1999 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

DT: THE CALLER STATED THAT THE STEERING LOCKED ON VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WHEN TURNING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND THEN TRYING TO TURN BACK TO THE RIGHT. THE CALLER SAID HE FORCED IT AND IT TURNED, BUT NOW IT HAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN IT. HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND HE COULD NOT REACH THE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE PERSON TALKED TO COULD NOT HELP HIM FOR FREE. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC COVERING ON THE HEADLIGHTS FOGGED UP AND BECAME DIRTY . THEY ARE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE DURING USE. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, THEY COULD REPLACE THE COVERING OF THE LIGHTS AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *AK. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE MUST USE THE HIGH BEAMS AT TIMES. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. ON JULY 23, 2005 I WAS INFORMED BY THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THAT THE RACK & PINION WAS BADLY RUSTED, AND THAT ONE OF THE RODS WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN! THIS CAR ONLY HAD 62,000 AT THE TIME AND WAS NOT USED A A COMMUTING CAR, AND WAS TREATED VERY WELL. SIMPLY PUT, THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, GIVEN THE AGE OF THE CAR AND IT'S USE. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I DEALT WITH SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN SEVERAL 300M'S COME IN WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I DO NOT LIVE IN A CLIMATE WHERE WE GET SNOW, THUS NO SALT ON THE ROADS, AND I AM NOT NEAR THE OCEAN. BASED ON THIS, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEALERSHIP, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A DEFECT, ONE THAT COST ME $2300, CONVENIENTLY 1 MONTH AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED. ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE RUSTING OCCURRED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WOULD HAVE AFFECTED TIRE WARE. THIS EXPLAINS WHY I WENT THROUGH 4 TIRES IN THE PAST YEAR. LUCKILY, THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T CAUSE ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, BUT THIS POTENTIALLY COULD END UP BEING LIFE THREATENING FOR SOMEONE ELSE!

MY DASH HAS A 12 INCH VERTICAL CRACK LEFT OF THE AIRBAG. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF THE DASH WERE IT IS SET IN FOR THE AIR BAG. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THIS ISN'T A HAZARD. I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM. NO ONE WILL EVEN TOUCH THE DASH IN THAT AREA TO FILL OR FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT COULD CASE THE AIR BAG NOT TO WORK! SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE WITH CHRYSLER. TO ME IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I WANT IT FIXED. MY LIFE AND MY FAMILIES LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MANUFACTURE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. I READ THE WEB SITE OF COMPLAINTS ON THE DASH AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 1999 300M. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE THEM FIX THIS AND QUICK!!!

1999 CHRYSLER 300M, DRIVING ALONG FREEWAY AT 60 MPH, SUDDEN DECELERATION. BIG SCARE FOR WIFE COMING HOME IN RUSH HOUR. SPEEDOMETER READ ZERO, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. COULD NOT GET CAR TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER FORWARD GEAR, STILL WOULD GO INTO REVERSE. HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK TO TOW THROUGH HOUSTON, 65 MILES TO HOME ON WEST SIDE. $165.00 FOR TOW ALONE. THIS ISSUE, I SEE, IS COMMON WITH THIS CAR. WHY DOESN'T CHRYSLER ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM??? TCM TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, OR TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK MAY BE TO BLAME, I THINK IT'S THE TRANSAXLE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR, SINCE SPEEDO IS NOT WORKING. TRANSMISSION HAD NO PRIOR SIGN OF PROBLEMS. LOVE THOSE COMPUTERS. SURE DO HATE THEM IN MY CAR. *NM

DT: CALLER SAID THE ALLOY WHEELS OXIDIZED AND LOST AIR IN THE TIRES. ALL 4 WHEELS WERE DOING IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 YEARS. CONSUMER WAS PUTTING AIR IN TIRES, CLEANED THEM, AND BY NIGHT ALL THE TIRES WERE FLAT. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. HE SAYS THAT ON MAY 15TH ,2005 HE STARTED VEHICLE AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND THE SHIFTER BROKE FROM THE WELDING. SHIFTER IS ON THE FLOOR NOT ON THE STEERING COLUMN. HE NOTICED THAT ON MAY 13TH 2005 IT WOULD NOT GO IN DRIVE. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LOCKED. HE PULLED THE SHIFTER REALLY HARD AND IT RELEASED. HE DROVE VEHICLE AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL MAY 15TH 2005. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM LIKE THIS. HE THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO STEAL THE CAR. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CABLE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GETTING HOT AND IT MIGHT BREAK REALLY SOON SO HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT. *AK *NM

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END RATTLES, SHE GOT INTO AN UNRELATED ACCIDENT. BUT WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED THE MECHANIC TOLD HER SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END BALL JOINT. VIBRATION OCCURS MORE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, BUT BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 69000 MILES ON MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. AS A RETIREE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO OWNING IT FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS BEFORE CONSIDERING PURCHASE OF A NEW CAR. MY PROBLEMS WITH THE 300 STARTED IN JAN OF '99 INOPERABLE WINDOW MOTORS A ) 1/28/99 957 MILES DRIVERS SIDE B) 3/30/99 3792 MILES RIGHT REAR C) 6/7/99 6301MILES RIGHT FRONT D) 8/01/01 27364 MILES LEFT REAR INDOW ALSO CRACK IN DASH ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE UNDER WARRANTY. THE FOLLOWING WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY 1) 7/25/02 40046 MILES TRANSMISSION SENSORS (WOULDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY) 2) 2/14/03 ABOUT 46000 MILES DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AGAIN. I REPLACED THE MOTOR 3) ABOUT 4/03 47000 MILES, RIGHT REAR WINDOW MOTOR CAPUT. STILL CAPUT. 4) ABOUT 50000 MILES, 2 OF 6 RADIO SPEAKERS DO NOT WORK 5) 6/03/04 58528 MILES SIGNIFICANT SHIMMY AFTER NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AND BALANCE. STILL SHIMMIES. 6) 6/19/04 58561 AIR CODITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILS MY PROBLEM IS I GUESS I DON'T COMPLAIN ENOUGH. I WAS PROMPTED TO DO SO THIS TIME AFTER SURFING THE NET AND FOUND I WAS NOT ALONE IN THIS REGARD. PERHAPS SOME GOOD WILL COME OF MY PLIGHT, IF NOT FOR ME, SOMEONE ELSE. THIS WAS THE 1ST AND LAST CHRYSLER DAIMLER PRODUCT I WILL OWN.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CRACK BY THE AIR BAG ON THE DASHBOARD. ANOTHER CRACK FORMED ABOVE THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND SAID THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS. THE CONSUMER WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEBSITE. THE CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *JB