Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Chrysler 300 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
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I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND ON FREEWAY BY DRUNK DRIVER AND PUSHED INTO SIDE WALL ON HIGHWAY. IN THE PROCESS MY SEATBELT UNLOCKED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH HE HIT ME GOING CLOSE 100MPH.*DT*JB*DT THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PHOTOS. *TR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF ALL AT ONCE. I IMMEDIATELY PUT EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND CRANK IT UP ONLY FOR IT TO DO THE SAME THING 3 OR 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE IT STARTS TO DRIVE NORMAL AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, TURNING OR WHENEVER IT FEEL LIKE CUTTING OFF.
TAKATA RECALL. I PURCHASE A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C FROM UXURAY AUTO IN GEORGIA. NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SAID VEHICLE. ON JUNE 6TH 2016 ON MY WAY TO BURY MY MOTHER IN SC. THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED IN THE CAR AS WAS APPROCHING A RED LIGHT IN BARNWELL SC. BLINDING ME, CAUSING ME TO SIDE SWIPE THE CAR STOP AT THE RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO CHRYSLER . CHRYSLER AFTER INVESTIGATION AGREE TO REPAIR MY CAR WITH A FIFTY DOLLOR A DAY RENTAL. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN AUGUSTA GA, BY AMBLUNACE. A MR. AUBIN ATTORNY FROM CHRYSLER LATER STATES THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT BE REPAIR UNTIL THE BODILY INJURY CLAIM WAS SETTLED. THIS HAPPEN ON JUNE 7 2016, TO THIS DATE CHRYSLER HAVE NOT REPAIR OUR CAR. IN ORDER TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED I HAD TO SIGN A HARMLESS RELEASE FOR CHRYSLER. UNDER DURESS I SIGNED THE RELEASE. ONE WHOLE YEAR CHRYSLER HAVE NOT REPAIRED THIS CAR . I REQUESTED THAT THEY BUY THE CAR BACK/ AND PAY ME FOR LOST OF USE OF OUR VEHCILE,. HE SAID IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED/ I MUST SIGN A RELEASE OF ALL HARMS. NO ATTORNEY WOULD TAKE THIS CASE, THEY SAY IT IS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH FOR THEM. 1 WHOLE YEAR AND CHRYSLER HAS OUR CAR, WE WERE FORCE INTO BUYING ANOTHER CAR YET STILL PAYING FOR THE CHRYSLER. IS THIS THE LAW? CAN CHRYSLER GET AWAY WITH THIS? FORCING US TO DO WHAT WE DON;T WANT TO DO? CHRYSLER HAS OFFERED ME 8.000 TO SIGN THE HARMLESS RELEASE AND THEN THEY WILL GIVE ME MY CAR BACK AFTER ONE YEAR OF SUFFERING, IS THIS RIGHT? HELP ME PLEASE, WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO TURN TO FOR HELP. NO ONE.
VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. SEAT BELTS IS BROKEN. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SHOULDER BELT OF THE VEHICLE WAS UNLATCHED BY A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINED IN A CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE REAR SHOULDER BELT WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED WHICH IS TO LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE REAR SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT TIGHTLY. THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THE SEATBELT. THE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE CHILD. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER BE NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND EXPRESSED THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD TIGHTEN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONTACT DISAGREED BECAUSE THE CHILD WOULD BE THROWN FORWARD IF THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE THE CHILD WAS NOT RESTRAINED PROPERLY. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CHILD SEAT ITSELF.
REAR SEAT BELT ENTRAPMENT. *NM
SEAT BELT WON'T RELEASE WHEN BELTED. MY 4 MONTH OLD 2006 CHRYSLER 300 DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE THE SEAT BELT WHEN THE RED RELEASE BUTTON WAS PUSHED. IT WOULD TAKE 2-10 PRESSES FOR IT TO RELEASE. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT A COWORKER MENTIONED HIS MINIVAN WAS DOING THE SAME THING (HAD NOT REPAIRED IT YET), AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS BEING WATCHED. IN AN EMERGENCY, THIS COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM. *NM
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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