2005 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AT BREDEMANN'S CHEVEROLET LAST TUESDAY, THEY FORGOT TO FILL UP THE TANK SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK TODAY TO GET FILLED UP. AFTER THEY FILLED UP THE TANK I WENT ON MY WAY AND BEFORE I CAN GET ON THE ROAD THE ENGINE DIED. I RESTARTED IT AND IT STAYED ON A BIT THEN DIED AGAIN. AFTER A FEW TIMES OF THIS THE CAR EVENTUALLY STARTED AND SEEMED OKAY SO I GOT ON THE ROAD, AFTER DRIVING A FEW FEET THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. SO I RESTARTED IT AGAIN AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SALESMAN TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND WE DROVE THE CAR AROUND THE LOT A FEW TIMES AND IT SEEMED OKAY SO I THOUGHT WOW, THAT WAS WEIRD...I THANK THE SALESMAN AND WENT ON MY WAY I GOT A FEW BLOCKS AND THE CAR DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT'S A PRETTY SCARY FEELING BECAUSE IT WOULD DIE ALL OF US SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR. I'VE BEEN READING REPORTS AND FORUMS ALL DAY TODAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR. WOULD THIS BE PART OF A RECALL OR WOULD I BE RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THIS. I CAN'T AFFORD BIG REPAIRS RIGHT NOW, CONSIDERING I'VE JUST PUT DOWN CASH TO BUY THIS CAR.

AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, AND WHEN LEAVING THE GAS STATION, AS I'M SLOWING DOWN TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC THE ENGINE STALLS. THIS ONLY HAPPENS AFTER A FILL UP OF HALF A TANK OR MORE. DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN I TOP OFF TANK WHEN I'M DOWN TO 3/4 TANK. I GET THE CAR RESTARTED AND PULL OUT BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS MISSING. WHEN I START SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP, THE CAR WILL STALL AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 TIMES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON AND THERE ARE NO CODES STORED. THE CAR HAS 155000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS STARTED HAPPING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. IT ONLY DID IT ONE TIME THEN MAYBE A MONTH LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. IT WASN'T DOING ALL THE TIME THEN BUT NOW IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT THAT IT DOES IT AT EVERY FILL UP. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE I GOT SOME BAD GAS, BUT I'VE READ WHERE OTHER 300C OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FIXING THIS PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE.

CAR STALLS ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS. HAS STALLED GOING LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS, LEAVING ME WITH VERY LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE .A MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT I FILL UP BEFORE ITS UNDER HALF FULL BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP ANY. NOW I FILL UP BEFORE I GO INTO A NEARBY GROCERY STORE AND AFTERWARDS I START THE CAR A FEW TIMES AND IT SEEMS TO PREVENT IT FROM STALLING. LAST WEEK MY HUSBAND DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO WORK (LONG DRIVE) AND DIDN'T TAKE MY ADVICE DURING FILL UP AND IT STALLED SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

I HAD JUST COMPLETED A FUEL FILL-UP AND UPON DRIVING AWAY FROM THE PUMP THE ENGINE DIED, LOSING ALL POWER. WITH 3-4 ATTEMPTED RESTARTS THE CAR MOVED FOR SHORT DISTANCES AND REPEATEDLY DIED. WHEN IT DID RESTART, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DRIVE. EVENTUALLY, THE CAR WOULD RUN NORMALLY AND WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP. THE LATEST INCIDENT (AFTER 3 INCIDENTS) OCCURRED FEB 4, 2014. AFTER MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT ON FEB 7 AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES TO OTHER VEHICLES. CHRYSLER CORP SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL IN MY OPINION. *TR

I PURCHASED MY CHRYSLER 300C ON 1/8/2014. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WITH AN ALMOST FULL TANK OF GAS AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP. RIGHT AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK, AND MAKING SURE NOT TO TOP IT OFF AS THE MANUAL SUGGESTS, I SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED THE CAR JERKING, ALMOST LIKE A DOWN SHIFT FEELING, AND THEN IT STALLED. I WAS JUST LEAVING THE GAS STATION. I DROVE ANOTHER MILE AND THEN MADE A TURN INTO MY SUBDIVISION AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT. THEY SUPPOSEDLY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND SAID THAT NOTHING WAS DETECTED. THEY ASKED IF ANY LIGHTS CAME ON AND I TOLD THEM ONLY THE OIL LIGHT. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE NEXT COUPLE OF TIMES I FILLED UP I USED A PREPAID GAS CARD WHICH DIDN'T TOTALLY FILL UP MY TANK SO I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS. TODAY I FILLED MY TANK, THIS TIME MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE CAR AND AS SOON AS WE LEFT THE GAS STATION THE CAR STARTED JERKING, LIKE A SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT....FINALLY, I HAD A WITNESS! WE DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES TO A CAR WASH, AND UPON APPROACHING THE ENTRANCE IT STALLED AGAIN! I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN TO ENTER THE WASH AND ONCE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL IT STALLED AGAIN. I AM VERY NERVOUS AND SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR!!! WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *TR

AFTER FUELING VEHICLE (FULL TANK) I DROVE ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE GAS STATION WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF WHILE I WAS IN A TURN CAUSING ME DRIVE UP ON A CURB AND ALMOST STRIKING A PEDESTRIAN. TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GET MY VEHICLE BACK STARTED AND ABOUT ANOTHER 1/4 MILE DOWN THE ROAD IT STALLED AGAIN THIS TIME MAKING ME GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL GOT HARD. I ENDED UP GETTING IT HOME AND IT SAT OVER NIGHT. NEXT MORNING TOOK IT OUT, NO PROBLEM EXCEPT WHEN I WAS LEAVING A STORE IT STALLED AGAIN. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUEL ISSUE, FUEL PRESSURE CHECKED OK. I DRAINED THE GAS IN THE TANK AND REFUELED FROM ANOTHER STATION SAME PROBLEM. SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY WHEN I COMPLETELY FILL UP BUT NOT 100% OF THE TIME. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR BODY CODES WERE DETECTED ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER. *TR

MY CAR STARTED STALLING IN JUNE 2013, APPROX. 86000 MILES CHRYSLER SERVICE COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON FOR IT STALLING. A FRIEND SUGGESTED THAT I CHECK THE LA TIMES, ONLY TO FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. IT STALLS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IS REPLACING THE GAS TANK AT MY EXPENSE THE ONLY SOLUTION? WHERE CAN I FIND THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION RESULTS FOR THE 300C COMPLAINTS. *TR

SINCE NOVEMBER 2013, EACH TIME I FILL UP MY 2005 CHRYSLER 300C, IT STALLS FOR THE FIRST 5--20 MINUTES AFTER THE FILL UP. IN DECEMBER 2013, I BROUGHT IT TO MY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP (WHICH HAS WORKED ON THE CAR SINCE 2006), AND IT SAID MY CAR NEEDED AN EVAP CANISTER AND A SOLENOID. THE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND THE INSTALLATION/REPLACEMENT WORK WAS DONE ON DECEMBER 6, 2013. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CAR STILL STALLS, STARTING RIGHT AS I PULL OUT FROM THE GAS STATION. THE MOST DISCONCERTING THING IS THAT WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS, AND YOU ARE STEERING INTO A CORNER, THE POWER STEERING IS GONE. THIS MAKES STEERING VERY DIFFICULT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS, PARTICULARLY ON THE TWO-LANE ROADS I MOSTLY TRAVEL. I AM NOW THINKING IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS SOME WATER IN THE GASOLINE TANK OR GASOLINE LINE. I SENSE THE ELECTRONICS IN THE ENGINE CALLING FOR GAS (OR NOT ACCEPTING GAS) WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING BAD IN THE GASOLINE LINE. NOT SURE HOW THERE IS WATER IN THE TANK, AS THE CAR SINCE BEING PURCHASED NEW IS GARAGED WHEN AT HOME AND AT WORK AND WELL CARED FOR OTHERWISE. I JUST READ THIS EVENING ON THE WEB THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS KNOWN SINCE AT LEAST MAY OF 2013. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING; THE DEALERSHIP MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM TO ME. AND SO I HAD THIS WORK DONE NEEDLESSLY, AT MY EXPENSE AND FOR NO SUCCESSFUL RESULT. THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE RECALL TO ME WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THE CAR IN WITH THIS ISSUE. IT WAS SUGGESTED I MIGHT NEED TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. HAS CHRYSLER FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS? DID THIS IN TURN RESULT IN A RECALL? CAN I ASK THE DEALERSHIP FOR MY MONEY BACK? ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THIS CAN BE FIXED? *TR

I HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES AFTER I WOULD FILL UP WITH GAS. AT ABOUT 30MPH OR WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP AND THEN TRY TO ACCELLERATE THE CAR WOULD STALL AND CUT OFF. WOULD THEN TRY AND RESTART THE CAR AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT WOULD FINIALLY RESTART. SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD REACH SPEEDS OF 55MPH IT WOULD CUT OFF AND I WOULD HAVE TO STEER WITH THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. FINIALLY I JUST TOOK IT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER AND HAD THEM PUT A NEW EVAP CANISTER ON IT AND NEW TROTTLE SOMETHING ON IT 600+ DOLLARS. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE IT SURGES WHILE GONG DOWN THE ROAD THEN DIES. VEHICLE RESTARTS, MAY SURGE AND DIE AGAIN, THEN DRIVES NORMALLY TELL NEXT GAS FILL UP. *TR