CHRYSLER POWER TRAIN Complaints

OUR SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK ON A NEW 2015 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY CAR. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE, WE STOPPED SHORT AND THEY FAILED. THEN I TRIED YANKING ON THE SEAT BELT ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE AND THEY WOULD ONLY CATCH ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE OUT OF 10 REASONABLE YANK TRIES. I TRIED MY OLD VOLVO AND IT WORKED EVERY TIME. THEN I TRIED MY FRIENDS CAR (A DIFFERENT MAKE) AND THEY WORKED EVERY TIME. THE DEALER SAID YOU HAVE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT THEN THEY WILL WORK BECAUSE THERE IS ELECTRONICS. BUT THEY DID NOT WORK WHEN WE STOPPED SHORT AND WHY DOES IT CATCH SOMETIMES WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF. THE DEALER IS NO EXPERT. I AM A RELIABILITY ENGINEER AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THESE IF I WERE WORKING FOR CHRYSLER. TO THINK THAT ELECTRONICS WILL TURN ON A RELAY TO MAKE IT WORK IS NOT THAT LOGICAL TO ME WHEN MY OLD VOLVO WORKS EVERY TIME. WHY WOULD THEY NEED ELECTRONICS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE SYSTEM IS SAFE. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALER I ALSO TRIED THEIR JEEP AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WORKED GREAT BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT. THERE IS SOMETHING ODD GOING ON WITH CHRYSLER SEAT BELTS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH ME OR THE DEALER AFTER YOU INVESTIGATE. I BELIEVE AN INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED. IF THEY HAVE CRASH TEST DOES IT INCLUDE STOP SHORT TESTS?? HOW DO THEY KNOW IN THE CRASH TEST IF THE DRIVER IS SAVED BY THE SEAT BELT OR THE AIR BAG? MY WIFE IS NOW SCARED TO DRIVE OUR NEW CAR AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE.

ON SEPTEMBER 21, MY CHRYSLER 300 2006 WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I TRIED EVERYTHING INLUDING THE "FIXES" NOTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. LOOKING ONLINE, THERE WAS A RECALL (K39) FOR THE EXACT ISSUE THAT I WAS ENCOUNTERING. WHILE WAITING ON THE TOW TRUCK FROM AAA, I WAS ABLE TO CALL CHRYSLER AND GIVE THEM MY VIN NUMBER. THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES, EVEN THOUGH IT FELL IN THE YEAR RANGE AND THE SAME EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE WAS HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE. THEY STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD LET THEM KNOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING THEY NEEDED TO COVER. I WAS SHOCKED. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER CAME, HE SAID THAT IT HAD JUST TOWED A CHRYSLER FOR THE SAME REASON. HE SEES IT ALL THE TIME WITH THE VEHICLE. HE TRIED THE SAME METHODS I EMPLOYED TO GET IT OUT OF PARK, BUT TO NO AVAIL. WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE ME SIGN A "RELEASE FROM DAMAGE" FORM AND DRAG IT ONTO HIS FLATBED, I SAID I WOULD RATHER WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK WITH A LIFT. A COUPLE HOURS LATER, A DIFFERENT TOW MAN ARRIVED AND SAID HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME WITH CHRYSLERS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIM FIRST. HE REMOVED THE COVER FROM THE SHIFTER AND USED A SCREWDRIVER TO PUT IT INTO GEAR. HE SHOWED ME HOW TO DO IT, BUT SAID TO LEAVE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN I PARK AND APPLY THE EMERGENCY BREAK. HE SAID THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE, DUE TO THERE BEING A RECALL AND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A RIGGED VEHICLE UNTIL I GET IN FOR MY APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS, HOPING THEY WILL REPAIR THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTER FOR FREE.

WHEN I CRANK UP AND ACCELERATE I HEAR A RADDLING NOISE AND I'M CONCERNED THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY REPLACED THE LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE SHOULD THIS BE A CONCERN?

I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 TOURING AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. FROM THE FIRST WEEK THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR(2/10/2013) USED WITH 71,000 MILES THIS CAR HAS CAUSED ME PROBLEMS. THE FIRST ISSUES I EXPERIENCED WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS SEARCHING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR BY SHIFTING UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN EVEN WHEN I WAS NOT ACCELERATING, THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHENEVER I WOULD GO OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROBLEM ENDED UP BEING THE THROTTLE BODY INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION. THE NEXT ISSUE I EXPERIENCED WAS A SHIFTING IN THE FRONT END WHENEVER I WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP OR POT HOLE IN THE ROAD, I FOUND OUT THAT THE STRUT, BALL JOINT, AND THE ROCKER ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY FRONT END. THEN THE DIALS ON MY DASH STARTED TO GO CRAZY PERIODICALLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL, I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS BUT I ASSUME IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER. I ALSO EXPERIENCED COMPLETE FAILURE OF MY COOLING SYSTEM. I HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIER, CONDENSER, EXPANSION VALVE, AND ONE OTHER PART THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER. THE TOTAL FOR THIS JOB WAS ABOUT 2,700 AND THE TRANSMISSION WORK WAS 3,750 AND THE WORK ON THE FRONT END WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 800.00 NOT TO MENTION THE BRAKES I'VE REPLACED AND THE NEW SET OF TIRES I BOUGHT FOR THE CAR AND I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 1 YEAR AND 7 MONTHS. *TR

MY 2005 CHRYSLER 300C HAS ONLY 44240 MILES N IT AND NOT ABUSED SINCE MY WIFE AND I ARE TOTALLY DISABLED VTRANS WITH SPECIAL "DV" REGISTRATION SO WE CAN BE DRIVEN TO THE VTRANS HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES. ON SAT8/30/14 WHILE IN THE GARAGE AND NOT BEING USED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK, MY CAR'S STICK TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN PARK AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE USE OR MOVEMENT OF THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE. THE USAA TOW TRUCK CARRIER HAD TO DRAG THE REAR END OF THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE ONTO THE FLATBED TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN WALDORF, MD, WHERE ALL THE WARRANTY WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS CAR FROM "DAY ONE!" I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE 2 CHEAP PLASTIC PINK SWITCHES ON THE STICK MECHANISM THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A CHARGE OF ABOUT $250 TO ME AND THE TOW CHARGE ALSO AND THIS WAS RECURRING COMMON "PROBLEM "WITH THE CAR YEAR AND REPORTED TO CHRYSLER AS A RECALL. I WILL INITIATE A CLASS ACTION SUIT IF NECESSARY UNDER 28 USC IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN GREENBELT, MD, FOR REDRESS OF ANY COSTS TO ME. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IN MOTION, THIS GEAR SHIFT COULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY CHANGE IN GEAR IN ANY EMERGENCY AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO PANIC. *TR

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TIPM. ENGINE WONT START. HAVE SEEN NOTHING BUT COMPLAINTS ONLINE.SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C WOULD JUST DIE AFTER FILING UP WITH GAS - HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY A FEW TIMES- VERY DANGEROUS. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL WE SAW LA TIMES ARTICLE 5/14/13 - THEY ARE FIXING BUT CHRYSLER IS NOT HELPING WITH $$ (REPLACING GAS TANK) CAR HAS ONLY 42K MILES. *TR

2009 JEEP WRANGLER X 2 DOOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION FIRST GEAR POPS OUT OF GEAR DURING ACCELERATION. SHIFT TO FIRST, LET OFF OF CLUTCH WITH OR WITHOUT THROTTLE APPLIED AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL KICK OUT OF FIRST GEAR, LEAVING THE VEHICLE AND OCCUPANTS IN NEUTRAL IN AN INTERSECTION, OR ON TRAIN TRACKS FROM A STOP, FORCING QUICK CLUTCH PEDAL APPLICATION AND SHIFTING INTO FIRST AGAIN, WITH THE PROBLEM MOST OFTEN RECURRING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 3RD OF 5TH GEAR. DEALER DID A DIAGNOSIS PAID FOR BY OWNER, AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE 1/2 GEAR AND SYNCHRO GEARS. CHRYSLER HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT I WAS INELIGIBLE. VEHICLE HAD 20K MILES WHEN PURCHASED, 25000 WHEN DIAGNOSED, NOW AT 46,000 MILES, WITH AN EVEN MORE OFTEN OCCURRENCE. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2007 JEEP WRANGLER DEATH WOBBLE STARTED AT 70,000 MILES MARK MITSUBISHI IN PHOENIX AZ HAS NOT HELPED ME OUT AT ALL IT GOES EVERY 10,000 MILES ON ME AND THEY JUST REPLACED MY TIRES. DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED THE DAY AFTER AND BEFORE. HOW DO WE ALL GET TOGETHER WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND GET JEEP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEFECTIVE FRONT END. DEATH WOBBLE IS NOT ONLY SCARY IT IS DANGEROUS AND I HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED FOR THEM TO FINALLY REPLACE IT. *TR