2016 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

2016 CHRYSLER 200. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STARTING HARD AND ROUGH, ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR SHUTTING HARD. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES INCLUDING THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGING ON IT'S OWN, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING, WIRING SYSTEMS, THE AIR CONDITIONER AND TRANSMISSION RUPTURED. THE POWERTRAIN, CONTROL MODULE, COMPRESSOR, ETC CONDENSER WAS LOCKED. THE VEHICLE STARTS HARD. THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE ON START UP. THE TIRE CAME OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LURCH FORWARD. THE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. THERE WAS BODY A RIM DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIR SHOP FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. *JS

ON JANUARY 13TH 2018 AT 5AM IN THE MORNING THE CAR WENT INTO A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO WHERE I COULDNT EVEN BREAK AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT THEN CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULDNT CUT OFF FOR HOURS. TOOK THE CAR TO RUSS DARROW CHRYSLER FOR SUSPENSIONS ISSUES AND ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS BECAUSE THEY COULDNT LOCATE ANY CODES FOR WHAT I HAD SAW ON THE CAR. ALTHOUGH MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST I HAD THE SAME ISSUES THAT OTHER CARS THIS TYPE DID HAVE AND IT COSTED ME $2989 FOR REPAIRS

MY 2016 CHRYSLER 200 WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW, HAS ONLY 15000 MILES. WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. DASHBOARD PROMPT SAYS PUT IN PARK TO START.CAR WON'T START UNTIL AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND SEVERAL NEAR MISSED REAR ENDERS CAR STARTED BUT STUTTERING AND NO POWER. FINALLY AFTER SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC FOR 5 OR 10 MINUTES ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. NO WARNING AT ALL. EXTREMELY SCARY AND DANGEROUS, BOTH TIMES CAR WAS IN MOTION TURNING ONTO A BUSY STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON. DEALERSHIP SAID OIL CHANGE WAS NEEDED BUT OIL LIFE GAUGE SAID 51% AND OIL CHANGE WASN'T DUE FOR ANOTHER 500 MILES.TECH.AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A SAFETY FEATURE. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING SAFE ABOUT THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS. SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED.

"TAKATA RECALL" I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN JULY 2016. IN NOVEMBER 2017, THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING AND SHUTTING OFF COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT LOSES POWER AND A THE SCREEN TELLS ME TO SHIFT TO P TO START VEHICLE. SOMETIMES IT WOULD START RIGHT AWAY, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL TRIES FOR IT TO RESTART. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIME WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR. I COULD JUST BE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE OR COMING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AFTER DRIVING 30 MILES OR SO. IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS TURNING LEFT, RIGHT OR GOING STRAIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A THROTTLE SERVICE THAT, OF COURSE, WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. THEY SAID THAT THEY "RECOMMEND" A THROTTLE SERVICE EVERY 25,000 TO 30,000 MILES. I WAS AT 38,000 MILES. A RECOMMENDED SERVICE SHOULD NOT CAUSE YOUR VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. SO, I PAID $184.00 FOR THE THROTTLE SERVICE. THREE DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING TERRIBLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING, PARKING, REVERSING, ETC. THE RPM DIAL WOULD SPIKE UP TO 3.5 OR SO, BUT IT WAS CONSTANTLY JERKING WHILE DRIVING. IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING OVER A LARGE GRAVELED ROAD THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR BACK IN TO THE DEALER AND WAS INITIALLY TOLD THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. HOWEVER, AFTER I LEFT THE VEHICLE, I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT MY TRANSMISSION, BUT IT WAS A BAD COIL AND SPARK PLUG. THIS, OF COURSE, WAS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. I WAS CHARGED $443 FOR THIS. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING TO SEE WHAT GOES WRONG NEXT. AS I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 DAYS NOW.

AFTER A WEEK OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS PURCHASED FROM ENTERPRISE, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME OWN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY (WIFE AND YEAR TEN MONTH BABE). WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SCHEDULED AND APPOINTMENT. TURNS OUT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. GOT THAT FIX AND THEN WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME ON THE HIGHWAY MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS WELL. AT THE MOMENT THE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND WAITING TO GET MY CAR IN TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CHRYSLER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A NEW CAR, BUT I NEED TO GET TO WORK AND A BUS CAN'T GET ME THERE. I HOPE THIS IS A SMALL FIX AND I CAN HAVE MY AIRBAG SYSTEM WORKING AGAIN. I WOULD FEEL SAFE. I HAVE READ AND HEAR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF NEW OWNERS WITH THE THE ISSUES AND DEALERSHIPS REFUSING TO SERVICE THE WORK, EVEN ON CARS WITH 30,000 MILES. PLEASE HAVE THIS LOOKED AT OR INVESTIGATED, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE THAT HAD A TRAILER HITCH. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK PAINS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD AND INSPECTED BY A REPAIR FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TOWED TO BAY DODGE, 634 W 15TH ST, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401, 850-819-7615). THE MANUFACTURER SENT A TECHNICIAN WHO INDICATED THAT THE IMPACT DID NOT WARRANT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, STATED THAT THERE WERE NO AIR BAG RECALLS, AND DID NOT PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *BF *TR

SINCE I'VE BOUGHT THE CAR, UPON ACCELERATING, STOPPING, PRETTY MUCH DOING ANY DRIVING THE CAR WILL BUBBLE UNDER AND JERK AS IF YOU'RE MANUALLY SWITCHING SHIFTS. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE 2 YEARS I'VE OWNED THIS CAR AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO HELP BECAUSE THERE'S NO "CODE" THAT FINDS THE PROBLEM. MY CAR ALSO, WILL LOCK THE WHEEL WHILE I'M DRIVING, LOCK THE BRAKE AND GAS AND TURN COMPLETELY OFF AS IF THE BATTERY DIED AND I CAN'T PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR ANYTHING SINCE IT IS LOCKED. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED MY TO BE IN MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASHES. THE CAR IS NOW SHAKING AND STILL HAVING A BUBBLY FEEL UNDER THE CAR AS IF IT'S HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING UP WHILE I'M DRIVING.

"TAKATA RECALL" THE DASH BOARD IS FLASHING A MESSAGE THAT THIERS A ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAGS AND TO SCHEDULE A APPOINTMENT. THE MESSAGE WOULD FLASH DURING THE VEHICLE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY.

CAR KEEPS SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. CAR IS AT 36738 MILES. I WAS MID TURN AND CAR JUST CUT OFF AND SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GO AROUND CAR STALLED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. PUT CAR IN PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART 3 TIMES BEFORE IT CAME BACK ON.

MY CAR MAKES THIS LOUD NOISE WHEN THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE COOLANT METER REACHES ONE BAR ON THE SCREEN AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM BUT ITS NOT NORMAL. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME ITS NOT A PROBLEM THE CAR IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE THAT NOISE BUT I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE HIM. THAT NOISE IS VERY LOUD