1999 CHRYSLER 300M Complaints

1. NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING 2. AIR CONDITIONER QUIT COOLING PROPERLY. COULD SMELL A SALTY LIKE SMELL THAT TURNED OUT TO BE R-134A REFRIGERANT. EVAPORATOR WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. 3. REPLACED AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR. OUT OF WARRANTY. COST $1095.12. *JB

1. NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING 2. INPUT/OUTPUT SENSOR ON TRANSMISSION FAILED. SPEEDOMETER READ ZERO (0) WHEN MOVING. ONLY 2ND GEAR AVAILABLE. HAD TO DRIVE SIDE STREETS AT LOW SPEED TO PREVENT ENGINE FROM REVVING TOO HIGH AS IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. 3. OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR; REPLACED INPUT/OUTPUT SENSORS ON TRANSMISSION. COST $173.90. *JB

1. NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING 2. RACK AND PINION STEERING UNIT FAILED--LOTS OF PLAY IN STEERING AND LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. 3. REPLACED RACK AND PINION UNIT--OUT OF WARRANTY--$1195.72 TO REPAIR!*JB

DT: THE VEHICLE HAS A SPLIT IN DASHBOARD AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED IN 2002 FOR THE SAME REASON. THE DEALER REPLACED IT FREE OF CHARGE THE FIRST TIME. THIS REPLACEMENT WAS AS RESULT OF A CONVERSATION THE VEHICLE OWNER HAD WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN DETROIT. THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IT THIS TIME. THE OWNER FEELS THIS COULD RESULT IN A PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. THE SPLIT APPEARED SIX WEEKS AGO, AND CONTINUED TO GROW. *AK *JB

DT: THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES NOT HOLDING AIR BECAUSE OF THE RIMS. THE ISSUE OCCURRED ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN AUGUST 1999. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS. *AK

HEADLIGHT LENS (BOTH) HAVE BECOME VERY CLOUDY AND IS REDUCING BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHTS. WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED SOON. OVER $300 EACH PLUS LABOR. *JB

DT: THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTEDON MAY 1, 2005. THE FIRST THING TO GO WRONG WAS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, WHICK MADE A STATIC SOUND WHEN IT WAS TURNED OFF. THEN, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. NEXT ALL THE ELECTRICAL UNITS FLASHED. THE PROBLEM WAS CONSTANT AND ONGOING. IT OCCURRED EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IWASTURNED OFF. THIS HAS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED TWICE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER 300 M. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TIRES WERE LOSING AIR PRESSURE, AND HAS TO PUT AIR INTO THE TIRES ABOUT TWO OR THREE TIMES PER WEEK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2001. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRES FIVE TIMES SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30,000 MILES. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED T THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RIMS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE CONTACT NEEDED TO REPLACE THE RIMS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE WHEEL PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS ON MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M. THE WHEELS HAVE CORRODED AND AS A RESULT THE TIRES CONTINUALLY GO FLAT. THE VALVE STEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO LEAK AROUND THEM AGAIN. YESTERDAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE TIRE SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING AGAIN. THIS TIME TO MY SURPRISE THERE WAS A HAIRLINE CRACK AMID THE CORROSION NECESSITATING REPLACEMENT OF THE WHEEL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CHROME WHEELS CORRODE AND ALL SHOULD TO BE REPLACED. FURTHERMORE REPLACEMENT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM SINCE THE REPLACEMENTS WOULD ALSO CORRODE. THE PROBLEM IS ONE OF POOR DESIGN AND THE WRONG CHOICE OF MATERIALS. I HAVE THE REPLACED WHEEL. CURRENTLY I HAVE TO AIR MY TIRES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. THIS HAS LED TO LOWER TIRE MILEAGE AND PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEEL RIM PEELED AND CAUSED THE AIR TO COME OUT OF TIRES. TWO OUT OF FOUR TIRES WERE FLAT IN THE MORNING. THEY ROTATED THEM, AND EVENTUALLY ALL FOUR TIRES BECAME FLAT. SHE TALKED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THE BEADS IN THE TIRE RUSTED AND POPPED LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE TIRES TO LOSE AIR. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. NOTICED THIS PROBLEM ONE YEAR AGO.*AK