Chrysler 300C Complaints (2006)

698 consumer complaints on file.

#10723216June 3, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
HELLO, I AM A CURRENT CHRYSLER VEHICLE OWNER AND IVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WHERE MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C SRT8 WHICH JUST SHUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS OR TROUBLE CODES REPORTED TO THE CARS COMPUTER. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IM DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WILL JUST STALL OUT. EACH TIME I TAKE MY CAR TO THE AUTO MECHANICS, THEY ARENT ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANYTHING WRONG AS THERE ARENT ANY CODES DETECTED. MY VEHICLE EVEN STALLED WHILE AT THE MECHANICS SHOP AND THEY STILL WERENT ABLE TO ASSIST AS NO CODES WERE TRIGGERED. OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, IVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS HOURS, STUCK ON MAJOR HIGHS AS WELL AS REPLACING CAR COMPONENTS IN A BIG EFFORT OF TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS CONCERN. TO DATE, I AM STILL EXPERIENCING THESE ANXIETIES. IVE BEEN OUT ON RELATIVE WEB SITES LOOKING THIS PROBLEM UP AND IT APPEARS THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO THOUSANDS OF CHRYSLER SRT/SRT8 OWNERS AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH SAME CONCERNS THAT I AM. IM INCLUDING A URL LINK TO ONE OF THE BLOG OF 10+ PAGES OF COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS WHO ARE LOST, CONFUSED AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. HTTP://WWW.CHARGERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/ARCHIVE/INDEX.PHP/T-47313.HTML ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY I AM ASKING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE IS BOTH AWARENESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS THERE COULD BE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT. ANOTHER REASON IS A PROACTIVE EFFORT AT HOPING TO GET ASSISTANCE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM CHRYSLER TO HELP RESOLVE THESE CONCERNS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721891May 28, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHAKE THE LIGHT SWITCH FOR THE AUTOMATIC LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,502.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717153May 18, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, WHEELS, STEERING
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME FOR THIS INCIDENT MY CAR GAVE NO INDICATION IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL NO LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD .IT APPEARED THAT SOMETHING SWITCH THE IGNITION TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION. UNABLE TO STEER, OR USE THE BREAKS THE CAR STOP IMMEDIATELY CAN NOT GET TO A SAFE PLACE..HAS BEEN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER FOUR TIME THIS YEAR FOR OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS. BUT CHRYSLER WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT READ A CODE.IT WAS INTERNAL PROBLEM. FOR 21DAYS THEY KEPT MY CAR WITHOUT REPAIR..SECOND VISIT WAS 9-10 DAYS WITH APPROXIMATELY FIVE DAY WITH THE OWNER MY LATEST STAY WAS 4DAYS. MY CAR DROVE APPROXMATE; 50 MILES BEFORE STALLING AGAIN. FOR THE FIRST TIME I USE ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP OTHER THAN CHRYSLER. THE WORKER SEEM WELL PLEASED WHEN I STATED I WOULD NOT RETURN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I SPOKE WITH THE MANGER AND COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716935May 17, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CAT STALLED AT A RED LIGHT AFTER FUELING UP MY GAS TANK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716775May 15, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY SHIFTER MECHANISM THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WAS $468 AND THE PART ONLINE CAN BE REPAIRED AT NO COST OR REPLACED FOR $15 TO $30. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE THAN JUST 2006 300C AUTOS. IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT ADMIT TO THE FLAW WHY DOESN'T THE GOVERNMENT MAKE THEM STEP UP AND REPAIR OR REIMBURSE CONSUMERS WHO WILL NO DOUBT NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLE? THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY WHEN THE PART FAILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10713704April 30, 2015
ENGINE
STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTER FILLING THE TANK UP. ALSO WHILE GOING AT LOWER SPEEDS. HESITATION AND LOST OF POWER AFTERWARDS. SINCE MY LAST FILL UP, THE CAR WON'T START NOW. I READ THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO A FLOAT SWELLS UP INTO A STUCK OPEN POSITION, ALLOWING AN OVERFILL CONDITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10706046April 16, 2015
AIR BAGS
2 MONTHS TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS RECALL (NOTIFICATION CODE P40) AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705202April 12, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY CAR AT GAS STATION, RIGHT AFTERWARDS IT STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS 4-6 TIMES BEFORE RESOLVING. IT ALSO WAS STUTTERING AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 35 MPH. FOUR TIMES I HAVE NEARLY MISSED BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705055April 10, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FILLED CAR UP AT GAS STATION AND STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS, ALSO WAS STUTTERING AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 30 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704793April 9, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR CHIME WILL CHIME, THE ENGINE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL, LOSING POWER FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS, THEN IT'S FINE. I RECEIVED A SORT OF RECALL FROM CHRYSLER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IN RAYNHAM, MA., THE FIRST WEEK OF FEB., 2015. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 2 WEEKS FOR THE PART. IT HAS NOW BEEN 9 WEEKS, AND I'M TOLD THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR 5 ORDERS ON THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE CAR STALL OUT, WHILE DRIVING IN 35 MPH TRAFFIC, VERY DANGEROUS! IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO ME THAT CHRYSLER IS TAKING THE LETTER I RECEIVED STATING THEY CAME TO AGREEMENT WITH NHTSA TO SERIOUSLY!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704256April 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE 300 HAD A RECALL ON THE FUEL TANK, WHICH WAS REPLACED JANUARY 2015 BY TATE IN FREDERICK MD. SINCE THEN THE STALLING ISSUE HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO TATE 4 TIMES, AND WAS TOLD 4 DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTICS. 1= TRANSMISSION, 2= BATTERY, 3=PLUGS & COILS, 4=CANISTER FOR EXTRA FUEL. I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS & COILS. WHICH DIDN'T CORRECT THE ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO A 2ND DEALER. DARCAR'S IN ROCKVILLE MD AND THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME THAT ITS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE & POWER CONTROL MODULE. MY CAR NO MATTER IF THERE IS A FULL TANK OR A 1/4 OF TANK STALLS WHEN I AM AT IDLE. IT CAN STALL ONCE OR THE MAX IS 9 TIMES. I HAVE A 1 1/2 YEAR OLD & 5 YEAR OLD WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I FOUND THIS FORUM, WHICH ARE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE & DIFFERENT DEALERS ARE THROWING DIFFERENT PARTS. I DON'T THINK THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK CORRECTED THIS TRUE ISSUE. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH DISCOVERING THE TRUE CAUSE AND MAKING THE CARS SAFE FOR THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10702726March 30, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER TOPPING OFF THE GAS TANK THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TWO BLOCKS WHERE IT WAS THEN PULLED ONTO A BUSY ACCESS ROAD IN TOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A RED LIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED FOR A MOMENT, THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN IMMEDIATELY CUT OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER PUTTING ON HAZARD LIGHTS AND ATTEMPTING TO CALL FOR A TOW ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART THE CAR AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF WAITING THE ENGINE TURNED OVER AND IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PULL THE CAR OFF THE ROAD TO A MECHANIC A BLOCK UP. THE CAR WAS SCANNED AND NO ENGINE CODES WERE FOUND AND OIL PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE FINE. THE CAR WAS GIVEN A VALVE FLUSH AND STARTED UP FINE AFTER THAT. THE INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF ON 3/29/15 ONCE MORE AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK, AFTER GOING TO BLOCKS THE CAR ONCE MORE STALLED AND SHUT DOWN. AT THIS POINT I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY WITH THIS VEHICLE IF THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE CAR NEEDS GAS AND THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESS WITH A RECALL AFTER SEEING SO MANY COMPLAINTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10701167March 23, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VERY SOON AFTER PURCHASING THE 2006 CHRYSLER 300C (USED), IT BEGAN SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. AFTER "GOOGLING" IS SEEMS PEOPLE ALL OVER WITH THIS VEHICLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, AN SOME WERE ATTRIBUTING THIS TO FILING UP THE GAS TANK. WE TOOK DUE CAUTION NOT TO FILL UP THE TANK (HOW RIDICULOUS IS THIS?) AND THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED AT. AFTER THE RUN AROUND ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY "FIXES" THE CAR, IT WAS TAKEN TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHO CHARGED US $400.00 FOR A BATTERY AND THEN REPLACED SOME WIRING HARNESS WHICH DID NOTHING. WE ARE BACK AT IT WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I SEE AN ARTICLE IN THE LA TIMES ON THE INTERNET SAYING TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THAT'S NOT HELPING. WE HAVEN'T PUT 2,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE IN ALMOST A YEAR NOW. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HAS NO VALUE. HELP. NHTSA OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ABOUT THIS. HTTP://WWW.LATIMES.COM/BUSINESS/AUTOS/LA-FI-HY-CHRYSLER-ENGINE-STALLS-20130514-STORY.HTML. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10694359March 15, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WILL STALL OUT AFTER I HAVE FILLED THE TANK UP WITH GAS. I USE THE RECOMMEND GAS GRADE THE BOOK SAID TO USE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE FEBRUARY. IT WILL DRIVE AWAY FROM THE PUMP OR GAS STATION WITHOUT A PROBLEM BUT WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC OR WHILE AT A LIGHT I HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACE A MONTH AGO AND IT WILL STALL OUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THE PROBLEM CAN BE BUT A CAR STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691995March 4, 2015
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES
VEHICLE STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE STALLED INITIALLY WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART IT. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR OVER 6 MONTHS AND COULD NOT SOLVE THE STALLING ISSUE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY STALLS WHILE SITTING AT LIGHTS ETC. HAS NOT STALLED LATELY WHILE DRIVING DEALER FINALLY RELEASED VEHICLE TO ME AND BASICALLY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO AS IT WAS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692098March 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FUELING (FILLING) OUR 2006 300C THE CAR WAS STARTED SUCCESSFULLY. AFTER ENGAGING THE TRANSMISSION AND PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED AND CONTINUED TO RUN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692160March 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. I MADE AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A SMOOTH MERGE INTO TRAFFIC BUT MY CAR MADE LITTLE EFFORT TO MOVE. I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND IT STRUGGLED TO SPEED FORWARD AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR. IN ORDER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT AGAIN, I HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF MY VEHICLE, AND TURN IT BACK ON. AFTER WORK, A SIMILAR ISSUE ROSE. I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND WHEN I HIT THE GAS TO MOVE FORWARD, IT STRUGGLED UNTIL THE VEHICLE GAINED SPEED OF ABOUT 10MPH, THEN IT PICKED UP SPEED AS NORMAL AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. WHEN I GOT HOME, MY ENGINE TEMPERATURE REACHED 217 WHICH IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THE CAR ISN'T GIVING ME A CODE SO I CAN KNOW WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691513March 2, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2006 CHRYSLER 300C-(APROX. 45000 MILES) CAR STARTED RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF WHEN STOPPING OR TURNING. PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT TO SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, IDLING, AND SHIFTING BACKWARDS. CHRYSLER REPLACED THE FUEL TANK BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. TOLD BY THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WE NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMPS AS THEY AREN'T WORKING PROPERLY BUT AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SAID PUMPS SEEM TO BE WORKING FINE. DOES NOT REGISTER A CODE ON DIAGNOSTIC TEST. OUR CAR HAS 45,000 MILES AND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM...WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ENGINE STALLING TROUBLES!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691214February 28, 2015
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I PURCHASED MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C ON 8/8/2014. ONE WEEK AFTER MY PURCHASE I FILLED MY GAS TANK AND SOON AFTER THE CAR WOULD STALL WHEN IDLING AND/OR AT LOW SPEEDS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE UNTIL IT HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I'VE SPENT THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS DOING RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE. MY SITUATION IS EXACTLY LIKE THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE MADE THAT CAUSED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE ISSUE. MY CONCERN IS WHEN PUTTING MY VIN NUMBER IN IT DOESN'T SHOW THE COMPLAINT. I WANTED TO LODGE THIS COMPLAINT THIS WAY WHEN I GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT CORRECTED I HAVE A POINT OF REFERENCE. ONE DAY I HAD MY SEVEN YEAR OLD SON AND 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, IT WAS RAINING AND THE CAR STARTED TO STALL AT ABOUT 35 MPH I TAPPED THE GAS TO PREVENT IT FROM STALLING. THE TEMPORARY STALL DISENGAGED MY TRACTION CONTROL AND I SLID INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THROUGH IT HOWEVER MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE DIED. I HOPE CHRYSLER DOES THE RIGHT THING FOR ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10683542February 15, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR STALLS/SHUTS OFF AFTER REFUELING AFTER DRIVING A WHILE STALL STOPS UNTIL REFUELING AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR, THEY CHARGED ME FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE BATTERY. CAR DID THE SAME THING AFTER REFUELING. TOOK IT AGAIN TODAY 2/15/15 AND WAS TOLD MY CAR WASNT COVERED FOR THE LIFETIME RECALL FOR THE FUEL TANK FLOAT REPLACEMENT, ALTHOUGH IM HAVING THE SAME SYMPTOMS FOR THIS YEAR VEHICLE THAT CLEARLY ALOT OF OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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