2005 Chrysler 300 complaints

2005 CHRYSLER 300C. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WILL ONLY ARM AT RANDOM INTERVALS, WITH NO DISCERNIBLE PATTERN. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND THE FACTORY DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A FIX. I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE PRESIDENT OF CHRYSLER AND SPOKEN TO THE FACTORY AND THEY HAVE OFFERED NO SATISFACTION.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE HORN WOULD NOT BLOW UNLESS THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER DID NOT FIND THIS OUT UNTIL AFTER HE HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND WENT TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT ALL OF THE 200 CHRYSLER 300'S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK THE HORN WOULD ONLY ACTIVATE IN ONE SPOT. *SC

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 0-75 MPH. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THEY MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS. BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO A REPAIR SHOP ON ONE OCCASION, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHASED 2005 CHRYSLER 300 LIMITED OCTOBER 8, 2004, CAR DELIVER WITH 308 MILES. CAR PULLS TO RIGHT RETURNED FOR SERVICE 22 OCT, DEALER PERFORMS TSB FOR ALIGNMENT ONLY, TIRES RUINED AND NEED REPLACEMENT WHICH WILL BE DONE ON OCT 27TH. TAKE CAR, WITH IN 10 MILES CARS STARTS TO PULL AGAIN, CALL DEALER AND ARRANGE TO HAVE CAR PICKED UP FROM HOME ON OCT 25TH. RESEARCH PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND PROVIDE TSB 02-003-04 WHICH CALLS FOR INSTALLMENT OF CAMBER BOLTS AND NEW ALIGNMENT SPECS. DEALER WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS TSB. PICK UP CAR ON NOV 1, CAR DRIVES GREAT, BUT FOR ONLY ABOUT 300 MILES AND STARTS TO PULL RIGHT AGAIN. RETURNED TO DEALER NOV 9TH, AND ON NOV 12TH DEALER TELLS ME CAR IS IN SPEC AND OFFERS ME A SIMILAR CAR TO TEST DRIVE AND COMPARE. TEST DRIVE 300C MADE IN SEPTEMBER- CAR DRIVES PERFECT. DRIVE MY CAR AND STILLS PULLS TO RIGHT. HAD TECHNICIAN JAMES DRIVE MY CAR AND HE AGREED IT PULLS AND SAID THIS TO THE SALESMAN. CAR IS NOW AT DEALER AND STILL NOT REPAIRED. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR ABOUT 1200 MILES AND IT ONLY DROVE WELL FOR ABOUT 300 OF THESE. SECONDLY 210 MILES WERE PUT ON DRIVING THIS CAR BACK AND FORTH TO DEALER. *JB

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH. IT WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SAID IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT IN THE GRILL AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ONCOMING HEADLIGHTS ARE SEEN DOUBLE THROUGH THE WINSHIELD DAY OR NIGHT. THE IMAGES CONVERGE AS THE ONCOMING VEHICLE DRAWS NEARER. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING (5-65 MPH). THE VEHICLE BOUNCED AND LOST STEERING CONTROL WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER HAD ROTATED THE FRONT TIRES AND TIGHTENED THE FRONT SUSPENSION. *JB MANY CONSUMERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THERE VEHICLES PULLING TO THE RIGHT AS YOU DRIVE AND BRAKE. *TC

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS THE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE.*AK VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *TC

CAR VEERS TO THE RIGHT. BEEN TO THE DEALER(S) 5 TIMES. STILL PULLS EVEN AFTER CAM BOLTS INSTALLED. *JB

GOODYEAR TIRE. INTEGRITY P215/65R17. THIS TIRE CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASED BRAND NEW. THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE FROM THE TIRE AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER THE TIRE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND TO RETURN IT TO THE GOODYEAR DEALER. THE OWNER LATER CONTACTED THE GOODYEAR MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THE TIRE WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. THE OWNER TOOK THE TIRE TO MR. TIRE WHO INSPECTED THE TIRE AND SAID THAT THE BELTS HAD SHIFTED WITHIN THE TIRE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WAS PARKED IN POST OFFICE PARKING LOT AND OTHER PATRON BACKING OUT OF SPOT. WENT TO HONK HORN TO WARN THEM TO LOOK UP BUT THE HORN DID NOT WORK. RESULT WAS BUMPER SMASHING. IGNITION HAS TO BE ON FOR HORN TO WORK IN THIS CAR. IS CHRYSLER 2005 300C. *NM

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 CHRYSLER 300C. I NOTICED THAT MY HORN IS INOPERABLE UNLESS THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED ON. IN TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON TRAIT ON THIS NEW VEHICLE. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION WHEN I HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE. THEY CHECKED OTHER NEW VEHICLES IN THEIR INVENTORY IN STATED THAT THEY WERE ALL LIKE THAT. THEY THEN CONTACTED CHRYSLERS HELP LINE AND WERE INFORMED THAT "UNBELEIVABLE AS IT IS, THAT IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED". IN MY OPINION, THIS COULD POSE A SAFETY ISSUE. IF I AM SITTING IN MY CAR WITH THE IGNITION OFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE BACKING INTO ME IS IMMINENT, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WARN THEM WITH MY HORN.

TRANSMISSION COOLING HOSE FAILED. *BF *NM

AFTER HAVING THE TOW HITCH INSTALLED BY THE DEALERSHIP, THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WASN'T LOAD LEVELING SHOCKS FOR THIS TRUCK. THIS MAKES TOWING A TRAILER IMPOSSIBLE. THE OWNERS MANUAL INDICATES IF EQUIPPED, LOAD LEVELING SHOCKS CAN BE INSTALLED. THIS INFORMATION IS INCORRECT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE TENDED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. *AK

CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF ALINEMENT SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE. HAVE HAD IT WORKED ON BY DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES, BY MULTIPLE DEALERS. WAS TOLD THAT WAS AS GOOD AS IT WAS GOING TO GET. *AK

VEH PULLS TO THE RIGHT. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ORDERED CAMBER BOLT PACKAGE, INSTALLED AND STILL PULLING TO THE RIGHT. HAD SERVICE MANAGER RIDE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF. HE AGREED PROBLEM STILL THERE. HEAD SRVC MECHANIC SAID ALL HE COULD DO IS "TWEAK IT" BY OVERCOMPENSATING FOR THE PULL, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. CAR WAS MFG 03.22.04 ACCORDING TO MANIFEST PAPERS. HAVE FILED CERT RET RECEIPT LETTER TO CHRYSLER AND MD CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY, BASED ON INFORMATION THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CARS MFGED BEFORE APRIL 01, 2005. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WON'T ALLOW THEM TO ELIMINATE THE VEERING TO THE RIGHT. *AK *SC *JB

VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT TAKING BACK FOR REPAIR. *AK

CHRYSLER 300C . POOR HEADLIGHTS, UNABLE TO SEE HIGHWAY REFLECTORS NO ROAD ILLUMINATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO PULL SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A KIT WAS NEEDED FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION. CONSUMER FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUTLINING THE PROBLEM. *AK *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAY BETWEEN 55 TO 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED . THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEH PULLS RIGHT, STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO THE LEFT. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES. WAS TOLD ECCENTRIC BOLT KIT WOULD FIX PROJECTORAL ANGLE PROBLEM. VEH STILL PULLS RIGHT BUT NOT AS BAD. STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO THE LEFT. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT. THEY SAY VEH IS IN SPEC. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT VEH'S BUILT BEFORE APRIL ALL HAVE THIS CONDITION.*AK

CHRYSLER 300C PULL, DRIFT AND REAR END BANG ISSUE. *MR THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, AT TIMES, A BANG NOISE AND OR GRIND WAS HEARD BEFORE IT WOULD LOCK AND BEGIN TO ROLL. THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOTICED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED. *SC *JB