Chrysler 300 Complaints (2005)

837 consumer complaints on file.

#10138320October 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS REPEATEDLY AFTER FILLING TANK. WHEN AT STOP LIGHT WITHIN 1/2 MILE OF GAS STATION ENGINE QUITS WHILE AT STOP LIGHT. WILL NOT IDLE. AFTER RESTART WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL SPUTTER. EVENTUALLY ENGINE WILL START RUNNING NORMALLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138195September 29, 2005
TIRES
TIRES ON 2005 CHRYSLER 300C PREMATURELY WORE OUT, DEALER REFERRED TO CONTINENTAL TIRES , CONTINENTAL TIRES MADE MODEST AND INEFFECTIVE ADJUSTMENT. TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY 4 TO 5000 MILES AND 95% OF DRIVING WAS HIGHWAY. ONLY TIRE MADE FOR HIS CAR IS CONTINENTAL. FORCED TO BUY SAME TIRE AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134888September 29, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT: ALL FOUR TIRES WORE OUT AT 19,000 AND 20,000. THEY ARE ALL WORN UNEVENLY AND THE WIRING IN THE TIRES WERE COMING THROUGH. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CONTINENTAL, THEY COULD NOT ASSIST CONSUMER BECAUSE HE HAD TO PURCHASE TO TIRES FOR AN EMERGENCY TRIP. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 23, 2005. HAD TO ROTATE THREE TIMES IN THE 20,000 MILES. PURCHASED FOUR CHRYSLER 300 SINCE 2000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137628September 26, 2005
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
RAPID WEAR OF TIRES ON NEW CAR. SEVERELY CUPPED AND DOWN TO TREAD WEAR INDICATORS IN UNDER 19000 MILES. TIRE MANUFACTURER AND CAR MANUFACTURER UNRESPONSIVE IN REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137632September 26, 2005
TIRES
RAPID WEAR OF TIRES ON NEW CAR. SEVERELY CUPPED AND DOWN TO TREAD WEAR INDICATORS IN UNDER 12000 MILES. TIRE MANUFACTURER AND CAR MANUFACTURER UNRESPONSIVE IN REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137619September 26, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, TIRES
RAPID WEAR OF TIRES ON NEW CAR. SEVERELY CUPPED AND DOWN TO TREAD WEAR INDICATORS IN UNDER 20000 MILES. TIRE MANUFACTURER AND CAR MANUFACTURER UNRESPONSIVE IN REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137636September 26, 2005
TIRES
RAPID WEAR OF TIRES ON NEW CAR. SEVERELY CUPPED AND DOWN TO TREAD WEAR INDICATORS IN UNDER 20000 MILES. TIRE MANUFACTURER AND CAR MANUFACTURER UNRESPONSIVE IN REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137657September 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
HAVE LEASED MY CHRYSLER 300 C FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A RANDOM STALLING ISSUE WHICH HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE CONDITION BUT DID RE-FLASH THE PCM WITH A DRIVEABILITY UPDATE. VEHICLE JUST RECENTLY STALLED WHILE TURNING LEFT ONTO A MAIN ROAD. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC LANES AND I WAS NEARLY HIT BY TWO VEHICLES WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE CAR. THE CAR RESTARTED AND I PROMPTLY DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I JUST RECEIVED A CALL THAT THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT ARE INVESTIGATING FURTHER. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE AND AM CONCERNED THAT I MAY BE INJURED OR INJURE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE EVENT THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC AGAIN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134574September 22, 2005
TIRES
DT: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIRES EEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED HE SHOULD NOT NEED TO HAVE NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE TIRES ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON THEM AT THIS TIME. THE DEALER STATED THERE WERE WIRES COMING THROUGH ON TWO OF THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER DID HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED ON HIS VEHICLE. THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON HIS VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER IS CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT HAS NOT CONTACTED THE TIRE MANUFACTURER, BUT HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER OF THE VEHICLE. AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS THE ONE WHO WOULD WARRANTY THE TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED HE DID HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED 3 TIMES BEFORE THE DEALER INDICATED THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER DID CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137074September 20, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE HAD MY REAR VIEW MIRROR REPLACED BECAUSE THE SENSOR WENT, SUNROOF REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, PASSENGER WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE SOMETIME INOPERABLE, INTERIOR LIGHTS COME IN WHEN YOU LOCK, CAR HAS CUT OFF EXITING A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND JUST WAITING, STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT, AIR BAG PASSENGER LIGHT COME ON,HAS BEEN TO TWO DEALERSHIP, NOTIFIED MAN VIA PHONE AND E-MAIL--HAD TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NEW CAR LEMON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136641September 15, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT 50-55 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK WHATSOEVER. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS, THE CONSUMER DID NOT FEEL THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE BRAKES NEVER ACTIVATED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY INCIDENT WITH THE BRAKES. NO PREVIOUS BRAKE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND EXAMINED IT. A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE CAME AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE REPRESENTATIVE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM ANY REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS, AND THAT THE CONSUMER COULD HIRE A LAWYER. THE CONSUMER DID NOT WISH TO HIRE A LAWYER BUT ONLY WANTED HIS FAMILY TO BE SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136484September 14, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SEAT/MIRRORS, PEDAL,RADIO & STEERING COLUMN REMOTE MEMORY SETTINGS DO NOT OPERATED WHEN PRESSING THE OPEN BUTTON ON KEY. DOES WORK WHEN USING BUTTONS ON LEFT DOOR. DEALER UNABLE TO REPAIR. DEALER CONTACTED MFG REP. STILL UNABLE TO REPAIR. DEALER REP SAID THEY CHECKED MEMORY SETTINGS ON FOUR OTHER NEW VEHICLES IN STOCK. MEMORY WOULD NOT WORK ON ANY MODEL 300 VEHICLES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136035September 9, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
2005 CHRYSLER 300C - 2 ISSUES 1) HORN IS DIFFICULT TO ACTIVATE. THE BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO PRESS, AND SOMETIMES DOES NOT SOUND THE HORN. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. 2) HORN DOES NOT OPERATE WHILE THE CAR IS OFF. THIS IS A DESIGN FEATURE (FLAW, IN MY OPINION), WHICH MAY NOT BE A SAFETY ITEM, BUT MAY BE RELATED TO ITEM #1.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135522September 7, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT: THE CALLER SAID THE TIRES WERE WEARING OUT TOO SOON. THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED IN LIGHT RAIN. HE SAID THE FRONT TIRES ARE AT 3/32, AND THE REAR ARE AT 4/32 ON THE TIRE MEASUREMENT. THERE IS ONLY 18,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE CALLER SAID THAT HE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SEARS WHO IN TURN GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THEY SAID THEY WOULD GIVE THE CALLER A DISCOUNT IF HE BROUGHT ANOTHER SET OF TIRES. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135256September 3, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE CAR NEVER SEEMS TO HOLD AN ALIGNMENT. IT GIVES THE FEELING THAT IT WANTS TO DRIFT OVER THE ROAD (BEYOND THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROAD.) AND SOMETIMES SUSPENSION SHUDDERS OVER TRANSITION JOINTS IN ROADS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134584August 29, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
DT: THE ALIGNMENT WAS OFF ON THIS VEHICLE AND CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE TIRES. THIS OCCURRED ON ALL TIRES, HOWEVER, THE DRIVER'S LEFT DT: FRONT TIRE WAS SHOWING THE WEAR INDICATORS. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 16,000 MILES ON IT, AND WAS DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY ROADS. CALLED DEALER, WHO SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM, IT WAS THE TIRES AND NOT COVERED BRAND ON THE CAR. NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. CONSUMER TOOK TO A TIRE SHOP DEALER WHO NOTED THIS WAS NOT A TIRE PROBLEM BUT AN ISSUE WITH THE ALIGNMENT. THIS IS STILL A PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ALIGNMENT AS WELL. NO NOTICEABLE PULLING OR STEERING ON THE VEHICLE WITH THE ALIGNMENT ONLY THE WEAR ON THE TIRES. THIS TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE, BUT CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS WAS AGAIN A PROBLEM WITH ALIGNMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134592August 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, TIRES, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4/04 MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A CHRYSLER 300C AT RIVERFRONT CHRYSLER, WE REPORTED TO THEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE CAR STALLS OUT WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, DEALER CLAIMS IT WAS A HOSE CAUSING STALL, WHEN CAR STALLED AGAIN DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS CONTROL MODULE WHEN CAR STALL AGAIN DEALER CLAIM TO SEE NO DUPLICATING PROBLEM THIS HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR MONTHS NOW OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING THE HORN DON'T BLOW ALL THE TIME THE BACK DRIVER WINDOW DON'T ALWAYS WORK, PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON, DRIVER DOOR MISALIGNED CAR BRAKES AND TIRES ARE GIVING US PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125611August 26, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DT: THERE WAS A COMPLAINT FILED ON THIS VEHICLE ODI 10125270 CONCERNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING, AND THEY HAVE REPLACED IT 3 TIMES , BUT IT KEPT FAILING. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS INFERIOR WIRES USED ON THE WIRE HARNESS. DEALER WAS TO REPLACE ENTIRE WIRE HARNESS UNDER DASH BOARD. THERE WAS GOING TO BE A WEEK OR TWO DELAY IN GETTING THE PARTS. THEN THERE WAS CONCERN THAT IF THERE WAS INFERIOR INSULATION INVOLVED WITH THE WIRE HARNESS THIS COULD CAUSE SEVERE PROBLEMS SUCH AS A FIRE. *AK *JB THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE FILLED THROUGH THE FUEL PIPE TO THE GASOLINE TANK AND THE FUEL GAUGE WAS STUCK ON FULL. UPON EXAMINATION BY THE DEALER, IT WAS FOUND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TAKE ANY GAS. THE DEALER DECIDED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A KIT TO BE PLACED ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134063August 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
(1) WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY VIBRATES AND RUNS ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS AND ALMOST STALLS THEN IDLES NORMALLY. ALSO SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL STALL OUT WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER DID A COMPUTER MODIFICATION #489614A1 BUT CONDITION PERSISTS. (2) AIR CONDITIONING. WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN GEAR OR IN NEUTRAL, THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR CYCLES ON FOR 15 SECONDS AND THEN OFF FOR 5 SECONDS. EACH TIME THE AC CYCLES ON THERE IS A CLUNK AND VIBRATION & GRINDING THRU THE STEERING COLUMN AND BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER INSTALLED AN AC COMPRESSOR PULLEY KIT. CONDITION STILL PERSISTS. (3) WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN FROM 12 MPH TO 3 MPH WHETHER IN DRIVE OR NEUTRAL WITH OR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A VIBRATION AND WHINE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT THRU THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS FROM THE TIRES AND ROTATED AND BALANCED THEM SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONDITION STILL PERSISTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133029August 16, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
DT: IT FELT LIKE THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE WAS A SAFETY DEFFECT. TOOK VEHICLE TO 3 DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THERE WERE BLIND SPOTS WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT TO THE HEAD REST ON PASSENGERS SEAT ONE COULD NOT SEE THE PASSENGERS SIDE WINDOW. NOTICED THIS THE FIRST WEEK AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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