2007 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION 3 TIME SO FAR AND IT IS MAKING NOISE AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH AND OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED. SOMETIME THE STEERING PULLS MAKING IT HARD TO STAY IN MY LANE.

DROVE THE MORNING OF (7/22/18) , PARKED CAR , 2 HOURS LATER HAD TO RUN SOME ERANDS , SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE , LOCKED IN PARK.. HAD CAR TOWED TO SHOP , PART BEING ORDERED WILL TAKE THREE DAYS , APPROXIMATE COST TO REPAIR 550.00 , MILEAGE 46700 . NEED TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT

CAME OUT OF THE STORE TO START THE CAR. IT WOULDN'T START. ENGINE MADE A COINS SHAKING IN CAN NOISE. HAD TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER, THEY ASKED IF IT HAD OVERHEATED, I SAID NO BECAUSE IT HADN'T SHOWN ANY SIGNS IT HAD. THEY SAID IT GOT SO HOT THINGS MELTED AND VALVE SEATS AND PISTONS WERE RUINED. I'VE READ ABOUT DODGE JEEP AND CHRYSLER HEMI 5.7S AND VALVE SEATS AND MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH NO SURE REASON AS TO WHY. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME DEFECT IN THE ENGINE ITSELF CAUSING THIS AND EXTENDED WARRANTY'S WON'T COVER CLAIMING BECAUSE VALVE SEATS AREN'T AN INTERNALLY LUBRICATED PART OR SOME BS REASON. NEEDS IMMEDIATELY LOOKED INTO I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY CAR OVER IT!

CAR DIES RIGHT AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, IDLING AWAY FROM THE GAS PUMP, OR STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT. LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ALMOST HIT IN THE REAR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE CAR STALLED. LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY PART THAT IS MOLDED INTO THE 19 GALLON FUEL TANK BUT SAID MY CAR WASN'T COVERED. MY MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT THE "ROLLOVER" VALVE IN THE TANK WAS INDEED FAULTY. HAVE TALKED TO CHRYSLER TWICE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE FLATLY REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE EVEN THOUGH THEY AGREED THAT MY CAR HAS A 19 GALLON TANK. I KNOW THAT CHRYSLER HAS ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE OVER 150K OF THESE FAULTY TANKS. MINE IS FAULTY ALSO BUT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE PARKED THE CAR FOR NOW OUT OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY.

AT AROUND 106K, A VALVE SEAT BROKE AND DROPPED INTO A CYLINDER CHAMBER, DAMAGING THE CYLINDER. THE ENGINE IS A COMPLETE LOSS. NO COMPRESSION IN ONE CYLINDER AND 50 LBS DIFFERENCE IN COMPRESSION IN REMAINING SEVEN CYLINDERS. THE CAR HAD RECENTLY BEEN DRIVEN AND PARKED IN A GARAGE. ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER IT WAS STARTED, BACKFIRED AND FAILED TO IDLE. A SCOPE DETECTED AT LEAST ONE CYLINDER WAS DAMAGED. MECHANIC ASSESSMENT: NEED A COMPLETE NEW ENGINE.

OVER 2 YEARS AGO AT 108,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING WE EXPERIENCED A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED BUT THE CAR KEPT RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKING. WE OPENED UP THE ENGINE AND A PISTON HAD FAILED AND COLLAPSED IN UPON ITSELF. WE PULLED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED A COMPLETE ENGINE REBUILD. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AT 134,000 MILES WE HAD A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE. WE PULLED THE HEAD AND FOUND THAT CYLINDER TWO HAD DAMAGE ON THE HEAD AND CORRESPONDING LOCATIONS ON THE PISTON. COMPRESSION TEST CONFIRMED LOSS OF COMPRESSION ON CYLINDER 2. I PURCHASED A NEW HEAD AND UPON REASSEMBLY I SHOOK THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND DISCOVERED THERE WERE OBJECTS INSIDE. I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THEM OUT AND THEY APPEAR TO BE PARTS OF THE VALVE SEAT FROM CYLINDER 2. I AM ATTACHING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD AT CYLINDER NUMBER 2 AND ALSO THE FRAGMENTS THAT I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH APPEAR TO BE PARTS OF THE VALVE SEAT FROM THE EXHAUST VALVE AT CYLINDER NUMBER 2. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR 10 YEARS SINCE WE PURCHASED IT NEW BY MY WIFE AND HAS NEVER BEEN STRESSED RACED OR ABUSED IN ANY WAY. WE LIKE OUR CAR WHICH IS WHY I WENT THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF REBUILDING THE ENGINE 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE GONE TO THE LENGTHS THAT I HAVE GONE TO THIS TIME. HOWEVER AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS ENGINE I DON'T FEEL THAT I CAN TRUST IT ANYMORE. FURTHER I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER MAKE VEHICLES AS I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TRUST A CHRYSLER PRODUCT ANYMORE. WE HAVE BEEN LOYAL CHRYSLER CONSUMERS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL AS WAS MY FATHER BEFORE ME. I'M HOPING THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO FOR US TO RIGHT THIS SITUATION.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR JUST STALLED TWICE ONCE AT A RED LIGHT AND TOOK A WHILE TO RESTART AND THEN WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN ON THE ROAD IT JUST STALLED AND AGAIN IT TOOK A COUPLE OF TIMES TO RESTART DURING IRMA I WENT OUTSIDE TO MOVE MY JEEP WRANGLER TO A SAFE SPOT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER THE HURRICANE AAA WAS ALLOWED TO COME AND TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE JEEP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE SO I LOOKED THIS UP AND REALIZED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIPM AND I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THERE IS RECALL BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TWICE ON THE CHRYSLER 300 AND THEY SAID NO SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE RECALLED SOON SO I CAN TAKE IT TO GET IT FIXED MY MOTHER WHO IS 91 CAN NOT GET IN MY JEEP AND USES A WALKER AND NOW IM AFRAID IF I GO FURTHER OUT OF TOWN TO THE DOCTORS THAT CAR MAY SHUTDOWN ON I75 AND AND CAUSE A REAL BIG ACCIDENT AND I'M HANDICAPPED AND ON A FIXED INCOME AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE TIPM. THIS IS 2 CARS DIFFERENT YEARS AND THE SAME THING PLZ RECALL THE TIPM FOR THE MODELS OF CARS. I WILL BE ALSO REPORTING MY JEEP BUT IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE UNDER WARRANTY

CAR OPERATED AS EXPECTED ON 7/2 AND WAS PARKED IN GARAGE OVERNIGHT. ON 7/3 OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR BUT OPERATOR COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CAR IS STUCK IN PARK AND CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUES FOR CARS WITH A BUILD DATE FROM JUNE 25, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21, 2007. THIS RECALL IS NAMED K39, AND THE LETTER IS ATTACHED. THE BUILD DATE OF MY CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCTOBER 11, 2006. THE SUGGESTED OVERRIDE METHOD DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE (DEPRESSING PINK LEVER ON SHIFTER ASSEMBLY).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300C. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPRING RETAINER BRACKETS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,635.

VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING AND WILE COMING TO A STOP IN TOWN. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOOK IT IN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A BAD FUEL TANK. THE INLET FLAPPER ON THE FUEL TANK IS DEFECTIVE ALLOWING FUEL TO OVERFLOW THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2005-2006 MODELS THAT NOW COME WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON FUEL TANKS. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH ME TO REPLACE IT OR CONSUME SOME OF THE COSTS, AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT HAS DIES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION 5 TIMES AND WONT ALWAYS RE-START. SOMETIMES IT TAKES 5-10 MINUTES, AND OTHER TIMES IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. THIS RECENT ISSUE HAPPENED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HAVING A LEAK DETECTION PUMP REPLACED.