2000 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-50 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS IN THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE SERPENTINE BELT DISCONNECTED. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS RECONNECTED IN ODER TO RESUME DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE WHILE DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND THEY INFORMED THE REPAIR KIT WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE STEERING BOLT FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE STEERING AND THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

LOOSE STEERING FELT SUDDENLY, LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT VERY SHARPLY INTO TWO LANES FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC WAS IMMEDIATELY ONCOMING.

I PURCHASED A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M IN 2009. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE WEATHER STRIPPING AROUND THE DOORS WAS DIFFERENT UNTIL MY MECHANIC SAID IT SHRUNK. I SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL FOR THIS. I FOUND COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ONLINE. THEY ALL SAID CHRYSLER KNEW IT WAS A DEFECT BUT WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT THEIR COST NOT MINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION SIMILAR TO THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V035000 ( SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TWO BRACKETS THAT HELD THE SEAT IN PLACE WERE DISINTEGRATED AND THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,934. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. IN ORDER TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300 M. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE PASSENGER SEAT BEGAN EMITTING SMOKE FROM UNDERNEATH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT BY POURING WATER ON IT AND DISCONNECTED THE SEAT MOTOR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS, RADIO AND COMPASS LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY OR BECOME VERY BRIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN BECOME VERY DIM FOR A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE ONLY NOTICED THIS OCCURRENCE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE IN USE. DURING THIS EVENT, THE HEADLIGHTS ALSO APPEAR TO BECOME BRIGHTER OR GO DIM AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

BUZZING NOISE FROM DRIVERS SIDE FRONT/REAR DOORS WHEN PRESSING THE LOCKING MECHANISM. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AFTER REACHING A CERTAIN SPEED. THIS NOISE DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN UNLOCKING THE VEHICLE, ONLY WHEN LOCKING. *TR

THERE WERE NO EVENTA LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE- MY CHRYSLER 300 M HAD BEEN SITTING IN OUR GARAGE FOR 4 HOURS.. AND STARTED ON FIRE, WHICH THEN CAUGHT OUR HOUSE ON FIRE ( WHICH WE OWNED 19 DAYS) , RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF OUR HOME, THE VEHICLE, AND 2 OUTSIDE BUILDINGS- DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. *TR