2015 CHRYSLER 200 Complaints

MY OIL WAS RECENTLY CHANGED 2/28/2019, THE OIL IS 3 MONTHS OLD AND I'VE ONLY DRIVE 2,133 MILES SINCE. MY CAR TAKES FULL SYNTHETIC OIL AND SHOULD LAST FOR 6,000 MILES. I CHECKED IT TODAY 6/12/2019 AND MY CAR TELLS ME I HAVE 66% LEFT AND I DO NOT I NEED TO GET A OIL CHANGED EVEN BEFORE HITTING 3,000 MILES BECAUSE THERE IS NONE LEFT. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE HAPPEN 3/4 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS. A FEW MONTHS BACK I GOT THIS CHECKED OUT BY MY MECHANIC AND EVEN A SECOND MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THAT THE PISTONS RINGS ON MY CAR ARE BAD AND IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, THERE IS NO LEAK ETC. SO MY CAR CONSTANTLY RUNS OUT OF OIL BEFORE ITS TIME TO CHANGE IT AND IS CAUSING MY CAR TO CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND EITHER CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES OR GET RID OF THE CAR. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR THE CAR TO CONTINUOUSLY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IT. SO I AM REPORTING THIS PROBLEM I'VE HAD FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH HOPES FOR A SOLUTION

MY HUSBAND GOT WAS LEAVING WORK TODAY 6/12/19 AND PULL OUT FROM HIS JOB TO ENTER TRAFFIC BUT ONCE HE WAS STRAIGHT IN THE LANE THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN SO HE HAD TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION TO TRY AND GET BACK STARTED WHICH TOOK ABOUT 5 MINS OF THE CAR WINDING BEFORE IT STARTED. SO WHEN HE GOT HOME I HAD TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SUMMER CAMP AND AS SOON AS I MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE STREET AND ACCERALTED THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND TOOK ABOUT 15 MINS IN A HIGHLY TRAFFIC AREA BEFORE IT RESTARTED BUT NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS STUCK ON AND A WARNING ENGINE WAIT LIGHT ALSO CAME ON BEFORE THE CAR STARTED

THERE IS OFTEN A SIGNIFICANT DELAY WITH ENGAGING DRIVE AFTER REVERSING AND COMING TO A FULL STOP. THERE IS SUCH A DELAY SUCH AS THE USUAL SLIGHT INCREASE IN ACCELERATION EXPECTED AND NEEDED TO DRIVE FORWARD THAT WHEN DRIVE FINALLY KICKS IN IT CLUNKS AND JERKS UNTIL IT STARTS MOVING FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN, MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES. THE SHIFTING ALSO SEEMS JERKY SOMETIMES WHILE IN DRIVE WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS. I SUSPECT SOFTWARE ISSUES OF SHIFT POINTS PERHAPS OR JUST BAD COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT COMMUNICATE TO MAKE THE SHIFTS OCCUR AT THE RIGHT TIMES. I MADE AN ACTUAL REPORT TO CHRYSLER WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO AT THE SAME TIME I REPORTED THE ISSUE WITH THE SPEED CONTROL NOT SHUTTING OFF (WHICH IS AN ACTIVE RECALL BUT THEY SAY OUR CAR DOESN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM AND IS NOT RECALLABLE) BUT NOT SURE THEY MADE NOTE OF IT IN MY VIN FILE. I AM GOING TO CALL THEM AGAIN TO SEE WHAT THE PERSON SHOWS IN THEIR NOTES...

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. I'VE REPORTED THIS BEFORE AND CHRYSLER INSISTS OUR VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM NOR IT IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. PROBLEM ALWAYS OCCURS WHILE SPEED CONTROL IS ON AND GOING DOWNHILL. THE RPM'S WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING DOWN TO WAY TOO LOW OF A GEAR. OFTEN RPM'S WILL RACE NEAR 5000+ AND THE SCARIEST PART IS WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES THE SPEED CONTROL DOES NOT RELEASE. I HAVE BEEN THE ONE DRIVING WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED ON HALF A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES. RECENTLY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONE AND EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN SHE QUICKLY APPROACHED A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND THE SPEED CONTROL WOULD NOT RELEASE. SHE HAS BLADDER ISSUES AND PEE'D HER PANTS, LITERALLY. LUCKILY SHE HAS BEEN IN THE VEHICLE BEFORE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED AND SHE THOUGHT QUICKLY TO MOVE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKE WHICH RELEASED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND ALLOWED HER TO GET HER COMPOSURE BACK. IT WAS A CLOSE AND SCARY CALL FOR HER. AGAIN, WE HAVE REPORTED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND CHRYLSER SAYS OUR CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, WHICH IS A SIMPLE SOFTWARE UPGRADE WHICH THEY HAVE AND DOESN'T COST THEM MUCH FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO APPLY. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON MAY 18, 2019.

FIRST PROBLEM: THE CAR STALLS AND/OR DIES WHILE DRIVING. IT DID THIS WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND SHE HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. I MANAGED TO GET IT STARTED AND DRIVE IT HOME BUT IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT (?) WERE ALL ON. SECOND PROBLEM: THERE IS A MESSAGE TO SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM COMES ON. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WIT THE SAME PROBLEM. ON THE YELLOW WIRE BOX UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, THERE WAS A BLACK LATCH (?) THAT CLICKED WHEN I SQUEEZED. THE MESSAGE WENT AWAY.

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED GOING DOWN A STEEPER GRADE ON I-81 THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT. I HAVE TO STOMP THE BRAKE OR CANCEL CRUISE CONTROL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM STEERING COLUMN. CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 65 MPH AND SPEED INCREASED TO ~75 MPH. THIS HAPPENS AT THIS SAME POINT ON THE HIGHWAY EVERY TIME I GO THRU THERE. SCARY!!!!

THE CAR JUST RANDOMLY CUTS ON AND OFF I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TO PEP BOYS AND THEY SAID IT WAS JUST A BATTERY ISSUE I HAVE A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN MY CAR AND IT STILL IS DOING IT

THE CAR DIES SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING IT WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HAD TO REACH UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD TO RELEASE THE BRAKE AND REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE FOR 15 MINUTES IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH BLACKBURN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2135 N FRONTAGE ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180, (601) 636-2766) AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT. I HAD TO STOMP THE BREAK TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM STEERING COLUMN. CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH AND SPEED INCREASED TO 75 MPH.