Chrysler 300 Complaints (2012)

426 consumer complaints on file.

#10981083April 27, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE BATTERY SAVE MODE ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH WHILE THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO A SHOULDER LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 134,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10980976April 26, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
IT WAS A RECALL WORKED ON MY CAR FOR AUTOMATIC SHIFTER,THEN MY CAR BEEN HAVING A KIND OF PROBLEM.ON THE 4/23/17 DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY GOT IN MY CAR TO STARTED,MY CAR START SMOKING AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF..WENT ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE RELATING TO MY PROBLEM,THEN WAS A RECALL FOR 300 2012 ON ELECTRICAL..I THINK THE DEALER OR CHRYSLER NOT REPORTING THE PROBLEM. MORE PEOPLE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10980102April 24, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS APPEARED DIM AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROAD PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE BLACK LINES THAT LOOKED LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN OBJECT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE LED LIGHTS AND WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000. UPDATED 06/29/17*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10978740April 17, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING A RED LOW BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY...CAR STARTS TO SHUT DOWN AND I FIND A SAGE LOCATION....AS I PULL TO A SAGE LOCATION CAR LOSSES CONTROL...THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO PARK...THIS GOES ON FOR 5 MIN AS THE CAR IS TURNING WIND SHEILD WIPERS ON AND RADIO FLICKERS ON BY IT SELF...SO I REPLACE BATTERY AND PROCEED TO DRIVE HOME...I GET ABOUT 20 MIN DOWN THE ROAD AND IT PROCEEDS TO HAPPEN AGIN...NOT ONLY DOES THE HEADKIGHTS CUT IFF AT NIGHT...BUT MPH READ 0 AND I WAS GOING OVER 50 MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971772April 10, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR LOST POWER AND STALLED. CRASH CAUSED BUY FAULTY ALTENATOR AND LEAD POSITIVE POWER WIRE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970472April 4, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER REPLACING ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY- ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFFECTS EVERYTHING- UNSAFE TO DRIVE
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968989March 28, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968386March 24, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I WAS WAITING IN THE DRIVE THRU BANK LINE AND THE CAR CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW ALTERNATOR. HOWEVER THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 160 AMP CHRYSLER 300 (RECAL P60) BUT I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT MY CAR IS 180 AMP BUT I'VE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AS THE 160 AMP. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967134March 20, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR WOULD NOR GO INTO ANY GEAR,(D, R,N) IT KEPT POPPING INTO PARK AND AFTER IT SET FOR AN HOUR, IT SHIFTED INTO GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966382March 16, 2017
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATES WHILE SITTING STILL OR DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10966204March 15, 2017
POWER TRAIN
RIGHT SIDE OF THE POWERTRAIN IS HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CYLINDER HEADS ARE NOT FUNCTION AS SHOULD BE CREATING THE CAR TO MISFIRE. THE LEFT POWERTRAIN WAS REPLACED CYLINDER HEAD BUT THE ENGINE & POWERTRAIN AS A WHOLE IS DEFECTIVE & IS CAUSING DRIVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE CAR BUCKS (JOLTS FOWARD) AT IDOL & ON THE HIGHWAY IT PUTTS FEELS LIKE A TRANSMISSION SLIP. IT'S NOT A CONSTANT STEADY SPEED. MAKING IT DIFFICULT & SCARY TO DRIVE A LONG DISTANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10960286March 13, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON MARCH 12, 2017 I WAS DRIVING CHRYSLER 2012 300 VEHICLE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY,THE VEHICLE THEN WENT INTO BATTERY POWER SAVE MODE, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BREAKS LOCKED ON ME, THE CAR DID NOT LET ME STOP AND I WAS ON A BUSY STREET ROUTE 30 IN MERRILLVILLE, IN WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH FOR 15 FEET AND MADE AN ABRUPT STOP, AFTER WARDS I WAS UNABLE TO TURN ON VEHICLE AND WAS LEFT STRANDED ON BUSY STREET, LUCKILY THEIR WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME AT THE TIME OR IT COULD OF BEEN WORSE, AFTER DOING RESEARCH I CALLED CHRYSLER AND ASKED IF THIS COULD OF BEEN DUE TO FAULTY ALTERNATOR AND MENTIONED RECALL P61 AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS FOR A 160 AMP AND MINE WAS 180 AMP, THE CAUSE OF THIS SITUATION WAS CLEARLY DUE TO A RECALL ON A RECALL OF A DIFFERENT CHRYSLER MODEL AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CUSTOMER OF CHRYSLER AND MY REASONING BEHIND BUYING CHRYSLER IS BECAUSE OF THEIR WONDERFUL SAFETY FEATURES, AND FEELING SECURE WHILE DRIVING MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN,IT IS UNFAIR AND AFTER THIS I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE . THEIR NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATE ACTION TAKEN TO AVOID INJURY OR POSSIBLE DEATH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958640March 4, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET MY CHRYSLER 300 STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A INDEPENDENT DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED.THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED PLUS THE BATTERY WAS DAMAGED.VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED .THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE,THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER#14V634000{ELECTRICAL SYSTEM}THE FAILURE MILEAGE 77,000.SOME RECALL SITES SAY THE 2012 CHRYSLER 300 VEHICLES WERE FROM 2011 -2014 BUT,THE MANUFACTURER SAY MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE LIST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957305February 27, 2017
SEAT BELTS
WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY, ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR WORK, DISCOVERED THE SEAT BELT LATCH WOULD NOT WORK. THE INTERNAL MECHANISMS OF THE SEAT BELT LATCH MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE BELT TO BE LATCHED. PERSONALLY DISASSEMBLED THE LATCH AND DISCOVERED THE SPRING HAD DISENGAGED FROM THE METAL LOCK THAT CATCHES THE HOLE ON THE MALE END OF THE BELT. BECAUSE OF THIS, SOME OF THE COMPONENTS HAD SHIFTED AROUND INSIDE COMPLETELY DISABLING THE CATCHING MECHANISM FROM MOVING. HADN'T NOTICED ANY ISSUES PRIOR TO THE LATCH BECOMING INOPERABLE. THE LATCH THAT BROKE WAS ON THE DRIVERS SEAT. FOUND A USED LATCH FROM A JUNK YARD AND REPLACED IT. I CURRENTLY AM STILL IN POSSESSION OF THE OLD SEAT BELT LATCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10954488February 14, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL RECALL IS TAKING WAY TO LONG TO FIX
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10950324February 8, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
S27 RECALL ELECTRONIC SHIFT LEVER SAFETY RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED ON 08/30/2016. ON 12/31/2016 OUR CAR WAS PUT IN THE "PARK" POSITION YET 4 HOURS AFTER IT WAS SITTING IN OUR DRIVE-WAY, TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN, HIT A WOOD PILE ON OUR PROPERTY, CAUSING MORE THAN $1223 IN DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY PRIOR TO MOVING ON ITS OWN. NO PERSONAL INJURIES SUSTAINED SINCE NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS STILL IN "PARK" WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND AGAINST THE WOOD PILE. WE HAVE PHOTOS TO PROVE THIS AS WELL AS THE DAMAGE THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX FOR US!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949225February 3, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT. WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949286February 3, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948611January 31, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO SHIFT PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947497January 25, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE BATTERY SAVER MODE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON IN MY CHRYSLER 300 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND THEN THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING. SHE HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND THEN THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE CAR CONTINUED SMOKING FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. THIS IS TERRIBLE AND DANGEROUS!! THE DEALER SAYS THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY NEED TO REPLACED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CHRYSLER 160 ALTERNATOR FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS A 180 ALTERNATOR AND CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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