2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY FROM MICHIGAN TO NEBRASKA CAR WAS MAKING LOUD NOISES FROM SUSPENSION/TIRE AREA AND TOOK CAR INTO REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION BEFORE DRIVING ANY FURTHER. WAS TOLD THAT CAR HAD 4 BLOWN OUT STRUTS AND FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BEARING. THEY SAID THIS WAS UNUSUAL SINCE THE CAR ONLY HAD AROUND 47,000 MILES ON IT AND A NEWER VEHICLE FOR SUCH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND TOLD MUST REPAIR AS CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. REPAIR WAS $2,000 FOR PARTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BAD ON A CAR UNDER 50,000 MILES. SEARCHING VEHICLE ONLINE AND SAW THAT CHRYSLER HAD RECALLED 700,000 OF THE SAME MAKE/MODEL IN 2015 FOR FAULTY/DEFECTIVE STRUTS AND FRONT WHEEL BEARING. I CHECKED MY VIN AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS LISTED. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT 700,000 VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THE VERY SAME ISSUE WE HAD WITH OUR CAR FOR THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY ONLY SAID MY VIN DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS AND I COULD REPORT IT ON THIS WEBSITE. THIS IS NOT RIGHT THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND ALSO SHOULD NOT BE OUR FAULT TO REPLACE ON A NEWER VEHICLE IF THE PARTS WERE KNOWN TO BE BAD. I HAVE ALSO SEEN OTHER RECALLS LISTED FOR SAME YEAR/MAKE/MODEL WITH TRANSMISSION WHICH ONCE AGAIN OUR VEHICLE HAS SYMPTOMS YET NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL EITHER. IT SEEMS LIKE AN ERROR HAS BEEN MADE HERE AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2020, I NOTICED THAT MY STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN SUDDENLY AND MY GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE MUCH AND IT WOULDN'T STOP PROPERLY. SOME LIGHTS LIT UP ON MY DASH BOARD. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE SHOP A FEW DAYS LATER. THE MECHANIC HOOKED MY CAR TO A MACHINE AND NOTHING WAS REALLY SHOWING. HE DID SOMETHING TO RESET MY DASHBOARD ALERTS AND SAID THAT IF IT CONTINUED TO BRING IT BACK. IT DID CONTINUE, SO HE ORDERED NEW COILS FOR MY CAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK IN ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 FOR REPAIR. THE MECHANIC RECHECKED MY CAR AND HE FOUND METAL FLAKES IN THE OIL THAT HE DRAINED FROM MY TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THAT IS NOT NORMAL FOR REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR.

FIRST I RECEIVED THE WHEEL SENSOR WARNING. THEN THE AIR BAG WARNING. THEN A VAPE LEAK ISSUE, AND NOW MY DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING COMPLETELY OUT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT SPEED. MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. MY VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS ELECTRICAL ISSUE OCCURS. I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH A HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE, AND DRIVING STRAIGHT DURING THE BLACKOUT. IT HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE MAY BE RELATED TO THIS RECALL: CHRYSLER (FCA US LLC) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2015 CHRYSLER 200 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED JANUARY 7, 2014, TO SEPTEMBER 23, 2014. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY HAVE A POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER (PDC) ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR THAT MAY CAUSE INTERMITTENT POWER FAILURES TO CERTAIN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.

THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO ERROR CODES, NOTHING. I WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR SHUT OFF REQUESTING THAT I PLACE IT IN PARK. SOMETIMES IT WILL START BACK UP SOMETIMES IT TAKES DAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON OVER 15 OCCASIONS

THE TIMP IS NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO START. BATTERY IS FULL JUICE BUT WONT START BUT WILL JUMPSTART AND BE OK FOR A DAY OR TWO. CENTER SCREEN TAKES FOREVER TO COME ON

THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ME DRIVING. I'VE COME CLOSE TO GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND ON MANY OCCASIONS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. I AM A NERVOUS WRECK EVERYTIME I HAVE TO DRIVE MY CAR IT GIVES NO WARNING, IT JUST CUTS OFF.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED HARSH AND ERRATIC SHIFTING IN LOW SPEEDS AND GEARS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. I WAS TOLD IN THE TEST DRIVE IT WAS THE NEW GENERATION TRANSMISSION LEARNING MY DRIVING STYLE. AFTER TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER A FEW WEEKS LATER, THEY SAID THE SAME THING, THAT IT WAS A "LEFT FOOT SHIFT" (WHATEVER THAT IS) AND STILL LEARNING HOW I DRIVE BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID A TCM AND PCM UPDATE. THIS DID NOT HELP. IT HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED ODD SHIFTING PROBLEMS WHEN IN SPORT MODE USING THE PADDLE SHIFTERS. WHEN YOU ARE IN 3RD AND GO TO UPSHIFT INTO 4TH, IT DOWN SHIFTS INTO 2ND! SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED ON CURVERY ROADS WHERE A DOWNSHIFT AT THAT SPEED COULD THROW YOU OFF. FAST FORWARD A YEAR LATER ALL THE WHILE IT IS STILL SHIFTING HARD AND HAVING ISSUES WITH THE PADDLE SHIFT MODE, I AM NOW GETTING A "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" AND "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" CODE IN THE DASH IN ADDITION TO THE ENGINE LIGHT POPPING UP AND THE CAR NOT GOING INTO GEAR VIA THE ELECTRONIC SHIFT KNOB. THIS ISSUE HAS LEFT ME STRANDED FROM TIMES RANGING FROM 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR. WHILE A CASE IS STILL ONGOING WITH CHRYSLER, I HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION TO BE NOTED. THIS CAR WAS A PART OF THE RECALL R08 (TRANSAXLE PARK ROD), R24 (POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR), AND S55 (TRANSAXLE RANGE SENSOR WIRE HARNESS), WHICH WERE ALL REPAIRED. I AM NOW A YEAR OUT OF POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WITH THIS 2015 CHRYSLER 200S THAT HAS 96,500 MILES ON IT. HOWEVER, I HAVE PAPERWORK (WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED) THAT I TRIED TO HAVE THIS CAR FIXED BEFORE THE POWERTRAIN WAS UP BUT INSTEAD I WAS SENT ON MY WAY. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT IT HAS A "CLUTCH PACK FAILURE" WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION. INTERESTINGLY, ONCE YOU GET IT INTO GEAR, IT DRIVES JUST FINE. BUT WHOSE TO SAY IT WON'T JUST QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE COASTED DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE POWER STEERING INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO THE SHOULDER. THE CONTACT WAITED FIVE MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GETTING THE RESIDENCE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED OR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,730.

VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF THE LAST TWO MORNINGS WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. MESSAGE SCREEN SAYS TO SHIFT TO PARK TO START.

I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT THE PASSANGER SIDE INTERIOR OF THE CAR IS SOAKED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE NOW AND I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE LIQUID IS COMING FROM. IT GETS SOAKED FROM THE FRONT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.