OWN DRIVEWAY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND ISSUE A RECALL SO WE WILL NOT BE PART OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11252301August 29, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED VARIOUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DCH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF TEMECULA (26845 YNEZ RD, TEMECULA CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS, CRANK SENSOR, AND BATTERY FAILED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME THE FAILURES WERE REPAIRED, THEY WOULD RECUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0