2006 CHRYSLER 300C Power Train Problems

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS OVER A YEAR AGO. I HAD JUST FILLED UP GAS TANK AND PULLED OUT OF LOT STILL IN A PARKING LOT OF A SHOPPING AREA. TURNED LEFT INTO A FAST FOOD PLACE AND CAR SHUTS DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT AND WENT INSIDE. CAME OUT STARTED CAR WAS PULLING OUT OF LOT INTO TRAFFIC AND CAR SHUTS DOWN AGAIN. THIS TIME NOT TO THE LIKING OF OTHER DRIVERS OR MYSELF. RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS DROVE HOME AND DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN TILL I WENT ON A TRIP A FEW MONTHS LATER. HALF WAY THROUGH THE TRIP I HAD TO REFUEL AND BINGO IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER PULLING OUT OF GAS STATION LOT AND TURNING LEFT INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT GOOD. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND CONTINUED...

ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE EITHER IDLING OR DRIVING. STALLS ARE INCREASINGLY MORE FREQUENT. UNABLE TO GET A DIAGNOSIS OF PROBLEM. HAVE REPLACED THE PCM BUT NO CHANGE IN PROBLEM OCCURRENCE. *TR

STALLS AFTER I FILL UP AND JERKS VIOLENTLY WHEN MOVING SLOWLY 0 TO 20 MPH AND HESITATES WHEN DRIVING 30 AND OVER IF I DON'T DRIVE AROUND DRIVE AROUND IN A PARKING LOT FOR APX 10 MIN IT WILL STOP IN TRAFFIC AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. *TR

STARTED STALLING AFTER FILL UP'S APX 1 YEAR AGO. I DO NOT DRIVE IT ALOT. APX 55000 MILES ON IT. FIRST THOUGHT WAS DUE TO CHANGING OCTANE BUT BEEN USING FOR 4 MONTHS . STALLS, BUCKS, SURGES. CLEARED UP AFTER APX 5 TO 10 MIN. *TR

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C WAS A CAR THAT WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IT HAD LESS THAN 90,000 MILES AT THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. I WAS IN A DRIVE-THRU AND I TURNED OFF THE CAR TO SAVE FUEL. WHEN I WENT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE CAR MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE THAT SOUND SIMILAR TO STICKING A BASEBALL CARD IN BICYCLE SPOKES BUT MUCH LOUDER AND STRONGER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO CHUCK CLANCY CHRYSLER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT A VALVE SEAT HAD DROPPED AND DESTROYED SEVERAL CYLINDERS. THE BILL WAS $3,000. THIS CAR WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED BY MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND THE OIL CHANGED WITH PENNZOIL PLATINUM ULTRA. TO ADD TO THIS STORY, I RECEIVED THE CAR BACK AND THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN TWO WEEKS LATER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS OUT ANOTHER $4000 FOR THIS REPAIR. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO COVER IT AND GAVE ME...

5 MINUTES AFTER FILLING UP MY 06 CHRYSLER 300C SRT-8 6.1L AT A GAS STATION I WAS CROSSING OVER TRAFFIC TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND MY CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO RESTART THEN LURCHED FORWARD AFTER PUT INTO GEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME RIGHT AFTER FILLING MY TANK THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE TIME BEFORE IT STALLED MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE ON RAMP. *TR

THE CAR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT AFTER BEING STARTED. NOW IT IS ALMOST SHUTTING OFF OR BECOMING UNRESPONSIVE MID ACCELERATION FROM A STOP SIGN. THE CAR WILL AT RANDOM STALL. THE ENGINE DOES NOT NEED TO BE RESTARTED SO FAR WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL "DIE" FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN COMES BACK AGAIN JUST SHORT OF COMPLETE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. REAR WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE IS ALSO NON RESPONSIVE. IT HAS ONLY WORKED ONCE SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR. *TR

MY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT ON ME INTERMITTENTLY. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER I GET FINISHED PUTTING GAS IN MY CAR. UNLIKE MOST OTHER STORIES I'VE READ ABOUT OVERFILLING THE GAS TANK, THIS HAPPENS TO ME SOMETIMES WHEN I PUT JUST A HALF OF A TANK OF GAS IN MY CAR. NOW, AS OF NOV. 7, 2013, IT'S DONE IT WELL OVER 100 TIMES; THAT'S SINCE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN MAY. THE DEALERSHIP IS A COMPLETE SCAM. THEY KNOW THIS IS A DEFECT. THEY'VE CHARGED ME TO FIX EVERYTHING FROM EGR VALVES TO PCMS TO SPARK PLUGS. NOTHING HAS WORKED.THEN FINALLY I DECIDE TO DO SOME DEEP RESEARCH, THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO FILE MY COMPLAINT. THERE ARE 2 MAJOR ISSUES I HAVE. WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I'LL LOSE ALL POWER AND THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THEN IT'LL KICK BACK IN. IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, TO SAY...

IM HOPING THIS POST WILL GET US SOME HELP AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE ARE HAVING WITH OUR 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. IT HAD LESS THAN 33,000 MILES AND WAS IN GREAT CONDITION. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS CAR FOR ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR, BUT THEN THE TROUBLE STARTED AND IT IS NOW AN ONGOING NIGHTMARE. IT STARTED STALLING AND DYING CONSTANTLY, USUALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING SLOW OR STOP AND GO, BUT A FEW TIMES WHEN DRIVING 35-45 MPH. WE HAD PURCHASED A 2 YEAR/20,000 ADDED WARRANTY WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR (EXPIRES IN NOV 2013 WHICH HAS ME WORRIED) SO ALL OF THE SERVICING AND REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AT OUR LOCAL DEALER. SO FAR, THEY HAVE DONE THROTTLE BODY CLEAN, CLEANED A/F BOX AND REPLACED FILTER, COOLANT FLUSH, STEERING SYSTEM FLUSH, FUEL KIT, CHANGED OUT FUEL TANK, VAPOR CANISTER, LEAK...

AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK FROM A START OF 1/8 TH TO FULL TANK, THE CAR STALLED AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE STATION ABOUT 200 FEET DOWN THE ROAD WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE RESTARTED I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOPPED POSITION BUT DRIVING POWER TRAIN WAS FAIRLY ERRATIC AS THE CAR ATTEMPTED TO LURCH FORWARD OR ACCELERATE UNPREDICTABLY THEN WOULD PULL BACK BY NEARLY STALLING. THIS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE REACHING MY DRIVEWAY. THE CAR WHILE IN NEUTRAL LOPED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM 2000 RPM TO 100RPM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STALLING. ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR AFTER STALLING WAS SUCCESSFUL. LEAVING THE CAR PARKED AND OFF FOR 60 MINUTES HAD NO BENEFICIAL EFFECT. AFTER RETURNING THE STARTING WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE NOT LIT UNTIL THE CAR STARTED AGAIN. THE CAR CONTINUES TO BE IDLE ERRATICALLY BOTH WHILE IN PARK AND...

AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION (FILLING THE TANK) THE CAR SPUTTERED A FEW TIMES, THEN AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT IT STALLED OUT. I PULLED AWAY OKAY BUT IT STALLED AGAIN AT THE NEXT LIGHT. AFTER GETTING GAS, THE CAR IS HESITANT WHILE DRIVING AND STALLS OUT, USUALLY LASTING FOR 1-3 MILES. *TR

I FILLED UP MY CHRYSLER 300 JUST AFTER BUYING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AFTER FILL UP I PULLED AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION AND GOT TO THE STOP LIGHT AND IT STALLED. I RESTARTED IT AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT FIRST BUT AFTER A MINUTE IT DID. WENT FOR ABOUT HUNDRED FEET AND IT STALLED AGAIN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THEN THE NEXT MORNING IT RAN FINE UNTIL I FILLED IT UP AGAIN AND IT DID THE SAME THING STALLED RIGHT AFTER I FILLED IT WITH GAS I CHECKED WITH THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE GAS TANK AND PURGE VALVE THAT ONLY CAN BE CORRECTED BY REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK. I CHECKED ONLINE AND THIS AN ISSUE HAS HAPPENED FOR MANY OWNERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN...

(11-9-2006) CAR STALLED 4 TIMES IN A ROW. THE STALLING HAS CONTINUED UP TO YESTERDAY (9-15-2013). THE CAR WOULD STALL AT A STOP OR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND AT RANDOM TIMES FROM A FEW DAYS UP TO 3 OR 4 MONTHS. THE DEALER NEVER HAD A SOLUTION. I HAVE REPLACED MANY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER INCLUDING THE PCM. BEFORE I CHANGED THE PCM, I WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE SWITCH TO RESTART THE CAR. AFTER I REPLACED THE PCM THE CAR WILL STILL STALL, BUT THEN WILL "KICK START" ITSELF IF I AM GOING OVER 25 MPH. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL STALL 2 OR 3 TIMES AND THEN RUN GREAT FOR A MONTH OR 2. IT IS ALWAYS RANDOM. I HAVE LOOKED INTO RENTING A BLACKBOX TO INSTALL IN MY CAR TO CAPTURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, HOWEVER THE DEALER SAYS THAT A RECORDER...

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, ONCE EXITING THE GAS STATION WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN AND ANOTHER 3 MINUTES LATER AT ANOTHER LIGHT ON THE FEEDER ROAD OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER ISSUES AS CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED: OIL CHANGES WITH SYNTHETIC, AIR FILTER, TRANSMISSION SERVICE, SPARK PLUGS, ECT. I ALSO ONLY USE 89 OCTANE FUEL AS RECOMMENDED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. *TR

L- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60000.- LL

AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK, I ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THANKFULLY, IT WAS CITY DRIVING EARLY IN THE MORNING. SINCE THEN, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE THE CAR HAS STALLED AFTER FILLING UP. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS (I.E. WATER IN MY GAS TANK), HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE VARIED THE FUELING STATIONS AND BRANDS I USE AND HAVE SEEN NO EFFECT. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER I FILL UP, AND IT SEEMS TO GO AWAY AFTER THE TANK HAS EMPTIED A BIT. THE LATEST ENCOUNTER WAS YESTERDAY (I FILLED UP TWO DAYS PRIOR) WHILE I HAD MY FAMILY IN THE CAR - MULTIPLE STALLS IN MID-DAY CITY TRAFFIC. AND AGAIN THIS MORNING. THE GAS TANK IS STILL QUITE FULL (IT SHOWS OVER "F" ON THE GAUGE). I _NEVER_ TOP OFF WHEN I FILL - I SIMPLY WAIT UNTIL THE FILLER TURNS ITSELF OFF WHEN...

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C (HEMI 5.7) WILL STALL AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CAR DOES RESTART. AT HIGHER SPEEDS (E.G,, 60MPH), THE VEHICLE WILL EXHIBIT A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER (DROP IN RPMS, FOLLOWED BY A CHIME SOUND) AS IF THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO STALL, BEFORE REACCELERATING AGAIN. THE STALLING/LOSS OF POWER ISSUE DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES, THE CAR WILL OPERATE AS LONG AS A DAY OR TWO WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DEALER PERFORMED A COMPLETE SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC - RETRIEVED CODE PO700 - RELATED TO LOSS OF COMMUNICATION WITH PCM TO MULTIPLE MODULES. (THEY MAY HAVE BEEN OLD STORED CODES.) THEN, THEY CLEARED THE CODES, ROAD TESTED THE CAR, BUT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER RETURNED THE CAR AND ASKED ME TO MONITOR IT. THEY INDICATED THAT IF THE ISSUE RE-OCCURS, THE VEHICLE WILL POSSIBLY NEED A PCM OR...

MOST OF THE TIME, THE ENGINE WILL STALL AT A STOP WITH ALL GAUGES DROPPING TO ZERO. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING DOWN THE ROADWAY. ENGINE DOES NOT START SMOOTHLY. MOST TIMES IT TAKES AT LEAST TWO ATTEMPTS TO START IT. SOMETIMES UPON RESTART THE GAUGES REMAIN AT ZERO. UPON START, ENGINE WILL RUN FOR A BRIEF TIME AND WILL RUN MAYBE 1 BLOCK OR SO BEFORE STALLING AGAIN. IT WILL RUN WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE. THERE MAY BE A SPREAD OF 3 TO 4 WEEKS BETWEEN INCIDENTS. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE SPEED JUMPS UP WITHOUT ACCELERATOR INPUT MAKING THE CAR LEAP FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE TO ME. SOMETIMES WHEN THE ENGINE IS RESTARTED AND PUT INTO GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY, BUT AFTER A VERY BRIEF DELAY CAUSING A "JUMP" INTO GEAR WHEN IT DOES ENGAGE. THE ESP BAS LIGHT COMES ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32595.

I HAVE AN 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C AND AS I WAS LEAVENING FOR THE DAY FROM HOME MY GEAR SHIFT IS STUCK IN PARK AND WILL NOT MOVE. I'VE GOOGLE IT AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN CHRYSLER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME STUCK IN PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE SHIFTER FROM PARK BY PERFORMING ONLINE RESEARCH AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,000. *TR

THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IT IS ON ITS THIRD ENGINE AND NOW A ROLL OVER VALVE. KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOST TWO ENGINES THE CAR WAS ON AN INCLINE. TRIED TO START WHEN WE TRY IT ACTS LIKE IT IS OUT OF GAS. IT DOES NOT START THEREFORE WE HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. TWO TIMES WE HAVE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. CYLINDERS 3 OR 4 JUST FELL OFF. ONE MINUTE IT RUNS GREAT THE NEXT MINUTE NOTHING. I THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A FUEL PUMP. THIS LAST TIME IT SPUTTERED THEN SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DOING A U-TURN. WE TRIED ONCE TO TURN IT OVER AND AGAIN IT ACTED AS IF IT WERE OUT OF GAS, HOWEVER IT WAS FULL, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES PRIOR. WE DID NOT CONTINUE TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON THE NJTP AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING ANOTHER CAR WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL OR DISENGAGED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TRANSFERRED TO THE ROAD. I HAD TO PULL INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE WITH THE HOPE THAT THE ELECTRONIC MODULE WOULD RESET ITSELF SO THAT I COULD ENGAGE DRIVE GEAR. THE PROCEDURE WORKED, BUT NOW THE TRANSMISSION READILY DISENGAGES FROM DRIVE WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE THROTTLE APPLICATION. CLEARLY, THERE IS SOMETHING MAJOR WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR ITS ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT THAT COULD PROVE DANGEROUS TO ME OR OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. *TR

IN JANUARY 2011 I NOTICED TRANSMISSION OIL STAIN WHERE CAR IS PARKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO PEP BOYS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2011 WHO CONFIRMED THAT VEHICLE DID HAVE TRANSMISSION LEAK. SINCE PEP BOYS DO NOT SERVICE TRANSMISSION, TOOK TO LOCAL TRANSMISSION GARAGE TO GET PROBLEM CORRECTED. AGAIN ON APRIL 18TH OF THIS YEAR HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAK AND AGAIN WE HAD TO PAY TO GET PROBLEM RESOLVED. TWICE REPAIRED FOR SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE SHIFTED FROM PARK. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

WENT TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO A MEETING, TRIED PLACING THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE, SHIFTER WOULDN'T MOVE. TALKED TO SEVERAL ASE MECHANICS WHOM TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT CHYRSLER SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ON THIS COMMON PROBLEM BY NOW. *TR

I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR TO WORK, THEN DROVE A COUPLE OF MILES TO PICK UP MY CHILD, THEN BACK TO WORK AND PARKED THE CAR IN MY PARKING LOT. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT LEAVE PARK. THE ENGINE STARTS AND RUNS, THE BRAKE DISENGAGES THE SHIFTER BUT IT WILL NOT TRAVEL DOWNWARD IN ITS GATE TO ANY GEAR. I IMMEDIATELY DID AN INTERNET SEARCH TO FIND A QUICK SOLUTION, BUT ONLY FOUND OTHER SIMILAR CONDITIONS AND NO RECALL. *TR

THE OTHER DAY I GOT OFF WORK AND DROVE OFF FINE. I WENT TO THE BANK AND USED THE DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE I HAD PULLED IN A LITTLE TO FAR AWAY FROM THE WINDOW I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND REACHED OUT. AFTER MY TRANSACTION WAS DONE, I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT WAS STUCK IN PARK. IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. THE INTERNET SUGGESTED PUSHING A PINK OVERRIDE BUTTON WHICH I DID BUT IT DID NOT WORK. IT STATED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER BUTTON TO PUSH IF THAT DIDN'T WORK BUT THAT REQUIRED TAKING THE WHOLE SHIFT GEAR APART. NONE THE LESS, HAD TO CALL A TOW AND THE GUY INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER 300. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING WHEN...

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY BECAUSE SMALL PINK PLASTIC SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH WAS BROKEN. PART: $167.50, LABOR: $198.00, TOTAL: $365.45 SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ISN'T SOLD SEPARATELY! IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS A FAULTY ENGINEERING DESIGN. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INTERNET POSTINGS OF THE PROBLEM. MANY HAVE DONE DIY REPAIRS WITH A METAL REPLACEMENT PART. I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL OR IN THE VERY LEAST COVERED AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHENEVER THE PART BREAKS. TO TOP IT OFF...THE REPLACEMENT IS ALSO PLASTIC! *JS

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WENT TO VISIT RELATIVES IN ANOTHER STATE, PARKED CAR IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, RETURNED LATE AT NIGHT TO GO HOME, CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY STATE TO MECHANIC, FOUND OUT SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A "FALSE FINGER NAIL" BROKE OFF INSIDE. A SMALL PIECE THAT LOOKED LIKE A WOMAN'S FALSE NAIL PAINTED PINK COSTS ME CLOSE TO $1,000.00 BETWEEN TOWING, BUYING THE ENTIRE PART SINCE YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE PINK "FALSE NAIL", LABOR, TRANSPORTATION ETC. WHY WOULD CHRYSLER MAKE A CAR THAT THEY ADVERTISE AS LUXURY AND USE A PLASTIC PIECE AS A COMPONENT IN IT? THE CHRYSLER 300C, LOOKS GOOD FROM FAR, BUT IT IS FAR FROM GOOD! *JS

ON 3/6/12 I PARK MY CAR IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AT 4:20 PM. NEXT MORNING I GOT IN MY CAR STARTED IT UP BUT THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. AFTER TWO DAYS OF RESEARCH AND GOING ON LINE IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CHRYSLER GROUP LLC FOR MANY YEARS THAT THE PINKY THING ( SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH ) PLASTIC SPRING HOOK BRAKES OFF THE LATCH AND THE GEAR SELECT SHIFT IS STUCK IN PARK. THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE BECAUSE A PERSON (MAN/LADY/TEEN OR GRAND PARENT, COULD PARK ANY WHERE (DAY/NIGHT) AND BE STRANDED (ON THE HIGHWAY/REST STOP AREA/PARKING LOT, JUST ABOUT ANY WHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHIFT HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V460000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,808.

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C GEAR WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR STARTS FINE, STEERING WHEEL UNLOCKED BUT GEARS WON'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CONTACTED TOW TRUCK, ONCE ARRIVED REMOVED THE COVER OF THE GEAR PANEL AND PUSHED IN THE LITTLE PINK TAB THAT APPARENTLY OVERRIDES THE "PARK LOCK OUT MECHANISM" THIS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES. WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL. GOOGLED THE ISSUE WHILE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES AND WITH MINE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP-UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. COST ME $360 TO GET MY CAR FIXED, MORE LIKE REPLACED THE ENTIRE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD OF PURCHASED AN AFTER MARKET METAL PART TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PINK PLASTIC PART. I'LL SEE HOW LONG THIS ONE LASTS AND OF COURSE IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 C. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE IN THE REVERSE POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO REVERSE FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY DRIVE WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 64,110.

I PURCHASED THIS 2006 CHRYSLER 300C IN DECEMBER 2010. I GOT A CARFAX REPORT AND THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEMS REPORTED ON IT. WELL JUNE 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK IN PARK AND I COULDN'T SHIFT IT DOWN. SO MY HUSBAND SPRAYED SOME WD40 ON THE SHIFT GEARS AND SHOOK THE SHIFTER AND PUSH THE PINK THINGY THING IN AND IT THEN IT SHIFTED DOWN INTO DRIVE. THEN IN SEPTEMBER 2011 THE SHIFT GEARS GOT STUCK AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE SHIFTER WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO PARK. I WAS FRUSTRATED SO I LOOK ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS ON THESE CARS AND IT WAS OVER 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHIFT GEARS GETTIN STUCK. SO I CALLED CHRYSLER AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THIS MATTER. THEY DID HAVE IT FIX BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP BUT I HOPE THAT I DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT CHRYSLER 300...

MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300C WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. I DROVE IT TO WORK THAT MORNING WITH NO PROBLEMS AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, WHEN I CAME OUT TO LEAVE AFTER WORK, IT STARTED FINE, AND AS I STARTED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE. I TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND ON, AND HAD SOMEONE TO ROCK THE VEHICLE WITH NO RESPONSE. I CALLED A FRIEND AND HE CAME OVER TO HELP ME, AND COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE EITHER. WE WENT BACK TO HIS SHOP AND GOOGLED IT AND FOUND THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 300'S, AVENGERS, AND ONE OTHER MODEL I CANT REMEMBER. ALL YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN IS CHRYSLER 300 STUCK IN PARK, AND YOU GET ALOT OF REPLIES. HE READ HOW THEY HAD TAKEN THE CONSOLE...

CAR SHIFT LEVER WAS STUCK IN PARK. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER AND WAS TOLD NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. FOUND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION K39 ON INTERNET. CALLED CHRYSLER GROUP RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER EVEN THOUGH MY CAR MEETS THE LISTED SPECIFICATIONS.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK LEVER IS FAULTY. A BROKEN INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK WILL RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER OUT OF THE ?PARK? POSITION. CHRYSLER ISSUED LETTER TO SOME CUSTOMERS. HERE THE LINK TO THE LETTER : HTTP://WWW.CHRYSLER.COM/WEBSELFSERVICE/PDF/K39.PDF PROBLEM IS THEY ISSUED A RECOMMEND FREE REPAIRS TO SOME OWNERS THAT MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM FOR THERE 2006 300C CAR BUT WHY CANT THEY OFFER FREE REPAIRS TO EVERYONE WITH SAME MODEL CARS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY THE PART TO REPAIR, YOU ARE PUT ON A WAITING LIST BECAUSE THE PARTS NOT IN STOCK BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET THERE CARS WORK ON. MY CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT AND WAS STUCK IN PARK 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK THAT CAN TOW MY CAR HOME. THE DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE ARE AWARE...

NO EVENT LEADS UP TO THIS EVENT. THE SHIFTER FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS HAS A PLASTIC PART IN 2005-2007 (AND MAYBE MORE) THAT IS POORLY MADE AND BREAKS. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. THIS HAPPENED TO MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300. CHRYSLER'S SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFT MECHANISM THAT INCLUDES THE SAME POORLY MANUFACTURED PLASTIC PART. *TR

300 C CHRYSLER GEAR SHIFT IS STUCK IN PARK.... CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I OWN A CHRYSLER... *TR

THE SHIFTER OR GEARS ON MY CHRYSLER 300 TOURING WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE ON THESE VEHICLES. THE DEALER WILL REQUIRE ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED THROUGH A RECALL. *TR

MY 300C SEEMED TO STICK SOMETIMES, BUT WITH A NICE PULL IT WOULD ENGAGE, UNTIL YESTERDAY. I'M GLAD I WAS HOME, MY GEARS STUCK IN PARK AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO NOW. I HOPE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PART. *TR

2006 CHRYSLER 300 SRT8. TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN PARK. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FORUMS REGARDING THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT. A PART MADE OF PLASTIC COMMONLY BREAKS COSTING A LARGE REPAIR BILL. THE PART IS NOT A REGULAR MAINTENANCE ITEM. I BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2005 MODEL WHERE THEY REFER TO IT AS A "PAWL." IT MAY ALSO NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, BUT I'M NOT HAVING THAT PROBLEM. *TR