2006 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLS AND SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR DUE TO A KNOWN ISSUE TO CHRYSLER WITH WATER ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE DIPSTICK TUBE. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS INFORMED ABOUT A SERVICE BULLETIN WITH OVER 1100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY OFFER NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS OR ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS MATTER WHICH MAY COST CONSUMERS UP TO 2500 TO GET FIXED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE GEAR SHIFTER DID NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING FLICKERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ZIMMER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1086 BURLINGTON PIKE, FLORENCE, KY 41042 (859) 525-1344) TO BE SERVICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,373.

VEHICLE IS STUCK IN PARK AND WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF IT. CHRYSLER IS AWARE A PROBLEM EXISTS BUT CONVENIENTLY SAYS THIS CAR IS OUT OF THE BUILD DATE FOR BEING AFFECTED THEREFORE I'M CRAZY AND IT SHOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR ME.

ENGINE WILL START, CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. JUST CALLED CHRYSLER. THEY WILL TOW AT A COST OF $50.00 TO ME. CHRYSLER WILL TOW TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF PER TSB K39, AT A COST TO ME TO FIX, TO BE REIMBURSED AT SOME MYTHICAL DATE CHRYSLER DEEMS ACCEPTABLE. I WILL RIDE MY UNICORN TO WORK TOMORROW...

CAR OVERHEATED AND I SHUT IT OFF. TRIED TO START IT AFTER IT COOLED DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT START. CHECKED CYLINDERS FOR COMPRESSION AND FOUND 6 WITH O COMPRESSION SO SEEMS TO BE A VALVE SEAT FAILURE.

WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT WHEN PUT ON A RACK AND ADDING FLUID UNNECESSARILY THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE DID A TRANSMISSION SERVICE RUNS GREAT BUT THERE IS STILL WATER IN TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE IT IS STRAWBERRY COLOR CAR WAS DROVE TWO MILES WITH FLUID IN TRANSMISSION.

GEAR SHIFTER ON MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GOT STUCK IN PARK ON 6/25/17 AT ABOUT 98,400 MILES. LUCKILY CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A K39 RECALL RELATING TO THIS SAME GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THAT RECALL ONLY COVERED THE 2005-2007 300 LX MODELS, NOT THE 300C MODEL. HERE IS LINK TO RECALL LETTER: HTTP://WWW.WKJEEPS.COM/MISC/LX/TSB_300C_FORUMS/CSN_K39.PDF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT TO NOT INCLUDE THE 300C MODELS IF IT HAD THE SAME POORLY DESIGNED PINK PLASTIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK AS THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR SHIFTER BEING STUCK IN PARK. I FOUND A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON HOW TO TEMPORARILY GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK GEAR WITH A SCREWDRIVER. AND ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK THEMSELVES. WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THESE YOUTUBE VIDEOS, THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD INDICATION THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME CHRYSLER MODELS. BUT WHY DID THEY NOT RECALL THE 2005-2007 300C MODELS??? HERE ARE LINKS TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS: 1) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OXTDOGVON1W, 2) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PRORQDFJCP4, 3) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7CD6OCITJ3K

I WAS GETTING OFF WORK. STOPPED BY MY BARBERSHOP TO GET A HAIRCUT, THAN PLANNED ON HEADING HOME. BUT I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE TO PICK UP A FEW THINGS BEFORE I GOT HOME. I WAS IN THE STORE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE WAS RUNNING GREAT. NO OVER HEATING ISSUE OR NOTHING. TEMP GAUGE WAS AT IT NORMAL OPERATION TEMP. I'M OUT OF THE STORE IN THE CAR TRYING TO START IT UP. BUT GETTING NOTHING. BUT WHEN IT DOES START I HEAR ALOT OF ENGINE NOISE. SO I SHUT IT DOWN AND HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOME. HAD A FRIEND OF MINES WHO WORKS ON CARS COME CHECK IT OUT. THAN HE TELLS ME I NEED A NEW MOTOR DUE TO VALVE SEAT HAD DROPPED.

ENGINE STALLING, LIGHTS IN DASH FLICKERING, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYS ABS,EPS,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER ACTUATE ERRATIC AND SOMETIMES INOPERATIVE.