Chrysler 300C Complaints (2006)

698 consumer complaints on file.

#10457082May 1, 2012
POWER TRAIN
UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY BECAUSE SMALL PINK PLASTIC SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH WAS BROKEN. PART: $167.50, LABOR: $198.00, TOTAL: $365.45 SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ISN'T SOLD SEPARATELY! IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS A FAULTY ENGINEERING DESIGN. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INTERNET POSTINGS OF THE PROBLEM. MANY HAVE DONE DIY REPAIRS WITH A METAL REPLACEMENT PART. I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL OR IN THE VERY LEAST COVERED AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHENEVER THE PART BREAKS. TO TOP IT OFF...THE REPLACEMENT IS ALSO PLASTIC! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455763April 19, 2012
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SINCE JANUARY 2012, EVERYTIME I FILL UP THE CAR WITH GAS IT CUTS OFF COMING OUT OF THE GAS STATION, WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WAITING IN TRAFFIC, AND EVEN WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM AFRAID TO FILL THE TANK. I HAVE LEARNED TO CIRCUMVENT THIS BY NOT FILLING THE TANK. THIS IS A MAJOR IN. ALSO, THIS IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AT LEAST 30 TIMES BEFORE FIGURING OUT NOT TO FILL THE TANK SINCE THE MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT BEING THERE WHEN I FILL THE TANK. THIS CAR LOOKS GOOD FROM FAR BUT IT IS FAR FROM GOOD!! I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455769April 19, 2012
POWER TRAIN
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WENT TO VISIT RELATIVES IN ANOTHER STATE, PARKED CAR IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, RETURNED LATE AT NIGHT TO GO HOME, CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY STATE TO MECHANIC, FOUND OUT SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A "FALSE FINGER NAIL" BROKE OFF INSIDE. A SMALL PIECE THAT LOOKED LIKE A WOMAN'S FALSE NAIL PAINTED PINK COSTS ME CLOSE TO $1,000.00 BETWEEN TOWING, BUYING THE ENTIRE PART SINCE YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE PINK "FALSE NAIL", LABOR, TRANSPORTATION ETC. WHY WOULD CHRYSLER MAKE A CAR THAT THEY ADVERTISE AS LUXURY AND USE A PLASTIC PIECE AS A COMPONENT IN IT? THE CHRYSLER 300C, LOOKS GOOD FROM FAR, BUT IT IS FAR FROM GOOD! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453489March 29, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO CAPACITY, VEHICLE STALLED AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BECAUSE FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL AFTER A MILE. I TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED BUT I AM STILL CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH RESULTING IN A LOT OF DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE DEATH. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 26,100 MILES. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451164March 12, 2012
POWER TRAIN
ON 3/6/12 I PARK MY CAR IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AT 4:20 PM. NEXT MORNING I GOT IN MY CAR STARTED IT UP BUT THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. AFTER TWO DAYS OF RESEARCH AND GOING ON LINE IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CHRYSLER GROUP LLC FOR MANY YEARS THAT THE PINKY THING ( SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ) PLASTIC SPRING HOOK BRAKES OFF THE LATCH AND THE GEAR SELECT SHIFT IS STUCK IN PARK. THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE BECAUSE A PERSON (MAN/LADY/TEEN OR GRAND PARENT, COULD PARK ANY WHERE (DAY/NIGHT) AND BE STRANDED (ON THE HIGHWAY/REST STOP AREA/PARKING LOT, JUST ABOUT ANY WHERE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10446254February 2, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHIFT HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,808.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10444550January 19, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEAD LAMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442594January 5, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO FULL (NOT OVERFILLING - STOP FUELING ONCE PUMP SHUTS OFF) AND DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS LESS THAN 5MPH OR AT IDLE SPEED, CAR DIES WITH NO WARNING, ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT COMES ON. IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO RE-START THE CAR. ENGINE DIES APPROXIMATELY 4+ TIMES UNTIL IT RUNS FINE. THIS HAPPENS PERIODICALLY, NOT EVERYTIME CAR IS FUELED UP. I FILL UP AT 1/2 TANK TWICE A WEEK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURS PERIODICALLY - ABOUT ONCE MONTH. I HAVE HAD THE CAR DIE AS I AM CROSSING BUSY INTERSECTIONS, TURNING INTO A SIDE ROAD ENOUGH TIMES THAT I HAVE BLOCKED TRAFFIC AND HAVE FEAR OF BEING T-BONED BECAUSE THE CAR DIES WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSSING A STREET OR WHEN MAKING A TURN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440885December 21, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR ONLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GO AWAY. INTERNET CHATTER SEEMS TO INDICATE A BAD EVAP SOLENOID/CANISTER. APPARENTLY THIS IS PART OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK AND IS A COSTLY FIX. THIS CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS AS THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439373December 12, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT STALLED AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR WHENEVER ADDED FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED AN UPDATE TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. KMJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10435957November 15, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OWNING MY CHRYSLER 300C HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF AN NIGHTMARE..I HAVE HAD THE CAR POWER DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, IN THE CITY AND JUST RECENTLY ON A SATURDAY 11/12/11 NIGHT ON A DESOLATE ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.. WHEN IT SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES ADVISING THEM THAT THERE IS NO HEAT IN THE CAR UNLESS YOUR DRIVING THAT IT STARTS DELAYED AND EVERY TIME THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NO CODE SO THEREFORE THEY CANT TROUBLE SHOOT..I JUST FEEL AS THOUGH THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN TO GO FROM 70 MILES AN HOUR TO COMPLETELY LOSE POWER IS DANGEROUS..IT IS NOT A SAFE NOR RELIABLE CAR AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10434298November 5, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN JUNE OF THIS 2011 OUR CHRYSLER 300C JUST STOPPED RUNNING AT A STOP LIGHT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING AND ADVISED US WE NEEDED TO TAKE THE CAR TO AN OFFICIAL CHRYSLER DEALER. MEANWHILE THE CAR WOULD START AND APPEARED TO RUN OK SO WE LEFT THE SHOP AND WITHIN A MILE THE CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WE PULLED OVER ON THE ROAD BUT THEN MANAGED TO GET THE CAR BACK HOME. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2011 MY WIFE HAD A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AND AS SHE PULLED INTO THE DOCTOR PARKING LOT THE CHRYSLER JUST DIED. SHE WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PARK IT. AFTER HER APPOINTMENT SHE WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND DRIVE IT HOME AND IT ALMOST STOPPED AGAIN BEFORE SHE GOT HOME. WE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND I REFUSED, AS I DID NOT WANT THE CAR TO STOP ON ME ON THE FREEWAY. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO HAVE THE CAR PICKED UP AND DELIVERED TO THEIR SHOP AT THEIR EXPENSE. THE CHRYSLER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN DECEMBER OF 2005 AS A 2006 MODEL AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000 MILES. WE PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT HAS HAD ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BY THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER FROM DAY ONE. BASED ON ALL THE OTHER POSTS ON THE NHTSA SITE ABOUT THE STALLING PROBLEM I HAVE A LOW CONFIDENCE OF GETTING THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED TO OUR SATISFACTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10432603October 24, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO EXHIBIT AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE NUMBER SIX INTAKE VALVE FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429523October 11, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GEAR WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR STARTS FINE, STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED BUT GEARS WON'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CONTACTED TOW TRUCK, ONCE ARRIVED REMOVED THE COVER OF THE GEAR PANEL AND PUSHED IN THE LITTLE PINK TAB THAT APPARENTLY OVERRIDES THE "PARK LOCK OUT MECHANISM" THIS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES. WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL. GOOGLED THE ISSUE WHILE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND WITH MINE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP-UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. COST ME $360 TO GET MY CAR FIXED, MORE LIKE REPLACED THE ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD OF PURCHASED AN AFTER MARKET METAL PART TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PINK PLASTIC PART. I'LL SEE HOW LONG THIS ONE LASTS AND OF COURSE IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10426010September 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN THE REVERSE POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO REVERSE FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY DRIVE WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,110.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424420September 9, 2011
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS 2006 CHRYSLER 300C IN DECEMBER 2010. I GOT A CARFAX REPORT AND THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEMS REPORTED ON IT. WELL JUNE 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK IN PARK AND I COULDN'T SHIFT IT DOWN. SO MY HUSBAND SPRAYED SOME WD40 ON THE SHIFT GEARS AND SHOOK THE SHIFTER AND PUSH THE PINK THINGY THING IN AND IT THEN IT SHIFTED DOWN INTO DRIVE. THEN IN SEPTEMBER 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE SHIFTER WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO PARK. I WAS FRUSTRATED SO I LOOK ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS ON THESE CARS AND IT WAS OVER 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS GETTIN STUCK. SO I CALLED CHRYSLER AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THIS MATTER. THEY DID HAVE IT FIX BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP BUT I HOPE THAT I DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT CHRYSLER 300 HAD A SHIFT GEAR MECHANISM DEFECT I WOULDN'T OF NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10422765August 31, 2011
POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. I DROVE IT TO WORK THAT MORNING WITH NO PROBLEMS AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, WHEN I CAME OUT TO LEAVE AFTER WORK, IT STARTED FINE, AND AS I STARTED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE. I TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND ON, AND HAD SOMEONE TO ROCK THE VEHICLE WITH NO RESPONSE. I CALLED A FRIEND AND HE CAME OVER TO HELP ME, AND COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE EITHER. WE WENT BACK TO HIS SHOP AND GOOGLED IT AND FOUND THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 300'S, AVENGERS, AND ONE OTHER MODEL I CANT REMEMBER. ALL YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN IS CHRYSLER 300 STUCK IN PARK, AND YOU GET ALOT OF REPLIES. HE READ HOW THEY HAD TAKEN THE CONSOLE APART AND MOVED A RELEASE LEVER. WE TRIED THAT AND IT DIDN'T WORK. WE THEN HAD TO USE A SCREWDRIVER AND MOVE A PINK THINGY TO GET IT TO RELEASE. I AM ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, BUT I CANNOT USE P (PARK) BECAUSE IT LOCKS AGAIN. I AM USING NEUTRAL AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM ROLLING AWAY. I TALKED WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID SOME MODELS HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT UNLESS THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BEFORE. MINE IS THE SHIFTER FROM THE FACTORY AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10421565August 26, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM PARK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE, WHICH THE CONTACT DEEMED AS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10420742August 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THE GEAR SHIFT UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK IN PARK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE ENTIRE GEAR SHIFT UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,682. UPDATED 9/16/11 *CN UPDATED 11/02/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10419876August 17, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT STATED A SPRING ATTACHED TO THE SHIFTER BROKE CAUSING IT TO LOCK. THE CONTACT NOTICE A NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAULTY SHIFTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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