The contact owns a 2004 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH the vehicle T-Bone crashed into a second vehicle. During crash the frontend of the vehicle was severely damaged but the air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained neck, back, shoulder and left arm and left leg injures and was transported to the local hospital. The vehicle was towed to the local impoundment lot. The cause of the failure as not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.
2004 Chrysler 300
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsBrakes-- I was not having any brake issues at all before this happened: I started braking while pulling into a hotel parking lot but the brake petal went right down to the floor and I had no brakes! I put the car in neutral and pushed down on the emergency brake. I went up a curb but at least didn't hit the building. I had the car towed, explained what happened, and the auto repair shop couldn't find anything wrong with the braking system?? And then, of course, it happened again. I had a different place look at the braking system and I think it was a master cyclinder problem. Electrical- the car has turned off completely while driving, even on the highway. I have to put it in neutral and restart it. Cam shaft sensor is being replaced next week and hopefully that will fix the issue.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2006| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2014 | 236 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2013 | 306 | 6 | 16 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2012 | 426 | 9 | 34 | 1 | Do not drive |
| 2011 | 200 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2010 | 123 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2009 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2008 | 714 | 4 | 8 | 1 | Do not drive |
| 2007 | 497 | 4 | 12 | 3 | Do not drive |
| 2006 | 1,002 | 4 | 17 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2005 | 825 | 7 | 14 | 4 | Do not drive |
| 2004 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.