2014 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

IT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING ..WITHOUT NO WARNING LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THERES ANY PROBLEM.. THE BATTERY VOLTAGE IS GOOD AND MY ALTERNATOR IS GOOD AS WELL . IT SHUT OFF ON ME MORE THAN THREE TIMES.

ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINTS (AHRS) ON DRIVER'S SEAT DEPLOYED SPONTANEOUSLY. SOME BROKEN PLASTIC PARTS FELL OUT. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN THE CAR AND NOTICED ONLY WHEN NECK GOT UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE SITTING.

2014 CHRYSLER 200 126K MILES SEPT. 8, 2020 SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. HEARD A LOUD NOISE LIKE A TIRE BLOWING OUT. YET DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING. IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE OUTSIDE AND FOUND NOTHING AMISS. ENTERED VEHICLE ON DRIVERS SIDE AND LOOKED OVER AND SAW PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST HAD DEPLOYED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. REWIND TO NOVEMBER 2019 SAME CAR AT 120K MILES. SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE PARKED AND ENGINE OFF. KEY NOT EVEN IN THE IGNITION. SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY HEAD WAS THROWN FORWARD IN A VERY FAST MOTION. LOOKED UP TO SEE IF I HAD BEEN REARENDED SOMEHOW AND NOT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN SIGHT. GOT OUT OF THE CAR HAD A LOOK AND FOIND NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WALKED BACK TO THE CAR AND NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATS HEADREST HAD EXPLODED THUS CAUSING THE LOUD NOISE AND MY HEAD TO FLY FORWARD. I HAVE SEEN OTHER PAST MAKE AND MODELS FOR CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP HAVE RECALLS ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT 2013. HOW IS THIS STILL AN ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET , AGAIN? THIS IS SERIOUSLY CONCERNING. WHAT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED? WHAT IF I HAD ONE OF MY TEENAGERS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR A PASSENGER FOR THAT MATTER.

WHILE I AM DRIVING MY CAR, MY CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF. I CAN BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 75 AND MY CAR WILL JUST DEAD STOP. I LOSE POWER IN MY STEERING WHEEL, MY BRAKES STOP WORKING. YOU CAN'T EVEN PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL TURN BACK ON WHEN I TRY, OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. ITS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR IVE HAD THIS CAR. NOBODY CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHY.

CAR WILL JUST RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHILE THE CAR IS CRUISING, ACCELERATING, OR DECELERATING. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS, SOUNDS, OR VISUAL CUES TO INDICATE ANY SORT OF PROBLEM. IN ADDITION TO THE ENGINE, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKE ASSIST WILL ALSO SHUT DOWN. AFTER THE STALL: IT DOESN'T TRIGGER ANY ERROR CODES FOR AN OBD-II READER, MEANING TECHNICIANS WONT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WILL DO THIS AT ALL SPEEDS, EVEN ON THE HIGH WAY, OR PLACES THAT MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PULL OFF. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE AND WANTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO A SPARE, BUT FOUND THAT NO AMOUNT OF TORQUE WOULD LOOSEN THE LUG NUTS. AFTER TRYING TWO DIFFERENT LUG WRENCHES, I ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER I HAD A WARRANTY WITH FOR THE TIRE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT ALL OF THE LUGNUTS ON THE TIRE WERE DEFECTIVE (AND LATER ADDED THAT ALL OF THE OTHER LUGNUTS ON THE CAR WERE AS WELL). THEIR DEFECT IS THAT THEY HAVE A NON FERROUS (TIN?) COATING ON THEM THAT SHEARS OFF WHEN TORQUE IS APPLIED. THE LUGNUTS ATTACHING THE TIRE / WHEEL HAD TO BE HAMMERED OFF TO BE REMOVED. I HAVE SINCE HAD ALL OF THESE LUGNUTS REPLACED (EXCEPT FOR ONE) AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I BELIEVE IT I HAD BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN I ENCOUNTERED THE FLAT AND THE DEFECTIVE LUGNUTS, IT WOULD HAVE PUT ME AT PERSONAL RISK WHILE TRYING DESPERATELY TO REMOVE THEM - NOT TO MENTION THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TRYING TO DO SO. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT "NO ONE WAS AT FAULT" FOR THE DEFECTIVE LUGNUTS. I TOOK EXCEPTION TO THIS, BEING OF THE OPINION THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE LUGNUTS WAS VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.

CAR DELIVERED AND PURCHASED FROM MCCLUSKY CHEVROLET, [email protected], CINCINNATI, OH TO FARRAGUT, TN ON 02/25/2020 IN EXCELLENT DRIVEABILITY CONDITION. CAR PERFOMANCE WAS EXCELLENT, DRIVEN DAILY UNTIL 03/03/2020 AND ALWAYS RETURNED TO HOME GARAGE. WHEN STARTED THE MORNING OF 03/04/2020, THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY RACED TO 4000 RPM IN NEUTRAL. TAPPING THE BRAKE LOWERED THE IDLE TO 1200 RPM, NOT THE NORMAL 850 (APPROXIMATE). I BACKED THE OUT OF THE GARAGE UPHILL INTO THE STREET. WHEN ENGAGED IN DRIVE THE MOMENT OF STARTING ACCELERATION THE CAR GENTLY ACCELERATE ITSELF WITH MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR TO ABOUT 40 MPH IN 1/4 MILE. TAPPING THE BRAKE STOPPED THE ACCELERATION AND THE CAR THROTTLE RETURNED TO ABOUT 1200 RPM. AFTER BRAKING TO A STOP, I STARTED TO DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND THE CAR AGAIN ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. WITH MULTIPLE BRAKES TAPS, I RETURNED THE CAR INTO THE DRIVE WAY. THE NEXT DAY, AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE RPM AGAIN RACED TO 4000. TAPPING THE BRAKE RETURNED THE RPM TO 1200, SIMILAR TO A CRUISE CONTROL RETURN. IN ALL CASES THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT TURNED ON AND CYCLING THE CRUISE BUTTON ON AND OFF HAD NO EFFECT. CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT BE INVOLVED. I DID AN ACCUTRON CODE READ AND NO CODES RETURNED. NO ATTEMPT TO TRY TO FIX OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM WAS MADE. CAR NEEDS TO BE ANALYZED BY NHTSA, NOT JUST REPAIRED. IT IS HAZARDOUS. I USED TO TEACH PHYSICS AND HAVE PERFORMED MOST MAJOR CAR REPAIRS SINCE 1960. I WISH TO KEEP THIS CHRYSLER 200 S RETRACTABLE CONVERTIBLE. IT WILL STAY IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL ANALYZED BY NHTSA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 43 MPH, THE DRIVE SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD HOWEVER, NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND CALLED 911 WHOM ADVISED HIM TO CALL HIS AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY AND A DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED HE CALLED HIS INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN UNKNOWN KIA DEALER IN LUMBERTON, NC WHOM OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 129,000.

ENCOUNTERED A FLAT TIRE (OBSERVED WHEN DRIVING) AND WHEN I WENT TO TAKE THE WHEEL / TIRE OFF TO PUT ON THE SPARE, FOUND I COULD NOT LOOSEN THE LUG NUTS WITH A VARIETY OF LUG WRENCHES THAT WERE TRIED. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER AND WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS HAD TO BE HAMMERED OFF THE WHEEL AND REPLACED. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS ON THE REMAINING WHEELS / TIRES WERE IN THE SAME CONDITION. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT IT, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS "NOBODY'S FAULT" THAT THIS HAPPENED TO THE LUG NUTS. I DISAGREE - AND SUBMIT THAT IT WAS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE LUG NUTS THAT WAS "AT FAULT". I READ ABOUT A SIMILAR INCIDENT INVOLVING FORD VEHICLES THAT WAS ON THE VERGE OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT, BUT THEN DISMISSED. APPARENTLY THE OUTSIDE COATING (ALUMINUM?) ON THE LUG NUTS SHEARS OFF WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED. I AM LOOKING FOR COMPENSATION FOR HAVING TO REPLACE THESE, ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE FACTORY RECALL.

THE CAR HAS A TICKING BY THE RIGHT SIDE I REPORTED THIS TO MEINKE AND THEY LET THE WARRANTY EXPIRE WITH SILVERCREST BUT ITS NOTED IN MY 30 DAY WARRANTY WITH DRIVE TIME.