2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

MY CHRYSLER 200 WAS IMPACTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT FENDER AND DRIVER'S DOOR. THE IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH IN MY OPINION FOR THE SIDE AIRBAGS TO RELEASE BUT NOTHING HAPPEN MY WIFE'S HEAD HIT AGAINST THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I HAVE PICTURES BUT DO NOT SEE A PLACE TO UPLOAD. THANKS *TR

I PURCHASED MY CAR BRAND NEW IN JUNE 2014. IN MID AUGUST 2014 ON INTERSTATE 110. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP MY CAR SHUT OFF, AS IF IT HAD STALLED. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT AND IT JERKED WILDLY AND WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS IT EVENTUALLY STARTED ONLY TO SHUT OFF AGAIN ON INTERSTATE 105W. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH IN LANE 1 WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE PANEL INSTRUCTED ME TO SHIFT INTO PARK. THE DRIVER PANEL DISPLAYED ?SERVICE TRANSMISSION? AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE ?RELEARNED? AND PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION OF SEVERAL CORRUPTED CODES THAT WERE FIXED. TWO DAYS LATER I EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THEY DETERMINED THAT I HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN GEARS IS VERY ROUGH. FURTHERMORE THE GEAR SHIFTING SEEMS DELAYED, AS THE GEARS ARE OFTEN VERY INCONSISTENT WITH THE DRIVING SPEED. FINALLY I NOTICE THAT AS I BRAKE OR LOWER MY SPEED THE GEARS DO NOT ADJUSTING ACCORDINGLY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS IS MOSTLY A PROBLEM WHEN I BRAKE TO A SPEED LOWER THAN ABOUT 25MPH. IN THESE INSTANCES, UNLESS I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT DROP BELOW 3RD GEAR. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AND RECEIVED A ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION. NOW, ABOUT 6,000 MILES LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME SHIFTING ISSUES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED, THE VEHICLE JUST SUDDENLY STARTED SLOWING DOWN. WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING, THE "D" ON THE DASH WAS FLASHING, AS WERE THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB. I ORIGINALLY ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, BUT IT HAD NO IMPACT ON THE VEHICLE AT ALL. I MOVED TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTARTED. IT STARTED BACK UP WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I SCHEDULED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE DEALER ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE DATE. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" ISSUE. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE, BUT I HAVE SO FAR NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THE DEALER DUE TO WORK CONSTRAINTS. *TR

WITHOUT NOTICE THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO PICK UP SPEED GOING UP HILL - NJ ROUTE 280 WEST. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. ALSO WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE CAR - IT JOLTS FORWARD BEFORE SLOWING DOWN. THIS IS DANGEROUS - I WAS TOLD BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE RENTAL AGENCY THAT 2 OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPEN TO THEM AND THEY RETURNED THE CARS. I FEAR SOMEONE WILL GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE PRECIOUS LIVES ARE LOST OR PERMANENTLY INJURED. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER FOUR MONTHS AGO. IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD SOME UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCES. AT FIRST IT WAS LITTLE THINGS, SUCH AS NOT BEING ABLE TO START THE CAR, OR THE KEYFOB DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY. ALTHOUGH THOSE WERE NAGGING THEY WERE EASILY DEALT WITH. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET DOING ABOUT 40MPH, AND THE CARS DISPLAY STARTED THROWING ERROR MESSAGES, SUCH AS SERVICE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR FELT LIKE IT HAD STALLED AND I HAD NO POWER TO THE GAS, BRAKE OR STEERING WHEEL. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED OR THE LIKELIHOOD OF ME GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT WOULD BE VERY HIGH, BEING THAT THIS WAS IN THE EVENING. SO, I AM STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A CAR THAT STILL HAS ACCESSORY POWER, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK, OR DRIVE. I WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT FINE, BUT AGAIN COULDN'T SHIFT. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE CAR SHIFTED INTO GEAR, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT, ALBEIT VERY SLOWLY SINCE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT REV PAST 2000 RPMS. I CHECKED FOR ANY SERVICE BULLETINS AND SEE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE. THERE WAS NOT A FIX ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO YOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. SO, NOW I AM STUCK WITH A BRAND NEW CAR WITH ROUGHLY 2200 MILES THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE. IF/WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I HOPE I'M NOT ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANY ROAD ACTUALLY AS THE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT IS VERY HIGH. I DON'T FEEL SAFE. I HAVE NEVER HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO ME, SO I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED. *TR

BEGINNING ON THE ABOVE DATE AND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE THEN, THE CAR WILL TIGHTEN UP AND I AM UNABLE TO STEER. IT WILL SAY "POWER STEERING NOT AVAILABLE". A FEW TIMES IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ALREADY DRIVING AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS IT WOULD HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY UPON START-UP. *TR

I'M DRIVING A FRIEND TO THE STORE AND THE CAR JUST STALLS OUT LIKE ITS OUT OF GAS ON THE ATTEMPTED RESTART IT HAD SOUND EXACTLY LIKE IT IS OUT OF GAS,I THEN CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW AND THEY SEND A SERVICE THAT WAS NOT EQUIP TO TOW THIS CAR SINCE IT HAS STOPPED,WE COULD NOT GET IT IN NEUTRAL TO LOAD IT ON THE FLAT BED.THE DRIVER THEN SUGGEST THAT I CALL A SERVICE WITH DOLLIES TO PUT UNDER EACH WHEEL SINCE THE CAR IS AN ALL WHEEL DRIVE MODEL,AFTER ANOTHER TOW TRUCK WAS CAR WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, IT IS THEN TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER DEALER NOT TO WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, CHRYSLERS ROADSIDE WOULD ONLY TOW IT 14 MILES, MY DEALERSHIP WAS 6 MILES OVER THE LIMIT,AFTER 2DAYS I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT I COULD COME GET IT,WELL ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN IN THE SAME MANNER THIS TIME I AFTER A LITTLE WAIT IT STARTED,AND A BLOCK FROM MY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN!!,I THEN CALLED MY DEALERSHIP THEY WERE VERY GOOD,A LOT BETTER THAN CHRYSLER'S ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND A LOT BETTER THAN THE OTHER DEALERSHIP IN TERMS OF REALIZING. THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE ECU BUT THAT WAS LAST WEEK IT APPARENTLY WAS NOT AND NOW IT IS GOING ON 2WEEKS SINCE I'VE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR, THEY DID SUPPLY ME WITH A LOAN CAR BUT THEY ARE STILL SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AS TO WHY MY CAR KEEPS STALLING I THINK I MAY HAVE A LEMON.... *TR

DROVE VEHICLE 25 MILES FROM HOME,PARKED FOR 2 1/2 HOURS, STARTED VEHICLE SHIFTED IT IN REVERSE, THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION NOTIFICATION CAME ON THE DRIVER DISPLAY, BACKED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE THE GEAR INDICATOR SAID THE VEHICLE WAS IN 4TH GEAR AS I DROVE THE CAR FORWARD THE TRANSMISSION REMAINED IN 4TH GEAR WITHOUT SHIFTING, I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 1 MILE LIKE THIS. I PARKED THE CAR IN A SAFE PLACE, SHUT IT OFF, CALLED CHRYSLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, RESTARTED VEHICLE, PUT IN GEAR, ALL WAS NORMAL, DROVE 4 MILES, TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 8TH GEAR, PULLED OVER TURNED OFF CAR, RESTARTED AFTER 5 MINUTES, DROVE VEHICLE REMAINING DISTANCE HOME. NEXT DAY DROVE VEHICLE TO MODESTO,CA DEALERSHIP WITHOUT PROBLEM, DEALER HAD CAR FOR 7 DAYS, THEY SAID THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND UPDATED SOFTWARE. PICK UP VEHICLE DROVE IT, NOTICING THAT SHIFTING FELT DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THE PROBLEM, NOT AS SMOOTH. ON DECEMBER 18, 2014 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION ADVISORY CAME ON AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR, STOPPED VEHICLE AS BEFORE, RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE VEHICLE IS NOW. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISES ME THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH CHRYSLER ENGINEERS, BUT ARE NOT HAVING MUCH SUCCESS WITH AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY FELT SOMETHING FUNNY ON THE DASHBOARD SHOWS TRANSMISSION AND CAR JUST CRUISING NOT DOING NOTHING WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT I TOLD THEM THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT THE CAR BACK IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A DIFFERENT ONE THEY SAID ITS FIXABLE IT'S JUST A WIRE PROBLEM I BELIEVE AND I CAN'T JUST CHANGE CAR LIKE THAT I JUST GOT IT BUT MY POINT IS THIS WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE I BUY BRAND NEW CAR FOR A REASON IF OLD CARS BETTER WHY NOT RETURNING I NEED HELP IF POSSIBLE. *TR

VEHICLE ACCELERATES 2 TO 3 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS FROM 8TH GEAR TO 7TH AND FROM 5TH GEAR TO 4TH MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO JUDGE STOPPING DISTANCES AND MAKING TURNS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN FOOT IS OFF THE ACCELERATOR. *TR