2010 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS FLAMES EMITTED OUT THE DASHBOARD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE THE CONTACT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN SENT OUT DUE TO THE PARTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE NOTICED FIVE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. UPDATED 11/06/15*LJ UPDATED 11/02/2017*CN

WHENEVER I MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC , THE ESP TRACTION COMES ON AND SLOWS MY CAR DOWN, THIS HAPPEN AT A LOW RATE IS SPEED, EVEN WHEN IT'S WET OR WHEN IT DRY, THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVERY TIME I MAKE A RIGHT, I THOUGHT IT'S ONLY SUPPOSE TO DO THIS WHEN IT'S RAINING AND IT HAS SLIPPERY ROADS, BUT IT FOUND IT ALL THE TIME. I'M AFRAID IT WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, BECAUSE OF HOW IT SLOWS MY VEHICLE DOWN. THANK YOU

ON THANKSGIVING 2012 , I WAS COMING BACK FROM OUT OF TOWN AND DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED A BIT OF SMOKE. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE NIGHT WAS COLD IT APPEARED AS IF SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, AFTER NOTICING THAT THE SMOKE GOT A BIG BIGGER, I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS FIRE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOOD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS. I ORDERED MY FAMILY INCLUDING MY 2 YEAR OLD BACK OUT OF THE CAR AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD EXPLODE. WE WAITED UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED BUT BY THEN THE FLAMES SUBSIDED. I WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR AND HALF IN THE COLD FOR AAA TO TOW MY CAR 154 MILES. I STILL HAVE THE RECEIPT FOR THE TOW UP TO THIS DAY. TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY SAID A PLUG WAS MISSING AND ENGINE OIL LEAKED OUT ON THE MUFFLER AND CAUSED THE FIRE. NEXT INCIDENT, CAR STARTED STALLING ON ME SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RE-PROGRAMMED (APRIL 2013). A WEEK AFTER GETTING THE COMPUTER FIXED, THE CAR STARTED STALLING AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. GOT THAT FIXED AND 3 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR STARTED STALLING AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. GOT THE BATTERY PUT IN AND THEN IN JUNE OF 2014, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON ME AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. I SMELLED SMOKE LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. AFTER GETTING INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSIS FROM THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MY ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. GOT THE ENGINE REBUILT AND AS OF SATURDAY JAN 24TH, 2015, CAR STARTED STALLING AGAIN BUT THIS TIME, ONLY WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS CAR! HELP! *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE RD IN CITY LIMITS WHEN LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT...CAR BUCKED THROUGH INTERSECTION BEFORE STALLING IN MIDDLE OF RD NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT... DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO DEALERSHIP WHILE STALLING AT EVERY LIGHT ON WAY THERE.. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS EGR TUBE SEAL REPLACED AS I STARTED TO DRIVE OFF LIGHTS CAME BACK ON ... NO FIX... SO THEN DEALER CHANGED MAP SENSOR SAID DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE COULD BE PROBLEM.. DRIVING HOME CAR STALLED AGAIN.. THE NEXT DAY WAS A HOLIDAY SO I GOT THE CAR HOME CALLED SERVICE THEY TOLD ME IT MAY BE LEARNING THE CAR AND TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE.. A WEEK LATER STILL STALLING EVERYDAY. CALLED SERVICE AND LEFT MESSAGE WITH NO RETURN CALL.. CAN NOT KEEP PAYING FOR RENTAL OR THEM TO TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW. I'VE HAD THIS CAR MAYBE 8 MOS AND HAD ALL SERVICE DONE ON IT... THIS IS RIDICULOUS! *TR

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2014, I WAS INVOLVED IN A MVA. A LADY FAILED TO YIELD AT THE STOP SIGN AND I T-BONED HER AS I PROCEEDING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. THE IMPACT TOTAL MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY BUT NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THE ACCIDENT BUT THIS HAS MADE ME HESITANT ABOUT PURCHASING ANY CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP VEHICLES. I WAS TOLD BY MY ATTORNEY THAT SINCE THERE WEREN'T ANY MAJOR CATASTROPHE'S AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE AIRBAGS WOULD COST TO MUCH MONEY FOR THE FIRM. I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE HOW INVALUABLE THEIR LIVES ARE WHEN WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON MANUFACTURERS PRODUCTS. A PERSON HAS TO LOOSE A LIMB OR DIE IN ORDER FOR AN ATTORNEY TO DO WHAT THEY ARE GETTING PAID FOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER 300. WHETHER DRIVING OR PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LINE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE FUEL TANK ON FOUR OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM CARMAX. THE NEXT DAY AFTER PURCHASE I EXPERIENCED JOLTS WITH ACCELERATING OR COMING TO A STOP. IT SEEM TO WORSEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT 30 DEGREES. BY WARMING THE CAR IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEM, BUT STILL OCCURRED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST THREE TIMES, THEY CLAIM TO FIND NO ISSUE. ONCE THEY DID A PCM/TCM SOFTWARE UPDATE, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I EVEN INFORMED TO CHECK THE CONVERTER, BUT CHRYSLER FAILED TO DO IT. NOW HERE WE ARE AND THE TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING THE PROBLEMS IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS FAILING TO ADMIT. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN SINCE THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING. THE CAR ONLY HAVE ABOUT 35000 MILES ON IT. MY PREVIOUS 2007 CHRYSLER 300 PERFORMED LIKE A DREAM COMPARED TO THE NEW MODEL THAT I HAVE. I WISH CHRYSLER WILL STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I KNOW THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ANOTHER OCCASION, THE SMELL OF SMOKE AND CRACKING SOUNDS OF FIRE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES WITHIN A MONTH AND A HALF. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT RED LIGHT VEHICLE RPMS DROPPED ALMOST TURNED OFF. CAR WOULDNT ACCELERATE AT NORMAL RATE OF SPEED AND THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT AND THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNSTABLE FEELING LIKE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND ITS KINDA SCARY. *TR

2010 CHRYSLER 300. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIRE LUG NUTS SAFETY ISSUE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE TIRES COULD NOT BE ROTATED, BECAUSE THERE WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE LUG NUTS. THE LUG NUTS ON HIS MODEL VEHICLE, HAD A DOME PLACED OVER THEM WHICH IN TIME, WOULD SWELL CAUSING THE THREADING IN THE LUG NUT TO DISSOLVE. THE MECHANIC STATED THE LUG NUTS WERE AT THE STAGE OF DESPAIR. *JB