2007 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

COULD NOT GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK AFTER WORK. HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK. GOOGLE THE PROBLEM AND FOUN D OUT CHRYSLER 300 HAD PLENTY COMPLAINT AND NO RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 133,500.

MY CAR BECAME STUCK IN PARK AT TIME OF LEAVING AT END OF BUSY WORK MONDAY....CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR ALREADY ESTABLISHED RECALL DUE TO VIN# NOT MEETING CRITERIA. HOWEVER, YEAR AND MODEL DOES MATCH AN ALREADY ISSUES RECALL. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME STUCK IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CUP PLUG THAT RETAINED THE PARK PAWL ANCHOR SHAFT WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

IN ABILITY TO MOVE GEAR SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HONOR ALREADY ESTABLISHED RECALL DUE TO VIN # NOT MEETING CRITERIA HOWEVER YEAR AND MODEL DOES MATCH AN ALREADY ISSUES RECALL. PLEASE ADJUST RECALL TO MATCH THIS VIN NUMBER AS DESCRIBED PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING TO MORE CARS THAN IN THE SCOPE OF VIN #'S ISSUED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT SEIZED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH A DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE AS TO WHAT COMPONENT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 63,000. ... UPDATED 07/27/12 *BF UPDATED 08/02/12

I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND STOPPED AT A PARKING LOT, AND WHEN I STARTED TO LEAVE MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE SHIFTER BREAKS THE CAR MUST BE TOWED FOR REPAIR. JUST AFTER I CALLED THE WRECKER A PICK-UP IN THE SAME PARKING LOT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE BUSINESS TRIED TO EVACUATE THE PARKING LOT, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE UNTIL THE WRECKER ARRIVED. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE BURNING PICK-UP THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY CAR, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY IF I WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE PICK-UP. THE DEALER OVER-NIGHTED THE PART FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA AND REPLACED THE PART THE NEXT MORNING. WE WERE CHARGED FOR TOWING AND REPAIR. SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SHIFTER BREAKING, I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ITEM, THUS WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT & FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE , I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT & SHUT CAR OFF . I GOT OUT AND SEEN ANTI-FREEZE COMING OUT , SO I CALLED AAA & HAD MY CAR TOWED APPROX 38 MILES TO MY SHOP . MY MECHANIC PICKED THE CAR UP THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY & REPAIRED IT . HE SAID THE ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY SEPARATED & TWO OF THE FAN BLADES BROKE OFF & WENT THROUGH MY RADIATOR . AFTER I PICKED IT UP , I BEGAN RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM . I FOUND A ( CAMPAIGN - RADIATOR COOLING FAN REPLACEMENT BULLETIN FROM CHRYSLER CORP. FROM JUNE 2011 ( MDH 042912 ) THAT SAID THE FAN COULD SEPARATE & CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR , I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE & I GAVE THEM MY VIN # & THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL & WOULD NOT RE-IMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIR OR TOW BILL . THEY SAID THAT WAS FOR 2006-2007 & 2008 MODELS BUILT UP TO APRIL 29 , 2008 ( MY CAR WAS BUILT IN MAY OF 2007 ) , I TOLD THEM THAT THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED IN THE RECALL HAPPENED TO MY CAR . I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT EXCEPT GET A LAWYER BUT CAN'T AFFORD IT ????? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STARTED VEHICLE, APPLIED THE BRAKE AND WENT TO MOVE THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE FROM PARK. *TR

I'VE NOTICED WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE THERE IS A NOTICEABLE DELAY. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND VISE-VERSA, THERE'S IS ALSO A PAUSE/DELAY THAT OCCURS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. NOTICEABLE WHEN TRYING TO ATTEMPT A U-TURN AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE WAITING FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO CATCH. ONCE IT DOES CATCH THERE'S A INSTANT LUNGE/ACCELERATION, CAUSING EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE WHIP FLASH AND HAS CAUSED ME TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT. ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS FOR SOME TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THE ISSUE WAS SO WIDE SPREAD. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. UNTIL THIS HAZARD/DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED I WILL NOT CONSIDER CHRYSLER FOR MY NEXT PURCHASE. *JS