2012 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20 MPH AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,200. UDATED 07/26/16*LJ.....UPDATED 08/01/16 *BF CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CEASED TO ACCELERATE ON A BUSY STREET. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT EVERY SENSOR IN THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING, WHICH CAUSED DEALER TO BE UNABLE TO ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. CONSUMER NOTED CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE ON 2015 CHRYSLER 200 MODEL. UPDATED 06/13/18*JB

MY CAR HEATING SYSTEM ONLY HEAT HALF OF THE CAR AND YOU CAN SMELL ANTIFREEZE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. THE PASSENGER FROM WINDOW HAS STOP WORKING, IT WILL COME DOWN BUT WANT GO UP. AND THE TWO WINDOWS IN THE BACK IS TRYING TO STOP WORKING. I JUST GOT THIS CAR ON 11/01/2015 WITH ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT.

WHILE ON THE FREEWAY IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN MOTION AND STAY IN UPWARD POSITION AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. FREEZE UP OF WIPERS IS INTERMITTENT. WIPERS DO NOT ALWAYS RESPOND TO OFF POSITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY, THE RPM GAUGE INCREASED FROM 0-4, AND THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE ACTUAL SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

THE DEFROSTER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. NO MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE OR FAN ARE SET AT. THUS MAKING VISIBILITY WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FOGS UP VERY POOR. BY THE RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE IT IS BECAUSE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS PIN HOLE LEAKS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE RADIATOR INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE AFFECTED PART THEY PUT A STOP LEAK FORMULA IN THE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS WAS AN IMPROPER PRODUCT AND CAUSED A SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH IRREPARABLY DESTROYED THE HEATER CORE. IN ADDITION TO THE DEFROSTER PROBLEM HOT AIR ONLY COMES OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE VENTS WHILE COLS AIR COMES OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V282000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE GEAR WAS PLACED INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THROUGH A WALL. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TOWED TO GEICO. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

DEAR SIR/ MADAM: 11-08-15 A FIRE OCCURRED AT MY HOUSE WHICH WAS LOCATED AT [XXX], ON THE ABOVE DATE, I PARKED MY 2012 CHRYSLER 200 IN THE GARAGE AND WENT TO BED. APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR AFTER RETIRING, I WAS AWAKENED BY A LOUD EXPLOSION AND MY NEIGHBORS BEATING ON MY FRONT DOOR TO AWAKEN ME AND MY 21 YEAR OLD GRANDSON. HE ALSO WAS SLEEPING IN ANOTHER BEDROOM. WHEN BOTH OF US ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE THROUGH THE KITCHEN/GARAGE ENTRANCE, WE WERE MET MY HEAVY BELLOWING GREY AND BLACK SMOKE THAT PREVENTED OUR EXIT AND ALMOST OVERWHELMED US. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, I AM YET SUFFERING FROM THE SHOCK AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. BECAUSE OF DEALING WITH FLASHBACKS, NIGHTMARES, INTERMITTENT WAVES OF NERVOUSNESS, DEEP SADNESS, FEELINGS OF GRIEF/LOSS, PERIODIC CONFUSION, DIGESTION ISSUES, AND NUMEROUS FINANCIAL CONCERNS, I AM IN PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WRITE THIS LETTER UNTIL NOW. EVEN NOW, A FRIEND IS ASSISTING ME WITH COMPLETING THIS COMMUNICATION. THIS IS THE SECOND CONTACT I HAVE HAD WITH YOUR CORPORATION. THE FIRST WAS THE MORNING AFTER THE FIRE, WHEN MY SON CALLED ON MY BEHALF FROM HIS CELL PHONE. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OF THIS PARTICULAR CHRYSLER 200, HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS TANK AND IGNITION SYSTEMS THAT WERE BUILT BETWEEN MARCH AND NOVEMBER OF 2012. PLEASE UNDERSTAND. I LOST MY HOUSE, 23 LONG YEARS' WORTH OF CHERISHED BELONGINGS, AND THE CAR I RECENTLY PURCHASED. I LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE. I DECIDED THAT,I WOULD RATHER INITIALLY CONTACT CHRYSLER DIRECTLY. MY HOPE IS THAT CHRYSLER WILL UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AND DO THE RIGHT THING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EXPENSIVE ATTORNEYS. [XXX] HTTPS://ONEDRIVE.LIVE.COM/REDIR?RESID=CEBFB7D86D50E64D!750&AUTHKEY=!AALIPDBQWPWSZE8&ITHINT=FOLDER%2C INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TAKATA RECALL: THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT THAT CAUSES THE CAR TO DECELERATE RANDOMLY, IN COMBINATION WITH A TICKING SOUND THAT COMES FROM THE AIR BAG AREA OF THE GLOVE BOX THAT IS EXACERBATED BY THE AC AND THE HEAT BEING TURNED ON. I FEEL THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS THERE IS NO OPEN RECALL ON THESE COMPONENTS. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO ME ON THE EXPRESSWAY TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON ME AFTER MAKING A BRIEF STOP IN TRAFFIC. AND THEN AGAIN WHILE ACTUALLY DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY IT SHUT OFF ON ME AFTER A STOP SIGN. ABSOLUTELY NO PRIOR WARNINGS WERE GIVEN OF ANY PROBLEMS. NOW THE CK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITANTLY. THE STOPS CAUSE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. (BUSY CITY STREET).