2000 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

LTR OF COMPLAINT RE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH EMPLOYEE OF STONE MOUNTAIN CHRYSLER...*MR THE DEALER FAILED TO CONTACT THE CONSUMER TO SCHEDULE RECALL# 03V035000. THE CONSUMER WILL HOLD CHRYSLER ACCOUNTABLE AND LIABLE FOR DAMAGES AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR DEFECTIVE BOLTS. SCC *TT *JB

THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSED ALL OF THE FLUID TO BE DUMPED AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THIS WAS THE 3RD FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *NLM

THE DRIVER SIDE REAR POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THIS WAS THE THIRD WINDOW PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *NLM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK/LATCH ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED WHEN THE WINDOW FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. *SCC

THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE FRONT AND REAR HAVE STOPPED WORKING. I SUSPECT THE ACTUATORS ARE DEFECTIVE. DEALER IS NO HELP. *JB

3 INCH CENTERS OF WHEELS CORRODED OFF. CHROME DOOR HANDLES CHROME PEELING OFF DRIVER & PASSENGER DOOR. WEATHER STRIPPING HANGING OFF REAR DOORS. DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MOTOR MALFUNCTION. *NLM

THIS PAST WEEKEND AFTER TAKING A DAY TRIP TO VA I DISCOVERED A LEAK UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. IT SMELLED AND LOOKED LIKE OIL. THE PREVIOUS MONDAY I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AT THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG WITH THE FILTER. ON MONDAY THE 31ST OF MAR I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MGR AND HE TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND UNDER THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A POWER STEERING LEAK NOT AN OIL LEAK. HE STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 300M. I STATED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE MFG'ING PROBLEM. HE STATED IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ALL OF THEM SO THAT IS WHY IT WAS NOT A RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN. I DISAGREE WITH HIS STATEMENT. I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY TO THEY FIXED IT AND IT COST ME $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. I FEEL THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR. ACCORDING TO THIS DEALER THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 300M AND IT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS A RECALL OR AT LEAST A SERVICE BULLETIN. *NLM

THE WINDSHIELD REFLECTED THE DASH BOARD ON A SUNNY DAY, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. *PH *JB

I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL RECENTLY THAT MY CAR HAD SIDE MIRRORS THAT WERE TO AUTOMATICALLY "SWING DOWN" WHEN CAR IS PLACED IN REVERSE. WHETHER THEY ALWAYS DID OR IT WAS NOT NOTICED BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOOK INTO THEM WHILE BACKING. ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I OCCASIONALLY NOTICED MY SIDE MIRRORS BEING MISAIMED. IT WAS MOST DISCONCERTING, TO SAY THE LEAST TO SEE THE ROAD SURFACE WHEN I LOOKED IN THE SIDE MIRROR. APPARENTLY FROM TIME TO TIME THE MIRRORS SWUNG DOWN WHEN I HAD PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE, AS THEY SHOULD. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT SWING BACK UP WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO FORWARD. CLEARLY, THIS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *NLM

THE ACTUATORS FOR THE DOOR OF MY 2000 CHRYSLER 300M HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THE PART ITSELF SEEMS FAULTY, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SO THAT THE PART GETS FIXED. *JB

FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING NOISES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, WELL DOCUMENTED AND STILL NOT BEING REPAIRED BY MANUFACTURER. WHY HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH SO MANY CARS BEEN ADDRESSED?