2005 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

CAME FROM THE GAS STATION AND FILLED UP GAS. AFTER 3 BLOCKS FROM THE STATION, THE CAR STALLS WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN: NO POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I MUSCLED THE CAR TO MAKE THE TURN AND NEARLY HIT INCOMING TRAFFIC BUT CAME TO A FULL STOP. ENGINE LIGHT ON BUT NOT THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT. STARTED AND PROCEEDED SLOWLY. AFTER A FEW BLOCKS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I REACHED AN INTERSECTION AND CAME TO AN IDLE. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE CURB AND RESTARTED THE CAR. I WAS WORRIED THAT IT WOULD STALL AGAIN SO WHENEVER I REACHED AN IDLE/STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, I DELIBERATELY PRESSED DOWN ON THE GAS AT NEUTRAL. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS EVENT, NEEDLESS TO SAY. *TR

ENGINE STALLS AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. CURRENTLY I CAN NOT FILL UP THE GAS TANK AND IF I DO THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND DIE. LAST OCCURRENCE I WAS DECELERATING DUE TO TRAFFIC TO AROUND 30-35 MPH. THE ENGINE DIED DURING THE DECELERATION. THE TRAFFIC HAD PICKED UP TO 50-55 MPH AND I COULD NOT START THE CAR SO I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. IF THIS HAD BEEN IN A LOCATION THAT I COULD NOT PULL OFF THE ROAD I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TO COMPOUND THE ISSUE I CAN NOT GO FROM NEUTRAL START THE CAR AND THEN INTO DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND GO INTO PARK BEFORE DRIVE TO GET IT TO WORK. *TR

CAR STALLS AFTER FUELING. THE CAR WILL DIE AND BE VERY HARD TO TO STEER, BREAK AND CONTROL. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FUEL UP. I NEVER TOP OFF, AND STOP FUELING ONCE THE PUMP AUTO STOPS. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME. CASE #[XXX]. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 200,000 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND I SIDESWIPED THE SIDE OF A GUARDRAIL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SHIFTING GEAR FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE SHIFTING GEAR DEFECT PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *TR

THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT I EXPERIENCED WAS THE GEARSHIFT GETTING STUCK IN PARK. LUCKILY I WASN'T TOO FAR FROM HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I'M WAITING FOR A DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH MY CAR CUTTING OFF AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT I NOT FILL THE GAS TANK TO THE FULL LINE. SO FAR THIS HAS WORKED BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. ALONG WITH THE CAR CUTTING OFF MY DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DIMMER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE MIRROR HAS AN ORANGE TINT TO IT AND WHEN I LOOK AT IT THE IMAGES ARE BLURRED. THERE ARE LIST OF OTHER ISSUES I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR BUT I WOULD BE TYPING ALL DAY. *TR

THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT I EXPERIENCED WAS THE GEARSHIFT GETTING STUCK IN PARK. LUCKILY I WASN'T TOO FAR FROM HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I'M WAITING FOR A DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH MY CAR CUTTING OFF AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT I NOT FILL THE GAS TANK TO THE FULL LINE. SO FAR THIS HAS WORKED BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. ALONG WITH THE CAR CUTTING OFF MY DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DIMMER IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE MIRROR HAS AN ORANGE TINT TO IT AND WHEN I LOOK AT IT THE IMAGES ARE BLURRED. THERE ARE LIST OF OTHER ISSUES I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR BUT I WOULD BE TYPING ALL DAY. *TR

THIS PROBLEM ONLY AFTER FILL THE GAS TANK. AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP AND PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR DIED AND WON'T START UNTIL YOU PUT IN PARK. THIS HAPPENS UNTIL SOME OF THE FUEL HAS BEEN USED UP. I WOULD HAVE IT HAPPEN MAKE IT HOME. THEN THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE IT THE CAR WILL DIE UNTIL ITS BEEN DRIVEN ENOUGH TO USE UP SOME FUEL. THIS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT HAPPEN AS YOU SLOW DOWN OR START UP. I HAVE HAD IT DIE WHILE TURNING AND LOSE ALL CONTROLS BECAUSE IT DIES! THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT THIS IS TO NOT FILL THE TANK. THAT WORKS IF I DRIVE THE CAR BUT MY FAMILY MEMBERS FORGET THAT AND HAVE LOST CONTROL ALSO! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 YEARS! DANGEROUS. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 CHRYSLER 300C ON MAY 24, 2013 WITH 49,755 MILES ON VEHICLE. WE PICKED UP VEHICLE ON MAY 25TH FROM DEALER AND WENT TO GAS STATION TO FILL UP GAS TANK. UPON LEAVING THE GAS STATION THE CAR STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE AND AFTER TWO TIMES IT STARTED AGAIN BUT STILL CHUGGED AND WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 10 MILES. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN RIGHT AWAY AND AFTER READING OWNERS MANUAL WE JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IT HAD BEEN SITTING LONG AT DEALER OR SOMETHING. ON JUNE 17TH WE AGAIN HAD TO FILL UP THE GAS TANK AND UPON DOING SO THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE STALLING, CHUGGING AND JUST NOT RUNNING CORRECTLY. WHILE TURNING LEFT THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AND I HAD A VERY HARD TIME RESTARTING. IN THE MEAN WHILE OTHER CARS WERE COMING AT ME FROM BOTH BEHIND ME AND IN FRONT OF ME. THIS REALLY SCARED ME SO I CALLED A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE AND WE SHOULD BRING IT IN. AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO LOOK ON INTERNET TO CHECK FOR RECALLS AND ENDED UP FINDING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR 2005 CHRYSLER 300C AS WE HAVE. THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS TO EITHER NOT FILL THE TANK ALL THE WAY OR HAVE A NEW TANK INSTALLED AT A COST OF ANYWHERE FROM $1500.00 ALL THE WAY UP TO $2500.00 WHICH IS RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING THIS REALLY SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON CHRYSLER'S PART. IS IT GOING TO TAKE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT POSSIBLY LEADING IN A DEATH FOR CHRYSLER TO ACT ON THIS PROBLEM? THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

2005 CHRYSLER 300C. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE ENGINE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HE LEFT THE GAS STATION, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO FLUTTER AND THEN STALLED. THE CONSUMER THEN LEARNED IF HE ONLY FILLED THE TANK 3/4 FULL, THE STALLING DID NOT OCCUR.

HI, WHEN FUELING THE 2005 CHRYSLER 300C TO FULL, THE CAR WILL DRIVE AND STALL RANDOMLY. IT'S UNPREDICTABLE AND HAPPENS EACH TIME YOU FILL THE TANK. IT'S REPETITIVE AND CAN BE DUPLICATED ALWAYS. IT'S CERTAINLY VERY HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE, AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT TWICE TRYING TO ENTER THE ROADWAY WHEN IT STALLS, AND IT TAKES A MIN TO ACTUALLY GET IT STARTED AGAIN IF IT ACTUALLY DOES START. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE AROUND THE 50K MILE MARK. THIS NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, AND QUITE MANY 300C OWNERS HAVE THIS SAME VERY PROBLEM. *TR