2006 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. AFTER DRIVING 55 MPH AND PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO RESTART. ONCE THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, THE ENGINE IDLED LOW AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A PIECE OF PISTON THAT FRACTURED AND WAS RATTLING AROUND IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,342.

I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C AND IT WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR STILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING,WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG,SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND A STAR CASE TO CHRYSLER ENGINEER,TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR.THEY SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY HEARD FROM CHRYSLER ENGINEER.16MILES AND 15DAYS LATER WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR IT WOULDN'T START,SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STARTED THE CAR,THEN CAME OUT AND TOLD ME I NEEDED A MOTOR. THEY THE MOTOR DROPPED 2VALVE SEATS. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT ABOUT THIS. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY WON'T HELP.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I FILLED UP MY VEHICLE WITH GAS. I HAD MY NIECES IN THE CAR WITH ME, AND AS I PULLED AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION, THE CAR STALLED AND SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I GOT IT TO CRANK BACK UP BEFORE GETTING HIT. IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH POWER BUT FINALLY GAINED ITS POWER BACK. EVERY TIME I FILL MY TANK UP (NOT TOPPING OFF, BUT STOP ONCE IT CLICKS OFF) AND I DRIVE OFF, THE CAR QUITS AND HAS TO BE CRANKED BACK UP. IT APPEARS TO ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS FILLED UP. THIS IS HAPPENING ONLY WHEN IT'S FILLED UP (WHICH ONE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO). THIS IS SCARY AND DANGEROUS AS WHEN YOU PULL OFF INTO TRAFFIC, THE LAST THING YOU NEED IS TO HAVE A CAR DIE ON YOU AND YOU GET HIT. PLEASE HELP! I SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

ENGINE FAILURE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT WAS RUNNING FINE. SHE WENT INTO THE STORE AND CAME BACK OUT AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND IT WOULD BE $8000 TO REPAIR IT. I CONTACTED CHRYLSER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER SHOP JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS REALLY WRONG. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005-2007 5.7 HEMI MOTORS. HE TOLD ME IT'S NORMALLY CAUSED BY A INTAKE VALVE SEAT FALLING OUT. SURE ENOUGH WHEN HE TOOK IT APART THE #4 INTAKE VALVE SEAT HAD FELL OUT AND WRECKED THE #4 CYLINDER. I KNOW THIS MIGHT NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME AND WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE ABOUT IT. THIS IS NOT A VEHICLE MODEL ISSUE THIS IS AN ENGINE ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING IN ANYTHING THAT THE 5.7 HEMI MOTOR WAS PUT IN AND MAINLY FROM 2005-2007. SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM WHILE DRIVING SO I'M JUST LUCKY THAT MY FAILURE HAPPENED WHEN MY WIFE WAS PARKED.

TAKATA INFLATOR ,ENGINE FAILURE,FUEL TANK REPLACED VEHICLE WASS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING BEFORE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AND AFTER FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED.. UNDER A EXTENDED LIFE TIME WARRANTY. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN PALESTINE TEXAS TOLD THEM VEHICLE WAS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN TYLER TEXAS. THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG , THEY SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER (A STAR CASE)OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER UNTIL ONE DAY II WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T START. I CALLED DEALERSHIP IN PALESTINE DEALERSHIP,HAD IT TOWED TO THEM. 16 MILES LATER AND 15 DAYS LATER,I WAS TOLD I NEEDED COMPLETE MOTOR. METAL PIECES IN INTAKE AND 2VALVE SEATS HAD DROPPED.LATER ON 11/20/2015 HAD THE HEAD TOOK OFF TO CONFIRM DAMAGES TO THE HEAD AND VALVES.ALSO ON 12/19/2014 WHEN VEHICLE TOWED IN,THEY STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ACCELERATING THE CAR I WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE WAITING ROOM,THINKING IT'S FIXED,THEN COME TELL ME I NEED A MOTOR .

I CAME OUT OF HOME DEPOT TO A CAR THAT WOULDN'T START THIS GIVE A JUMP BUT WE COULD HERE SOMETHING GRINDING IN THE MOTOR AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE A BELT BROKE OR THE FAN WAS LOOSE THE NOISE WAS SCARY THE CAR WOULDN'T STAY ON SC I CALLED FOR A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE RESULTS WERE I NEED A NEW ENGINE.. THE #5 CYLINDER DROPPED AN INTAKE VALVE AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE $9448. I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE BRAND WITH 74 MILES IT NOW HAS 78000 ALL THE MAINTENANCE WAS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON FOR THE ENGINE DYING NO WARNING SYSTEM SAID OK THIS CAR HAS ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. NOW I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHELL OF A CAR WITHOUT AN ENGINE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME THANKS

MY CAR KEEPS SHUTTING OFF. TODAY WHEN I WAS LEAVING MY SONS APPOINTMENT MY CAR SHUT OFF IT WOULD CRANK RIGHT BACK UP BUT IT KEPT CUTTING OFF. I TRYED IT FIVE TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T STAY CRUNK. I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR STRANDED BECAUSE IT WAS SLEETING OUTSIDE AND MY SON WAS IN THE CAR. I HAVE TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM SO THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT ARE KILLED.

STALLS AFTER REFUELING. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS KNOW PROBLEM!

TAKATA RECALL: IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS THAT I'VE GONE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE AIR BAG REPLACED. (THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER) I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE REPAIR. NORTH POINT CHRYSLER/DODGE IN WINSTON SALEM.