2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL IT WILL NOT HOLD SPEED GOING DOWN HILL - WILL SHIFT DOWN MORE THAN ONCE & WILL GO UP TO 60+ MILES PER HOUR. GOING OVER A SMALL HILL WILL SHIFT DOWN MORE THAN ONCE USUALLY - NOT ALL THE TIME. THIS HAS BEEN FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE TO THE PROBLEM. WHEN FIRST STARTING THE CAR THE TACH STAYS VERY HIGH & WILL DECREASE AS YOU SHIFT INTO REVERSE, BUT NOT ENOUGH. HAVE TO HOLD YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALL THE TIME. WHEN LEAVING FROM A STOP SIGN THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO "IN" RIGHT AWAY - IT TAKES A BIT TO ACTUALLY "GO".. AS YOU'RE PULLING ONTO A HIGHWAY.

MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF ON ME AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT BACK IT KEPT MAKING A CLICKING SOUND . THE DASH THEN SAID ENGINE WARMING PLEASE WAIT. SO SFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES IT FINALLY TURNED ON. LATER THAT DAY IT TURNED OFF AGAUN WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN AND YOOK ABOUT ANOTHER 5 MINUTES TO CINE ON

WHILE ON VACATION, I WAS TRAVELLING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH. SUDDENLY THE ACCELERATOR ON MY RECENTLY LEASED 2015 CHRYSLER 200 SOMEHOW DECOUPLED WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN. THE D IN MY DASHBOARD STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR BEGAN COASTING. THE ENGINE WAS ON, AND I HAD POWER STEERING, BUT NO ACCELERATION. SOMEHOW, WITHOUT ANY ABILITY TO CONTROL MY CARS SPEED, I GOT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT BY ONE OF THE MANY 18 WHEELERS ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. EVENTUALLY THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY HELPED ME RENT A CAR AND I CONTINUED MY VACATION. THEY REPLACED A FAULTY CRANK SENSOR AND I RETURNED TO PICK THE CAR UP A WEEK LATER. BUT BEFORE ID EVEN DRIVEN 30 MILES, I EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. AS THE D IN THE DASHBOARD FLASHED, THE CAR ESSENTIALLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND BEGAN COASTING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY HEART WAS RACING AFTER THIS HORRIFIC AND EXASPERATING EXPERIENCE. CHRYSLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED THE CAR TO A NEARBY DEALERSHIP THAT COULDNT RECREATE THE PROBLEM, SO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR HAD IT RETURNED TO THEM. THEY KEPT MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR A FULL WEEK, EVENTUALLY REPLACING THE PMC. I PICKED UP MY REPAIRED CAR, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, BEFORE I HAD DRIVEN MUCH MORE THAN 20 MILES, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED FOR A THIRD TIME, BUT THIS TIME ON A SURFACE ROAD. BY THIS TIME, IM OUT OF MY MIND WITH FEAR, INDIGNATION AND FRUSTRATION. THIS IS MY LIFE. I ONLY HAVE ONE OF THEM THAT I KNOW OF. I WANT TO EXTEND IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THE 2015 CHRYSLER 200 IS DANGEROUS AND I WILL NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT. IM LOOKING AT ALL THE POSSIBLE WAYS I CAN GET AWAY FROM THIS UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE VEHICLE.

ENGINE STALLS/SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING JULY 13TH, 2015 WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, WOULD NOT RE-START RIGHT AWAY. GOT IT RESTARTED. MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE IT INTO DEALER. WHILE AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THE COMPUTER HAD TO BE RE-PROGRAM WE PICKED THE CAR UP JULY 17TH. AUGUST 4TH 2015 THE SAME THING HAPPENED. IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL AUGUST 10TH. WHILE IN THE SHOP THE DID MANY TESTS. SAID THEY HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN PINS ON THE COMPUTER BOARD HAD TO BE STRAIGHTENED. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. WAS NOT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ANSWER. AUGUST 17TH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. CHECKING ON LINE THIS IS NOT AN ISSOLATED PROBLEM. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS

ON 8/17/15, I BARELY MADE AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY WORK WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF. TOOK A FEW TIMES PRESSING THE BUTTON TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN BUT FINALLY STARTED AGAIN AND MADE IT HOME SAFELY. NEXT MORNING I DROVE TO THE END OF MY STREET AND STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND AGAIN MY CAR SHUT OFF AND THIS TIME TOOK 5 MINUTES TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN.....I WAS TOLD TO BRING MY CAR IN TO BE CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP ON 8/20 ASKED IF THEY WOULD SUPPLY ME A LOANER CAR UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED AND THEY TOLD ME NO BECAUSE I DIDN'T PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. SINCE WHEN DO I NEED TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR A CAR THAT HAS A MANUFACTURED WARRANTY STILL ON??? I PURCHASED THE CAR IN MAY 2015 AND IT HAS BARELY 7000 MILES ON IT....I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR HOME TODAY AS I MADE SAFELY TO WORK HOWEVER I WORRY THAT IT MAY SHUT OFF AGAIN WHEN I AM IN AN INTERSECTION OR A HIGHWAY.

BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. AFTER THEY STOPPED WORKING AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH THE LIGHT TO SERVICE THE BRAKES CAME ON. NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD. ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE UCONNECT WORKING BUT THE BRAKES WERE A HUGE DEAL BREAKER.

ON A BUSY FOUR LANE AVENUE, MY CAR JUST STOPPED. WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO CALL POLICE AND THEY BLOCKED TRAFFIC MOVED OFF OF HIGHWAY. COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER TWICE COMPLAINING THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON.

AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT, THE CAR WAS 11 MONTHS OLD. I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT SHOOK AND SPUTTERED CONTINUOUSLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. IT WAS RETURNED TO ME AFTER ONE DAY OF REPAIRS. I DROVE SIX MILES AND PARKED AT A SHOPPING CENTER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN REFUSED TO START, EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. I HAD IT TOWED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE UNDERWENT REPAIRS AND TESTING FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO ME YET AGAIN. I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE THEN WITH NO APPARENT ISSUES, BUT THE PROBLEM I ENCOUNTERED MUST BE PREVENTED BEFORE IT OCCURS. IT WAS LIFE-THREATENING, AND IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE SO HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS OR PARKED IN DANGEROUS SURROUNDINGS.

I WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 17 AND ATTEMPTING TO TRAVERSE AN OVERPASS AT 66MPH, WHEN SUDDENLY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO LURCH AND DECELERATE. I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES AND NAVIGATE TO THE SHOULDER WHEN I LOST MY ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION ALARM BEGAN GOING OFF. I PRESSED THE BRAKES UNTIL THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP (THANKFULLY WAS NOT REAR-ENDED) AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. LUCKILY THE CAR RESTARTED, HOWEVER AFTER TRAVELING LESS THAN 500FT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALL MY HUSBAND. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING, HOWEVER THE CAR ONLY STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS BEFORE IT DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AFTER PROVIDING MY LOCATION, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ASKED ME THE FOLLOWING QUESTION POINT BLANK "WERE YOU DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOUR CAR STALLED?" TO WHICH I REPLIED THAT IT WAS CURIOUS SHE ASKED ME THAT AS IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I ASKED HER IF IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHE SAID NO SHE WAS JUST REQUIRED TO ASK THE QUESTION. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FOLLOWING CODES WERE NOTED: P2302, P2305, P2308, P2311. INTERMITTENT AOD AND B FEED CIRCUITS F3 3. THE DEALERSHIP FLASHED THE PCM, INSPECTED, REPAIRED THE PDC CONNECTOR C4 TERMINAL PUSHOUTS ON PINS 15 & 18. BUT AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HERE, I WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. I CONTACTED MY FRIEND AND SALES PERSON WHO'S FATHER OWNED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ASSISTED US WITH A VEHICLE TRADE AS HAVING YOUR CAR DIE AND LOSE STEERING AT 66MPH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I AM AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE WHICH HAS FAILED TO RAISE ALARM FOR BOTH CHRYSLER AND NHTSA....I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FIRST DUE TO THIS ISSUE...

THE PLACEMENT OF THE SHIFT PADDLES (SPORT SHIFT MODEL CHRYSLER 200S) HAS CAUSED TWO NEAR ACCIDENTS FOR ME. THESE PADDLES (+ AND -) ARE LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE STEERING WHEEL ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES, JUST ABOVE THE CONTROL BUTTONS ON THE BACK FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING EAST BOUND ON 16 MILE ROAD, I THOUGHT I WAS CHANGING THE CHANNEL OF MY RADIO STATION, INSTEAD I HIT THE PADDLE, THIS STOPPED MY ACCELERATION AND MY VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, INSTEAD THE RPMS WENT UP. I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ADJUST AND WAS IN THE LEFT (FAST) LANE WHERE I HAD TO PULL OFF INTO THE 'MICHIGAN LEFT' LANE, I THEN TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON HALL ROAD APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER, FORTUNATELY I WAS SLOWING DOWN ANYWAY TO TURN ON TO A STREET. I BELIEVE MOST OF THE FUNCTIONS IN THIS CAR ARE ERGONOMICALLY WRONG. THE 'DIAL' TO PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, DRIVE IS JUST A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM THE AIR FLOW DIAL. I HAVE LOOKED BEHIND THE CAR TO BE SURE THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS / VEHICLES AND WHILE MY HEAD WAS TURNED, MY HAND TURNED THE DIAL FOR AIR FLOW INSTEAD OF THE DIAL FOR REVERSE. THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IS A SMALL PULL BUTTON JUST A FEW INCHES AWAY AS WELL. I HAVE HAD A PASSENGER TRY TO PULL IT AS THEY ASKED WHAT IT WAS . . .