2007 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE SHIFTER COULD NOT BE SWITCHED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INTERLOCK SHIFT LATCH FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

ON YESTERDAY I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AFTER PICKING UP MY SEVEN YEAR OLD SON FROM SCHOOL PUT MY CAR INTO PARK AND THE EXHAUST FAN EXPLORED. THE BLADES HIT THE RADIATOR SO HARD IT PUT A HOLE IN IT. THE FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR POURED OUT ONTO THE DRIVE. ALL I COULD DO WAS SIT AND THANK GOD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE DAY BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFT LOCK IN THIS SAME CAR AS IT WAS STRUCK IN PARK. WHAT'S NEXT????? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE TWO PROBLEMS BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED. CLEARLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL THESE CARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE AND BECAME STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND GO INTO ANY GEAR. STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SHIFT INNER LOCK LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,184.

PARKED AND LOCKED VEHICLE IN PUBLIC LOT. WHEN LEAVING CAR STARTED BUT WAS LOCKED IN PARK. DETERMINED PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY PINK TAB IN SHIFTER. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 2007 CHRYSLER 300 IN 2008. IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 86,000 MILES ON IT. BEFORE IT REACHED 100,000 MILES THE PROBLEMS HAD ALREADY STARTED. FIRST THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS AND ANOTHER LIGHT LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY PANEL CAME ON. MY CAR WAS LOCKING ME OUT AT ANY MOMENT. FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY FAULT BUT IT HAPPENED TWICE TO ME WHILE MY CAR WAS RUNNING AND MY KEYS IN THE IGNITION!! WELL, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, " I KNOW I DIDN'T HIT THE LOCK BUTTON BEFORE I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, SO WHEN IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME I WENT HOME AND SIT IN MY GARAGE AND I SAT AND WATCHED. ALL OF SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ALL BY ITSELF AND ON THE OUTSIDE WITH MY KEYS WATCHING THIS THINKING "I WAS RIGHT"!!!! WELL NOT ONLY WAS THE CAR ACTING CRAZY, IT STARTED ACTING UP WHEN I PULL OUT OF ANY ROAD LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO, AND I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, "I AM EVENTUALLY GOING TO GET RAN OVER BECAUSE MY CAR WONT GO!!!! DURING THESE INCIDENTS THE ABS AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WOULD COME ON THEN GO OFF AND COME BACK ON AGAIN. I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO. CERTAIN TIMES GOING DOWN THE ROAD IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING AND IT WAS ACTING LIKE THE WHEELS WAS GOING TO LOCK UP!!! UNTIL THIS VERY DAY, 08-05-2014 IT STILL HAS THESE PROBLEMS. I WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT IT AND ILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER OR DODGE EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FINALLY MADE THE CALL AFTER 6 YEARS OF THIS CRAP AND THE LADY I SPOKE TO SAYS, "THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR. WELL CHRYSLER!!?? I WISH YOU WOULD BUY THIS BURDEN BACK AND SELL IT FOR SCRAP!!! ITS BEEN THE BIGGEST BURDEN I HAVE HAD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE HAS BEEN MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED THAT YOU NEED TO DRIVE IT TO FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF! *TR

EVERY TIME I EITHER TURN A CORNER OR BACK OUT OF MY DRIVE THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO SAFETY ISSUE, BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY MAKE AND YEAR BUT I MISSED THE RECALL BY A MONTH. AND SINCE THIS IS SO, DID THEY FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURER? ALSO, I WILL HAVE TO HAD TO FIX MY INTERLOCK SHIFT NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS COME THIS THURSDAY. I AM WORRIED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK AND MOVE OUT OF THE WAY IN AN EMERGENCY. I AM GOING TO UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE IF I CAN GET MORE PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN TO YOU ALL AND ALSO TO CHRYSLER TO GET THIS COSTLY AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM FIXED. *TR

I DROPPED OFF MY CAR TO HAVE NEW TIRES PUT ON IT. THE SHOP CALLED ME BACK AND SAID IT MAY LEAK AIR IF THEY PUT THE ORIGINAL ALUMINUM STEM BACK IN THEY DON'T CARRY CHRYSLER PARTS SO THEY SUGGESTED USING A RUBBER STEM. THEY SAID I CAN PURCHASE ONE FROM AUTO STORE AND HAVE THE DEALER OR ANOTHER SHOP INSTALL IT. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR THE TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR) WAS NOT READING ONE OF THE TIRES. THEY SAID IF IT DOESN'T WORK BY THE MORNING TO BRING IT BACK IN. I BROUGHT IT BACK AND RECEIVED A CALL 4 HRS LATER STATING THEY HAD PULLED THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SENSOR OUT OF THE TIRE THE DAY BEFORE AND LEFT IT IN MY CUP HOLDER. THEY STATED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO THAT I NEED TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE SENSOR WORKS AND WORKED WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN. (THEY HAD ROTATED MY TIRES A MONTH EARLIER AND HAD NO ISSUES REPORTED AT THAT TIME) THEY INDICATED THEY WERE HAVING AN ISSUE REMOVING THE NEEDLE FROM THE VALVE STEM SO THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE SENSOR. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO REMOVE A MANDATORY SAFETY DEVICE AND GIVE ME THE CAR BACK AND TELL ME TO HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TAKE CARE OF IT. 49 USC 30122(B). *TR

COOLING FAN SEPARATED FROM ITS ASSEMBLY WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FAN SHATTERED AND TORE INTO MY RADIATOR CREATING A MAJOR ANTIFREEZE DUMP OUT OF THE RESERVOIR. THOUGHT I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND HOWEVER THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. THERE WAS NOT ANY AUDIBLE WARNING INDICATORS OR DASH LIGHTS WARNINGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS FAN FAILURE IN WHICH THE A/C CONTINUED BLOWING COLD AIR. WITHIN 3 MIN OF FAILURE AS I SET AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE COOLING TEMP LIGHT CAME ON. I VEERED OFF AND PULLED INTO JIFFY LUBE AND FOUND OUT I HAD A ANTIFREEZE LEAK DUE TO LOOKING AT A POOL OF RED LIQUID ON THE GROUND...THE MECHANICS POURED WATER INTO THE RESERVOIR AND WE ALL NOTICED WATER POURING RIGHT OUT....AS WE LET THE CAR COOL WE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART VEHICLE AND THE IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN ON. ....HAD MY CHRYSLER TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTED A $8000 FIX WHICH INCLUDED $4000 OF IT FOR A REFURBISHED ENGINE DUE TO CYLINDER HEAD DAMAGE...THE DAMAGE ALL HAPPENED WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF FAILURE.....DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THERE IS A 2006- 2008 DODGE CHARGER, DODGE MAGNUM, AND CHRYSLER 300 RECALL "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION L08 ENGINE COOLING FAN JUNE 2011". RECALL STATES THAT THE COOLING FAN FAILS AND COMES OFF IN HOT CLIMATE TEMPERATURE STATES. THIS WAS THE SAME EXACT FAILURE I HAD EXPERIENCED AND WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER I WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE MY SALES CODE HAD TO BE SALES CODE XDL OR XDK...SAME EXACT SITUATION HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS INCLUDING ONE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MINE IN WHICH CUSTOMER WAS DENIED. CHRYSLER WAS CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE HAD 2 CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS HANG UP IN MY GIRLFRIEND'S FACE AS SHE WAS EXPLAINING TO THE REPS HOW THIS FAILURE WAS THE SAME EXACT FAILURE. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADDITIONAL RECALL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE COOLING FANS BEFORE SOMEONE ENDS UP SEVERELY INJURED IMMEDIATELY. *TR