2007 CHRYSLER 300C Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACUTER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300 C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT HAD TO UTILIZE THE BYPASS BUTTON TO RELEASE THE SHIFTER. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

MY 2007 CHRYSLER 300C HAS A LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I RECEIVED THE DOCUMENT LISTING THE PARTS COVERED FOR THE LIFETIME WARRANTY. MY ABS, ESP AND TCS LIGHTS CAME ON. THE RIGHT REAR SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD. I CALLED GRAVEN AND SET UP APPOINTMENT FOR WARRANTY WORK. I ALSO CALLED CHRYSLER CORP. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO GRAVEN CHRYSLER, 10-10-11 AT APPROX. 2:30PM. GRAVEN CHRYSLER CALLED THE NEXT MORNING, 10-11-11 7:53AM MY CAR WAS READY. GRAVEN SAID IT WAS GOING TO COST $135. I SAID THAT THE WORK WAS WARRANTY. GRAVEN SAID IT WASN'T WARRANTY WORK BECAUSE PART NUMBER DOESN'T COME BACK AS WARRANTY. I EXPLAINED TO THE ASSISTANT THAT IT IS WARRANTY, THAT MY CAR HAS A LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. SHE SAID THAT ONLY COVERS THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND DRIVELINE. I SAID IT ALSO COVERS A LOT OF OTHER PARTS WHICH I HAVE A LIST OF. SHE THEN SAID, YOU WILL HAVE TO TALK WITH CHRYSLER AND THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD DO. CHRYSLER SAID I HAVE TO PAY A $50.00 CO-PAY. I SAID WHY SHOULD I PAY A CO-PAY WHEN THIS PART HAS A LIFETIME WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD I CAN PAY THE $50.00 OR $185. I SAID THAT I WAS TOLD IT WAS $135. I SAID FOR NOW I WILL PAY THE $50.00 BUT WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT FOR THE WARRANTY AND GETTING MY $50.00 BACK. THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM CHRYSLER. I WAS ASKED HOW MY CAR WAS RUNNING. I SAID IT DROVE HOME OK. SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD CLOSE THE CASE THEN. I SAID THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MADE ME PAY $50.00 CO-PAY WHEN THE PART IS LISTED ON THE PAPERWORK AS HAVING A LIFETIME WARRANTY UNDER THE POWERTRAIN. SHE SAID THAT I COULD CALL GRAVEN CHRYSLER BACK AND TRY AND GET THEM TO EXCEPT IT. I SAID, WHY, YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE DECISION AS YOU DID ABOUT THE CO-PAY AND THE GRAVEN CHRYSLER WOULDN'T EVEN DO THAT. CHRYSLER CORP CASE NUMBER [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PROBLEM # 1--2007 CHRYSLER 300 HEMI ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THE BRAKE SHIFTER COMPONENT. RECENTLY THE CAR LOCKED IN PARK, AND COULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF PARK WITHOUT USING A SCREWDRIVER TO RELEASE IT AFTER REMOVING THE DRIVE SHIFTER PANEL. PROBLEM #2--RECENTLY, THE CAR STARTED TO LOOSE POWER ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. MY SPEED WAS 60 MPH AND DROPPING. AFTER ALLOWING THE CAR TO COAST IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE THE CAR REGAINED POWER WITHOUT ANY ACTION ON MY PART OTHER THAN ALLOWING THE CAR TO COAST FOR A MINUTE. PROBLEM # 3--THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS WHEN SHIFTING FROM NEUTRAL TO REVERSE. THE CAR STALLS OUT AND WILL NOT RESPOND. THE CAR MUST BE SHUT OFF AND BACK ON TO ALLOW IT TO RESET THEN THE CAR WILL MOVE BACKWARD ONCE PUT BACK INTO REVERSE. MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS 79,000 MILES APPROX.. NEVER AGAIN WILL I PURCHASE A CHRYSLER PRODUCT. NEVER! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON I-95 AT 70 MPH IN SOUTH CAROLINA. FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 1/4 TANK OF GAS AND OVER 100 MILES TO EMPTY. THE OBD LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN (5-10 MPH). I WAS ABLE TO ROLL IT OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. GAS GAUGE INDICATED A 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND SAT FOR15 MINUTES. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT ACTED AS THOUGH IT HAD NO GAS. HOWEVER, THE GAUGE SHOWED A 1/4 TANK FULL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED (AAA) TO AN EXXON STATION IN GABLE, SC. FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE TANK AND THE CAR COULD BE STARTED. THE ADDITION OF $25.00 OF FUEL (6 GALLONS?) DID NOT MOVE THE GAUGE FROM THE 1/4 TANK LEVEL. AN ADDITIONAL $25 FUELING BROUGHT THE GAUGE ALMOST UP TO FULL. I DROVE IT ROUGHLY 500 MILES FROM SC TO MD WITHOUT INCIDENT. HOWEVER, I DID NOT ALLOW FUEL LEVEL TO DROP BELOW 1/2.

MY 2007 CHRSLER 300C WAS DRIVEN YESTERDAY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. IT WAS PARKED IN OUR CARPORT AND NOW THE TRANSIMISSION FLOOR SHIFTER IS STUCK IN PARK. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED CHRYSLERS SATIFICATION NOTIFICATION K39, THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK. I FIND THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2007 AND THE RECALL ONLY COVERS VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN JUNE TO SEP 2007.

MY 2007 CHRYSLER 300 IS STUCK IN PARK , I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRENTY , BUT IS DOES HAPPEN ALOT. THE PROBLEM IS VERY TO BE INTERNAL TO THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THERE IS A PINK PLASTIC ARM WHERE THE IGNITION INTERLOCK CABLE ATTACHES IN THE SHIFTER. THIS ARM IS SPRING LOADED AND CAN EVENTUALLY BREAK. WHEN IT DOES THEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFTER FROM PARK BECAUSE THE SHIFTER DOESN'T KNOW THE KEY IS TURNED ON. THE DEALERSHIP WANT TO CHARGE TO KEEP REPLACING IT WHICH MIND YOU IS NOT COVER UNDER WARRENTY. I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ALSO. *TR

I OWN A 2007 CHRYSLER 300 C. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SPEED I AM DOING. IT JUST SHUTS DOWN. IT TAKES ME PULLING OFF THE ROAD IF I CAN, SHUT IT OFF AND RESTART IT. RECENTLY I TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER FOR I THINK THE THIRD TIME AND THEY REPLACED THE ECU. IT WORKED FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING IN INTERSTATE DRIVING WHEN IT SHUT DOWN DOING 70 MILES HOUR. BARELY AVOIDING A SEMI FROM RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. IT HAPPENED TWICE WITH IN A 500 MILE DRIVE. VERY DANGEROUS. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO IT HAPPENED ON A SIDE STREET AND I PULLED OVER AND IT STARTED UP FINE. WROTE IT OFF AND WENT ON. THIS IS VERY BAD. I AM GOING BACK TO THE DEALER TOMORROW AND FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE. NO WARNING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND IT SEEMS CHRYSLER HAS NO ANSWER BUT TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER. *TR

MY SPOUSE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO WORK IN THE MORNING, DROVE THE VEHICLE AT LUNCH AND UPON LEAVING HER WORK FOR THE DAY, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WOULD START, HOWEVER THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. EVEN USING THE OVERRIDE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONSOLE WOULD ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORM THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP WAS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM STATING, "IT IS VERY COMMON, AND IT'S NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AS IT IS A MECHANICAL LINKAGE, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR DRIVETRAIN." THE DEALERSHIP ALSO RELATED THE PROBLEM MAY OCCUR AGAIN. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR (APPROXIMATELY $300.00) PLUS THE COST OF A RENTAL FOR THE DAY. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN SINCE THE REPAIR. *TR