2016 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 6/19/17 AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FEW RIDES I FAULT WITH THE DEALER ABOUT MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY AIRBAG WIRING HARNESS AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED UNDER BOTH SEATS BUT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THERE IS NO WAY I WAS PAYING FOR THIS WHEN THE CAR WAS PRACTICALLY NEW ONLY APPROXIMATELY 42502 MILES AND I WAS HAVING ONGOING ISSUES WITH MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON. WELL NOW I AM REALLY FEELING LIKE THIS RECALL IS LARGER THAN IT IS PRESENTED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHEN I GET THINGS DONE TO MY VEHICLE. SUCH AS MY TRANSMISSION NEEDING SERVICE, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT, THE ABS, THE TRACTION, AND ELECTRONIC PARK BRAKE FAILURE. ALL THESE LIGHTS CAME ON JUST FROM REPLACING A HUB (BEARINGS) ON MY PASSENGER SIDE. MY MAIN COMPLAINT IS ON THE AIR BAG ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY FRUSTRATION WHEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE TELL ME THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY MY VEHICLE IS GIVING ME THESE NOTIFICATIONS.

CAR HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS. WHEN I WENT TO RESTART CAR MADE A NOISE LIKE IT WAS STRUGGLING TO START. TURNED CAR OFF AND CHECK OIL APPEARS TO BE FULL. WENT TO RESTART CAR AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO START CAR AND WHILE ALL LIGHTS AND BEEPING CAME ON CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN OVER A 15 MIN PERIOD. CAN NOT PUSH BREAK DOWN AND WHEN PUSH THE START BUTTON NOTHING HAPPENS. CAR HAS ALSO STALLED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN THE LAST YEAR. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATES ITS DUE TO OIL AND IT APPEARS CAR IS BURNING OIL VERY FAST. CHRYSLER STATES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO A SAFETY MECHANISM TO NOT ALLOW THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT DUE TO LOW OIL. AS OIL HAS APPEARED FULL AND CHECKED MULTIPLE TIME UNSURE AS TO WHY THE CAR WOULD DO THIS.

OIL CONSUMPTION AND ELECTRIC WIRING PROBLEMS CAUSING THE AIR CONDITIONER TO GO OUT AND BLOW HOT AIR. THE OIL CONSUMPTION WILL NEED ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACED. OIL CONSUMPTION ALMOST CAUSED WRECK BECAUSE CAR WILL THROW CAR IN PARK AT UNEXPLAINED TIMES BECAUSE OIL IS LOW EVEN WHEN OIL WAS CHANGED. VERY VERY DANGEROUS. OIL LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON EITHER EVEN OIL IS DANGEROUSLY LOW. DRIVER IS UNAWARE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO WEST COVINA CHRYSLER (298 N AZUSA AVE, WEST COVINA, CA 91791) FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST BECAUSE IT WAS USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT INDICATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD CONSUME A LOT OF OIL, ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,086. *TR CONSUMER STATED OUR VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. OIL LEAK WAS FOUND AND THE OIL WAS 1 QUART LOW. THERE WERE ALSO SOME ENGINE ISSUES AS SHOWN ON (INVOICE 150760). ON DEC 11, 2018, I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE WHICH HAD 15855 MILES, AND I RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING 4 MILES DUE TO THE ENGINE IDLED ROUGH AND STALLED. THIS IS THE 2"D ISSUE. OIL LEAK FOUND, WAS 1 QUART LOW AS WELL AS MORE ENGINE ISSUES AS SHOWN ON ( INVOICE 151016 ). ON MAY 31, 2019 AT 21086 MILES, 1 QUART LOW BELOW THE SAFE MARKER ON DIPSTICK. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

2016 CHRYSLER 200S WITH JUST OVER 27,000 MILES STARTED ON FIRE DUE TO AS OF YET UNDETERMINED CAUSE, 1000 MILES AFTER BEING INSPECTED BY 2 DEALERSHIPS, AND ABOUT 2000 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION BY A THIRD DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS DECLARED TOTAL LOSS BY STATE FARM INSURANCE. ([XXX], MIKE O'BRIEN) THE CAR WAS LISTED IN WELL MAINTAINED CONDITION AT THE TIME OF LOSS. AT THIS TIME STATE FARM HAS BEEN TOLD BY THERE CORPORATE THAT NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS TO CAUSE WILL BE CONDUCTED. THE FIRE HAPPENED ON THE SIDE OF 275N NEAR EUREKA ROAD EXIT ON 9 APRIL 2019. MY WIFE [XXX]. (MICHIGAN STATE POLICE METRO SOUTH POST #22,[XXX]) -OIL CHANGED AT SUBURBAN CHRYSLER IN NOVI BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILE TRIP AND WEEK IN FL. -DURING STAY, THE CAR SMELLED HOT SO SHE TOOK IT TO SUNSET CHRYSLER ([XXX]) IN SARASOTA, FL. PERSONNEL AT DEALERSHIP WERE RUDE, AND TOLD HER HER CAR'S STATE OF CLEANLINESS WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. -MY WIFE NEEDED TO DRIVE HOME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WAS STILL CONCERNED. ONE THING THAT I HAD HER CHECK WAS COOLANT WHICH WAS LOW AND HAD NOT BEEN NOTICED BY SUNSET. SHE THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A SECOND DEALERSHIP (DOUGLAS JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM, FL ([XXX]) FOR INSPECTION. DOUGLAS, WHILE MORE POLITE, CONDUCTED COOLANT SYSTEM AND OTHER CHECKS, BUT DETERMINED THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT GUARANTEED MY WIFE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BACK TO MICHIGAN AND EVEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT LET AN UNSAFE VEHICLE LEAVE THE SHOP. -THAT SAME NIGHT I CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO INITIATED THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION. ([XXX])FCA REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE OR TO HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THE CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

TAKATA RECALL FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW MY "SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM" LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF INCONSISTENTLY. IT FIRST CAME ON ON 5/15/2019. THIS WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH. AFTER I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON THE LIGHT DID NOT RETURN. NOW THE LIGHT HAS BEEN POPPING UP EVERY NOW AND THEN, USUALLY WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR STOP MY CAR COMPLETELY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS THAT DRIVE IN MY VEHICLE, ONLY LITTLE ONES THAT RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT. I DO NOT HAVE ITEMS THAT SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT EITHER. AFTER RESEARCHING THERE WAS A AIRBAG RECALL ON PRIOR MODELS NOT SURE IF THIS COULD BE RELATED. SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT NOW EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR (WHICH HAS BEEN ALMOST EVERY DAY SINCE) THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON. PLEASE ADVISE

CAR WILL NOT START, PUT FOOT DOWN ON BREAK AND PRESS THE IGNITION AND NOTHING HAPPENS WITH THE ENGINE. ALL LIGHTS, RADIO, SCREENS TURN ON BUT NOT THE ENGINE.I HAVE TESTED THE BATTER, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER AND ALL ARE GOOD.IF I WAIT THE CAR WILL START AGAIN JUST FINE LATER. CAN WAS PARKED AFTER DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING THIS HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOON.

THIS EVENING WHEN DRIVING MY CAR THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND CUT OFF A NUMBER OF THREE TIMES WITHIN A 10 MINUTE SPAN. ONCE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF MY JOB, SECOND WHEN COMING TO A FULL STOP AT THE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE AND LAST AS I WAS BEGINING THE MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP. THE DAY PRIOR THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MY VEHICLE IS REGULARLY MAINTAINED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHT OR INDICATORS THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE. THE ONLY NOTIFICATION WAS TO "SHIFT CAR TO PARK TO START ENGINE". THIS ISSUE NEARLY CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY THIS EVENING. THIS IS HIGHLY CONCERNING AS THIS ISSUE COULD POTENTIALLY COST MY FAMILY OR MYSELF OUR LIVES SHOULD THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AT THE WRONG MOMENT. I'VE SEARCHED NUMEROUS SITES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL AS WELL AS ONES PRODUCED PRIOR TO 2016. THIS CONCERN IS LIFE THREATENING AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH WITH SOME FORM OF REMEDY FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

POOR CONNECTION AT HARNESS UNDER PASSENGER SEAT, SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM WARNING COMES ON AND TO FIX ISSUE I MUST DISCONNECT THE AIRBAG WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, ADD SOME DIELECTRIC GREASE AND RECONNECT. THIS MUST BE DONE EVERY 3 MONTHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE JERKING FORWARD WITH NO WARNING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE KEPT STALLING. THE DEALER ATLANTIC CHRYSLER JEEP (6820 TILTON RD, PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232, (609) 646-8600) HAD BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PERMANENT REMEDY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.