2012 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

DRIVING AT NIGHT. NOTICED CAR WAS" WHINING" AND EMITTING BURNT PLASTIC ODOR. LIGHTS DIMMED. INFORMATION (EVIC) SCREEN REPORTED "BATTERY SAVER MODE". CHECKED CAR UPON ARRIVING HOME. BURNT ODOR FROM LOCATION OF ALTERNATOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER (J1 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR INCORPORATED, 591 S MAIN ST, LOMBARD, IL 60148, (630) 932-4427) AND THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY WAS 180 AMPS, IT WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE RELATED TO THE RECALL CONCERNING THE 160 AMP ALTERNATORS. IN ADDITION, A NEW RECALL WAS ISSUED: NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,172. UPDATED 08/31/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUNK RELEASE WAS MALFUNCTIONING AS WELL. *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN), 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER HAD BEEN UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME AND ASKED THE CONTACT TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER FOR LONGER THAN 2 DAYS WITH NO OPTION OF A LOANER VEHICLE. THE DEALER (DALLAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP,11550 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY, DALLAS, TX 75238, (214) 327-9361) DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

LIMITED EDITION 75TH ANNIVERSARY MOPAR. CONTINUALLY BLOWS THE 25 AMP FUSE FOR THE ACC, ANTI-SWAY, & AND SYSTEMS. ALTERNATOR HAS CAUGHT FIRE ON ON ONE OCCASSION. CHRYSLER EITHER DOESN'T CARE OR DOES NOT POSSESS THE EXPERTISE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. BATTERY & ALTERNATOR REPLACED AFTER FIRE. 4091 MILES LATER I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME BLOWN FUSE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER "INDEPENDANT" INVESTIGATOR FROM EAA (MIKE SOBIECKI) FILED REPORT TO CHRYSLER A FEW WEEKS AGO. NO CALL FROM CHRYSLER TO ME REGARDING THIS ISSUE (THERE IS A CHRYSLER CASE NUMBER ON THIS). I NEED HELP. I WORK OUT OF STATE AND I-VE ALREADY BROKE DOWN DURING INTERSTATE TRAVEL ON I-10.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, HE NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE WIRES AROUND THE ALTERNATOR WERE GLOWING RED. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WHITTEN BROTHERS OF ASHLAND (11409 WASHINGTON HWY, ASHLAND, VA 23005), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IN LAMONT, ILLINOIS WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE A WITH AN UNKNOWN CHRYSLER DEALER IN NEW YORK WHO STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

CAR HAD NO ISSUES. WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NO WHERE EVERYTHING IN CAR WAS FLICKERING ON AND OFF. SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING UP AND DOWN AND COULDN'T STEER CAR. THE SMELL WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS ON FIRE. THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO ISSUES BEFORE) BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THE BURNING AND SMOKE WAS WORSE. COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE IT HOME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM W THIS VEHICLE YET THIS VIN ISN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN CHRYSLER DEALER IN BRONX, NEW YORK WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ALTERNATOR WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. BATTERY WAS DRAINED BY ALTERNATOR HAD NO WARNING. I DRIVE TO WORK AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THAT ANYTHING WAS MALFUNCTIONING IN THE CAR. WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE WORK I COULDN'T I WAS NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET INTO THE CAR. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY THE NEXT DAY AND ALTERNATOR DRAINED THAT ONE TOO SO HAD TO GO GET THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING MY CHRYSLER 300 SHUT DOWN NO ELECTRICAL POWER UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK NO WARNING SIGNS AND STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. UNABLE TO USE HAZARD ALIGHTS AS WELL.