2000 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

REPORTING PLASTIC FUEL TANK HAVE PUNCTURED BY RUNNING OVER SOMETHING WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH, AND CAUSED FUEL LEAKAGES, PRIBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE FUEL TANK IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND; DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEALER REPLACED FUEL CELL ASSY WHICH INCLUDED PUMP FORM A STOCK UNIT , REPLACEMENT APPEARED TO BE SATISFACTORY FOR APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES AND IT NOW IS NOISY, UNKNOWN IF THE PUMP IS OPERATING PROPERLY, ONLY OCCURS AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME USUALLY OVERNIGHT WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS FUEL LOAD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE

WHEN MAKING U-TURN STEERING WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER POSITION. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK *SLC

MY REAL CONCERN IS THAT I MAY HAVE PURCHASED A TEST CAR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH. ON THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD READS, "CHRYSLER PROVING GROUNDS" VISIBLE ONLY WHEN THE WINDSHIELD IS WET. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER?*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL. THEN, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SPIN STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY AROUND, NO CONTROL WHAT SO EVER. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE, VEHICLE ONLY HAD 3500 MILE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *SLC

CANNOT KEEP TIRES BALANCED. BALANCED 3 TIMES IN LAST 6 WEEKS. ALSO HAD 2 TIRES REPLACED TO TRY AND CORRECT. I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND IN DAYTON OHIO THAT HE HAD SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO GOODYEAR DEALER THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THE 300M WITH THE 17 INCH WHEEL PACKAGE. EVERY TIME I ASK CHRYSLER DEALER IF THEY KNOW OF SUCH PROBLEM, THEY SAY NO, BUT GOODYEAR DEALER SAYS THAT I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND HE HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE GOODYEAR DEALER. HE SAYS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRE ON ANYTHING ELSE. ONLY THE 300M WITH 17 INCH WHEELS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: MK438MDR TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)

VEHICLE HAS BRAKING DISTANCE THAT IS TOO LONG , ACCIDENT 0N MARCH 2, 2001 WAS DUE TO THIS. $ 4500 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE . VEHECLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. DEALER STATED BRAKES WERE AS THEY SHOULD BE. *AK BRAKES WERE TOO SOFT AND REQUIRE TOO MUCH RESPONSE TIME. *YH

12-29-00 TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 45MPH ANOTHER CAR MADE A TURN WITHOUT YIELDING WITH NO TIME TO STOP I HIT THE OTHER CAR BOTH CARS WERE TOTAL LOSES BUT THE AIRBAGS NEVER OPENED UP TO PREVENT INJURIES ---- THANKS CHRYSLER -*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HIT ICE, VEHICLE SPINNED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THIS VEHICLE FAILED ON THE DATE INDICATED. LESS THAN 4 HOURS LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE SAME VEHICLE FAILED. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A SIDEWALL DEFECT. THERE ARE NO APPARENT PUNCTURES. THE TIRES EXHIBIT A TEAR, FROM INSIDE OUT, IN THE SIDEWALL. UNSUBSTANTIATED RUNMOR FROM A TIRE INSTALLER IS THAT HE "SEES THIS PROBELM ON THIS TIRE ALL OF THE TIME". *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/55R17 )