2008 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

WHEN COLD CANNOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. HAVE TO RESTART TO GET IT TO SHIFT. TOLD BY CHRYSLER NOT COVERED INDER RECALL K59 TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK PROBLEM. ALL EVIDENCE HOWEVR SEEMS TO POINT TO THE SAME PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR 300. HAVE APPT TO HAVE LOOKED AT BY DEALER WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER COULD ALSO BE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH WHICH WAS REPLACED.

I HAD THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED IN APRIL 2016 DUE TO RECALL. TODAY I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION TO START POSITION, THERE IS A PAUSE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS. I HAVE RULED OUT A NEW BATTERY, STARTER, ALTERNATOR FAULTS. RESEARCH HAS NARROWED IT TO THE PCM, TIPM, OR THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE. HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALER TO DIAGNOSE FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TAKEN CAR TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND THEY CAN NOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM, EVEN WITH THE MECHANIC EXPERIENCING THE SERIOUS SHAKING WHILE BRAKING ON MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAYS. INSPECTED BRAKES, TURNED ROTORS, REPLACED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND SHAKING STILL OCCURS. SOME PROBLEM ON THESE MODELS BECAUSE MY BROTHER IN LAW HAD SAME EXPERIENCE WITH HIS 300C. NOW CAR DRIVES FINE IN TOWN AND ON FREEWAY AT SPEED. 120K ON CAR NOW.

SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF WITH OUT WARNING AND STARTS RIGHT UP AFTER TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTING. IT APPEARS TO BE SOME ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC KEY FOB OR IGNITION CONNECTION. OF COURSE WHEN A MECHANIC LOOKS AT THE ISSUE IT SEEMS TO WORK. SCARY AND DANGEROUS. HAPPENED SINCE WE BOUGHT IT OFF & ON.

SINCE FUELING THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE VEHICLE AND NEAR PASSENGER REAR WHEEL WELL AFTER VEHICLE SITS. THERE IS NO SIGN OF LEAKING ANYWHERE. FOUND A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, BUT NO SOLUTIONS ONLINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE MODULE WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE RUN AND START POSITION. THE KEY DID NOT REMAIN IN THE RUN POSITION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WIRELESS IGNITION MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED A SPRING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,783.

CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN ON US. NO HESITATION, NO WARNING JUST COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, PARK, REVERSE OR AT STANDSTILL! HAVE TAKEN IT TO MECHANICS AND TO CHRYSLER 3 TIMES AND THE CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S SHUTTING DOWN! THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES DAILY.

MY 2008 CHRYSLER 300C SRT DESIGN WITH THE 5.7 HEMI DROPPED A VALVE SEAT AND BROKE THE #6 PISTON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I KNOW THIS PROBLEM USUALLY HAPPENS ON SHORT DRIVING DISTANCES BUT HERE IS THAT ONE OCCURRENCE WHERE IT HAPPENED WHEN ENGINE WAS AT FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. IT STARTING MISS FIRING WHILE DRIVING AND BY THE TIME WE COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER TO STOP IT WAS BLOWING SMOKE LIKE CRAZY. THE CAR HAD 127,000 MILES ON IT BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS IT WASN'T FROM LACK MAINTENANCE. I LOVE CARS AND TAKE EXTREMELY WELL CARE OF MINE. WHEN I PULLED THE VALVE COVER TO REMOVE THE HEAD IT WAS SO CLEAN IN THE VALVE TRAIN THAT EVEN MY FRIEND WHO IS TRIPLE MASTER ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC SAID, " [XXX] THAT'S ONE OF CLEANEST ENGINES HE HAD EVER SEEN. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT MANY DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLE OWNERS HAVE HAD THE VERY SAME ISSUE, MAYBE JUST ANOTHER CYLINDER WHERE VALVE SEATS HAVE JUST DROPPED. TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S THE CHOICE IN MATERIAL THEY USED IN THE SEAT ITSELF AND THEN PRESSING IT INTO AN ALUMINUM HEAD IS WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES. DIFFERENT METALS HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO HEAT WHERE ONE METAL SUCH AS ALUMINUM WILL HEAT FASTER THAN THEN THE METAL USED IN THE VALVE SEAT. CAUSING VALVE SEATS TO COME LOOSE AND DROP INTO THE CYLINDER CHAMBER CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN ENGINES. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHEN IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND NOW I'M LOOKING AT $5000.00 TO GET A REMANUFACTURED LONG BLOCK AND THEN PAYING TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. I FEEL THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR VEHICLES THAT HAVE DROPPED VALVE SEATS. THERE'S NO WARNING AS TO WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN BUT REST ASSURED IF YOU OWN A 2003 TO 2008 5.7 HEMI CHANCES ARE IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. I WANT WHAT'S FAIR AND THAT'S TO BE REIMBURSED FOR COST OF A NEW ENGINE. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B

LAST YEAR P57 RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE NOW THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIPM MODULE IS GOING BAD I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS REPLACED OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN THE RECALL P57 WAS PERFORMED I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PAY $1691 FOR PARTS AND LABOR THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR SOME REASON THEY HAVE NOT PUT IN A RECALL AND THE RECALL P57 DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IT IS VERY UNSAFE THE CAR STALLS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT START AT ALL IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE 2007 BUT FOR SOME REASON CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL THIS IS THE THIRD RECALL THAT I HAVE HAD TO GET DONE ON THIS VEHICLE IN A YEAR THE S43 WAS NEVER SENT TO ME THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT RECALL IS WHEN I CALL CHRYSLER ABOUT MY CAR STALLING AND NOT STARTING AT ALL I NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO IT I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PRODUCT THAT IS IN MILLIONS OF VEHICLES BY THE CHRYSLER DODGE AND JEEP BRAND

VEHICLE TIPM IS FAULTY AND CAR DOES NOT START. THIS OCCURRED AFTER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IT WORKED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND LATER STOPPED OUT OF NOWHERE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.