2006 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY AND IGNITION MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED A TUNE-UP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C ENDS UP TURNING OFF AT ANY STOP, RED LIGHT, OR WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN. I ALWAYS END UP STOPPING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF IT. THE VEHICLE ENDS UP TURNING BACK ON AFTER A FEW TIMES OF TRYING TO TURN IT ON. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE MAKE SCENES AT MY WINDOW DUE TO THIS. I HAVE READ ONLINE BLOGS OF CHRYSLER OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY GO TO THE DEALER AND REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. I HAVE CALLED AUTO PARTS STORES AND THE FUEL TANK IS PRETTY PRICEY. THERE ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ON 300CFORUMS.COM

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C SRT8 6.1L ENGINE STALLS RANDOMLY WHEN STOPPED, COMING TO A STOP OR CRUISING SPEED. SOMETIMES IT'LL TAKE MONTHS FOR REOCCURRENCE THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT HAPPENS WHILE, ENGINE STALLED. HAPPENS WHILE MAKE A TURN AT A LIGHT ALSO. STARTS BACK UP AND SOMETIMES STALLS INSTANTLY. AFTER LIKE THE THIRD STALL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ONLY FAULT CODE IS P0700. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2015 AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER IS WHEN I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST OCCURRENCE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES THAT YEAR AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. ABOUT FIVE MONTHS LATER (2016) IT HAPPENS AGAIN, ENGINE STALLS OUT OF NOWHERE ON THE FREEWAY. THIS TIME IT WOULDN'T START SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER TWO MONTHS OF THEM HAVING MY CAR THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE SO I AGREED TO REPLACE IT. TWO MONTHS LATER SAME THING AGAIN SO OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WASN'T THE PROBLEM. MIGHT I ADD THAT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A HARD "BUCK" FROM THE TRANSMISSION, LIKE IT WANTS TO LOCK UP. I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND CHRYSLER CLAIMS TO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM TERRIFIED EVERY TIME I'M IN THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I'M STILL PAYING FOR THIS CAR BUT NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND HOW TO SOLVE IT. DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO RECALLS OR UPDATES AVAILABLE FOR MY CAR.

INITIALLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART AT VARIOUS SPEEDS RANGING FROM 45-65 MPH, MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PROBLEM SURFACED WAS APPROX .138,000. IN 2016 AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE PCM ,FUEL TANK, ALTERNATOR, SOLENOID, BATTERY, AND CAM SHAFT SENSOR THE PROBLEM SPORADICALLY REOCCURRED EVERY 300 MILES, AND FAILURE HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND NOW OCCURS REGULARLY BUT SPORADICALLY AT LOW SPEEDS OF 1-20 CAUSING A FULL STALL WITH NO RESTART. THE FAILURE IS TYPICALLY AT A LIGHT AND WHEN TEMPTING AA TURN. IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE HIGH SPEED INCIDENTS,ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE IN FAILURE- DASH LIGHTS GO OFF, THE ANALOG RPM AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGES SPONTANEOUSLY DROP TO ZERO, AND THEN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM RESTARTS AND GAUGES RESUME NORMAL READINGS, ALL OCCURRING WITHIN A FEW SECONDS AT MOST. ADDITIONALLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER SITTING FOR 3 HOURS, THE ELECTRICAL WORKS BUT ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. AFTER EACH INCIDENT CAR WAS TAKEN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC READING AND EITHER NO FAULT CODE WAS REGISTERED, OR AN ENGINE COMMUNICATION FAILURE CODE OCCURS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS.

TAKATA RECALL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIPS EVER MONTH AND THEY TELL ME THAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT RELEASED THE PART YET.

MY SRT8 WILL STALL SHORTLY AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL. AT THE MOMENT OF STALLING, OBVIOUSLY THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAIL TO WORK, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS IRREGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE....

AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK IN A GAS STATION AND STARTING WARM ENGINE THE ENGINE DIED AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET WHILE MAKING A TURN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ENGINE RE-STARTED BUT CONTINUED TO DIE ON AND OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES. HAVE NOT DRIVEN CAR SINCE.

ON MULITPLE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE OWNED THE CAR IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC AFTER FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION, THE MOST RECENT OCCASION BEING 2/11/17. ON EVERY OCCASION I HAVE FILLED THE TANK (FILLING ONLY UNTIL THE PUMP CLICKS OFF), LEFT THE GAS STATION PARKING LOT AND MADE IT NO MORE THAN 1/4 MILE BEFORE THE CAR STALLS - TYPICALLY IT WILL LURCH FORWARD 1-2 TIMES VERY HARD, THEN STALL - I TURN THE KEY OFF, THEN BACK ON AND THE CAR WILL START WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER, THE LURCHING AND STALLING WILL HAPPEN 1-2 MORE TIMES BEFORE THE CAR DRIVES WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT (UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP). ONLY ONE TIME HAS THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN A STOPPED POSITION (AT A STOP LIGHT), IN ALL OTHER INSTANCES THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET (BETWEEN 10-45MPH) WHEN THE STALLING HAS OCCURED - ON EVERY OCCASION IT HAS STALLED MORE THAN 1 TIME (THE MOST BEING 3).

WHEN I FILL MY GAS TANK WITH FUEL, FOR THE FIRST MILE OR SO IT KEEPS DYING AT SLOWS TO STOPS. EVERY STOP OR SLOW DOWN FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER FUELING. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT WILL DIE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR IN A TURN LANE, AND I AM AFRAID I WILL BE REAR-ENDED. I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK TO START IT. SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3 TO 4 TRIES TO GET IT TO START WHEN IT HAS STALLED LIKE THIS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FUEL UP NOW. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN 2016.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.