1999 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

SOON AFTER WARRANTY ON MY 1999 300M EXPIRED A CRACK DEVELOPED ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND NOTHING WAS DONE. NO REPAIR SHOP WOULD ATTEMPT TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AIRBAG. MONTHS LATER A SPLIT DEVELOPED ON PASSENGER SIDE NEAR AIRBAG. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAG MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. I NOW HAVE A 12 INCH SPLIT ON DRIVER SIDE AND A 8 INCH SPLIT OVER THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT IS UNSIGHTLY AND UNSAFE AND EFFECTS THE RESALE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. THEREWAS A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, NEAR THE AIR BAG. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THREE DEALERS, AND NO ONE WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE DUE TO LIABILITY ISSUES INVOLVED WITH THE CRACK BEING SO CLOSE TO THE AIR BAG. THE DEALERS DIAGNOSIS WAS TO REPLACE THE DASHBOARD. *AK

MY CHRYSLER 300M LOSES ITS POWER BRAKES WHEN ITS COLD. THE POWER BOOSTER SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM ONLY WHEN ITS COLD. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 CHRYSLER 300M . WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND RESTART IT. THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY COULDN'T DETECT ANY FAILURE. ALSO, ON 01/25/07 WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS FLASHED. *AK

VERTICAL CRACK IN DASHBOARD OVER AIR BAG IN MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. I'M CONCERNED THIS WILL POSE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE AIRBAG EVER NEEDED TO DEPLOY. *NM

1999 CHRYSLER 300M, TAN INTERIOR, TWO 12" CRACKS ALONG AIR BAG ON DASHBOARD. *JB

5" CRACK IN THE DASH COVER(PASSENGER SIDE) TO LEFT OF AIR BAG IN MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. AM HESITANT TO FIX MYSELF DUE TO PROXIMITY OF AIR BAG, AND NEW DASH COVER COSTS APPROX.$ 1,000.00--300M OWNERS WEB-SITE LISTS THIS PROBLEM CHRONICALLY. *NM

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY WHEELS FOR AT LEAST 4 OR 5 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET CHRYSLER TO REPLACE THEM. I GET FLAT TIRES OFTEN WHICH IS A PAIN. I AM 63 NOW AND DO NOT HAVE HELP WITH THIS. I BOUGHT A COMPRESSOR TO ASSIST ME IN AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE BEE OUT IN SNOW STORMS WITH FLAT TIRES. I WAS TOLD BY MARKETPLACE CHRYSLER, ROCHESTER, NY THAT I COULD BUY SOME WHEELS TO REPLACE THE ONES I HAVE. THE MAIN COMPANY DAIMLER CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND TELEPHONE AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM. BOTH DAIMLER AND MARKETPLACE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS TOO COSTLY FOR THEM TO CORRECT. I HAVE GONE TO DUNN TIRES. ROCHESTER, NY. THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM IN THE NORTH. DUNN PUT NITROGEN IN THE TIRES WHICH HAS HELPED A LITTLE, BUT I STILL GET FLAT TIRES. I FEEL WHEN YOU PAY AS MUCH AS I HAVE FOR A CAR, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BUY NEW WHEELS. MY COWORKER TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR SITE WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WITH CHRYSLER. I NOTICED THAT THEY MADE SURE THAT THE 300 DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME WHEEL PROBLEM. INTERESTING. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON SUBURBAN STREETS IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, THERE WAS A SUDDEN WHIRRING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. UNDER HIGHER SPEEDS OR MORE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, LOSS OF POWER STEERING COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. POWER STEERING LOSS WAS CAUSED BY A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING FROM THE STEERING GEAR. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR YET. DUE TO FIRE HAZARD FROM LEAKING FLUID AND NO POWER ASSIST IN THE STEERING, VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED. *JB

1999 CHRYSLER 300M THE DASHBOARD HAD 2 VERTICAL CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD ALONG THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG. *JB