2001 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

SAFETY ISSUE!! HEATED SEAT DRIVERS SIDE STOPPED WORKING, OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE, DEALER MADE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK, WE WERE TOLD HEATED SEAT CIRCUIT SHORTED AND SHOWED BURN MARKS. NOT REPLACED TOO COSTLY CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS TOLD BY SENIOR SUPERVISOR THEY COULD NOT HELP US. OUR CONCERNS ARE SAFETY ISSUES NOT ONLY COST. ASKED SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE IF OTHER HEATED SEAT SHOULD BE USED AND WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT ADVICE US WHAT TO DO THAT WOULD BE UP TO US AND THE SERVICE TECH TO DECIDE. *TR

ON 12/17/07 I WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A 2001 CHYRSLER 300M THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. WE SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIT A TREE AT APPX. 50 MILES AN HOUR, MY LAP BELT HELD MY BACK WHILE MY SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT. I WAS SITTING BEHIND THE PASSENGER. THE CRASH CAUSED ME TO HAVE BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN BACK AND INTERNAL INJURIES ALONG WITH BROKEN FACE BONES FROM HITTING THE SEAT IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. IS THERE ANY DEFECT THAT I SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT WOULD CAUSE THE SEAT BELT NOT TO LOCK UP OR THE CAR TO LOOSE SUCH CONTROL ON THE ICE? *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER TURNED RIGHT OUT OF PARKING GARAGE. PULLED ON I-71 S AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE. TRANSMISSION LOCKED IN LOW GEAR AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 50 MPH (CURRENT SPEED LIMIT WAS 65). RPMS WERE PAST 4000 AND OTHER CAR HORNS WERE BLARING BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WAS GOING INCREDIBLY SLOW. TRIED TO GO TO THE MANUAL SHIFTER AND STILL WOULD NOT SHIFT. PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF CAR. TURNED CAR BACK ON AND CAR WAS FINE. CAR DID IT THREE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SPENT $600 REPLACING TRANSMISSION MODULE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM IN THIS CAR. DEALERSHIP APPEARS TO REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND UNHAPPY. *TR

MY SISTER'S 2001 CHRYSLER 300 M EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEED, SO NO ONE WAS KILLED. SHE DESCRIBED THE FEELING AT FAILURE AS A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE SENSATION OF SLIDING ON ICE. IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY FOUND THAT THE THREADED HOLES ON THE STEERING RACK THAT THE INNER TIE RODS CONNECT TO WERE BOTH STRIPPED OUT AND THAT THE BOLTS HAD FALLEN OUT, RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE LARGE CHRYSLER VEHICLES, AND PUTS A LOT OF PEOPLE AT RISK OF DEATH. PLEASE FORCE CHRYSLER TO RECALL THESE CARS AND TO INSTALL A REDESIGNED STEERING RACK AND TIE RODS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO KILL PEOPLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER 300M. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSHED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DIAGNOSIS WOULD COST $1,700. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REQUIRES A SMOG TEST AND THE VEHICLE FAILED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 76,000.

10 INCH CRACK IN DASHBOARD ABOVE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG. IT ALSO HAS STARTED TO CRACK THE WOOD GRAIN, PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE FROM WINDSHIELD TO GLOVE BOX. A 2001 CAR THAT' HAS BEEN GARAGED AND WELL TAKEN CARE OFF, AND THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS SUN DAMAGED. AFTER DOING MY OWN INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND EVERYONE WAS HELPLESS AS TO WHAT TO DO! I AM WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY IN AN ACCIDENT. WHY WON''T DAIMLER/CHRSYLER DO SOMETHING. WAS IT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD IT. *AK

2001 CHRYSLER 300 M CUSTOMER STATES THAT SUBSTANTIAL CRACKS IN THE VINYL DASH BOARDS DIRECTLY OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS**CC *JB

CLUNCKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE TURNING FULL RIGHT OR LEFT. CAR WAS SERVICED AND RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 50,000 MILES. RETURNED TO DEALER AFTER 100,000 MILES FOR WHEEL VIBRATION PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY WHILE BRAKING. INNER TIE ROD BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 300M WHEN SHE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING IN THE CAR ,THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING,AND IT SMELLED SO HOT THAT SHE WAS AFRAID THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. SHE STOPPED AND COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE AT THE TIME. AFTER SHE GOT HOME WE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATED DRIVERS SEAT HAD SHORTED OUT AND STARTED TO BURN THE SEAT BACK BEFORE POWER WAS CUT OFF TO THE HEATING ELEMENT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. THE SERVICE MANAGER DID NOT SEEM TO CONCERNED AND WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. *JB

2001 CHRYSLER 300 M HAD A CRACK IN THE VINYL OF THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD DIRECTLY OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *TS THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS A COSMETIC PROBLEM, WHICH HER WARRANTY DID NOT COVER. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT IT COULD BE REPAIRED, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, IT WOULD CRACK AGAIN DUE TO THE VIBRATION GENERATED BY THE NORMAL USE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THIS INVOLVES THE FLASHING ON AND OFF OF THE DIGITAL DISPLAY ON THE RADIO WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON. THE DISPLAY GOES DIM AND THEN BECOMES BRIGHT. *JB