2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

1ST TIME: ON HIGHWAY AT 55MPH GOT AND ERROR ON DASH: SERVICE TRANSMISSION THEN PERFORMANCE SHIFTING NOT AVAILABLE 2ND TIME: AFTER JUST 4-5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE CAR HAD SAME ERRORS AS ABOVE. AT THE NEXT LIGHT, PRESSED GAS AND THERE WAS NO REVVING OF ENGINE (RPMS DID NOT MOVE). PUT IT INTO PARK AND IT SAID CAR IS NOT IN PARK, USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT." PUT BRAKE ON, THEN INTO D, THEN BRAKE OFF AND CAR WENT VERY SLOWLY AS IT WAS STUCK IN 4TH GEAR. WENT ONTO HIGHWAY AND STILL STUCK IN 4TH FOR A FEW MILES (REVVING AT 4,000 RPMS AT ABOUT 60MPH). SUDDENLY THE ENGINE BEGAN REVVING ITSELF UP TO 5.5K WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION (LIKE CAR WAS NOT IN A GEAR). I PRESSED ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, IT STAYED AT ABOUT 5.5K. I PUT CAR INTO N AND THE RPMS DROPPED TO ABOUT 1.5K, BUT CAR STILL NOT IN A GEAR SO IT WAS LOSING SPEED SO I MOVED TO BREAKDOWN LANE. PUT IT BACK INTO D AND IT AGAIN REVVED TO 5.5K, BUT STILL NO GEAR AND LOST SPEED. 3RD TIME: I WOULD TURN TO D AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE IT CLUNKED INTO GEAR. CAR THEN SHUDDERED A BIT AS I PULLED OUT AND THEN IT GAVE THE SAME ERRORS AS BEFORE: SERVICE TRANSMISSION THEN PERFORMANCE SHIFTING NOT AVAILABLE ON THE DASH. IT ALSO GOT STUCK IN 4TH GEAR AGAIN SO I COULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. IT ALSO REVVED THE ENGINE RANDOMLY. IN FACT, I ALMOST SMASHED INTO MY GARAGE BECAUSE AS I WAS SLOWLY TURNING INTO MY GARAGE THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD (IMAGINE IN A MANUAL CAR, REVVING THE ENGINE AND THEN RAPIDLY LETTING OUT ON THE CLUTCH) AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO PREVENT IT FROM GOING INTO THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. IF THERE WERE PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF THE CAR AT A CROSSWALK, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND NOT SAFE. JUST AS MUCH I COULD EASILY GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR, THE WAY THIS CAR IS BEHAVING. *TR

AFTER ONLY OWNING MY VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 72 HOURS, AND DRIVING ABOUT 380 MILES, MY TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE. I NOTICED IT DOWNSHIFTING VERY HARD AT A STOP LIGHT, THEN AGAIN A MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD. BY THE TIME I GOT TO ANOTHER STOP LIGHT, MY CAR DOWNSHIFTED SO VIOLENTLY IT SLAMMED ME INTO MY SEAT BELT AND SCARED ME BADLY. IT FELT AS IF THE CAR HAD SHIFTED IN PARK WHILE IT WAS STILL ROLLING FORWARD AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AWAY FORM THE LIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT UP SHIFT, SO I HAD TO LIMP IT INTO THE NEXT PARKING LOT AT 4K RPMS AT ABOUT 7 MPH. WHEN I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR FINALLY SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE INTO REVERSE, AND AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY SHIFTED INTO PARK ALLOWING ME TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WHILE I WAS NOT REALLY INJURED BEHIND A SLIGHT SORENESS FROM THE SEAT BELT, HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED INTO PARK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS ON A SLIGHT HILL (APPROX 10-15 DEGREES) STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT IT INTO PARK, PRESSED THE ENGINE START BUTTON TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT. AS I LIFTED MY WEIGHT OUT OF THE CAR, IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, MY FOOT SLIPPED UNDER THE CAR BUT I WAS ABLE TO HIT THE BREAKS WITH MY OTHER FOOT. THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING I DID WRONG, I PULLED THE CAR BACK UP AND REPEATED THE SAME STEPS AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN (THIS TIME WITH OUT MY FOOT). I WAS THEN THINKING, THIS IS A BRAND NEW 31K+ CAR - IT CANT BE DOING THIS SO I REPEATED A THIRD TIME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED MY DEALER WHO INSTRUCTED ME TO SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON PARK SELECTION ON MY RADIO AND TO BRING THE CAR IN IMMEDIATELY! ITS NOW IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS THEY ARE GETTING THE HEM AND HAW FROM CHRYSLER ON WHAT TO DO. I WANT THIS FIXED ASAP AS I AM LUCKY THE CAR DID NOT RUN OVER ME AND CRASH INTO THE CARS BEHIND ME. *TR

THE DAY I BOUGHT MY CAR I HAD PROBLEMS WITH BURNING SMELLS. I TOOK MY CAR BACK NUMEROUS OF TIMES AND THEY SAID MY BRAKES WERE BRAKING IN BUT ALL THIS TIME MY TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. IT TOOK 8000 MILES FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I GET MY CAR BACK WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION IN IT AND TWO DAYS LATER I HAVE ANOTHER LEAK IN MY NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND THE ENGINE IS WARMING PLEASE WAIT TO START WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE WITH THE ENGINE COIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, SOUNDING LIKE GOING TO "LOW GEAR", AND SLOWING FAST. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT HELP AND AFTER A WHILE WENT INTO GEAR AGAIN BY ITSELF WITH A BANG. REALLY BAD SITUATION IF DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON 19NOV14, THEY SAID THAT IT NEVER FAILED FOR THEM. SINCE THEN, THE CAR FAILED 6 TIMES, THE LAST ONE TODAY. THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO STOP ON SHOULDER AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON 06FEB15, THEY DID A SOFTWARE FLASH FOR PCM (FLASH SOFTWARE 1), UPDATED CAR COMPUTER. ON 04MAR15 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME HAPPEN AGAIN ON A HIGHWAY, LUCKILY, NO CAR WAS CLOSE BEHIND. IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THIS HAPPENS AT FASTER SPEED IN A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

CAR AT 55 MPH DROPS OUT OF DRIVE AT SPEEDS UP TO 55 MPH DROPS INTO NETURAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOCKS UP PREVENTING CAR TO START HAD TO BE TOW. *TR

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS BLOCKING THE RIGHT SIDE VISION THROUGH WINDSHIELD (PASSENGER SIDE) OF THE WHOLE STREET FOR PEOPLE, TURNING AND SWITCHING LANES. THE WINDSHIELD IS TOO SLANTED TOWARDS DRIVER AND PASSENGER MAKING THE WINDOW IN THE CENTER OF ALL TO BE VIEWED WHILE DRIVING. TERRIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF VISION. CONSOLE TOO WIDE, INTERFERES WITH LEG AND GAS PEDAL. ITS ALSO TOO SLANTED AS THE WINDSHIELD IS WAY TOO SLANTED. WHICH IS WHY THE MIRROR INTERFERES WITH VISION. NOT SAFE. *TR

AS I PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR BEGAN TO STALL, IT WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD. IT MADE A NOISE LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. SO, I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND STARTED ON MY ROUTE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THE LAST TIME WAS 2/21/2015 AT JUST OVER 5100 MILES. MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS, SO I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER FOR THE GEARS TO CHANGE. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE DRIVE SIDE PASSENGER FLOOR IS WET. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM.

WHEN DECELERATING GOING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE MY FOOT WAS OFF THE GAS PEDAL. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CAR SHIFTED BUT HAD ACCELERATED AS THOUGH I HAD PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO FORCEFULLY APPLY THE BRAKES EVEN HARDER TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FROM OF ME. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ON OTHER OCCASIONS AS WELL BUT THIS TIME WAS DIFFERENT AS THERE WAS SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS AS THOUGH WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM 7TH TO 5TH AND ALSO FROM 5TH TO 3RD THE CAR LUNGES FORWARDS. I HAVE ALSO NOTICES THE CAR WILL PULL ITSELF UP A HILL WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. I AM CONCERNED I MAY INADVERTENTLY REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE. *JS