Chrysler 200 Complaints

4,225 consumer complaints on file.

• #10430569October 17, 2011
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I FIRST GOT THE CHRYSLER 200M IN JUNE 2011. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASING I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND ONCE IT TURNED GREEN I TRIED TO GO THE CAR AND HAD NO GAS, NO BRAKES, AND I WAS UNABLE TO PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS. THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ME UNTIL I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION, AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. MY SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ABOUT TO TAKE A LEFT. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED TO GO AND THEN I HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AGAIN; WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I LOST MY GAS, MY BRAKES, POWER STEERING, MY RADIO SHUT OFF, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO USE MY HAZARDS AGAIN. I HAD TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND ONCE AGAIN RESTART IT FOR THE CAR TO TURN BACK ON FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I THEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STAYED FOR ONE WEEK; THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT GIVEN ME BACK THE VEHICLE AND REQUESTED THEY DRIVE THE CAR WITH ME TO RULE OUT OPERATOR ERROR. *TR

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10428652October 6, 2011
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  2011 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED CONVERTIBLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEADLAMP SAFETY ISSUE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE HEADLAMPS ADJUSTED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE COULD NOT SEE AHEAD WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND A WAY TO ADJUST THEM. CHRYSLER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THERE WAS NO ADJUSTMENT FOR LAMPS FOR THE VERTICAL POSITION. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT HALOGEN PROJECTOR HEADLAMPS SHINED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE REFLECTIVE HEADLAMPS. *JB

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10428753October 5, 2011
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW ON JUNE 7, 2011. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2011, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON CITY STREETS AND STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE VEHICLE HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. I WAS UNABLE TO EVEN TURN ON THE HAZARD WARNING SIGNALS. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY POWER WHAT SO EVER. THIS LASTED ABOUT ONE TO THREE MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE CAME BACK TO LIFE. ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, TWICE THE VEHICLE HAD TWO (2) COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURES WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. EACH TIME THIS FAILURE LASTED ONE TO THREE MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE CAME BACK TO LIFE. OCTOBER 3, 2011, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. OCTOBER 4, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM, THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY CAUSE FOR THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND RELEASED THE VEHICLE BACK TO ME. THIS SAME DAY (OCTOBER 4, 2011) I DROVE THE VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD ANOTHER COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. I HAD NO POWER ASSIST IN STEERING OR BRAKING, THE MOTOR WAS DEAD, ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE BLACK, COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FIVE SECONDS AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAME BACK TO LIFE. AS A RESULTS OF THIS INCIDENT, THE RADIO SYSTEM WHEN IT CAME BACK TO LIFE WAS DAMAGED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP TO SHOW THEM PROOF THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH ITS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP IS ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I AM SURE THAT THE READER OF THIS COMPLAINT CAN UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS PROBLEM IS AND THE DANGER THIS PROBLEM PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC. AS A RESULTS OF THIS VEHICLES ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER RIG. *TR

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10423117September 2, 2011
  EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

  FLIMSY FRONT FLOOR MAT MIGRATED AND BUNCHED UP UNDER ACCELERATOR PEDAL PREVENTING ACCELERATION AS NEEDED EVEN THOUGH MAT WAS HOOKED ON HOOK PROVIDED. HEAD END OF MAT ROTATES OVER TOWARD ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN GETTING IN AND OUT OF CAR. INABILITY TO ACCELERATE AS NEEDED COULD BE AS DANGEROUS AS A STUCK ACCELERATOR. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THIS SITUATION COULD ALSO RESULT IN A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *TR

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10415057July 25, 2011
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS INADEQUATE -ONLY ILLUMINATES ABOUT 2 OR 3 CAR LENGTHS AHEAD WITH A DISTINCT DROP OFF OF VISION . HIGHLY UNSAFE AS DRIVER CANNOT SEE FURTHER UP HIGHWAY. ESPECIALLY UNSAFE AT UPPER SPEEDS AS YOU ARE OUTRUNNING YOUR HEAD LIGHTS. DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL FOR PROJECTED BEAM HEADLAMPS. DEALER TECH ACKNOWLEDGED AS UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0