2007 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

I CAME OUT OF THE STORE ON 4/24/13, PLACED MY BAGS IN THE CAR AND STARTED THE CAR. I TRIED TO SHIFT THE GEAR FROM PARK, BUT IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAR WAS ON. THE GEAR SHIFT STILL DIDN'T MOVE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO ASK WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND TO LOOK UP A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND IT WOULD TELL ME HOW TO POP IT INTO GEAR. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I HAD NO TOOLS. ONCE I GOT THE TOOLS, THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE VIDEO WORKED. MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AS THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED? AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND PARKED, IT LOCKED UP AGAIN. THIS IS NOT SAFE. *TR

ONCE I STARTED MY CAR AND TRIED TO MOVE THE GEAR TO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE FROM PARK POSITION. TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL THINKING IT WAS MAKING THE GEAR STICK BUT TO NO AVAIL. HAD TO EVENTUALLY CALL A TOW TRUCK WHO TOLD ME THAT WASN'T HIS FIRST CHRYSLER 300 HE'S HAD TO TOW FOR THE SAME ISSUE. HE HAD TO GET UNDER THE CAR AS WELL AS GO THRU A PANEL BESIDE THE GEARS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO EVEN MOVE TO BE PLACED ON THE TOW TRUCK. AFTER DROPPING OFF TO THE DEALERSHIP, I RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CHRYSLER 300 2007 SERIES CAR. TURNS OUT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SOME OF THE CHRYSLERS BUILT FROM JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2007 FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A RECALL TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. I GOT THE ISSUE FIXED AS WELL BUT HAD TO PAY. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO TOLD ME BECAUSE MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 2007 THAT THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY ISSUE AND THEREFORE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. CLEARLY CHRYSLER IS WRONG. *TR

THE 300C (HEMI) HESITATES WHEN PULLING OFF, STOPPING AND/OR ACCELERATING. IT IS A DANGER WHEN MERGING FROM RAMPS ON BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PULL OFF WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED; IT HESITATES, THEN TAKE OFF WITH A LOT OF POWER CAUSING THE CAR TO MOVE FARTHER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT OF THE INTENDED DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE HEMI POWER WHEN ACCELERATION CATCHES UP. IT IS A DANGER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR MAIMED IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURRED. *TR

THE 300C SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN PARK AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I LEFT THE CAR PARKED AND LATER THAT EVENING, THE SHIFTER MOVED TO OTHER GEARS. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER INFORMING THEM OF THE OCCURRENCES. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME THAT WAS A PROBLEM THAT HAD BEEN OCCURRING WITH THE 300C MODELS. *TR

THE SHIFT LEVEL IS STUCK IN PARK. WITH THE BRAKE PRESSED, IT WILL MOVE RIGHT BUT NOT DOWN INTO GEAR. IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, IT WILL NOT MOVE TO THE RIGHT AT ALL. THE RECOGNITION OF THE BRAKE BE DEPRESSED APPEARS TO BE WORKING. I WAS 120 MILES FROM HOME SO I TOOK THE CONSOLE APART AROUND THE GEAR SHIFTER AND FOUND A CABLE THAT I COULD PULL BACKWARDS AND THEN WAS ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT TO DRIVE, THE SHIFT LOCK MECHANISM SEIZED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT THROUGH INTERNET RESEARCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300-C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT FROM THE EIGHTH CYLINDER TO THE FOURTH CYLINDER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COIL AS A PRECAUTION HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND STOPPED AT A PARKING LOT, AND WHEN I STARTED TO LEAVE MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE SHIFTER BREAKS THE CAR MUST BE TOWED FOR REPAIR. JUST AFTER I CALLED THE WRECKER A PICK-UP IN THE SAME PARKING LOT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE BUSINESS TRIED TO EVACUATE THE PARKING LOT, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE UNTIL THE WRECKER ARRIVED. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE BURNING PICK-UP THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY CAR, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY IF I WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE PICK-UP. THE DEALER OVER-NIGHTED THE PART FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA AND REPLACED THE PART THE NEXT MORNING. WE WERE CHARGED FOR TOWING AND REPAIR. SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SHIFTER BREAKING, I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ITEM, THUS WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED. *TR

I'VE NOTICED WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE THERE IS A NOTICEABLE DELAY. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND VISE-VERSA, THERE'S IS ALSO A PAUSE/DELAY THAT OCCURS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. NOTICEABLE WHEN TRYING TO ATTEMPT A U-TURN AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE WAITING FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO CATCH. ONCE IT DOES CATCH THERE'S A INSTANT LUNGE/ACCELERATION, CAUSING EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE WHIP FLASH AND HAS CAUSED ME TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT. ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS FOR SOME TIME I DIDN'T KNOW THE ISSUE WAS SO WIDE SPREAD. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. UNTIL THIS HAZARD/DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED I WILL NOT CONSIDER CHRYSLER FOR MY NEXT PURCHASE. *JS

I HAD A FULL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I HAD THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER CHECK THE BATTERY LEVEL AND IT WAS GOOD. NO LIGHTS, POWER, NOTHING. RPM & SPEEDOMETER WERE STILL PEGGED AT THE LEVEL THEY WERE AT WHEN THE ISSUE OCCURRED. *TR