Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Chrysler 300C submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 94 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.
The 25 most recent of 94, in the owner's own words
There a problem with car stalling and dying because of power being lost to tcm because of tipm. Dealer had my car for 7 weeks and $1900 changing tcm and problems still exist. Didn't even make 10 miles from dealership. Very dangerous
The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler 300C. The contact stated that while driving at slow speeds during traffic congestion, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power and stalled. Upon restarting the vehicle, the vehicle hesitated but seemed to return to normal functionality. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.
Vehicle stalls when idling or coming to a stop, mainly at low RPM. No codes are thrown. Gas tank has been replaced and fuel pump is new, still stalls. There are many reports on the Chrysler 300 Forum regarding the same situation. Many people have thrown good money after bad towards parts and still there's issues. I have my car at the Moss Bros Dealership in Riverside Ca. now for 5 days to try and repair this Safety Issue! 3/28/23. Car has stalled approximately 20 times, 4 times which were on the freeway. The car will start up and run fine for several days and then it acts up. Could be a number of things, but with no codes, pretty hard to diagnose the stalling issue.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE UPON FILL-UP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WITHOUT WARNING WHENEVER THE FUEL TANK WAS AT FULL CAPACITY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FREEDOM CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM BY ED MORSE (815 E CAMP WISDOM RD, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116) WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF FAILURE AND REFERRED HER BACK TO THE DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
TRANSMISSION IS SOMETIMES SHAKING WHEN GOES INTO CERTAIN GEARS. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR RANDOMLY. AND I HAVE TO STOP GO INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO GEAR. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME CAR AND SAYS HE HAS THIS PROBLEM TOO. SOMETIMES IT WILL RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFT OR UP SHIFT WHEN IT SHOULDN'T. *TR
CAR CONTINUOUSLY DIES OR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE HAS ALSO BEEN ALMOST REAR ENDED OR HIT MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE THE CAR WILL DIE WHILE MAKING A TURN OR AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WILL ALSO CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH. THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES DIE AND WILL NOT RE-START LEAVING HER STUCK IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME ITS THE PCM WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACE THREE TIMES.
TWO VISITS TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM. P0700. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. ROUTING OF ALTERNATOR WIRING CLAMPED TO VALVE COVER. TOUCHING VALVE COVER. BEFORE CHANGING ALTERNATOR. WIRING WAS ROUTED OUTBOARD OF OIL DIPSTICK TUBE. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ON 01/07/2020. LIMP MODE. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER TWENTY MILES PER HOUR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, WHILE HER SPOUSE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REMEDY, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN NOR TOWED TO BE DIAGNOSED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
CAR WILL CUT OFF ALL SYSTEM AND STOP WHEN DRIVING ,I FEAR CAR BEHIND WILL RUN INTO ME CAUSING SEROUS INJURIES AND DEATH.CAR WILL STOP IN MOTION, CITY STREET HIGHWAY IT DOSENTS MATTER .CAR HAS LESS THEN 40000.M
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. AFTER SWITCHING INTO THE PARK POSITION, THE GEAR SELECTOR BECAME STUCK AND COULD NOT BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. JTS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (4838 SUNSET BLVD, LEXINGTON, SC) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT KUNKLE TIRE AND REPAIR. *TR
HELLO LAST NIGHT MY WIFE ALMOST DIED CAR STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY ON THE MIDLLE OF THE NIGHT WHICH SHE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AT VEY HIGH SPEED .TODAY TOOK TO THE SHOP WHICH THE CODE IT COMES DESIGNATE TO THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHICH COME TO FIND OUT LOTS OF OTHERS CUSTOMER BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES SCARY PART IS CHRYSLER IS NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT THIS IS SAD A COMPANY OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN EVEN KEEP IT HONEST WITH THEIR PRODUCT
CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF OUT OF NOWHERE EVEN GOING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT! STARTS JUMPING GEARS MAINLY WHEN THE RPM IS AT 1 GOING INTO 2. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR FLICKER. AFTER THE CAR DIES OUT, WHEN YOU RESTART IT ITS STUCK IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE IN DRIVE. ONCE YOU SHUT IT OFF AGAIN AND RESTART IT, ITS AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. THERE IS A BRAND NEW ALTERNATOR AND A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN THE CAR AND IT STILL SHUTS DOWN WHETHER YOU'RE GOING 55 ON A HIGHWAY OR SITTING AT LIGHT READY TO TAKE OFF AND IT DIES OUT THEN AS WELL. I HAVE CHILDREN, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY! I HAVE READ THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. THANK YOU
2006 CHRYSLER 300C. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE FAILURE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS FIRMLY LOCKED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS
PROBLEM: MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, CHECK ENGINE AND ETC LIGHTS FLASH. SOMETIMES STALLS COMPLETELY (WHEN VERY SLOW OR STOPPED). IT HAS STOPPED ON ME A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE TURNING. TO STALL WHILE TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC IS UNSAFE. PARTS REPLACED SO FAR: GAS TANK (RECALL) GAS PUMP ACCELERATOR PEDAL DIAGNOSIS: APPARENT INTERMITTENT CONNECTION AT THE PCM. LAST REPAIR ATTEMPT(11/29/17) THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE CONNECTION BY ALIGNING THE PINS (APPARENTLY SOME HAD PUSHED THROUGH THE BOARD) & CLEANING THE CONNECTION. IT HAS WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS SINCE THEN, BUT IS FAILING AGAIN. THE TECHNICIAN NOW SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PCM (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE), POSSIBLY DUE TO BROKEN SOLDER JOINTS ON THE BOARD THAT CANNOT BE REPAIRED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PCMS AVAILABLE FROM DEALERS AND THERE ARE 67 UNITS ON BACKORDER IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS . . . MANY WITH SIMILAR FAILURE MODES. FROM THE REPAIR SHOP: "DIAGNOSED AND TRACED MULTIPLE FAULTS TO COMMUNICATION LOSS AT POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. REMOVED UNIT FROM HOLDER AND WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING IF THE UNIT IT TAPPED OR SHAKEN THE ENGINE WILL STUMBLE OR STALL. - CONTACTED COMPUTER REPAIR SHOP AND THIS IS VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR SEVERAL CHRYSLER IN LAST MONTH OR SO . THE MAIN PROCESSOR GETS LOOSE ON CIRCUIT BOARD BUT THE CONTACTS ARE SO TINY REPAIR IS NOT POSSIBLE. NO LOCAL DEALERS HAVE UNIT AND THERE ARE 67 ON BACK ORDER IN LAST WEEKS."
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. COURTESY DODGE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (616-452-2143) AND VAN ANDEL AND FLIKKEMA CHRYSLER JEEP IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI (616-363-9031) ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO EITHER OF THE DEALERS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,700.
2006 CHRYSLER 300C | ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING | POSSIBLY TIPM-RELATED I PURCHASED MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C JUST SHORT OF 6 MONTHS AGO. WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK, AS I WAS TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE IGNITION COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. WHILE THE POWER WAS STILL ACTIVE, I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL I TURNED OVER THE VEHICLE TO RESTART THE CAR. THINKING IT WAS POSSIBLY A FRINGE ISSUE I IGNORED TO ISSUE. FAST FORWARDING TO TODAY, MY WIFE AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED ROUGHLY 25-50 OCCURRENCES OF THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT ONLY SEEMS TO WORK WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT AND WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THAT EVERY DAY I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE I AM ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN.
I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY MY CHRYSLER 300 C 5.7 HEMI SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CAR COASTED CAUSE EVERYTHING SHUT OFF I PUT IT IN PARK TRIED TO RESTART CAR WOULDN'T START DID IT A FEW TIMES CAR STARTED AND DIED IDLED ROUGH FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNING OUTA GAS WOULD STAY AT THE RIGHT ROMA KEEP STALLING OUT SO I GAVE IT GAS AND CAR STOPPED SHAKING AND RAN FINE A MONTH LATER DID THE SAME THING THIS TIME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID RANDOM MULTI MISFIRE ALL CYLINDERS I SPENT 1800 REPLACING THE COIL PACKS PLUGS AND STILL DIDN'T FIX IT TURNS OUT THE VALVE SEAT DROPPED AND CHEWED ONE PISTON UP ALL TOO HECK NEEDS A NEW MOTOR ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR $ MONTHS HAS 112,000 MILES ON IT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR NEW MOTOR CARS JUST SITTING WITH HEAD OFF AND VALVE SEAT IS GONE
VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLS AND SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR DUE TO A KNOWN ISSUE TO CHRYSLER WITH WATER ENTERING THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE DIPSTICK TUBE. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS INFORMED ABOUT A SERVICE BULLETIN WITH OVER 1100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY OFFER NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS OR ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS MATTER WHICH MAY COST CONSUMERS UP TO 2500 TO GET FIXED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE GEAR SHIFTER DID NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.
ENGINE WILL START, CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. JUST CALLED CHRYSLER. THEY WILL TOW AT A COST OF $50.00 TO ME. CHRYSLER WILL TOW TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF PER TSB K39, AT A COST TO ME TO FIX, TO BE REIMBURSED AT SOME MYTHICAL DATE CHRYSLER DEEMS ACCEPTABLE. I WILL RIDE MY UNICORN TO WORK TOMORROW...
WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT WHEN PUT ON A RACK AND ADDING FLUID UNNECESSARILY THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE DID A TRANSMISSION SERVICE RUNS GREAT BUT THERE IS STILL WATER IN TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE IT IS STRAWBERRY COLOR CAR WAS DROVE TWO MILES WITH FLUID IN TRANSMISSION.
GEAR SHIFTER ON MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GOT STUCK IN PARK ON 6/25/17 AT ABOUT 98,400 MILES. LUCKILY CAR WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED AND I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A K39 RECALL RELATING TO THIS SAME GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THAT RECALL ONLY COVERED THE 2005-2007 300 LX MODELS, NOT THE 300C MODEL. HERE IS LINK TO RECALL LETTER: HTTP://WWW.WKJEEPS.COM/MISC/LX/TSB_300C_FORUMS/CSN_K39.PDF. I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIGHT TO NOT INCLUDE THE 300C MODELS IF IT HAD THE SAME POORLY DESIGNED PINK PLASTIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK AS THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR SHIFTER BEING STUCK IN PARK. I FOUND A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON HOW TO TEMPORARILY GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK GEAR WITH A SCREWDRIVER. AND ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK THEMSELVES. WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THESE YOUTUBE VIDEOS, THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD INDICATION THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME CHRYSLER MODELS. BUT WHY DID THEY NOT RECALL THE 2005-2007 300C MODELS??? HERE ARE LINKS TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS: 1) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OXTDOGVON1W, 2) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PRORQDFJCP4, 3) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7CD6OCITJ3K
MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C SRT8 6.1L ENGINE STALLS RANDOMLY WHEN STOPPED, COMING TO A STOP OR CRUISING SPEED. SOMETIMES IT'LL TAKE MONTHS FOR REOCCURRENCE THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT HAPPENS WHILE, ENGINE STALLED. HAPPENS WHILE MAKE A TURN AT A LIGHT ALSO. STARTS BACK UP AND SOMETIMES STALLS INSTANTLY. AFTER LIKE THE THIRD STALL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ONLY FAULT CODE IS P0700. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2015 AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER IS WHEN I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST OCCURRENCE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES THAT YEAR AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. ABOUT FIVE MONTHS LATER (2016) IT HAPPENS AGAIN, ENGINE STALLS OUT OF NOWHERE ON THE FREEWAY. THIS TIME IT WOULDN'T START SO I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER TWO MONTHS OF THEM HAVING MY CAR THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE SO I AGREED TO REPLACE IT. TWO MONTHS LATER SAME THING AGAIN SO OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WASN'T THE PROBLEM. MIGHT I ADD THAT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A HARD "BUCK" FROM THE TRANSMISSION, LIKE IT WANTS TO LOCK UP. I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND CHRYSLER CLAIMS TO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM TERRIFIED EVERY TIME I'M IN THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I'M STILL PAYING FOR THIS CAR BUT NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND HOW TO SOLVE IT. DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO RECALLS OR UPDATES AVAILABLE FOR MY CAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO SWITCH FROM THE PARK POSITION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
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