2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

I HAVE A 2015 CHRYSLER 200C WITH A 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION, I HAVE REPORTED TO CHRYSLER AND THE SELLING DEALER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM 6TH TO 5TH GEAR AND 5TH TO 4TH GEAR ACTUALLY STAYS ENGAGED AND CONTINUES TO PULL THE CAR ALONG TO THE POINT TAHE BRAKES HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN NO HELP HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE EXCEPT TO BE TO;D THAT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED TO THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER CORP.I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT LEFT UN-REPAIRED IT WILL CAUSE A ACCIDENT HOWEVER I WAS ALSO TOLD BY A DEALER REP THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS A PROBLEM EXISTS BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THE ISSUE I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

PURCHASES CAR ON AUG 4, 2015 SINCE DAY I PURCHASED CAR IT HAS HAD A HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AT INITIAL START. YOU START CAR AND TURN DIAL TO DRIVE BUT IF U IMMEDIATELY TRY TO TAKE OFF THE ENGINE WILL JUST REV AS IF YOUR IN NEUTRAL IT TAKES ABOUT 15-30 SECONDS ONCE YOU TURN THE DIAL BEFORE CAR IS IN GEAR. AFTER ABOUT MAYBE 10,000 MILES I NOTICED CAR WOULD SOMETIMES JERK AS IF IT HAD BEEN STUCK IN A GEAR MAYBE THIS HAS RANDOMLY HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND 60+ MPH BRAKES HARD AND DIFFICULT TO PUSH DOWN HAD TO STAND ON THEM AND STILL BARELY STOPPED. SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED 20 MIN LATER AND THEY WERE FINE. SERVICE AWD LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES AFTER PURCHASE AND INSTALL OF BRAND NEW TIRES. WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON ABOUT A WEEK LATER AND CAR BEGAN MAKING A HIGH PITCED WINDING SOUND (SORT OF LIKE AN OPEN FACED FISHING REEL WHEN YOU CAST OR REEL IT IN) THEN ALL THE SUDDEN HEARD A BIG CLUNK WHEN SIT RING AT STOP SIGN IT WAS LOUD AND JOGGED THE CAR TO THE POINT I THOUGH MAYBE A DEER RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE CAR. I TOOK OFF BUT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVERY AND WALKED AROUND THE END CAR TO CHECK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. NOTICED WHEN I TOOK OFF THE WINDING HAD QUIT. BUT THE NEXT DAY IT BEGAN AGAIN TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE WINDING NOISE HAD GOTTEN SO LOUD THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T CHECK IT WHILE DOING OIL CHANGE HAD TO BE SCHEDULED. I RAISED HELL UNTIL SOMEONE CAME OUT FROM SERVICE WHEN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE AND WENT FOR A RIDE WITH ME. NOISE WAS COMPLETELY GONE SERV AWD LIGHT STILL ON THO SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT TO HAVE LIGHT TURNED OFF FOR 4 DAYS LATER. DROVE 30 MILES WHEN I LEFT DEALERSHIP AND IT BEGAN AGAIN STOPPED TO DROP KID OFF AND WAS HEADED BACK TO DEALERSHIP BUT WHEN I RESTARTED CAR NOISE GONE AND AWD LIGHT WAS OFF. NOISE COMES AND GOES OVER NEXT 2,000 MI NOW AWD LIGHT BACK ON AND CAR IS HORRIBLE IN SNOW WITHOUT AWD.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, RANDOM TIMES OF DAY, I WOULD ATTEMPT TO START MY CAR (OR SOMETIMES ALREADY BE DRIVING) BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT AND PARKING LIGHT WOULD TURN ON WITH A MESSAGE READING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION, SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" AND I CAN NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK. THIS HAPPENED AT TIMES WHEN I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND HAS EVEN LEFT ME STRANDED IN VACANT PARKING LOTS. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. I LEFT MY CAR, HAD THE UPGRADE AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY OPTION LEFT IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. DURING ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS AND VISITS TO THE DEALER, I SURPRISED THAT NO ONE HAS MENTIONED ONCE TO ME THAT THIS CAR WAS RECALLED FOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. I FOUND THAT OUT MYSELF WHEN I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I WAS LEFT STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT OVERNIGHT UNTIL I COULD FIND A RIDE TO GET ME HOME, I'VE STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN I WAS STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC, AND I'VE LOST COUNT OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK DAYS I'VE BEEN OUT BECAUSE WAS CAR HAS NOT BEEN RELIABLE ENOUGH TO START WHEN I NEED IT TO. THE CAR IS LESS THAN 1.5 YEARS OLD. I SHOULDN'T BE DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES AND LIGHTS SUDDENLY BEGAN TO FLICKER BEFORE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PCM WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE REOCCURRED WHERE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND STALL AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY DEACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. DJR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ENGINE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT, AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. IN REVIEWING THE POTENTIAL ISSUES, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, POTENTIALLY DUE TO A FAULTY THERMOSTAT. WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE SCANNED AT AUTOZONE, IT PROVIDED CODES P0218 TWICE AND P2181 ONCE. *TR

FIRST ENGINE LIGHT COME UP THEN CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT. COOLANT TEMP. 185 AND CAR OVERHEAT. PANEL READ ENGINE TEMPERATURE TOO HOT .. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM CODE P0128(THERMOSTATS) AND P2181(COOLANT SYSTEM) CAME UP.

MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DEC 24, 2016. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS, HIT A STALLED VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AND BROKEN RIBS.

2015 CHRYSLER 200S 3.6L SPORT SEDAN'S TRANSMISSION (MIL) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. (DTC) READS TRANSMISSION SHUT ON PARKED, LEAVES GEAR ON PARKED. UNABLE TO SHIFT OR MOVE FORWARD AND/OR BACK OUT TO DRIVE. (MIL) STAYS ON. THIS IS A REOCCURRING SITUATION. PCM SOFTWARE HAS BEEN REFLASHED AND UPDATED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND CHECKED FOR WIRE HARNESS CIRCUITS RESISTANCE BUT TO NO AVAIL, (OBD) READS MOTIVE POWER LOSS, (MIL) APPEAR EVERY NOW AND THEN. THIS JUST HAPPENED TWICE AGAIN WHILE PARKED, TWICE WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET.

PASSENGER CLAIMED TO BE BUCKLED IN WHEN VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER AT A 90 DEGREE RIGHT ANGLE. THE IMPACT WAS AT LOW SPEED AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. PASSENGER CLAIMED HE WAS BENDING OVER TEXTING AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT AND THAT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE INTERIOR SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE IMPACT WAS RIGHT FRONT OF THE CHRYSLER 200 INTO THE LEFT FRONT OF A 2005 HYUNDAI. HYUNDAI WAS STOPPED, CHRYSLER WAS ON THE BRAKES. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN EITHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE TO CHRYSLER ~ $1,000, DAMAGE TO HYUNDAI ~ $2,500. PASSENGER SOUGHT EMERGENCY ROOM HELP POST ACCIDENT WITH HEAD INJURY.