2005 CHRYSLER 300 Complaints

GETTING READY TO GO TO A BASKETBALL GAME AND AT THE STOP SIGN YARDS FROM OUR HOME THE INSIDE OF THE CAR WENT BLACK THEN THE LIGHTS FLICKERED AND WENT BLACK AGAIN. THE CAR THEN STARTING SMOKING FROM BEHIND THE CAR DASH. WE MANAGED TO PUSH THE CAR BACK INTO THE CARPORT BUT WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY A 2005 MODEL WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE GOT ON THE INTERNET STARTED SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AND CAME UPON A RECALL THAT INVOLVED ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM THAT IF NOT FIXED IT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE DASH AND CAUSE A FIRE. AT THE TIME I HAD A SEVEN YEAR OLD IN THE CAR AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF WE HEADED OUT ANY FURTHER AND THEN THE CAR BROKE DOWN. *JB

CONTINENTAL OEM TIRES CUPPED AND AT WEAR INDICATOR AT 16,000 MILES. TIRES REGULARLY ROTATED. CONTINENTAL DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY NOR DID THEY OFFER ANY FORM OF ADJUSTMENT.*AK

BOUGHT A CHRYSLER 300 TOURING ON MARCH 3,2004 I'VE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 12-09-04 RECALL D50 RADIATOR ISOLATOR BRACKETS, RECALL D51 ANTIFREEZE CONCENTRATION LEVEL, NOISE COMING FROM DASH AROUND THE DEFROSTER ADVISED NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR RATTLING. ENGINE LIGHT COMES FOR A FEW DAYS THEN GOES OFF. UNKNOWN REASONS. 12-18-04 PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON - SYSTEM RECALIBRATED. 12-21-04 PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ON A SECOND TIME - SYSTEM RECALIBRATED A SECOND TIME. 10-12-05 VIN NUMBER COVERED BY DASHBOARD - CUT A REARRANGED PAD PROBLEM CORRECTED. 12-22-05 DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON - CIRCUIT 1 CODE CLOCK SPRING DEFECT - REPLACED CLOCK SPRING. 12-23-05 DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ON A SECOND TIME. HAD TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS FOR SERVICE. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP (DODGE COUNTRY, TX) THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR WHICH IS A PART OF THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OPERATIVE AND WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE IF THE AIR BAGS ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE PARKED UNTIL 12-30-05 CLOCK SPRING REPLACED A SECOND TIME. 1-18-06 REAR DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN 50% OF THE TIME. LOUD SQUEAKING AND RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. ABS AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY LIGHT ON. VEHICLE CAN'T BE SEEN FOR SERVICE UNTIL 1-23-05 BY DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE PARKED UNTIL DEALERSHIP CAN PICK IT UP. *NM

2005 CHRYSLER 300 C HAS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF STALLING SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, CLEAN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, AND REPLACE THE MANIFOLD ABSOLUTE PRESSURE SENSOR; PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. AFTER THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE OF STALLING I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. I TOOK A VIDEO OF THE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS THE DEALERSHIP HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO SINCE THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SHOWN THE DEALERSHIP THE VIDEO OF THE STALL / NON-START ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MILES. *JB

THIS IS MY SECOND NEW CHRYSLER 300 PASSENGER VEHICLE THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS PUT INTO THE REVERSE POSITION. ONCE, YOU START TO BACK-UP THE CAR CUTS OFF. THE FIRST CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND EXCHANGED FOR A SECOND NEW CHRYSLER 300. THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS. THE DEALERS MECHANIC SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE "THROTTLE". I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, BECAUSE IF IT CONTINUES TO CUT OFF -- ANOTHER CAR MAY HIT ME AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT ALIGNMENT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ,WHERE A FRONT ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER OFFERED TO CHANGE SOME NON SPECIFIC BOLTS AND THE SHIM IN AN EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION, BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE THIS WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN ALIGNMENT SPECIALIST SHOP, WHERE IT WAS ALIGNED TO MEET FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. HOWEVER, A TEST DRIVE BY THE REPAIR SHOP PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE CONTACT'S INITIAL COMPLAINT OF A RIGHT LEAD. AFTER THE TEST DRIVE THE REPAIR SHOP PERSONNEL ALERTED THE CONTACT OF A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NHTSA 10013692 REGARDING A REVISION OF THE ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RIGHT LEAD PROBLEM. *AK

TIRES ON CHRYSLER 300C NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES. TIRE IS CONTINENTAL CONTITOURING CONTACT CH95. MAY BE SAFETY ISSUE AS CONSUMERS ARE NOT EXPECTING TO REPLACE TIRES SO EARLY. CONTINENTAL SAYS TIRES NOT COVERED UNTIL CONSUMER REPLACES THEM, AND CHRYSLER DID NOT DISCLOSE THESE ARE VERY HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 15,000-20,000 AND SAY THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING EITHER. THIS MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM ON THE DODGE CHARGER AND MAGNUM ALSO. VERY PLEASED WITH THE CAR, BUT NOT WITH TIRE WEAR AND POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C HEMI. THREE MONTHS AGO, I PUT UNLEADED 87 OCTANE GASOLINE IN THE TANK. I DROVE A FEW BLOCKS AND THE ENGINE STOPPED SUDDENLY IN MID-DRIVE. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME RESTARTING THE CAR AND WHEN I DID, IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT WOULD ENGAGE IN GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK, AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ENGINE COMPUTERS HAVE TO REAJUST TO THE LOWER OCTANE. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE ONLY PUT MID-OCTANE (89 OCTANE). WHENEVER I ALLOW THE TANK TO BE LOWER THAN A QUARTER OF A TANK AND I REFILL WITH 89 IT STILL STALLS IN MID-DRIVE AND HARD TO START WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING IMMEDIATELY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHICH COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *JB

PURCHASED USED 300 TOURING CHRYSLER ON APRIL 2005 WITH ABOUT 25000 MILES ALREADY WE NOTICE EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE IT HAS MADE A LOUD BANG NOISE EVERYTIME WE GO ON REVERSE AND IT SEEMS IT LAGS BEFORE GETTING IN GEAR AND LATELY IT WAS STARTING TO MAKE THAT BANG NOISE GOING FORWARD MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FAST, WE WERE THINKING OF TAKING IT IN BUT HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT OFF DUE TO OUR WORK SCHEDULES, WELL THIS 23RD OF DECEMBER 2005 WHILE GOING TO A FRIENDS B-DAY PARTY THE WHOLE BACK AXLE BROKE OFF WE WERE IN A RED LIGHT AS IT TURN GREEN I ACCELERATED AND WE FELT THE CAR DROP COMPLETELY ON THE REAR AT FIRST I THOUGHT I BLEW OUT THE TIRES OR SOMETHING BUT AS WE PULLED TO THE SIDE WE NOTICE THE TIRES WERE WAY INSIDE THE FENDERS. WHEN I MET THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER THE NEXT DAY IN THE MORNING WE BOTH NOTICE THE AXLES COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF FROM THE CHASSIS AT THAT POINT I THANKED GOD THAT IT DID NOT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME, ON THE WAY TO THE BABYSITTER. *JB

CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN PARK. WHEN THE DRIVER TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, THE CAR DID NOT MOVE AND HE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE CAR. AFTER THE DRIVER EXITED THE CAR AND HAD TAKEN A FEW STEPS, THE CAR STARTED TO REVERSE. THE DRIVER WENT BACK TO THE CAR AND HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE CAR DOOR AND A HOUSE. ANOTHER PERSON GOT INTO THE CAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE TO PULL FORWARD AND RELEASE THE DRIVER'S HAND. DCX HAS A RECALL FOR THIS, BUT SAYS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN RECALL BECAUSE IS WAS BUILT ONE MONTH BEFORE THE VEHICLES BEING RECALLED. DCX RECALL NUMBER IS E14 AND THE NHTSA NUMBER IS 05V460000. *NM