THE CAR STALLED AT A STOP SIGN AND STALLED AGAIN 3 TIMES AFTER THAT. IT READ SHIFT TO P TO START I DID THAT AND IT WOULD NOT LET ME CHANGE GEAR AFTER THAT. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 200 SO IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN A ROUNDABOUT AND PEOPLE COULD HAVE REAR ENDED ME.
2015 Chrysler 200 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →
THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. IT MADE SOME UNUSUAL NOISES AND ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS FLASHING. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS FLICKERING OFF AND ON. MANY WARNINGS POPPED UP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESISTANCE. EVEN SAID CAR FOB NOT DETECTED AND BOTH FOBS WERE IN THE CAR AND HAVE NEW BATTERIES. WHEN WE GOT OUT AND LOCKED THE CAR AND TRIED TO GET BACK IN THE CAR, WE COULDN'T GET IT TO UNLOCK. THEN TRIED TO UNLOCK IT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO UNLOCK BUT CAR STILL WOULDN'T START.
CAR STOPS WHILE DRIVING IT. VERY DANGEROUS. HAPPENED TWICE WITH THIS VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. ENGINE STOPPED WHILE CAR WAS GOING 45 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. HAVING IT TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER IS AS SOON AS SOMEONE CAN LOOK AT IT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND IS STILL BEING FINANCED.
"TAKATA RECALL" YOU HAD PUBLISHED ON JULY 28, 2015 OF AN INTERMITTENT CONNECTION C4 CONNECTOR & PDC RECALL FOR CHRYSLER CARS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECALL WAS DUE TO INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER TO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE A 2015 CHRYSLER 200 AND IT HAS THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL. I CALLED THE HOTLINE AND SPOKE TO A LADY THAT STATED THAT NOT ALL CARS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE RECALL; ARE RECALLED. OUR VEHICLE HAS WITHIN THE PAST 3-4 WEEKS STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY 2-3 TIMES AND EVEN PULLING INTO OUR OWN DRIVEWAY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND ISSUE A RECALL SO WE WILL NOT BE PART OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
MY CHRYSLER 200 YEAR 2015 AND WHILE DRIVING IT ON THE FREEWAY IT WILL MOT GET THE SPEED UP. THE MIST IT GOES IS ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS IS WHEN IM ALREADY ON THE FREEWAY. WHEN ENTERING THE FREEWAY IT GOES IN VERY SLOWLY I PUSH GAS PEDAL AND IT WON'T GO PAST 40 MILES PER HOUR. ALSO AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING IT, IT STARTS PULLING ITSELF LIKE IF IT WANTS TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THIS US VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I HAVE CHANGED SPARK PLUGS AND COILS AND IT CONTINUES TO NIT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.
MY 2015 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED WOULD NOT START AND THE BRAKE WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT. I WAS GLAD I WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND NOT DRIVING ONLY TO HAVE IT STALL. THE LIGHTS AND RADIO CAME ON AT FIRST. I THOUGHT MAYBE MY KEY FOB BATTERY WAS LOW SO I USED ANOTHER KEY FOB WITH A FRESH BATTERY. WELL IT STILL DIDN'T START. SO WENT TO WORK. LUCKILY I HAVE AN OLD CAR I COULD USE. WHEN I CAME HOME TO SEE IF THE CAR WOULD START IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. NO LIGHTS, NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS, TRUNK WON'T OPEN, DOORS WON'T LOCK AND UNLOCK. JUST COMPLETELY DEAD. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR FOUR YEARS NOW AND IT HAS GIVEN ME A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS BUT THIS IS THE WORST. I WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY. NOW I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN!
IT ALL STARTED WHEN I PUT IN ON DRIVE AND IT TOLD ME TO PUT IT ON PARK AND I DID AND IT STARTED TO FAIL IT?S KEEPS TURNING OFF AND ON RUNNING AND ALL THE LIGHTS TURN OFF IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT WHEN IT SHUT OFF AND MY WIFE HAD MY CAR WITH MY KIDS ON THE FREEWAY IT COULD OF BEEN WORSE
MY MECANIC CHECKED MY CARD CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER AND TOLD ME I HAVE A RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE THE CODE THAT CAME UP WAS P1720-00BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I TRY TO TYPE IN MY VEHICLE VIN NUMBER IT DOES NOT SHOW UP AS ANY RECALLS BUT I'M HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH MY CAR BECAUSE MY MECHANIC TOLD ME ON THE COMPUTER IT SHOWING IT HAS A CODE WHICH WE GOOGLED AND IT IS A RECORD TO THIS VEHICLE
FIRST THING, THE TIRE PRESSURE IS ALWAYS SHOWING UNEVEN PRESSURE. THE MAN ISSUES WITH THIS CAR IS THAT IT CUTS OFF WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU'RE GOING. IT JUST SHUTS OFF. RECENTLY, IT DIDN'T WANT TO START BACK UP.
WON'T START
I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO 5 MILES AN HOUR. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT SHUT OFF. I HAD IT TOWED WHERE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS THE BATTERY.THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR TWO DAYS. FOR A NEW BATTERY. SO I POPPED UP THERE WITH MY FIANC AND DROVE AROUND TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEALERSHIP. I GOT IN MY CAR IT STARTED RIGHT UP. MY CAR HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED OR ANYTHING. I WENT TO THE SERVICE CASHIER WHERE HE TRIED TO SAY THAT PUT A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN IT. BUT I PULLED UP MY CELL PHONE PICS SHOWING IT'S THE SAME BATTERY THAT I PUT RED FINGER NAIL POLISH ON TO SHOW IT'S MY SAME BATTERY. THEY MADE ME PAY FOR ' LOOKING ST MY CAR' EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T. I NEVER BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY. I DROVE MY CAR OFF THE LOT AND THE NEXT DAY IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN EXCEPT THIS TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE NOZZLE TO PUT IT IN GEAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS 'THE BATTERY'. THEY JUMPED MY CAR OFF AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. THE A/C IS GOING IN AND OUT AND IT SMELLS MOLDY WHEN I AM ABLE TO START THE PIECE OF SHIT. I TRIED TO TRADE MY CAR IN THIS PASSED SUNDAY AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A CONSIGNER AND 10K DOWN. I DON'T HAVE BAD CREDIT. THEY WERE JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW MY CAR ISN'T WORTH ANYTHING. THE SALESMAN ANTOINE STRONG TOLD ME IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. I HAVE 75K MILES ON MY CAR. IT HAS BEEN ONE NIGHTMARE AFTER THE OTHER. THIS IS TH
ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AT AN INTERSECTION HOWEVER THE VEHICLE DID NOT BRAKE. PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID COLLISION. ACCORDING TO THE NAPLETON CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL THE BRAKE BOOSTER ON THE 4 YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE AIR BAG SOON INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROWN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (6300 KING DRIVE, VENTURA, CA 93003, 805-918-4485) SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED UNKNOWN REPAIRS THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V114000 (AIR BAGS, SEATS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. *TT*JB
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE CALL WOULD STALL, LOSE POWER AND SIMPLY SHUT OFF. NO WARNING AT ALL. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE INTERSTATE, CITY HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADS. USUALLY AFTER 2 -3 ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE CAR, IT WILL START AND PROCEED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ONE TIME IT STALLED ON THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE TO TRY AND STOP, THE BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION THE SAME WHEN THE CAR IS NOT ON VERSES WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING. IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ONE A SEPARATE OCCASION, IT STALLED ON THE CITY ROAD HEADED TO WORK, GOING UP A HILL AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST COLLIDED WITH ME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMONLY REPORTED PROBLEM ON MANY REVIEW SITES FO THE CHRYLSER 200. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET SOME ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE, FOR THE RIGHT PERSON TO GET IN A BAD ACCIDENT???
TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR ALMOST A YEAR. I HAVE EXPLAINED THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REFUSES TO DOCUMENT. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW THE SUMMER OF 2015. IT HAD SEALANTS MISSSING FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND SO IT HAD A LEAK THAT RESULTED IN THE DEALERSHIP HAVING MY CAR FOR 2 MONTHS AND ME HAVING TO FORCE THEM TO REPLACE MY CARPETING THEY LET SIT IN THE SUN FOR 2 WEEKS AND MOLD AND TO REPLACE PARTS IN MY CAR THAT THEY BROKE THE CLIPS ON TRYING TO FIND THE LEAK. SEVERAL TIMES THEY CALLED ME TO COME AND GET MY CAR WITH MOLD IN IT AND PARTS STILL HANGING. I HAD TO GET MANAGERS INVOLVED. I CAME TO GET AN OIL CHANGE ONCE AND THEY SENT ME OUT ONTO THE STREET WITHOUT TIGHTENING THE LUGS AND I WAS WOBBLING DOWN THE STREET AND THEY LIED AND SAID THE PRESSURE WAS OFF BALANCE. ONCE MY CAR SHUT OFF WITH NO OIL IT. THEY SAID IT'S LIKELY THE ENGINE. MY TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN SAYING ITS LOW SINCE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. SOON AS I PUT AIR IN, LESS THAN 24 HOURS ITS LOW. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE ALWAYS SOUNDED EXTREMELY LOUD. I HAD A THERMOMETER GO OUT BEFORE 3 YRS OLD. I BARELY HAVE 30,000 MILES ON MY CAR RIGHT NOW. NOW MY CAR WOULDN'T STAY ON WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY THURS. IT STALLED FOR A SECOND TO START UP THEN IT WOULDN'T COME BACK ON. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT CRANKED UP LIKE NORMAL, BUT THEN IT REFUSED TO SWITCH GEARS SAYING CHECK TRANSMISSION AND PARK SENSE AND TO PUT BACK IN PARK THEN SHIFT GEARS. AFTER THAT I HAD TO HAVE MY BATTERY CHARGED TO
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ON ONE OCCASION, THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFTER BEGAN FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE UNEXPECTED SHUT OFF. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS CAR SINCE DAY 1 AND NOBODY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. FIRST IT ACT LIKE IT WANTS TO CUT OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING, THEN IT WENT TO ACTING LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO START AND NOW MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING UP FOR MONTHS AND WILL NOT START AT ALL. IT'S READING AIRBAG SYSTEMS AND WARMING ENGINE WAIT TO START. WHEN I WAIT IT STILL WON'T START. I'M STILL PAYING AMERICAN CAR CENTER MY MONEY FOR SOMETHING I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME SOMEONE WILL GET BACK WITH ME AND NEVER DO.
CAR ENGINE STALLS WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. ENGINE JUST SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. I WILL PULL OVER AND TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT WILL THEN START BACK UP BUT DOES IT AGAIN. UPTO 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HOME FROM WORK.
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT, TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AND TWO MESSAGES STATED PERFORMANCE SHIFTING WAS UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE CAME ACROSS SCREEN. VEHICLE DISPLAYED 4TH GEAR AT ALL TIMES, PLACED IT IN PARK, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AT FIRST, EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF PARK AND WAS STILL DISPLAYING 4TH GEAR. ARMORY CHRYSLER DEALER IN UPSTATE NY STATED IT WAS ACTUALLY STUCK IN 2ND GEAR, THEY STATED THERE WERE STORED CODES, BUT WERE UNABLE TO TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE. AT THIS POINT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS INTERMITTENT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ELECTRICAL. STILL WAITING FOR DIAGNOSTICS FROM ARMORY CHRYSLER DEALER
THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY 2 DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS WITH THE FOLLOW CODES: U1504, P0610, P1500, U0420, C0051, C212A, U0402, C1246. ULTIMATELY, THE PDC (POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER) IS NOT WORKING. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE RECALL DATES DO NOT REACH OUR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED DATE BY A MONTH. THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO COOPERATE AND HELP WITH NOTIFYING YOU OF THIS ISSUE THAT IS AFFECTING MORE CONSUMERS THAN YOU ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS IN A TIMELY MANOR. MY HUSBANDS VEHICLE WILL NOT BE USABLE UNTIL THIS IS SETTLED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V470000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE TOW THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF BRYAN COLLEGE STATION (301 N EARL RUDDER FWY, BRYAN, TX 77802, 979-213-5361) WHERE THEY PERFORMED THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
CAR STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL CLANKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. HAD THREE (3) DIFFERENT PLACES LOOK AT IT AND THEY ALL SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT TO SPITZER CHRYSLER IN BROOK PARK, OH WHO SAID IT WAS EVERYTHING BUT THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. HAD IT TOWED TO A DIFFERENT CHRYSLER DEALER AS IT'S UNDRIVABLE AND LEAKED ALL IT'S TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT.
THIS VEHICLE HAS A SHUDDER AND A JERKING MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY THE 28 TO 35 MPH RANGE. ALSO SWITCHING THE GEARS FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WILL FREEZE. HAVE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TRY AGAIN. AS FAR AS THE SUSPENSION, THE LEFT REAR HAS MADE A SOUND ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. IT MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND IF GOING OVER A BUMP, OR HIT A DEVIATION IN THE ROAD. WAS TOLD FOR THE LONGEST TIME COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN 1 SHOCK IS BAD.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CHANGED GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONLY AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF DISCONNECTING THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY WOULD THE GEAR RETURN TO PARK. AFTER THE SECOND TIME THE BATTERY WAS PLUGGED IN, THE MILEAGE INDICATOR AND "CHECK PARKING BRAKE" MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE THE BATTERY WAS PLUGGED IN ONCE AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT POWER OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED MARTIN SUPERSTORE (3195 BARBER RD, BARBERTON, OH 44203, (330) 753-4444) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,334.
THE CAR GETS STUCK IN PARK. THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE COMES ON AT RANDOM. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR COMES ON'S DAILY. AND THE CAR STOP ACCELERATING CONSTANTLY.
AIR BAG SENSOR, COOLING THERMOSTAT AND HOSING. SHOCKS HEADLIGHT ISSUES ELECTRICAL. I HAVE PUT TWO THERMOSTAT AND CHANGED HOSING TWICE. THERE ARE SEVER RECALLS LISTED ON THE SAME MAKE YEAR AND MODEL AND UNDER MY VIN THERE'S NO RECALLS YET I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES THAT WERE RECALLED ON THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SINCE WHY ISN'T MY CAR COVERED FOR THE RECALLS. I TOOK MY CAR TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND CALLED COOPERATE AND THEY SAID MY CAR ISN'T COVERED BUT THERE'S RECALLS WITH THE SAME ISSUES FOR THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.
5/30/19 I PURCHASED MY CAR FROM GAGE AUTO SALES IN OREGON. ON 06/01/19 I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON 6/2 DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WERE NO STARTING ISSUES AND NO CODES AND I COULD PICK UP THE CAR. STARTING ISSUES PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. LEAVING ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 6/23/19. 6/24/19 TOOK CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY HAD UNTIL 07/12/19 STATING IS WAS THE KEY FOB AND PUSH START BUTTON. ONE WEEK IT RAN FINE THEN RAPIDLY BEGAN TO NOT START, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION LIGHTS. THE CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE DAY ONE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SENT ME TO A THIRD PARTY MECHANIC AND ARE TELLING ME THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS CAR HAD THESE PROBLEMS THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT. IT WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND NO ONE AT GAGE AUTO SALES WILL HELP ME. I AM 23 YEARS OLD TRYING TO MAKE IT ON MY OWN AND THERE IS NO WAY I CAN PAY 1500 TO RE-PROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE HELP ME!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION ERRONEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, THE PARKING BRAKE ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHRIS NIKEL CHRYSLER (2920 N. ASPEN AVE, BROKEN ARROW, OK), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
TL* THE CONTACTS SON OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS SON WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THROTTLE STUCK OPEN, THE WHEELS WERE SPINNING, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE OR POWER OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES WITH FORCE AND VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH ALSO FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT AND CRASH INTO THE CURB CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL TO DETACH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURY. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AL SERRA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (6185 S SAGINAW ST, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 202-0890) BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER [XXX]. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”
CAR INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. LOSES ALL ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE POWER, THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES WILL REGAIN POWER. NORMALLY OCCURS WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME ISSUE IT WAS RECALLED FOR IN 2015, FAULTY PDC (POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER) CONNECTOR. NHSTA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V470000.
CAR LOSING POWER .... STALLING .... TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHEN BACKING UP AND DRIVING UP A HILL ...
TL* THE CONTACT'S NIECE OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER HAD TO MOVE THE SHIFTER BACK AND FORTH UNTIL SHE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT HOME, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED AND COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED THAT THE SPEED RANGE SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCEFULLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED COURTESY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 1890 DOGWOOD DR SE, CONYERS, GA 30013, (678) 210-2489) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,794.
2015 CHRYSLER 200S TRANSMISSION FAILURES. NUMEROUS TIMES THE GEAR WOULD SLIP FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE AT STOPLIGHTS. THE DASHBOARD WOULD INSTRUCT ME TO SHIFT INTO PARK THE CHOOSE DESIRED GEAR. THAT'S IF I'M LUCKY AND THE SHIFT KNOB DOESN'T LOCK, PREVENTING ME FROM SHIFTING INTO PARK OR ANY OTHER. NUMEROUS TIMES IT HAS DISENGAGED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 55 MPH TO 70 MPH. HAVING FIND A WAY TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO POWER WHILE ACTIVATING THE HAZARD LIGHTS HAS PROVEN QUITE DISTURBING TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS SLIPPED OUT OF DRIVE WHILE GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS LEAVING ME DISABLED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY ROADS AT THE MERCY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, HOPING THEY BRAKE IN TIME. IT HAS NEARLY BEEN THE CAUSE OF SEVERAL WRECKS HAVING LOSS OF POWER, STEERING WHEEL BECOMES HARD TO TURN AND I'VE NOWHERE TO TURN OFF OF ROAD FOR LACK OF SHOULDER OR CURBS CREATING OBSTACLES. REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT OCCURS , IF THE SHIFT KNOB IS LOCKED, THE CAR IS NOT BUDGING. IT IS LOCKED IN THE TRANSMISSION PREVENTING ANY WAY OF PUSHING IT. I CAN'T DRIVE MY SON ANYWHERE FOR FEAR IT COULD RESULT IN SOMETHING I'D RATHER NOT THINK OF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000.
THIS CAR TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY, ALMOST KILLING MYSELF AND PASSENGERS, IT NOW SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. THE CAR WILL NOT GET UP TO 35 MPH. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS. EVERY TIME I DO I GET A LAME REASON WHY THE CAR IS ACTING UP BUT IT IS NEVER FIXED. I AM CURRENTLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO INFORM OTHERS OF HOW CHYRSLER HANDLES THEIR CUSTOMER BUSI9. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TO MAKE SURE NO ONE EVER BUYS A CAR FROM CHYRSLER. ALSO WE ARE SUING CHYRSLER AT THIS MOMENT SO I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH. BUT PLEASE DO NOT BUY CHRYSLER THEY ARE ALL TRASH!
WHILE IN MOTION, THE CHRYSLER 200 WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY CAUSING NEAR DEATH ACCIDENTS. ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WILL CAUSE LIGHTS TO FLICKER AND CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS , THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STALL ISSUES AFTER IMPROVISE THE VEHICLE WITH QUALITY GAS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERS MECHANIC AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO SOLVE THE STALLING ISSUES .
MY CAR JUST STOPPED OUT OF NOWHERE IT WAS DRIVING FINE THAN JUST TURNED OFF FOR NO REASON
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED, JERKED FORWARD, AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO START. WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR, THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY TWO PEOPLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GOLLING CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 2405 S TELEGRAPH RD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48302, (248) 334-3600), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 59322835. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.
MY CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, SPECIFICALLY DURING TURNS, AND DOES NOT WANT TO RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. WHEN I CHECKED INTO, IT SAYS I HAVE NO UNREPAIRED RECALLS.
THE CAR STALLS AND ALSO ACCERLATES WHEN IT SHOULDNT WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. I KNOW AT LEAST 8 OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES MYSELF WHO HAS RECENTLY HAD THE SAME ISSUE OF THEIR CAR STALLING AND NOW THEIR AIR AND MY AIR IS NOT WORKING. IN THIS TX HEAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH MY CHILDREN. IN MY INSTANCE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE CITY STREET. IT WAS WORKING FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STALLED ACTED AS IF IT DIDNT WANT TO MOVE OUT OF NOWHERE WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. I PULLED OVER TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR AWHILE OBSERVED THE CAR TO SEE IF I COULD SEE ANYTHING VISABLY WRONG. I THEN TRIED MY CAR AGAIN AND LIKE THAT IT WAS WORKING AS NORMAL EXCEPT MY AIR WAS NO LONGER WORKING AS IT WAS JUST BEFORE
CURRENT AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND DEALER SAYS IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT MALFUNCTION. TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR IS $2500. THEY SAY IT'S AN ISSUE WITH CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CAR. A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO EVEN HIT THE BRAKES. SO THE FRONT OF MY CAR HIT THE VEHICLE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE WHOLE FRONT BUMPER CAME OFF AND THE STEEL SUPPORT BAR AND THE FRAME WAS TWISTED. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I DID SUSTAIN INJURIES! THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST ISSUE I HAD WITH THIS CAR. I BOUGHT IT IN 2017 AND A WEEK LATER THE CAR STARTED DOWNSHIFTING AS I WAS DRIVING ALL THE TIME. IT WOULD STALL AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I BROUGHT IT TO CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD S6ARTED THE RECALL PROCESS ON THE TRANSMISSION!! I WAS INFURIATED THAT I WAS NOT TOLD. AFTER RENTAL CARS BECAUSE I COULDNT USE IT WHILE THE RECALL STUFF WAS BEING DONE. AND ME BRINGING IT BACK AND FORTH 3 TIMES WITH THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTING! YET AGAIN THE CAR DOWNSHIFTED IN TRAFFIC AND WAS FORCED TO GO OFF THE ROAD. FINALLY THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. A YEAR LATER AND MY CAR STILL DOES NOT SWITCH GEARS RIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF!!! I AM NOW GONNA SUE THE HELL OUT OF CHRYSLER!!
WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR ALMOST SHUT OFF ON ME AND I PULLED OVER SHUT IT OFF AND TURNED IT ON AND IT WAS FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THEN MY CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF AND SAYS SERVICE PARK BRAKE AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION. IT WILL NOT COME BACK ON. I LOOKED ON THE THREADS ONLINE TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES I'M HAVING SINCE THEY FIRST PURCHASED THEIR VEHICLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A CAR TRY TO SHUT OFF ON YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
FIRST STARTED JUNE 21, THE CAR STALLED ON MY WIFE AT A RED LIGHT AND WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO PARK FINALLY GET IT GOING TOKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEED UPDATES AND DID THE UPDATES AND SAID I WAS GOOD TO GO UPON DRIVING IT HOME THE DASH LITE UP WITH SERVICE TRANSMISSION AND SERVICE PARK BRAKE I TOKE IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THE SPEED SENSOR WAS DIRTY AND THEY CLEANED IT AND IT WAS GOOD TO GO I LICK THE CAR UP AND UPON HITTING 40 MPH THE SAME LIGHTS CAME ON THEN I WAS TOLD SPEED SENSOR WAS BAD SO THEY REPLACED IT AGAIN UPON PICKING IT UP HITTING 40 MPH SAMEIGHTS CAME ON SO THEY HAVE NOW HAD IT GOING ON THE 4TH WEEK
THE CAR HAS A SEVERAL SECOND HESITATION WHEN PLACING YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS WHEN STARTING FROM EITHER A STOPPED POSITION OR A SLOWED POSITION. THE CAR HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, WHEN SLOWLY BACKING UP IT LOOSES POWER AND STALLS AS I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO CHANGE FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS COME ON WHILE SLOWING DOWN COMING DOWN AN INCLINE CAUSING A CAR BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO SWERVE FROM HITTING ME MY VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES AN HOUR AT THE TIME. ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO CHRYSLER AND MOTORWORLD WHERE I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
'TAMARA RECALL' I WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT I PRESS THE START BUTTON I ENGAGE THE DRIVE KNOB IN THE CENTER COUNSEL AND PULLED UP TO AN ENTRANCE OF A BUILDING TRIED TO ENGAGE THE PARK MY PARKING BRAKE WENT ON AND MY SENSORS AND DASH STARTED READING SERVICE TRANSMISSION IT WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK I SHUT OFF THE CAR PUT THE PARKING BRAKE ON SHUT OFF MY CAR TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON AND THE SAME SERVICE TRANSMISSION CAME ON
AFTER DRIVING THE CAR 30 MINUTES OR MORE AND I TURN IT OFF, IT WILL NOT RESTART FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OR MORE. IT HAD LEFT ME STRANDED AS WELL AS CAUSED ME TO BE LATE FOR WORK JEAPORDIZING MY JOB AND MY SAFETY. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I CANNOT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE THE BLUE BOOK VALUE IS LESS THAN WHAT I OWE. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD COMPENSATE ME FOR THIS VEHICLE BY BUYING IT BACK AT THE PRICE I PAID. SOMETIMES THE DASH SAYS 'ENGINE WARMING UP, PLEASE WAIT.'
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, AND BOTH FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD A WARRANTY OF 36,000 MILES FROM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED NINE MONTHS AGO. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. *DT*JB *DT*JB
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