2018 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

TAKATA RECALL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT 70 MPH SPEED AND IMPACT. CAR WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY UNTIL IT RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT. *DT *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SWERVED OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO TWO TREES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE STATE POLICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. *DT*JB

SPEED-SENSITIVE POWER STEERING APPEARS TO BIND AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY OFFRAMP. DELICATELY APPLYING FORCE TOWARD DESIRED DIRECTION WILL REENGAGE STEERING BUT CARE MUST BE TAKEN NOT TO OVERCOMPENSATE AND FORCE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED IN ORDER TO MAKE OR CONTINUE DESIRED TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ABS MALFUNCTIONED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE CRASH, THE BACK-UP CAMERA FAILED AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO START THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY TO THE SHIN BONE FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE'S DATA RECORDER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAILURE REPORT. NAPLES DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 6381 AIRPORT-PULLING RD, NAPLES, FL 34109, (239) 594-2100) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ISSUED CASE NUMBER: CAIR35003857. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 CHRYSLER 300. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE GEAR, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAC HAIK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (3207 S GENERAL BRUCE DR, TEMPLE, TX 76504, 254-773-4556) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NEW; THEREFORE, THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE THE SOURCE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,400.