NHTSA Complaint #10566120 — 2006 CHRYSLER 300C

IN JANUARY I FILED A SAFETY COMPLAINT ON THIS WEB SITE REGARDING THE STALLING OF MY CHRYSLER 300C AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK (ODI # 10561779). OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED, WITH THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THE PROBLEM WAS TO ONLY FILL THE GAS TANK TO 3/4 FULL. ON 2/24/14 I SAW THE ABC NEWS REPORT THAT STATED "US ENDS PROBE OF CHRYSLER ENGINE STALLING" AND THE ARTICLE STATES THEY INVESTIGATED 1200 COMPLAINTS AND FOUND 299 IN WHICH THE FUEL SYSTEM ALLOWED THE GAS TANK TO BE OVER-FILLED. IT ALSO STATED THAT "CHRYSLER UPDATED THE PART IN NEW CARS AND GUARANTEED IT FOR LIFE IN CARS NOW ON THE ROAD." WHEN MY CHRYSLER DEALER (WHO HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF MY CHRYSLER SINCE I BOUGHT IT THERE NEW IN 2/2006) WAS CONTACTED, HE STATED THAT ONLY CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS WERE BEING COVERED. HE TOLD ME I COULD CALL CHRYSLER AND SPEAK TO THEM. I CALLED THE 1-800-992-1997 CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THIS MORNING. I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE STALLING AND THAT I HAD FILED A COMPLAIN BACK IN DECEMBER 2013 REGARDING THE CONSISTENT STALLING WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED. I EXPLAINED MY CHRYSLER DEALER STATED MY CAR WAS NOT ON THEIR LIST, AND TO CALL CHRYSLER. THE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE ONLY FIXING CERTAIN CARS AND MINE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM AND THAT I COULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. WHEN I ASKED IF IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE EXACT SAME PART THAT WAS BEING REPLACED, WOULD THEY COVER IT, I WAS INFORMED THEY WOULD NOT. I AM UNSURE WHAT FACTORS GUIDED CHRYSLER ON WHICH CARS TO FIX, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE LEFT OUT AT LEAST MY CAR WHICH HAS EXACTLY THE SAME DESCRIBED PROBLEM I HAVE SEEN ON THE COMPLAINT WEB SITE. *TR