2006 Chrysler 300c complaints

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON THE NJTP AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING ANOTHER CAR WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL OR DISENGAGED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TRANSFERRED TO THE ROAD. I HAD TO PULL INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE WITH THE HOPE THAT THE ELECTRONIC MODULE WOULD RESET ITSELF SO THAT I COULD ENGAGE DRIVE GEAR. THE PROCEDURE WORKED, BUT NOW THE TRANSMISSION READILY DISENGAGES FROM DRIVE WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE THROTTLE APPLICATION. CLEARLY, THERE IS SOMETHING MAJOR WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR ITS ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT THAT COULD PROVE DANGEROUS TO ME OR OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. *TR

CAR UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC BUT STARTED RIGHT UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AS I MADE MY WAY TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER A FEW MILES AWAY. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. THE CAR RAN FINE UNTIL YESTERDAY JANUARY 31ST 2013 WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR STARTED AND IT CONTINUED TO STALL SEVERAL TIMES AS I MADE MY WAY TO THE DEALER AGAIN. THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM WHICH APPEARS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK AS A PROBLEM WITH THE VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. HE STATED HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES AND THE REMEDY IS TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AND VAPOR RECOVERY LINES AND FILTER ETC. COST ABOUT $2000. I ASKED IF IT WAS A RECALL GIVEN THAT THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY (MY ONLINE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER 300C). I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A RECALL. MY ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECENTLY STARTED TO OCCUR AFTER REFUELING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 193 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

FIVE MINUTES AFTER REFUELING MY 2006 300C, IT STALLED AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE RESTARTED QUICKLY, BUT COULD NOT HOLD STEADY RPMS AT IDLE OR HIGHER. DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO DEALER, AND VEHICLE STALLED THREE MORE TIMES ON THE WAY. DEALER PERSONNEL INDICATED STALLING COULD BE CAUSED BY OVER-FILLING THE GAS TANK (HOWEVER, I HAD NOT CONTINUED FILLING THE TANK AFTER THE PUMP AUTO-SHUT-OFF). DEALER SUGGESTED RUNNING THE ENGINE FOR 15 MINUTES TO CLEAR VAPOR CANISTER. THIS DID NOT HELP. DEALER REPLACED FUEL TANK AND VAPOR CANISTER, $1500. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION SINCE THE ROUGH RUNNING LEADS TO STALLING AT INTERSECTIONS OR STOP SIGNS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY STALL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES AND WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE PCM FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE PARTS THAT CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE PCM COULD BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,500.

EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE FUEL TANK THE CAR CUTS OFF FOR AT LEAST 25 MILES ON ANY SPEAD AND TURNS OFF AT SPEED LESS THAN 25. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL VAPOR CANISTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,100. UPDATED 12/11/2012 *JS

IN JANUARY 2011 I NOTICED TRANSMISSION OIL STAIN WHERE CAR IS PARKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO PEP BOYS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2011 WHO CONFIRMED THAT VEHICLE DID HAVE TRANSMISSION LEAK. SINCE PEP BOYS DO NOT SERVICE TRANSMISSION, TOOK TO LOCAL TRANSMISSION GARAGE TO GET PROBLEM CORRECTED. AGAIN ON APRIL 18TH OF THIS YEAR HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAK AND AGAIN WE HAD TO PAY TO GET PROBLEM RESOLVED. TWICE REPAIRED FOR SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE SHIFTED FROM PARK. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR ONLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR DIE AS I AM CROSSING BUSY INTERSECTIONS. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GO AWAY. INTERNET CHATTER SEEMS TO INDICATE A BAD EVAP. SOLENOID/CANISTER OR FROM A VENT VALVE SENSOR INSIDE THE TANK THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THE TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. A COSTLY FIX. THIS CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS AS THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. I ASKED MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER ASSISTANT MANAGER IF HE HAD EVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND HE SAID NO, AND ALSO CHECKED FOR ANY EXISTING CHRYSLER SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS SUBJECT AND FOUND NONE . *TR

AFTER FILLING GAS TANK, CAR STALLS MANY TIMES BEFORE RUNNING OK, UNTIL NEXT FILL UP AND THEN IT DOES THE SAME THING EVERY TIME. *TR

EVERY TIME I PUT GAS IN MY CHRYSLER 300C AND START THE ENGINE, THE CAR TENDS TO JERK FORWARD AND THEN THE ENGINE LITERALLY SHUTS DOWN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE I'M ON THE INTERSTATE; AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO CAPACITY, MY VEHICLE STALLED AFTER DRIVING FOR NOT EVEN ONE MILE BECAUSE FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BUT MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL AFTER A DISTANCE. I TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH RESULTING IN A LOT OF DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE DEATH!! *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 300C 9/2/2011 EXACTLY A WEEK LATER IT WAS BACK AT THE DEALSHIP ITS STALLING FOR NO REASON. EVERY MONTH OCT, NOV, DEC, JAN, FEB, MARCH, ETC IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND ITS NOT FIXED BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. WHEN I TOOK IT IN MARCH/2012 WE ALMOST GO HIT BY A TRUCK AND TRAILER GOING 75 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE IT STALLED ON ME. I HAVE THREE LITTLE KIDS AND THIS IS DANGEROUS. I GOOGLED SEARCHED AND THERE IS HUNDREDS OF PPL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NO MECHANIC IS ABLE TO TELL THEM THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE NEEDS A RECALL AND SOON... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE PISTON HAD DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

WENT TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO A MEETING, TRIED PLACING THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE, SHIFTER WOULDN'T MOVE. TALKED TO SEVERAL ASE MECHANICS WHOM TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT CHYRSLER SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ON THIS COMMON PROBLEM BY NOW. *TR

I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR TO WORK, THEN DROVE A COUPLE OF MILES TO PICK UP MY CHILD, THEN BACK TO WORK AND PARKED THE CAR IN MY PARKING LOT. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT LEAVE PARK. THE ENGINE STARTS AND RUNS, THE BRAKE DISENGAGES THE SHIFTER BUT IT WILL NOT TRAVEL DOWNWARD IN ITS GATE TO ANY GEAR. I IMMEDIATELY DID AN INTERNET SEARCH TO FIND A QUICK SOLUTION, BUT ONLY FOUND OTHER SIMILAR CONDITIONS AND NO RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HOOK FOR THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,021. ...UPDATED 09/12/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS ISSUED A REFUND FOR THE REPAIR COST. UPDATED 09/18/12

THE OTHER DAY I GOT OFF WORK AND DROVE OFF FINE. I WENT TO THE BANK AND USED THE DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE I HAD PULLED IN A LITTLE TO FAR AWAY FROM THE WINDOW I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND REACHED OUT. AFTER MY TRANSACTION WAS DONE, I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT WAS STUCK IN PARK. IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. THE INTERNET SUGGESTED PUSHING A PINK OVERRIDE BUTTON WHICH I DID BUT IT DID NOT WORK. IT STATED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER BUTTON TO PUSH IF THAT DIDN'T WORK BUT THAT REQUIRED TAKING THE WHOLE SHIFT GEAR APART. NONE THE LESS, HAD TO CALL A TOW AND THE GUY INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER 300. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS?? I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR A YEAR. LOW MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I JUST KNEW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS NOT. SO ITS SITTING AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MY REPAIR BILL IS GOING TO BE FOR SOMETHING THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX. *TR

THE ENGINE WILL STALL AFTER EVERY FILL-UP. IT STALLS WITHIN 15 SECONDS AFTER STARTING IT UP AT THE GAS STATION. IT WILL THEN STALL REPEATEDLY AT INTERSECTIONS AND EVERY TIME THE CAR COMES TO A STOP. IN ADDITION, IT HAS STALLED WHILE MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS AND MISFIRES AND STUMBLES WHILE AT SPEED. THE STALLING/MISFIRING EPISODES DO NOT OCCUR ONCE 2-3 GALLONS OF GAS HAVE BEEN CONSUMED. THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE BEEN NEARLY REAR ENDED AS TRAFFIC STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM A GREEN LIGHT, AND ALSO STALLED AT INTERSECTIONS WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURNS. THE CHRYSLER DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG SINCE THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY CODES OR TSB'S REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AND THEY FOUND A LOT OF CHATTER ON THEIR MECHANIC HELP WEBSITES. THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE THE EMISSION CONTROL THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE GAS TANK. THE TOP GAS IN THE TANK IS FLOODING OVER TO THE ENGINE AND STALLING IT OUT. SINCE CHRYSLER NOR ANYONE ELSE CAN SAY WHAT DEFINITIVELY IS GOING ON I HAVE CAUTIOUSLY NOT BEEN FILLING THE TANK. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS SINCE THE NEXT OWNER MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY BECAUSE SMALL PINK PLASTIC SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH WAS BROKEN. PART: $167.50, LABOR: $198.00, TOTAL: $365.45 SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ISN'T SOLD SEPARATELY! IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS A FAULTY ENGINEERING DESIGN. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INTERNET POSTINGS OF THE PROBLEM. MANY HAVE DONE DIY REPAIRS WITH A METAL REPLACEMENT PART. I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL OR IN THE VERY LEAST COVERED AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHENEVER THE PART BREAKS. TO TOP IT OFF...THE REPLACEMENT IS ALSO PLASTIC! *JS

SINCE JANUARY 2012, EVERYTIME I FILL UP THE CAR WITH GAS IT CUTS OFF COMING OUT OF THE GAS STATION, WAITING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WAITING IN TRAFFIC, AND EVEN WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM AFRAID TO FILL THE TANK. I HAVE LEARNED TO CIRCUMVENT THIS BY NOT FILLING THE TANK. THIS IS A MAJOR IN. ALSO, THIS IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AT LEAST 30 TIMES BEFORE FIGURING OUT NOT TO FILL THE TANK SINCE THE MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT BEING THERE WHEN I FILL THE TANK. THIS CAR LOOKS GOOD FROM FAR BUT IT IS FAR FROM GOOD!! I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. *JS

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WENT TO VISIT RELATIVES IN ANOTHER STATE, PARKED CAR IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, RETURNED LATE AT NIGHT TO GO HOME, CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY STATE TO MECHANIC, FOUND OUT SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A "FALSE FINGER NAIL" BROKE OFF INSIDE. A SMALL PIECE THAT LOOKED LIKE A WOMAN'S FALSE NAIL PAINTED PINK COSTS ME CLOSE TO $1,000.00 BETWEEN TOWING, BUYING THE ENTIRE PART SINCE YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE PINK "FALSE NAIL", LABOR, TRANSPORTATION ETC. WHY WOULD CHRYSLER MAKE A CAR THAT THEY ADVERTISE AS LUXURY AND USE A PLASTIC PIECE AS A COMPONENT IN IT? THE CHRYSLER 300C, LOOKS GOOD FROM FAR, BUT IT IS FAR FROM GOOD! *JS

AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO CAPACITY, VEHICLE STALLED AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BECAUSE FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL AFTER A MILE. I TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED BUT I AM STILL CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH RESULTING IN A LOT OF DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE DEATH. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 26,100 MILES. *JS

ON 3/6/12 I PARK MY CAR IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AT 4:20 PM. NEXT MORNING I GOT IN MY CAR STARTED IT UP BUT THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. AFTER TWO DAYS OF RESEARCH AND GOING ON LINE IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CHRYSLER GROUP LLC FOR MANY YEARS THAT THE PINKY THING ( SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ) PLASTIC SPRING HOOK BRAKES OFF THE LATCH AND THE GEAR SELECT SHIFT IS STUCK IN PARK. THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE BECAUSE A PERSON (MAN/LADY/TEEN OR GRAND PARENT, COULD PARK ANY WHERE (DAY/NIGHT) AND BE STRANDED (ON THE HIGHWAY/REST STOP AREA/PARKING LOT, JUST ABOUT ANY WHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHIFT HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,808.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEAD LAMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AFTER FILLING UP GAS TANK TO FULL (NOT OVERFILLING - STOP FUELING ONCE PUMP SHUTS OFF) AND DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS LESS THAN 5MPH OR AT IDLE SPEED, CAR DIES WITH NO WARNING, ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT COMES ON. IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO RE-START THE CAR. ENGINE DIES APPROXIMATELY 4+ TIMES UNTIL IT RUNS FINE. THIS HAPPENS PERIODICALLY, NOT EVERYTIME CAR IS FUELED UP. I FILL UP AT 1/2 TANK TWICE A WEEK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURS PERIODICALLY - ABOUT ONCE MONTH. I HAVE HAD THE CAR DIE AS I AM CROSSING BUSY INTERSECTIONS, TURNING INTO A SIDE ROAD ENOUGH TIMES THAT I HAVE BLOCKED TRAFFIC AND HAVE FEAR OF BEING T-BONED BECAUSE THE CAR DIES WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSSING A STREET OR WHEN MAKING A TURN. *TR

THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR ONLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GO AWAY. INTERNET CHATTER SEEMS TO INDICATE A BAD EVAP SOLENOID/CANISTER. APPARENTLY THIS IS PART OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK AND IS A COSTLY FIX. THIS CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS AS THE CAR WILL HESITATE AND STALL EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT STALLED AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR WHENEVER ADDED FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED AN UPDATE TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. KMJ

OWNING MY CHRYSLER 300C HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF AN NIGHTMARE..I HAVE HAD THE CAR POWER DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, IN THE CITY AND JUST RECENTLY ON A SATURDAY 11/12/11 NIGHT ON A DESOLATE ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.. WHEN IT SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES ADVISING THEM THAT THERE IS NO HEAT IN THE CAR UNLESS YOUR DRIVING THAT IT STARTS DELAYED AND EVERY TIME THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NO CODE SO THEREFORE THEY CANT TROUBLE SHOOT..I JUST FEEL AS THOUGH THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN TO GO FROM 70 MILES AN HOUR TO COMPLETELY LOSE POWER IS DANGEROUS..IT IS NOT A SAFE NOR RELIABLE CAR AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE.. *TR

IN JUNE OF THIS 2011 OUR CHRYSLER 300C JUST STOPPED RUNNING AT A STOP LIGHT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING AND ADVISED US WE NEEDED TO TAKE THE CAR TO AN OFFICIAL CHRYSLER DEALER. MEANWHILE THE CAR WOULD START AND APPEARED TO RUN OK SO WE LEFT THE SHOP AND WITHIN A MILE THE CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WE PULLED OVER ON THE ROAD BUT THEN MANAGED TO GET THE CAR BACK HOME. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2011 MY WIFE HAD A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AND AS SHE PULLED INTO THE DOCTOR PARKING LOT THE CHRYSLER JUST DIED. SHE WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PARK IT. AFTER HER APPOINTMENT SHE WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND DRIVE IT HOME AND IT ALMOST STOPPED AGAIN BEFORE SHE GOT HOME. WE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND I REFUSED, AS I DID NOT WANT THE CAR TO STOP ON ME ON THE FREEWAY. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO HAVE THE CAR PICKED UP AND DELIVERED TO THEIR SHOP AT THEIR EXPENSE. THE CHRYSLER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN DECEMBER OF 2005 AS A 2006 MODEL AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000 MILES. WE PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT HAS HAD ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BY THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER FROM DAY ONE. BASED ON ALL THE OTHER POSTS ON THE NHTSA SITE ABOUT THE STALLING PROBLEM I HAVE A LOW CONFIDENCE OF GETTING THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED TO OUR SATISFACTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO EXHIBIT AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE NUMBER SIX INTAKE VALVE FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GEAR WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR STARTS FINE, STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED BUT GEARS WON'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CONTACTED TOW TRUCK, ONCE ARRIVED REMOVED THE COVER OF THE GEAR PANEL AND PUSHED IN THE LITTLE PINK TAB THAT APPARENTLY OVERRIDES THE "PARK LOCK OUT MECHANISM" THIS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES. WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL. GOOGLED THE ISSUE WHILE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND WITH MINE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP-UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. COST ME $360 TO GET MY CAR FIXED, MORE LIKE REPLACED THE ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD OF PURCHASED AN AFTER MARKET METAL PART TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PINK PLASTIC PART. I'LL SEE HOW LONG THIS ONE LASTS AND OF COURSE IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN THE REVERSE POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO REVERSE FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY DRIVE WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,110.

I PURCHASED THIS 2006 CHRYSLER 300C IN DECEMBER 2010. I GOT A CARFAX REPORT AND THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEMS REPORTED ON IT. WELL JUNE 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK IN PARK AND I COULDN'T SHIFT IT DOWN. SO MY HUSBAND SPRAYED SOME WD40 ON THE SHIFT GEARS AND SHOOK THE SHIFTER AND PUSH THE PINK THINGY THING IN AND IT THEN IT SHIFTED DOWN INTO DRIVE. THEN IN SEPTEMBER 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE SHIFTER WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO PARK. I WAS FRUSTRATED SO I LOOK ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS ON THESE CARS AND IT WAS OVER 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS GETTIN STUCK. SO I CALLED CHRYSLER AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THIS MATTER. THEY DID HAVE IT FIX BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP BUT I HOPE THAT I DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT CHRYSLER 300 HAD A SHIFT GEAR MECHANISM DEFECT I WOULDN'T OF NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR... *TR

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. I DROVE IT TO WORK THAT MORNING WITH NO PROBLEMS AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, WHEN I CAME OUT TO LEAVE AFTER WORK, IT STARTED FINE, AND AS I STARTED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE. I TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND ON, AND HAD SOMEONE TO ROCK THE VEHICLE WITH NO RESPONSE. I CALLED A FRIEND AND HE CAME OVER TO HELP ME, AND COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE EITHER. WE WENT BACK TO HIS SHOP AND GOOGLED IT AND FOUND THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 300'S, AVENGERS, AND ONE OTHER MODEL I CANT REMEMBER. ALL YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN IS CHRYSLER 300 STUCK IN PARK, AND YOU GET ALOT OF REPLIES. HE READ HOW THEY HAD TAKEN THE CONSOLE APART AND MOVED A RELEASE LEVER. WE TRIED THAT AND IT DIDN'T WORK. WE THEN HAD TO USE A SCREWDRIVER AND MOVE A PINK THINGY TO GET IT TO RELEASE. I AM ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, BUT I CANNOT USE P (PARK) BECAUSE IT LOCKS AGAIN. I AM USING NEUTRAL AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM ROLLING AWAY. I TALKED WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID SOME MODELS HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT UNLESS THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BEFORE. MINE IS THE SHIFTER FROM THE FACTORY AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM PARK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE, WHICH THE CONTACT DEEMED AS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THE GEAR SHIFT UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK IN PARK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE ENTIRE GEAR SHIFT UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,682. UPDATED 9/16/11 *CN UPDATED 11/02/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT STATED A SPRING ATTACHED TO THE SHIFTER BROKE CAUSING IT TO LOCK. THE CONTACT NOTICE A NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAULTY SHIFTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

CAR SHIFT LEVER WAS STUCK IN PARK. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER AND WAS TOLD NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. FOUND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION K39 ON INTERNET. CALLED CHRYSLER GROUP RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER EVEN THOUGH MY CAR MEETS THE LISTED SPECIFICATIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT SWERVED TO AVOID AN ANIMAL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE CAUTIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE INSPECTED BY JULY 16, 2011. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,200.

2006 CHRYSLER 300C GETS STUCK IN PARK PLASTIC MECHANISM BREAKS CAUSING IT NOT TO COME OUT OF PARK. HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DELEARSHIP TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK LEVER IS FAULTY. A BROKEN INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK WILL RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER OUT OF THE ?PARK? POSITION. CHRYSLER ISSUED LETTER TO SOME CUSTOMERS. HERE THE LINK TO THE LETTER : HTTP://WWW.CHRYSLER.COM/WEBSELFSERVICE/PDF/K39.PDF PROBLEM IS THEY ISSUED A RECOMMEND FREE REPAIRS TO SOME OWNERS THAT MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM FOR THERE 2006 300C CAR BUT WHY CANT THEY OFFER FREE REPAIRS TO EVERYONE WITH SAME MODEL CARS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY THE PART TO REPAIR, YOU ARE PUT ON A WAITING LIST BECAUSE THE PARTS NOT IN STOCK BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET THERE CARS WORK ON. MY CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT AND WAS STUCK IN PARK 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK THAT CAN TOW MY CAR HOME. THE DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, ALSO THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE COVERED FOR REPAIRS AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL WITH DAMAGES ARE NOT COVERED JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIE ROD THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE STEERING COLUMN FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE TOWED WAS TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIE RODE HAD RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIE RODE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES. THE CONTACT BELEIVED THE FAILURE TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING UP THE RAMP AND MY CAR JUST DIED. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY SAID THAT SOMETHING IN MY ENGINE EXPLODED. THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY CHRYSLER 300 WITH THAT PROBLEM. 22 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR ENGINE SOME OF THEM HAVING THEIR CAR ONLY 3 WEEKS. THAT IS REALLY A PROBLEM AND VERY UNSAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000.

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-25 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE. SHE STATED THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. SHE SLOWED DOWN TO GAIN BETTER CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURED THREE TIMES IN RAINY OR SNOWY WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. VWB

NO EVENT LEADS UP TO THIS EVENT. THE SHIFTER FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS HAS A PLASTIC PART IN 2005-2007 (AND MAYBE MORE) THAT IS POORLY MADE AND BREAKS. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. THIS HAPPENED TO MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300. CHRYSLER'S SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFT MECHANISM THAT INCLUDES THE SAME POORLY MANUFACTURED PLASTIC PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN THE PARK SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE SHIFTER HOUSING WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REDUCED THE REPAIR COSTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 54,000.