Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 25, 2015
SOME TIME AGO- ABOUT FIVE YEARS ,I PURCHASED A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 TOURING FROM FRANKLIN AUTOMALL- MALL IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -WHAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ENDLESS TIMES AND CONCERN THAT THE LUG NUTS THAT HOLD THE WHEELS ON ARE (DEFECTIVE) I HAVE PURCHASE A SET OF NEW LUG NUTS IN THE PAST LAST SET WAS 2013. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT I WENT FOR MY BRAKES TO BE LOOKED AT A PEPBOYS ON 3016-2015IN POMTON PLAINS NJ,THE PROBLEM WAS THERE LUG NUTS COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THESE TYPE LUG NUTS- THE OUTER CASING SEPARATES FROM THE LUG NUT ITSELF, AND SPINS AROUND AND AROUND, DIFFICULTY TO REMOVE LUG NUT(S). ANY KIND OF BRAKE REPAIR OR REMOVING OF A WHEEL.IN EVENT OF A FLAT (I WOULD CERTAINLY BE STUCK.) AND AGAIN PAY FOR NEW STUDS TO BE PUT IN.CHRYSLER HAS NOT CHANGED THESE LUG NUTS THAT I AM AWARE OF- TO BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT ONES, THAT HAS NO OUTER CASTING THAT SPINS -PREVENTING LUG NUTS TO BE REMOVED. REPLACEMENT SETS-- WERE ANOTHER SET OF LUG NUTS FROM THE CHRYSLER DEALER FROM FRANKLIN SUSSEX COUNTY AUTO MALL,I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS !!!!!!!...ON THURSDAY 3-25-2015 MY CAR IS GOING TO ANOTHER PEPBOYS FOR BRAKES TO BE LOOKED AT IN VERONA NJ. IM SURE I WILL BE THE ONE GETTING STUCK WITH THE BILL .FOR NEW STUDS.IN CLOSING THE PEP BOYS IN POMPTON PLAINS HAD A HARD TOME TO GET THEM OFF AND THE TWO WERE MANGLED I MANAGED TO GET ONE OFF WITH NOT GREAT EASE AT ALL.TWO IN TOTAL-THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL CORRECT THIS CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAND OF LUG NUTS,THE OUTER CASTINGS DON'T HOLD UP IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER AND SMOOTH OUT CONSTANTLY.CREATING THIS OVER AND OVER PROBLEM. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10701705
- Incident
- Mar 16, 2015
- Mileage
- 92,000 mi
Other / unspecifiedPowertrain (other)
Filed Oct 1, 2014
I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 TOURING AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. FROM THE FIRST WEEK THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR(2/10/2013) USED WITH 71,000 MILES THIS CAR HAS CAUSED ME PROBLEMS. THE FIRST ISSUES I EXPERIENCED WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS SEARCHING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR BY SHIFTING UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN EVEN WHEN I WAS NOT ACCELERATING, THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHENEVER I WOULD GO OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROBLEM ENDED UP BEING THE THROTTLE BODY INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION. THE NEXT ISSUE I EXPERIENCED WAS A SHIFTING IN THE FRONT END WHENEVER I WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP OR POT HOLE IN THE ROAD, I FOUND OUT THAT THE STRUT, BALL JOINT, AND THE ROCKER ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY FRONT END. THEN THE DIALS ON MY DASH STARTED TO GO CRAZY PERIODICALLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL, I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS BUT I ASSUME IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER. I ALSO EXPERIENCED COMPLETE FAILURE OF MY COOLING SYSTEM. I HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIER, CONDENSER, EXPANSION VALVE, AND ONE OTHER PART THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER. THE TOTAL FOR THIS JOB WAS ABOUT 2,700 AND THE TRANSMISSION WORK WAS 3,750 AND THE WORK ON THE FRONT END WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 800.00 NOT TO MENTION THE BRAKES I'VE REPLACED AND THE NEW SET OF TIRES I BOUGHT FOR THE CAR AND I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 1 YEAR AND 7 MONTHS. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10640432
- Incident
- Feb 10, 2013
Fuel systemOther / unspecifiedPowertrain (other)
Filed Apr 1, 2014
FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED THERE'S A DEFECT IN CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES WITH THE HEMI ENGINE. ANY TIME THE GAS TANK IS FILLED, IF A SHARP LEFT TURN IS TAKEN THE CAR STALLS OUT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME PERIODICALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO TWO LOCAL MECHANICS AND THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, NOBODY COULD FIGURE IT OUT, IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER. FINALLY, A THIRD MECHANIC GOOGLED IT AND CAME UP WITH AN ARTICLE IN THE L.A.TIMES THAT PERFECTLY DESCRIBED MY SITUATION (DUH, I SHOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THAT). IT WASN'T UNTIL THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD, ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, THAT I REALLY HAD AN ISSUE. I WAS ABLE TO ROLL INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A SHOPPING PLAZA, SO IT ENDED ALRIGHT, BUT IF THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO THAT COULD'VE SPELLED DISASTER! AS A GUY I CAN HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE THIS, BUT WHEN CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED A DEFECT OF THIS TYPE IS UNACCEPTABLE. I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR, SO IT'S NOT RELATED TO USER ERROR BY ANY MEANS. IN THE END THE THIRD MECHANIC QUOTED ME $1800 FOR A NEW GAS TANK + LINES + LABOR, OR I COULD NOT FILL MY TANK TO THE TOP WHEN I GET GAS. THANKS CHRYSLER! PLUS, THE SHIFTER FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THE 300C WILL LOCK UP, NOT LETTING THE DRIVER SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THANKS AGAIN CHRYSLER FOR STRANDING MY PREGNANT WIFE! (I STILL HAVE THE SHIFTER IN MY GARAGE HOPING THAT WILL BE A RECALL). *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10576559
- Incident
- Sep 11, 2013
- Mileage
- 102,393 mi
BrakesOther / unspecifiedPowertrain (other)
Filed Oct 3, 2013
ABOUT THREE YRS AGO WENT FOR OIL CHANGE FOUND OUT MY WAS CRACKED HAD TO REPLACE AXLE AND STEERING ASKED IF IT WAS A RECALL THEY SAID NO.. NOW 2013 I PARK THE CAR AND THE CAR WONT SHIFT FROM PARK CALLED CHRYSLER NO RECALL NOTICE THERE'S BEEN MANY CASES OF SHIFTING GEAR NOT ABLE TO SHIFT OR FALLING OFF SHIFT WHEN PARK.. MY AUTO WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK THIS A DEFECT I FEEL CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIX AND PUT AS A RECALL. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10546643
- Incident
- Oct 1, 2013
- Mileage
- 80,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 25, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WENT TO A TIRE SHOP TO CHANGE THE TIRES WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LUG NUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN HE TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRES A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,190.
- NHTSA ID
- 10476973
- Incident
- Dec 1, 2010
- Mileage
- 63,190 mi
Other / unspecifiedPowertrain (other)
Filed Jan 15, 2010
BETWEEN MULTIPOINT VEHICLE INSPECTIONS PERFORMED IN 12/2008 AND 11/2009), MY VEHICLE DEVELOPED A REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL SEAL LEAK. WITH LESS THAN 59000 MILES NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION AND LESS THAN THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, I AM CONFRONTED WITH A DEFECTIVE REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL SEAL. WITHOUT REPLACEMENT OF THIS EXPENSIVE FACTORY DEFECT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE REAR AXLE TO OVER HEAT AND POSSIBLY IGNITE THE VEHICLE AFIRE. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10299842
- Incident
- Nov 6, 2009
- Mileage
- 57,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 30, 2007
2006 CHRYSLER 300. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE THE LEFT FRONT RIM BECAME DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OF THE ROAD AND HIT A WALL. *MC (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10190045
- Incident
- Mar 29, 2007
EngineOther / unspecified
Filed Oct 1, 2005
THERE'S A MISS IN THE ENGINE WHEN DRIVING AT LEVEL OR STEADY SPEED ...DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW.. GEAR SHIFTER IS HANGING UP AND HARD TO GET OUT OF PARK TO DRIVE... GAS MILEAGE IS A LOT LESS THAN RATED... *NM
- NHTSA ID
- 10138308
- Incident
- Oct 1, 2005
- Mileage
- 3,000 mi
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