NHTSA Complaint #11141598 — 2015 CHRYSLER 300

DROVE CAR TO TOWN THURSDAY 10/11/18 EVERYTHING WAS FINE GET IN CAR FRIDAY MORNING 10/12/18 START CAR WARNING COMES UP ON DISPLAY ECS ABS AWD DISABLED, I DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLE TILL FRIDAY 10/18/18 TO TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY CHARGED $89 TO RUN SCAN TOOL TO FIND OUT FRONT LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR IS FAULTY WOULD BE $240 TO REPLACE SENSOR, WHICH CONSISTS OF 3 BOLTS AND BEING PLUGGED IN, AND CODE CLEARED . THIS IS NOT A 3 HOUR JOB. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AVAILABLE AND ARE ON INDEFINITE BACK ORDER DUE TO AN UNBELIEVABLY HIGH DEMAND. CAN NOT DRIVE CAR SAFELY DUE TO THE CAR BEING CRIPPLED BECAUSE OF A $29 SENSOR. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AND HAVE DRIVEN LESS THAN 5000 MILES, THE SENSOR LITERALLY WENT BAD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE MECHANICS NEW IT IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND ARE CHARGING PEOPLE WAY OVER WHAT SHOULD BE FOR WHAT IS AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART. THEY ALSO TOLD ME IS WOULD BE FINE TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY CAN GET THE PART WHICH IS UNTRUE DUE TO 2 SAFETY MODUALS AND ONE DRIVE TRAIN FUNCTION BEING DISABLED. THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ON AN INDEFINITE BACKORDER FROM THE FACTORY TELLS THIS IS A MODEL WIDE PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.