2006 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

CAR OVERHEATED AND I SHUT IT OFF. TRIED TO START IT AFTER IT COOLED DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT START. CHECKED CYLINDERS FOR COMPRESSION AND FOUND 6 WITH O COMPRESSION SO SEEMS TO BE A VALVE SEAT FAILURE.

WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT WHEN PUT ON A RACK AND ADDING FLUID UNNECESSARILY THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE DID A TRANSMISSION SERVICE RUNS GREAT BUT THERE IS STILL WATER IN TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE IT IS STRAWBERRY COLOR CAR WAS DROVE TWO MILES WITH FLUID IN TRANSMISSION.

CAME HOME FROM WORK PARKED MY CAR. TEN FIFTEEN MIN LATER I TRIED TO GO TO THE STORE, CAR STARTED & DIED WOULD NOT RESTART. HALF AN HOUR LATER I GOT IT STARTED, BUT IT MAKE A CRUNCHING NOISE & RAN WITH A MISS FIRE. I LIMPED IT TO MY MECHANIC, THE CAR WAS BLOWING OIL SMOKE OUT THE TAILPIPES LIKE I HAD OVERFILLED IT. MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE VALVE SEAT ON # 6 CYLINDER HAD DROPPED RUINING BOTH PLUG, CYLINDER HEAD & PISTON. AFTER HE TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS, LOOKS LIKE ANY 5.7 HEMI & OTHER MOTORS MADE BEFORE 2009 CAN BE EFFECTED. I'VE TRIED TALKING TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS ISSUE & WHEN THE HEAR MY CAR WAS NOT @ A DEALER I WAS STONEWALLED.

GEAR SHIFTER ON MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GOT STUCK IN PARK ON 6/25/17 AT ABOUT 98,400 MILES. LUCKILY CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A K39 RECALL RELATING TO THIS SAME GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THAT RECALL ONLY COVERED THE 2005-2007 300 LX MODELS, NOT THE 300C MODEL. HERE IS LINK TO RECALL LETTER: HTTP://WWW.WKJEEPS.COM/MISC/LX/TSB_300C_FORUMS/CSN_K39.PDF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT TO NOT INCLUDE THE 300C MODELS IF IT HAD THE SAME POORLY DESIGNED PINK PLASTIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK AS THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR SHIFTER BEING STUCK IN PARK. I FOUND A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON HOW TO TEMPORARILY GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK GEAR WITH A SCREWDRIVER. AND ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK THEMSELVES. WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THESE YOUTUBE VIDEOS, THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD INDICATION THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME CHRYSLER MODELS. BUT WHY DID THEY NOT RECALL THE 2005-2007 300C MODELS??? HERE ARE LINKS TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS: 1) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OXTDOGVON1W, 2) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PRORQDFJCP4, 3) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7CD6OCITJ3K

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE 171 CHRYSLER DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 09/06/17*LJ UPDATED 09/14/2017*JS

I WAS GETTING OFF WORK. STOPPED BY MY BARBERSHOP TO GET A HAIRCUT, THAN PLANNED ON HEADING HOME. BUT I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE TO PICK UP A FEW THINGS BEFORE I GOT HOME. I WAS IN THE STORE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE WAS RUNNING GREAT. NO OVER HEATING ISSUE OR NOTHING. TEMP GAUGE WAS AT IT NORMAL OPERATION TEMP. I'M OUT OF THE STORE IN THE CAR TRYING TO START IT UP. BUT GETTING NOTHING. BUT WHEN IT DOES START I HEAR ALOT OF ENGINE NOISE. SO I SHUT IT DOWN AND HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOME. HAD A FRIEND OF MINES WHO WORKS ON CARS COME CHECK IT OUT. THAN HE TELLS ME I NEED A NEW MOTOR DUE TO VALVE SEAT HAD DROPPED.

FOR THE YEAR EVERY TIME I FILL MY CAR UP WITH GAS THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING FUEL SMELL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. THE SMELL IS SO BAD THAT WE ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN IN ORDER TO BREATH FOR AT LEAST 4DAYS. IT IS NOW 115 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND IF THE AIR IS ON, MY KIDS AND I GET NAUSEOUS. I TOOK IT INTO 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE SMELL IS EVIDENT BEING STATIONARY AND MOVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, IT TOOK A WEEK BEFORE THE VEHICLE BECAME OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER, BUT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 197,296.

MODULE TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED IN MY CAR WHICH HAVE ONLY 51661 MILES THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM IN THESE CARS CAUSING THEM NOT TO SHIFT AND I COULD ONLY GO 20MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS CHARGED $1919.58 FOR REPAIRS. MY TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED IN OCT.2016 . I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE LOSE THERE LIFE. THE PROBLEM COMES WITH NO WARNING. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. ON A CITY STREET.

THERE IS A RECALL #K39 ISSUED BY CHRYSLER FOR 2005 TO 2007 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK AND MY VEHICLE IS STUCK IN PARK AS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL STATES BUT CHRYSLER MAINTAINS IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM