2000 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

STEERING RACK FAILED AT 51,000 MILES. EXCESSIVE PLAY, LOOSE, LOCKING ON TURNS, EXCESSIVE NOISE. REPLACED BY OWNER SINCE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR AS WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. *LA

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. VEHICLE LOST POWER MOMENTARILY. LATER IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.....................................*JB

THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD LOCATED OVER THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER CONTACTED CHRYSLER ONLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE WHICH ADVISED CONSUMER TO HAVE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD REPLACED. ALSO, IT WAS INDICATED THAT THIS PROCEDURE COULD MODIFY THE AIR BAG'S EFFECTIVENESS. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD FRONT END NOISE, AND VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER INDICATED THAT RIGHT FRONT STRUT BROKE. *AK

THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED FORWARD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED FRONT SEAT RECLINER BOLT.*AK

UNABLE TO ADJUST VEHICLE TOE. DEALER REPLACED STEERING WHEEL DUE TO PEELING AND DID A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND OIL CHANGE. VEHICLE CAME BACK WITH STEERING WHEEL COCKED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. TOOK VEHICLE BACK AND IT WAS RETURNED TO ME WITH THE WHEEL STRAIGHT. I RAN THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES WHEN THE TIRE DEALER ADMITTED THE TOE ADJUSTER WAS FROZEN ON ONE SIDE AND THAT HE AND POSSIBLY THE MECHANIC BEFORE HAD SET BOTH WHEELS TO A SLIGHTLY TOE'D OUT CONDITION TO ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE STRAIGHT. OTHERWISE THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE THE STEERING WHEEL COCKED AT A SLIGHT ANGLE. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. BUT THE ADJUSTER HAS BEEN "STUCK" OF FROZEN SINCE THE FIRST TRIP TO THE DEALER. *LA

WHEEL CENTER CAP FALLS OFF. RUSTED THROUGH SPINDLE DUST COVER. WHEEL CENTER CAP IS HELD IN PLACE BY STEEL SPRING TABS. THE RIM IS ALUMINUM. THE CENTER CAPS START GETTING LOOSE AND WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING FOLLOWED BY THEM BRAKING AND FALLING OFF. THIS LAST TIME WHEN I GOT THE TIRES REPLACED THE TIRE INSTALLER INFORMED ME THAT SEVERE CORROSION WAS TAKING PLACE AND THAT THE SPINDLE DUST COVER HAD RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING MOISTURE AND DIRT TO ATTACK MY WHEEL BEARINGS. THIS VEHICLE HAS JUST TURNED THREE YEARS OLD AND I EXPECT THE WHEEL CENTER CAPS AND SPINDLE DUST COVERS SHOULD LAST MORE THAN A YEAR EACH. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE WHEEL CENTER COVER(S) ARE TO BE REPLACED. I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO THE WEATHER IN VA. I ALSO NOTED SEVERAL 300M VEHICLES IN PARKING LOTS WITH THE CENTER CAPS FLOPPING AROUND OR MISSING. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT OF COMBINING STEEL WITH ALUMINUM WITHOUT A PROTECTIVE COATING OR INSULATOR TO STOP THE CORROSION. *LA

TIRE PRESSURE DROPS WEEKLY. I MUST CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK OR IT WILL DROP BELOW 20 PSI. I USUALLY RUN MY TIRES AT THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE TO REDUCE THE INTERVAL AT WHICH I MUST CHECK THE TIRES. REPLACED TIRES AND CHANGED BRANDS WITHOUT ANY DIFFERENCE. RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOOKED LOW AND WAS CHECKED TO BE AT 26 PSI. I HIT A POTHOLE ON THE WAY HOME AND PUT A SEVERE DENT IN THE RIM. TIRE WENT FLAT APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER. (SPEED AT 45 MPH). REPLACED FRONT WHEEL/TIRE WITH FULL SIZE SPARE. REAR TIRE WHICH HAD 30 PSI WENT FLAT AND ROLLED OFF THE RIM IN A CORNER WITHIN 5 MINUTES. REAR RIM ALSO HAD A DENT. IT APPEARS TO BE A CORROSION SEALING ISSUE. THE RIMS ARE 17" ALUMINUM WITH STEEL CENTER CAP MOUNTING BRACKETS AND BOLTED TO A STEEL HUB. I WILL PAINT THE NEW RIMS AND HUBS TO PREVENT THE STEEL TO ALUMINUM CONTACT WHICH HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE CORROSION BY A DIFFERENT DEALER. *LA

DOOR LOCK BUZZING AND FAILURE TO UNLOCK DOOR. OCCASIONALLY DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE UNTIL THE ELECTRIC LOCK IS TOGGLED A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE MANUAL BUTTON IS PULLED UP. OFTEN TIMES THE BUTTON WILL NOT PULL UP UNLESS THE ELECTRIC SWITCH IS TOGGLED FIRST. I HAVE EXITED CAR ON OCCASION TO HAVE THE DOOR STILL BE LOCKED WHEN I ATTEMPT TO OPEN IT (DOOR SHOULD UNLOCK UPON OPENING FROM INSIDE). TALKED TO DEALER AND DEALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO "POSSIBLY PLAYING WITH THE LOCKS BY MY CHILDREN" FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED LESS THEN ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. *LA

STEERING WHEEL COVER PEELING, WHEEL HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER ONCE BEFORE. (14,000 MILES). *LA