2005 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

ENGINE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING AND CONTINUED TO STALL UNTIL OR HESITATE UNTIL 2 - 3 GALLONS OF GASOLINE WAS BURNED OFF. THE CONDITION HAPPENS ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME IF THE TANK IS FILLED TO THE FIRST CLICK DURING REFUELING - IT THE TANK IS ONLY FILLED TO 85% THE CONDITION WILL NOT OCCUR. THE STALLING CONDITION IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS HARD TO RESTART AND REQUIRES EXCESSIVE CRANKING. IT APPEARS THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM SENDS RAW FUEL TO THE THROTTLE BODY INSTEAD OF FUMES - THE ENGINE THEN STALLS AND IS DIFFICULT TO RESTART UNTIL AN IGNITABLE AIR/FUEL RATIO IS RE-ESTABLISHED. I WAS DRIVING THE SUBJECT VEHICLE AT 35 MPH AND HAD TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AND THEN LOST POWER STEERING. TRYING TO COMPLETE THE TURN WITHOUT POWER STEERING WHILE TRYING TO RESTART A FLOODED ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT AND COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I'M AWARE THAT THE NHTSA IS LOOKING INTO 2006 MODEL YEAR CHRYSLER 300S EQUIPPED WITH THE HEMI ENGINE FOR THE EXACT SAME CONDITION. PLEASE BROADEN YOUR INVESTIGATION TO INCLUDE THE 2005 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES TOO. THE BUILD DATE OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLE WAS 03/04 SO IT WAS AN EARLY PRODUCTION VEHICLE. AS BEFORE, THE SUBJECT VEHICLE EXHIBITS THE STALLING CONDITION ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME IF THE GAS TANK IS FILLED TO THE FIRST CLICK. I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE VEHICLE AVAILABLE TO NHTSA ENGINEERS IF THEY NEED A VEHICLE TO EXAMINE AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. *TR

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK, ENGINE WOULD REPEATELY STALL (AT IDLE OR AT 40 MPH) UP TO 6 TIMES WITHIN 2+ MILES.. INCIDENT DID NOT SEEM TO OCCUR IF THE TANK WAS NOT FULL. *TR

WHEN FILLING UP THE CAR, WHEN I COME TO AN IDLE...THE CAR DIES. HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE FILL UP THE CAR AND HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER IT'S FILLED. WHEN WE DON'T FILL UP THE CAR, IT NEVER HAPPENS. WE CALLED OUR CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT CHRYSLER IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE COMPLAINT. *TR

THE CAR STALLED AFTER FUELING. ONCE THE PROBLEM STARTED IT CONTINUED EVERY TIME I FILLED THE TANK. I RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE A NEW GAS TANK INSTALLED WHICH COST OVER $1200.00. *TR

I FILLED THE TANK AND THE VEHCILE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES THE NEXT FEW MILES. ESPECIALLY AFTER RIGHT TURNS, LIKE WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAYS. THIS HAPPENS NOW EVERY TIME WHEN I FILL THE TANK. VERY DANGEROUS. FROM WEB FORUMS I UNDERSTAND GAS IS GETTING SUCKED INTO THE EVAP SYSTEM BECAUSE A CHECK VALVE AT THE GAS-FILLER NECK DOESN'T WORK. WHAT A PAIN! I REPLACED THE EVAP SOLENOID, THAT DIDN'T HELP...THE PROBLEM AT THE GAS TANK FILLER-NECK CHECK VALVE. *TR

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FILLING WITH GAS, THE ENGINE DIED WITHIN 2 BLOCKS OF THE GAS STATION. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED ON ANY OF THE 3 OCCASIONS AND THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RESTART, REQUIRING AT LEAST 30 SECONDS. ALSO, AFTER RESTART ON ALL 3 OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE RAN VERY ROUGH FOR 1-2 MILES AND THEN RAN SMOOTHLY. ON 1 OF THE OCCASIONS, THE CAR DIED THE NEXT DAY AFTER ONLY DRIVING A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME. AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THE SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED, THE VAPOR CANISTER WAS REPLACED, AND THE EVAPORATION SYSTEM SOLENOID WAS REPLACED. ON 1 OF THE OCCASIONS, THE GAS TANK WAS TOPPED OFF BEYOND THE INITIAL SHUT-OFF BY SEVERAL TENTHS OF A GALLON. AFTER THE 3RD OCCURRENCE (70,796 MILES), THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE OLATHE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK (2/20/2013). THE COST WAS $1583.58. SINCE THEN, THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 72,062 MILES ... APPROXIMATELY 1200 MILES SINCE REPLACING THE GAS TANK ... AND HAS NOT DIED FOLLOWING FILLING WITH GAS (6 TIMES). *TR

VEHICLE STALLS ONE OR MORE TIMES AFTER REFUELING, PARTICULARLY WHILE DECELERATING. VEHICLE MAY THEN LURCH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL OPERATION, WHICH USUALLY OCCURS AFTER 5-10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT ONGOING. MECHANIC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT MOST OF THE TIMES THE FAILURE OCCURRED WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER COMPLETELY FILLING HER FUEL TANK . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT SHE WAS PROBABLY OVER FILLING THE FUEL TANK AND AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 230,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.