Chrysler 200 Complaints (2015)

1,993 consumer complaints on file.

#10705486April 13, 2015
SUSPENSION
NHTSA 14V-392. I HAVE RECEIVED 2 NOTICES OF THIS SAFETY RECALL. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH MY DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT MADE ANY EFFORT TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS NEEDED. MY DEALERSHIP IS: FRISCO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM 9640 TEXAS 121 FRISCO, TX 75035. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703670April 13, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2015 CHRYSLER 200. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINED WHAT WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. *JB UPDATED 06/03/105.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704153April 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
COMING DOWN EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH. SUDDENLY WARNING INDICATED POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND CAR WAS LOSING POWER. PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RESTARTED AND WARNING WAS CLEARED EXCEPT FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED AND COMPUTER RESET. ON APRIL 7TH, 2015 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CAR LOST ENGINE POWER AND BEGAN TO STALL I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR (BARELY INTO TURNAROUND LANE BEFORE ENGINE STALLED OUT. MILEAGE ON CAR WAS AROUND 9500 MILES. WARNING AGAIN RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND ALL TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. CAR LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT BE MOVED AS WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. CAR TOWED TO JIM RIEHLS IN WARREN, MI. DANGEROUS SITUATION AS AUTO COMPLETELY LOCKED UP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. POLICE DEMANDED IMMEDIATE MOVEMENT AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND STOOD BY UNTIL TRUCK ARRIVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704172April 7, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
AFTER DRIVING ALL DAY, I WAS ON ROAD AFTER 8 PM. DRIVING 60 ON HIGHWAY. CAR HICCUPED THEN STARTED DECELERATING QUICKLY. TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, BEFORE I GOT TO SAFE PLACE TO STOP THE DASHBOARD STARTED BLINKING MESSAGE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF. HAD SAME PROBLEM LESS THAN 5000 MILES AGO. AFTER A WEEK AND WORKING WITH CORPORATE, THEY SAID IT WAS FAULTY POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704184April 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR TOPPED A HILL AND BEGAN A LONG, RATHER STEEP DESCENT, GAINING SPEED AS IT WENT. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET FOR 60 MPH AND WHEN THE CAR'S SPEED HAD INCREASED TO ABOUT 66 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED AND THE ENGINE RACED TO ALMOST 6,000 RPM. I BECAME FLUSTERED, TOOK MY ATTENTION FROM THE ROAD AND BEGAN SEARCH THE INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR PROBLEMS. FINALLY I BEGAN TO BRAKE AND SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 45 MPH BEFORE THE CAR BEGAN TO ACT NORMAL AGAIN. DEALER SAID I MUST HAVE TOUCHED THE "SPORT MODE" SHIFT PADDLES (STANDARD ON THE 200C). I VERIFIED THAT THESE PADDLES ARE NEEDLESSLY ACTIVE EVEN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING KNOB IS IN THE D POSITION AND NOT IN THE "SPORT MODE" AND ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT THE ISSUE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704333April 7, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
AN UNEXPECTED SURGE FROM THE ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN OCCURS OCCASIONALLY WITH NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPLICATION - MOST OFTEN WHILE SLOWING DOWN AROUND CORNERS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WITHIN A DAY OF BUYING THE CAR. IT STARTLED ME AND HAVE SINCE APPROACH CORNERS MUCH MORE CAUTIOUSLY. THE UNEXPECTED SURGE HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES SINCE LATE-JANUARY TO VARYING DEGREES OF POWER. I FINALLY HAVE TIME TO TAKE IT IN TOMORROW, 8 APRIL 2015. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703530April 3, 2015
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 45 MPH (CAR WAS IN DRIVE). CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT, EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS RUNNING. HAD TO COAST TO A STOP, WHERE I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK, NEUTRAL & THE ROTARY DIAL WOULD NOT MOVE. LEFT CAR RUNNING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WHEN THE CAR SEEMED TO RETURN TO NORMAL, AS I WAS ABLE TO TURN ROTARY DIAL INTO PARK & THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS HAPPENING. PREVIOUS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ABOUT 30 DAYS PRIOR. IN BOTH CASES CHRYSLER SERVICE DEPT. STATED THE CAR WAS FIXED. ACCORDING TO DEALER REPAIR ORDER. THE CAR LOST COMMUNICATION WITH TCM DIAGNOSTIC CODE WAS U0101-00 PERFORMED STAR CASE [XXX] I FEEL THIS CAR IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DEALER 4-6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN JUNE OF 2014. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 3,000 MILES. CURRENTLY PURSUING LEMON LAW...CURRENT STATUS IS THE CASE IS BEING AUDITED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10702839March 31, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM A CHRYSLER DEALER. SINCE I'VE HAD MY CAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ILL BE DRIVING ALONG AND THE VEHICLE WILL GET STUCK IN A NEUTRAL POSITION. ITS HAPPENED AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS FROM 10 MPH TO 60 MPH. TWO OR THREE TIMES IT HAS DONE IT WHEN TRYING TO CROSS A BUSY ROAD ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE HIT ON MY SIDE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ONCE OR TWICE IT HAS EVEN CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND GOING TO CAUSE MANY FATALITIES. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I'VE NEVER HATED A VEHICLE LIKE THIS ONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10701631March 25, 2015
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILURE SEEK SERVICE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND THE SERVICE PARKING BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10700911March 22, 2015
ENGINE
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID ENGINE TOO HOT. THE VEHICLE TEMP WENT BACK DOWN AT THE STOP LIGHT. TAKING CAR IN FOR REPAIRS THIS WEEK, EVERYTIME VEHICLE GOES MORE THAN 50 THE LIGHT COMES ON. HAVE TO DRIVE SLOWLY. THIS IS A CAR THAT IS FAIRLY NEW....6 MONTHS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10695513March 19, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON SATURDAY MORNING ON MARCH 5, 2015 ABOUT 7:30AM I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF I 285 AND CAMPBELLTON RD. AT THE CORNER OF CAMPBELLTON RD. AND BARGE RD. AND WAS TURNING ONTO BARGE RD. WHEN THE CAR JUST CUT OFF AND STOPPED. I AS WELL AS MY PASSENGER (EX-GA. STATE REP. MS. ROBERTA ABDUL-SALAAM) WAS ON OUR WAY TO PICK UP SOMEONE ELSE TO GO TO A CONFERENCE FOR THE DAY. WE ALMOST BOTH WENT OUT OF THE WIND SHIELD AND THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE ANOTHER TWO FEET. WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WE DECIDED TO GET OUT AND WAIT ON A BENCH FOR THE TOW TRUCK I CALLED THROUGH UCONNECT. [XXX] GOT PICKED UP AND I WAITED FOR THE TOW TRUCK. AFTER TRUCK ARRIVED WE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO LANDMARK. AFTER SECURING A LOAN-A-VEHICLE FOR THE DEALERSHIP I LEFT AROUND 2PM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY FOUND THAT IT HAD NO POWER AT WIRING FROM COIL F343 ASD CKT. TRACED BACK TO BLOWN F16 FUSE IN IPM. THERE ALSO WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE ON 3/12/2015 AND PUT IT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE DEALER (LANDMARK). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10695199March 18, 2015
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A DIRT ROAD. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. ALL AIRBAGS WENT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS UN-DRIVABLE AFTERWARDS. INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND REPAIR FACILITY INDICATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT STRUT HAD COME OUT OF IT'S HOUSING AND WAS LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. CHRYSLER HAS IDENTIFIED THIS AS A RECALL FOR 21000 VEHICLES BUT HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE...UPDATED 03-23-15 *BF....UPDATED 04/08/15 *BF UPDATED 10/15/2015*JS *TR UPDATED 9/28/2017*CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10694755March 17, 2015
POWER TRAIN
1ST TIME: ON HIGHWAY AT 55MPH GOT AND ERROR ON DASH: SERVICE TRANSMISSION THEN PERFORMANCE SHIFTING NOT AVAILABLE 2ND TIME: AFTER JUST 4-5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE CAR HAD SAME ERRORS AS ABOVE. AT THE NEXT LIGHT, PRESSED GAS AND THERE WAS NO REVVING OF ENGINE (RPMS DID NOT MOVE). PUT IT INTO PARK AND IT SAID CAR IS NOT IN PARK, USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT." PUT BRAKE ON, THEN INTO D, THEN BRAKE OFF AND CAR WENT VERY SLOWLY AS IT WAS STUCK IN 4TH GEAR. WENT ONTO HIGHWAY AND STILL STUCK IN 4TH FOR A FEW MILES (REVVING AT 4,000 RPMS AT ABOUT 60MPH). SUDDENLY THE ENGINE BEGAN REVVING ITSELF UP TO 5.5K WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION (LIKE CAR WAS NOT IN A GEAR). I PRESSED ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, IT STAYED AT ABOUT 5.5K. I PUT CAR INTO N AND THE RPMS DROPPED TO ABOUT 1.5K, BUT CAR STILL NOT IN A GEAR SO IT WAS LOSING SPEED SO I MOVED TO BREAKDOWN LANE. PUT IT BACK INTO D AND IT AGAIN REVVED TO 5.5K, BUT STILL NO GEAR AND LOST SPEED. 3RD TIME: I WOULD TURN TO D AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE IT CLUNKED INTO GEAR. CAR THEN SHUDDERED A BIT AS I PULLED OUT AND THEN IT GAVE THE SAME ERRORS AS BEFORE: SERVICE TRANSMISSION THEN PERFORMANCE SHIFTING NOT AVAILABLE ON THE DASH. IT ALSO GOT STUCK IN 4TH GEAR AGAIN SO I COULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. IT ALSO REVVED THE ENGINE RANDOMLY. IN FACT, I ALMOST SMASHED INTO MY GARAGE BECAUSE AS I WAS SLOWLY TURNING INTO MY GARAGE THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD (IMAGINE IN A MANUAL CAR, REVVING THE ENGINE AND THEN RAPIDLY LETTING OUT ON THE CLUTCH) AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO PREVENT IT FROM GOING INTO THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. IF THERE WERE PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF THE CAR AT A CROSSWALK, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT SAFE. JUST AS MUCH I COULD EASILY GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR, THE WAY THIS CAR IS BEHAVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10694221March 13, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AFTER ONLY OWNING MY VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 72 HOURS, AND DRIVING ABOUT 380 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE. I NOTICED IT DOWNSHIFTING VERY HARD AT A STOP LIGHT, THEN AGAIN A MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD. BY THE TIME I GOT TO ANOTHER STOP LIGHT, MY CAR DOWNSHIFTED SO VIOLENTLY IT SLAMMED ME INTO MY SEAT BELT AND SCARED ME BADLY. IT FELT AS IF THE CAR HAD SHIFTED IN PARK WHILE IT WAS STILL ROLLING FORWARD AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AWAY FORM THE LIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT UP SHIFT, SO I HAD TO LIMP IT INTO THE NEXT PARKING LOT AT 4K RPMS AT ABOUT 7 MPH. WHEN I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR FINALLY SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE INTO REVERSE, AND AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY SHIFTED INTO PARK ALLOWING ME TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WHILE I WAS NOT REALLY INJURED BEHIND A SLIGHT SORENESS FROM THE SEAT BELT, HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED INTO PARK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693932March 12, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I WAS ON A SLIGHT HILL (APPROX 10-15 DEGREES) STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT IT INTO PARK, PRESSED THE ENGINE START BUTTON TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT. AS I LIFTED MY WEIGHT OUT OF THE CAR, IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, MY FOOT SLIPPED UNDER THE CAR BUT I WAS ABLE TO HIT THE BREAKS WITH MY OTHER FOOT. THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING I DID WRONG, I PULLED THE CAR BACK UP AND REPEATED THE SAME STEPS AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN (THIS TIME WITH OUT MY FOOT). I WAS THEN THINKING, THIS IS A BRAND NEW 31K+ CAR - IT CANT BE DOING THIS SO I REPEATED A THIRD TIME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED MY DEALER WHO INSTRUCTED ME TO SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON PARK SELECTION ON MY RADIO AND TO BRING THE CAR IN IMMEDIATELY! ITS NOW IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS THEY ARE GETTING THE HEM AND HAW FROM CHRYSLER ON WHAT TO DO. I WANT THIS FIXED ASAP AS I AM LUCKY THE CAR DID NOT RUN OVER ME AND CRASH INTO THE CARS BEHIND ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692612March 6, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND THE ENGINE IS WARMING PLEASE WAIT TO START WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE WITH THE ENGINE COIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692650March 6, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE DAY I BOUGHT MY CAR I HAD PROBLEMS WITH BURNING SMELLS. I TOOK MY CAR BACK NUMEROUS OF TIMES AND THEY SAID MY BRAKES WERE BRAKING IN BUT ALL THIS TIME MY TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. IT TOOK 8000 MILES FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I GET MY CAR BACK WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION IN IT AND TWO DAYS LATER I HAVE ANOTHER LEAK IN MY NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692326March 5, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, SOUNDING LIKE GOING TO "LOW GEAR", AND SLOWING FAST. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT HELP AND AFTER A WHILE WENT INTO GEAR AGAIN BY ITSELF WITH A BANG. REALLY BAD SITUATION IF DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON 19NOV14, THEY SAID THAT IT NEVER FAILED FOR THEM. SINCE THEN, THE CAR FAILED 6 TIMES, THE LAST ONE TODAY. THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO STOP ON SHOULDER AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON 06FEB15, THEY DID A SOFTWARE FLASH FOR PCM (FLASH SOFTWARE 1), UPDATED CAR COMPUTER. ON 04MAR15 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME HAPPEN AGAIN ON A HIGHWAY, LUCKILY, NO CAR WAS CLOSE BEHIND. IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THIS HAPPENS AT FASTER SPEED IN A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692191March 4, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR AT 55 MPH DROPS OUT OF DRIVE AT SPEEDS UP TO 55 MPH DROPS INTO NETURAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOCKS UP PREVENTING CAR TO START HAD TO BE TOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691089February 27, 2015
STRUCTURE, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS BLOCKING THE RIGHT SIDE VISION THROUGH WINDSHIELD (PASSENGER SIDE) OF THE WHOLE STREET FOR PEOPLE, TURNING AND SWITCHING LANES. THE WINDSHIELD IS TOO SLANTED TOWARDS DRIVER AND PASSENGER MAKING THE WINDOW IN THE CENTER OF ALL TO BE VIEWED WHILE DRIVING. TERRIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF VISION. CONSOLE TOO WIDE, INTERFERES WITH LEG AND GAS PEDAL. ITS ALSO TOO SLANTED AS THE WINDSHIELD IS WAY TOO SLANTED. WHICH IS WHY THE MIRROR INTERFERES WITH VISION. NOT SAFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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