1999 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

SIX TO SEVEN INCH CRACK APPEARED IN DASHPAD ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER AIRBAG. APPEARS THAT AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY OR PERHAPS MALFUNCTION IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL CRASH.

STEERING RACK BINDS WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING MAKING IT VERY HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER SAID DC WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP COVER COSTS OF REPLACEMENT RACK @ 1200$. HAVE PUT ALMOST A MILLION MILES ON VARIOUS VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A DEFECT THAT IS AS UNSAFE AS THE 300M STEERING.*AK

A LOUD CLANKING NOISE HAD COME FROM THE FRONT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. WHILE ACCELERATING AT ANY SPEED THE NOISE WOULD GET LOUDER. THE DRIVER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SC

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. AFTER CHECKING THE VEHICLE THE WIRING UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS BURNING. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO PULL THE WIRING APART TO STOP THE BURNING.*AK

LAST SPRING WHEN I PULLED MY CAR OUT OF MY HEATED GARAGE THAT IT WAS STORED IN ALL WINTER I NOTICED ABOUT A 3" CRACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. SINCE THEN, THAT CRACK HAS GROWN TO OVER 7" LONG AND ANOTHER ONE APPEARED THIS WINTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRBAG THAT IS ABOUT 3" LONG. I AM AFRAID THAT THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WITHOUT PROVACATION. I ALSO FOUND THAT THIS MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CHELSTYLE.COM/CHELSTYLE_JEEP_COMPLAINTS_CHRYSLER_COMPLAINTS_300M_DASHBOARD_COMPLAINTS_BEFORE_YOU_BUY_A_CHRYSLER_JEEP.HTM I WENT TO THE DEALER AND HE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THE DEALERSHIP CAN DO ABOUT IT AND HE HAS SEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

MAG RIMS ERODED FROM THE INSIDE, CAUSING THE TIRE NOT TO SEAL OR HOLD AIR. CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE THE RIMS BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER WENT TO BUCKLE THE CHILD INTO THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE CHILD TOUCHED THE GEAR SHIFT, AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR WITHOUT THE DRIVER'S FOOT BEING ON THE BRAKE.*AK

CRASH IN CHRYSLER 300M. I HAD ADJUSTED MY SEAT WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR. AS I WAS DRIVING, THE SEAT DETACHED FROM TRACK AND PULLED AWAY, SUBSEQUENTLY I REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. I MADE THE COMPLAINT TO CHRYSLER WHO MADE A RECALL ON THE SEAT BOLT BUT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. I HAVE HAD THE SAME/FORWARDED ADDRESS.*AK

HEADLIGHT LENS IS VERY CLOUDY. OXIDATION APPEARED ON THE LENS. CONSUMER FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK *TC

THE VINYL MATERIAL ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M HAS DEVELOPED A VERTICAL CRACK AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.*AK