2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

MY HUSBAND AND I WENT ON A TRIP FROM BELLEVUE, OHIO TO FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. AROUND 300 MILES ROUND TRIP, GIVE OR TAKE. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL BEFORE WE LEFT AND IT WAS FINE. NO PROBLEMS ON THE RIDE THERE. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR 3-4 HOURS WE WERE LEAVING THE PARK, GOING DOWN A HILL WITH A CURVE AT THE BOTTOM AND THE CAR JUST DIES. NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE ALMOST HIT A CAMPER. THE ONLY THING THAT STILLED WORKED WAS THE RADIO. THE CAR FINALLY STOPS ON ITS OWN. MY HUSBAND PUTS IT IN PARKING AND CHECKS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. WHEN HE TRUE TO START THE BACK UP, IT STRUGGLES THE FIRST TWO TRIES. THE THIRD TIME IT TURNED OVER. NO LIGHTS ON DASH TO EXPLAIN THE STALL. WE NERVOUSLY DRIVE THE CAR ALL THE WAY HOME. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. WE TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED OUT. DEALERSHIP HAD THE CAR OVER NIGHT. WE GO IN TO PICK UP OUR CAR AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY HAD TO PUT 3 3/4 QUARTS OF OIL IN IT. IT BEING LOW ON OIL CAUSED THE SAFETY FEATURE IN THE CAR TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS FEATURE. WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT SINCE OUR CAR HAD OVER 50,000 IT WILL BURN THROUGH A QUART OF OIL EVERY 750 MILES..SERIOUSLY. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO CHARGE US 75 DOLLARS FOR LABOR, WHICH I REFUSED TO PAY. I WENT HOME AND RESEARCHED THE OIL CONSUMPTION FOR OUR CAR. ON THE CHRYSLER WEBSITE IT DOES STATE THAT OUR CAR WILL CONSUME 1 QUART OF OIL FOR EVERY 750 MILES. CHRYSLER SAYS THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. MY DAD IS A RETIRED MECHANIC OF 45 YEARS AND HES BEYOND OUTRAGED THAT THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. AT 80 AN OIL CHANGE AND FOR SOMEONE THAT TRAVELS A LOT, THAT'S RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE. HOW CAN THIS BE ACCEPTABLE? MIND BLOWN BY THIS.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEGUN THROWING AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE ENGINE IS RUNNING HOT AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDS SERVICED. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING FINE AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RUNNING HOT. THE LIGHTS GO OFF WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND COME BACK ON ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE NEXT TRIP. THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND QUOTED ALMOST $700 TO REPLACE THE SENSORS. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LESS THAN ONE YEAR (2ND OWNER) AND JUST ROLLED OVER 60,000 MILES.

VEHICLE IN MOTION HAS UNEXPECTED SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL, JUMPS INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. VEHICLE WIRING TO AIRBAGS IS DAMAGED WITH NO ACCIDENT. CAR POWER RANDOMLY POWERS OFF IN MOTION. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW SINCE I GOT THE VEHICLE.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. I TOOK IT TO BE WORKED TWICE, AND ALWAYS COME BACK ON.

WHEN I AM DRIVING, THE CAR WILL SHUT ITSELF OFF AND GIVE ME A MESSAGE SAYING THAT THE FOBS HAVE LEFT THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY HAVEN'T. AT TIMES, I ALSO GET A MESSAGE TELLING ME THE KEY FOB WAS NOT DETECTED WHEN TRYING TO GET IN AND/OR START THE CAR. THE FOBS BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND A LOCAL DEALER CANNOT FIND/DUPLICATE THE ISSUE.

A FEW DAYS AGO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL IT WAS NOT SERIOUS BUT IF CONTINUED, TO HAVE THE CODE CHECKED. I HAD NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, BUT ALL SEEMED TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LAST NIGHT AND THE THERMOSTAT LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID SOMETHING REGARDING THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CAME ACROSS THE MESSAGES. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, AND THE ENGINE SEEMED FINE...NOT VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH SO I DECIDED TO TRY AND TAKE IT TO PEP BOYS TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED AND THE MESSAGE WAS GONE, HOWEVER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE PEP BOYS TECHNICIAN CHECKED THE CODE, THE CODE THAT WAS READ WAS P0128. I SPOKE WITH THE TECHNICIAN AND HE HAD SAID HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE 200 MODELS AND ADVISED ME TO CHECK THE RECALL...WHICH DOES NOT HAVE MY VEHICLE FOR ANY.

CAR STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING. STALLED 4 TIMES 12/10/17 THEN WAS DRIVING ROUGH, AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE STREET THE RED LIGHTING BOLT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, PARKING LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO PUT GAS IN, STARTED CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. IT TOOK AROUND 8-10 MINUTES TO GET THE CAR TO GO INTO DRIVE. THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF WARNINGS GOING ACROSS THE SCREEN SAYING ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION SERVICE IMMEDIATELY AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. SO I TAKE THE CAR IN AND THE TCM IS NEEDING REPLACED AND THE ENGINE MAY NEED REPLACED. THIS IS NOT OK FOR A 2015 CAR TO HAVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS.

THE CAR STALLING OUT AND NOT IT KEEPS COMING UP SERVICE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL RESTART AND THE CAR IS NOW NOT GETTING REAL WARM

IN LATE AUGUST 2017 I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, WITHIN 60 DAYS AN ALARM LIGHT CAME ON AND SOUNDED OFF. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE SERVICE DEPT, AND WAS TOLD AN ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE AND THE CAR WOULD BE FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED A TRANSMISSION; A 4 WAS PUT IN THE CAR INSTEAD OF A 2 AND IT WOULD BE 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR BEFORE THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A BACK ORDER ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. DUE TO MANUFACTURING, THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL, THE CARS ARE BEING REPAIRED AS THEY ARE BROUGHT IN. I WAS ALSO TOLD TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE CAR MAY STALL. WELL, THE GEARS ARE STARTING TO SLIP AND IT TAKES A COUPLE SECONDS TO GET IN GEAR WHEN PULLING OFF FROM AN IDLE POSITION, ALONG WITH THAT THE ALARMS ARE STILL GOING OFF. THE ISSUE THAT THE CAR COULD JUST CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IS UNNERVING BY ITSELF. I NO LONGER FEEL LIKE I HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. I CAN'T CONTINUE PUTTING MYSELF AT RISK. THE CAR IS STILL UNDER THE FULL WARRANTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GARDEN CITY JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (283 N FRANKLIN ST, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550, (516) 336-4712) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A 3-POINT TURN, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TO SIX TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.