2007 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

THE 2007 CHRYSLER 300 WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS 13600 ORIGINAL MILES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2 YEARS AGO, FOLLOWED BY ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS COMING ON THEN THE CAR SLOWS TO A CRAWL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAW THAT IT HAD MULTIPAL FAULTSBUT DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER IT COOLED DOWN. SIX MONTHS LATER SAMETHING. LAST WEEK 5/07/2019 BACK TO A DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALER THIS TIME BUT HAD IT TOWED. I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS IN THAT IF ON THE FREEWAY OR OPEN ROAD AND CAN NOT PULL OVER THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RIVER OAKS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (4807 KIRBY DR, HOUSTON, TX 77098, (713) 524-3801) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,300.

CAR WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. MOST LIKELY SHIFT LINKAGE ASSEMBLY BAD. CAR WAS PARKED IN WORK PARKING LOT AND AFTER SHIFT WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM PARK STATUS.

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION 3 TIME SO FAR AND IT IS MAKING NOISE AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH AND OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED. SOMETIME THE STEERING PULLS MAKING IT HARD TO STAY IN MY LANE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 20007 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT AND STRUCK THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WHITTEN BROTHERS OF ASHLAND (804-798-6071, LOCATED AT 11409 WASHINGTON HWY, ASHLAND, VA 23005) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO THE AIR BAG INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED.

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF "PARK". AFTER DOING RESEARCH, AND LEARNING IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE PARK RELEASE BUTTON, WE WERE ABLE TO MANUALLY GET THE CAR INTO "DRIVE". THIS WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE WERE PARKED AT THE ER OF A HOSPITAL. SINCE WE COULDN'T PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT TO A MECHANIC RIGHT AWAY, WE WOULD PUT IT IN "NEUTRAL" AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE PROBLEM IS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE STARTED FAILING, WHICH SEEMS ODD SINCE IT WAS ONLY USED A FEW TIMES.

ENGINE DROPPED A VALVE SEAT ON THE INTAKE VALVE OF THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER CAUSING IT TO BREAK UP INSIDE THE ENGINE CAUSING SCRATCHES INSIDE THE CYLINDER AND NEEDING ENGINE RESURFACING NEW CYLINDER HEAD NEW PISTON NEW RINGS NEW GASKETS IN TOTAL OVER 3000 DOLLARS INTO THE REBUILD AND MANY MAN HOURS TO COMPLETE AFTER READING 300 FORUMS THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM ON THEM THE VALVE SEAT DROPPED ON START UP AFTER A SHORT FIVE MINUTE DRIVE I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF FOR TWO MINUTES RAN TO SEE A FRIEND OF MINE KNOCKED NO ONE WAS HOME SO I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND TURNED IT OVER IT CRANKED AND TRIED TO START THEN I HERD THIS NOISE THAT DIDN'T SOUND GOOD SO I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT DOWN AND HAD IT TOWED AND DIDN'T TRY STARTING IT AGAIN TILL AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED IT COST OVER 3 GRAND AND WAS A FULL ENGINE TEAR DOWN SOME OF THE COST WAS FOR PARTS THAT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED WAS THE IDEAL TIME TO REPLACE LIKE THE MAIN BEARINGS AND OIL PUMP BUT MOST THE COST WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEFECT THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN IF THIS WOULD HAVE DROPPED ON FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THAT WOULD HAVE THREE THAT PISTON THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE MOTOR THE PISTON JUST ON START UP WAS DESTROYED CAUSING THE VEHICLE ENGINE TO SEIZE UP RESTRICTING THE PISTONS MOVEMENT TO RESTRICT IT FROM A FULL REVOLUTION HAD THERE BEEN MORE MOMENTUM OF THE CRANKSHAFT IT WOULD HAVE SNAPPED A ROD MOST LIKELY AND RUPTURED THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE BLOCK CAUSING A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLES COOLING SYSTEM AND MANY OTHERS HAVE AS WELL THIS OVERHEATING PROBLEM DUE TO THE COOLING SYSTEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VALVE SEAT TO OVERHEAT AND IN RETURN DROP THE VALVE SEAT BUT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IN THAT FIVE TO TEN MINUTE DRIVE THIS CAUSED IT TO DROP HOWEVER PREVIOUS DRIVING AND OVER HEATING ISSUES MAY HAVE SET IT UP FOR FUTURE FAILURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OVER THREE TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRAVO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (1100 W MAIN ST, ALHAMBRA, CA 91801, (626) 283-5212) WHERE NEW COOLANT WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. A WEEK LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS OIL IN THE COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

IGNITION SWITCH FAULTY, HAVE HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED TWICE AND NOW NEED ANOTHER ANOTHER IGNITION SWITCH DEALERSHIP HAS CLAIMED THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS HAD 4 DIFFERENT PARTS NUMBERS SO THAT MEANS IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH