2006 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

AFTER RE-FUELING VEHICLE, CAR STALLED AT 5 INTERSECTIONS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALWAYS GO BACK INTO GEAR AFTER RESTARTING UNTIL SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. AFTER BURNING OFF A FEW GALLONS OF FUEL ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE NO LONGER STALLED/MIS-FIRED. TANK WAS NOT "TOPPED-OFF" WHEN FILLED, IT WAS FILLED UNTIL THE PUMP STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY.

MY CAR STARTED STALLING AND CHOKING FOR 2-3 MINUTES AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. IT ACTUALLY TURNS OFF 2-3 TIMES WITH-IN A BLOCK OR TWO OF THE GAS STATION AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A 3-10 SECOND DELAY WHEN I SHIFT FROM P OR N INTO D. THIS FIRST STARTED IN AUGUST AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I'VE CHANGED GAS STATIONS AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEM

NOT AN ACCIDENT ISSUE MY CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. I FOUND OUT THAT A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE SPRING ENGAGED LEVER SYSTEM NOT TO WORK. FROM WHAT I COULD SEE ONLINE THERE WAS A RECALL #K39 - TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK LEVER - AND WHEN I CALLED IN REFERENCE TO THIS (1-800-853-1403 SHANNON) I WAS TOLD THAT THE CHRYSLER 300 WAS COVERED IN THIS RECALL BUT NOT THE CHRYSLER 300C. I ASKED WHY THE 300C WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATON, THERE WAS NOT ANYONE ELSE I COULD SPEAK TO AND THAT MY ONLY COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. SO I AM SUBMITTING THIS FORM IN HOPES OF FINDING OUT WHY THE 300C IS NOT INCLUDED WHEN THE 300C DEFINITELY HAS THIS ISSUE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SHIFTER BECAUSE OF THIS SMALL PLASTIC PIECES DEFECT.

THE ENGINE STALLED AS I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH A RED LIGHT AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS VALVE SEAT FAILURE WITH NO COMPRESSION IN ONE CYLINDER, OF WHICH I HAVE FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. THEY AND SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS SUGGESTED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GO FORWARD WAS TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ENGINE. AT 7 YEARS OLD THE CAR IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL, BUT THE FACT THAT THE ENGINE DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. WHILE GM IS RECALLING CARS FOR STALLING, THEIR CAUSE WAS MUCH MORE MINOR AND THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT - CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND I CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM THE DEALER ABOUT HOW THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING BEFORE WHEN EVEN THEIR MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE IT HAPPENS A LOT. *TR

IN JANUARY I FILED A SAFETY COMPLAINT ON THIS WEB SITE REGARDING THE STALLING OF MY CHRYSLER 300C AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK (ODI # 10561779). OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED, WITH THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THE PROBLEM WAS TO ONLY FILL THE GAS TANK TO 3/4 FULL. ON 2/24/14 I SAW THE ABC NEWS REPORT THAT STATED "US ENDS PROBE OF CHRYSLER ENGINE STALLING" AND THE ARTICLE STATES THEY INVESTIGATED 1200 COMPLAINTS AND FOUND 299 IN WHICH THE FUEL SYSTEM ALLOWED THE GAS TANK TO BE OVER-FILLED. IT ALSO STATED THAT "CHRYSLER UPDATED THE PART IN NEW CARS AND GUARANTEED IT FOR LIFE IN CARS NOW ON THE ROAD." WHEN MY CHRYSLER DEALER (WHO HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF MY CHRYSLER SINCE I BOUGHT IT THERE NEW IN 2/2006) WAS CONTACTED, HE STATED THAT ONLY CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS WERE BEING COVERED. HE TOLD ME I COULD CALL CHRYSLER AND SPEAK TO THEM. I CALLED THE 1-800-992-1997 CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THIS MORNING. I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE STALLING AND THAT I HAD FILED A COMPLAIN BACK IN DECEMBER 2013 REGARDING THE CONSISTENT STALLING WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED. I EXPLAINED MY CHRYSLER DEALER STATED MY CAR WAS NOT ON THEIR LIST, AND TO CALL CHRYSLER. THE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE ONLY FIXING CERTAIN CARS AND MINE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM AND THAT I COULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. WHEN I ASKED IF IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE EXACT SAME PART THAT WAS BEING REPLACED, WOULD THEY COVER IT, I WAS INFORMED THEY WOULD NOT. I AM UNSURE WHAT FACTORS GUIDED CHRYSLER ON WHICH CARS TO FIX, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE LEFT OUT AT LEAST MY CAR WHICH HAS EXACTLY THE SAME DESCRIBED PROBLEM I HAVE SEEN ON THE COMPLAINT WEB SITE. *TR

AFTER REFUELING, ENGINE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. CAR DIES WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70MPH). CAR MAY BE RESTARTED BY SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL OR PARK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (REQUIRES SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING WHILE CAR IS MOVING. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS BUT THEN, CONTINUES TO RUN. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE PROBLEM PERSIST FOR ABOUT 5 TO 8 MILES AFTER REFUELING. AFTER THAT, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT RECUR UNTIL THE NEXT REFUELING. IF THE TANK IS PARTIALLY REFILLED, THAT IS, THE GAS PUMP IS TURNED OF WHEN THE TANK IS ~ FULL, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY RECURRING FOR ABOUT THE PAST 4 YEARS. *TR

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING OR SURGE WHILE TRYING TO STOP WITHOUT NOTICE FOR UP TO THIRTY MINUTES OR APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AFTER NORMAL FUEL UP (NO TOPPING OFF!). I SUDDENLY SURGED WHILE APPROACHING ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY VEHICLE NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION. WHILE DRIVING ON A TWO-LANE CURVED ROAD THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND NEAR COLLISION WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND HAD TO STOP QUICKLY WHICH CAUSED A ROAD HAZARD FOR OTHER VEHICLES COMING AROUND A TIGHT TURN BEHIND ME. ONCE RESTARTED, I CONTINUED ON SAME ROAD AND VEHICLE DIED AGAIN IN A TURN ON SAME ROAD CAUSING THE STEERING TO GO OUT AGAIN WHICH LEAD TO VEERING OFF THE ROAD AND WITH THE POTENTIAL OF FALLING DOWN A 30 FOOT UN-GUARDED DECLINE. VEHICLE WILL STALL AND SURGE WHILE IN IDLE AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS ISSUE RELIABLY ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. I WELCOME ANY SKEPTICS FROM CHRYSLER OR OTHER INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES TO CONTACT ME SO THAT I MAY DEMONSTRATE THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE IF NECESSARY. THIS IS DANGEROUS!!! *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 7 YEARS, NEVER HAD AN ISSUE. ON FEBRUARY 23,2014 I WENT TO SHELL AND FILLED UP THE CAR WITH $49.00. I DO NOT REMEMBER IF I EVER FILLED THE CAR UP BEFORE. I'M SURE I HAVE BUT I USUALLY PUT 20/30 BUCKS IN. BUT I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT STOP N SHOP GAS SAVINGS AND RECEIVED A DISCOUNT. I TRIED TO PUT 50 IN BUT IT ONLY TOOK 49.00. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND I TRIED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE PUMP AND IT SHUT DOWN. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A FLUKE SINCE I WAS BASICALLY AT A ROLL. I DROVE 2 BLOCKS AND AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IT DIED. I PROCEEDED TO MAKE A U-TURN TO RETURN HOME. THE CAR DIED 3 TIMES IN A 5 BLOCK SPAN. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY COUSIN WHO HAD A COMPUTER, NO CODES CAME UP BUT THE CAR SHUT DOWN TWICE. I PARKED THE CAR AND TOOK OUT A DIFFERENT CAR. MY COUSIN THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS OR A BAD OIL CHANGE WHICH I HAD DONE ON FEB 22, 2014 I JUST RETURNED HOME AND GOOGLED, "CHRYSLER 300C STALLING" AND FOUND THE ARTICLE THAT THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING, AND HERE I AM. I GUESS I WILL CONTACT CHRYSLER IN THE MORNING. *TR

THE CAR STALLED AND RESTARTED ITSELF ON THE INTERSTATE OVER 10 TIMES YESTERDAY. I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR STALLED 6 TIMES ON LOCAL STREETS AND HAD TO BE RESTARTED WITH THE STARTER 6 TIMES. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO NHTSA BEFORE. THE LOCAL PAPER REPORTED LAST WEEK (FEB 15, 2014) THAT CHRYSLER HAD ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AS THE FUEL TANK AND THEY WOULD EXTEND THE FUEL TANK WARRANTY FOR LIFE IN CARS NOW ON THE ROAD. I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ON FEB 17, 2014 AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 800 992 1997. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AT 800 992 1997 ON FEB 17, 2014 AND THEY TOOK MY INFORMATION AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD PASS IT TO THE TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT AND THEN GET BACK TO ME (CASE # [XXX]). I AGAIN CONTACTED CHRYSLER AT 800 992 1997 ON FEB 20, 2014 AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM (CASE # [XXX] FROM 2/17) AND THAT I WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO GET A LETTER. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM 2006 AND CHRYSLER HAS ALWAYS SAID IT MIGHT BE BAD GAS OR WHATEVER AND HAVE INDICATED THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED 3 SENSORS AND THE PCM OVER THE YEARS WITH NO CHANGE IN SYMPTOMS. CHRYSLER MIGHT HAVE OWNED UP TO THE PROBLEM WITH NHTSA PE13016, HOWEVER THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME STORY WITH ME OVER THE YEARS, FROM THE FIRST TIME I REPORTED THE CAR STALLING 3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2006. DOES NHTSA TAKE CHRYSLERS WORD THAT THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM OR DO THEY CHECK UP ON THEM AND MAKE CHRYSLER FIX THE PROBLEM? THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR MY WIFE AND SHE HAS REFUSED TO DRIVE IT FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. I ONLY DRIVE IT IF I HAVE TO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AFTER FILLING MY CAR UP WITH GAS I WENT TO GET IN LINE AT CAR WASH CAR DIED .. STARTED UP AFTER 4-5 TRIES DROVE HOME RAN FINE. TODAY I FILLED UP AGAIN TOOK OFF WENT TO GET ON FREEWAY MERGED ONTO TRAFFIC CAR DIED AGAIN!! I COASTED ONTO SHOULDER, THANK GOD I DIDN'T GET HIT.. HAD MY TWO MINOR CHILDREN IN CAR.. AFTER 3 TRIES CAR STARTED AGAIN, WENT STRAIGHT HOME.. SCARED TO DRIVE ANYMORE.. TAKING TO DEALER TO BE CHECKED TOMORROW.. HOPE THIS ISSUE GETS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GETS HURT OR EVEN KILLED!! *TR