2005 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

CAR STALLS WITH A FULL TANK ALL THE TIME, DOES NOT RESTART WITHOUT GIVING IT THROTTLE. *TR

FILLED UP AND LET GAS NOZZLE STOP AUTOMATICALLY. DOES NOT HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. BUT UPON SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, CAR WILL JERK FORWARD. AND AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP, USUALLY AT A STOP LIGHT OR MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION, CAR WILL DIE. CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND RESTART. THIS WILL HAPPEN A FEW TIMES UNTIL SOME FUEL IS BURNT. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS IF CAR JERKS FORWARD INTO ANOTHER CAR. I GOT THIS LINK AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE 300CFORUMS.COM ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD GAS ISSUE. BUT FOUND IT TO HAPPEN ANYWHERE I FILL UP. *TR

AFTER FUELING VEHICLE IT STARTS THEN CUTS OFF IMMEDIATELY IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IF IT DON'T CUTOFF RIGHT AWAY IT STALLS SOON AS IM DRIVING OFF THIS IS NOT SAFE WISH NHTSA WOULD START RECALLS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR LOSE THEIR LIFE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT MY CAR IS AT REPAIR SHOP NOW NEEDING NEW FUEL TANK AND EVAP CANNISTER COST 1000-2000 DOLLARS THERE IS NO WAY I SHOULD BE PAYING FOR A MANUFACTURES DEFECT WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS GETTING RAW FUEL IN EVAP CANNISTER THERE HAS BEEN FAR TOO MANY COMPLAINTS FOR COINCIDENCE IM ASKING THE NHTSA TO DO THEIR JOB BEFORE ITCOST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I SMELLED A "SWEET ODOR" & NOTICED HAD RISEN & ALL OF A SUD THE HEAT INDICATOR HAD RISEN & ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. I SAT FOR 20 MINUTES & ATTEMPTED TO START AGAIN TO NO AVAIL. I WAITED AN HOUR, NTRIED AGAIN & NO LUCK. SO I LEFT THE CAR & ON MONDAY CONTACTED THE SERVICE STATION WHO INSPECTED THE CAR & INFORMED ME IT HAD THROWN A PISTON & MY WHOLE MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. CHARGE WAS $3104.94 + CAR RENTAL. I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I PURCHASED WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR & IT EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES. I ASK CHRYSLER MOTOR CO IF THEY KNOW OF ANY REASON THIS WOULD OCCUR & IF THEY WOULD GRANT ANY PORTION OF THIS EXPENSE? THANK YOU *TR

THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT RETURNING BACK AND I HAD TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE CAR WITH BRAKE AND ALSO BY LIFTING THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY RIGHT FOOT. AT ONE OCCASION I HAD TO PUT THE GEAR TO NEUTRAL TO AVOID AN IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT.

FILLED UP AT GAS STATION. DID NOT "TOP OFF" TANK. ALLOWED IT TO STOP ON ITS OWN. CAR DIED UNEXPECTEDLY PULLING OUT OF GAS STATION INTO TRAFFIC. DIED TWICE AGAIN ON WAY HOME.

AFTER FUELING THE CAR, IT STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS WAS ABOUT 30,000 MILES AGO. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MORE FREQUENT. NOW, AT 137,000 MILES, THE CAR ALWAYS STALLS OR TRIES TO STALL AFTER FUELING. I HAVE ADAPTED TO THE PROBLEM BY ALWAYS FUELING UP AT A STATION THAT IS ADJACENT TO AN ONRAMP. I GET THE CAR ONTO THE FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY AND RUN IT AT 65 OR SO MPH.... TO FAST FOR THE CAR TO STALL. IT JUST RUNS ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS EVERY FEW MINUTES FOR 5 OR 10 MINUTES, THEN RUNS FINE. IT IS PROBABLY UNWISE TO PUT A CAR ON THE ROAD WITH A KNOWN STALL PROBLEM, BUT I COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT CHRYSLER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME STUCK IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

THIS HAS HAPPEN AT EVERY FILL-UP. I'VE OWN MY CHRYSLER 300C SINCE MAY 2004 (ONE OF THE FIRST TO PURCHASE) AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE 2008. I HAVE TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL TO PUT IN THE TANK AT EVERY FILL-UP. IF NOT, THE CAR WILL STALLED UNTIL THE EXCESS FUEL IS BURN OFF OR YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ON ROAD WITHOUT LIGHTS UNTIL THE FUEL GAUGE GOES A LITTLE BELOW THE FULL MARKER. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE BULBS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO UPDATED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM BUT THE UPDATE DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,688.