2012 Chrysler 200 Owner Complaints

THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW WITH APPROX 300 MILES BROUGHT FROM A DEALER'S INVENTORY IN KOKOMO, IN TO ONE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT 11 MAY ,2012..IT HAD BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS DEALER'S LOT, AS PART OF INVENTORY, I BELIEVE SINCE SEP,2011. IN TOTAL IT HAS STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT 2 SEPARATE TIMES..TWICE IT HAS EITHER QUIT WHILE SLOWING OR DOWNSHIFTED CAUSING QUITE A VIOLENT THROW FORWARD OF PERSONS IN THEIR SEATS WHILE AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED COMING TO A STOP...IN THE OLD DAYS IT WOULD BE THE JERK YOU GET WHILE POPPING A CLUTCH TO GET A CAR STARTED WITH A BAD BATTERY.. THE THIRD TIME IT STALLED WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY...WE ARE NOW APPROACHING 1000 TOTAL MILES ON THE CAR WITH LESS THAN A MONTH OF OWNERSHIP...MADE FIRST VISIT TO A DEALER SERVICE 30 MAY 2012,..PCM CODE WAS UPDATED,BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM..HAVE HAD ONE JERKY DOWNSHIFT SINCE THEN ..THIS HAS BEEN THE RECURRING THEME OF MANY OF THESE INSTANCES WRITTEN UP ON BLOGS CONCERNING THIS MODEL OVER LAST 2 YEARS.. SIDE NOTE..THIS CAR HAS REMOTE START CAPABILITY ON THE KEY FOB..I NOTICED A RECALL LAST YEAR FOR SOME VEHICLES WHERE THEY NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE A FOB HAD VIBRATED LOOSE, AND SOMEHOW WAS SENDING SIGNALS TO SOME COMPONENT IN THE CAR WHICH WAS CAUSING IT TO STOP...IE. NO CODES ASSOCIATED WITH A MALFUNCTION LIKE THAT...MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO. TWICE ALSO, THE HINT OF AN ELECTRICAL SMELL HAS BEEN DETECTED...SAME SMELL I EXPERIENCED WHEN THE PCM ON MY 1993 FORD VAN COOKED ITSELF A COUPLE YEARS AGO..AT FIRST I WROTE IT OFF AS A NEW CAR THING..BUT COMBINE THAT WITH PRESENT AND PAST EXPERIENCES...WELL, THE CONNECTION MAY NOT BE COINCIDENTAL. *TR

6/1/2012

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

6/25/2012

I RENTED THIS VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE IN HENDERSON NC. WHILE TRAVELING TO NASHVILLE, TN., I NOTICED THAT THE CAR OFTEN LOST HANDLING CAPACITY WHEN COMING OFF SMALL BRIDGES AS THERE IS OFTEN A SMALL DROP OFF. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES AS I DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN TO 55 (LIMIT IS 65) WHENEVER CROSSING THEM. THIS IS QUITE A SURPRISE AND I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE ONLY ONCE BEFORE AND IT WAS ON A VERY SMALL VEHICLE SOME 10 YEARS AGO. IT WAS NOTICEABLE TO THE POINT THAT MY PASSENGER FELT IT AS WELL AND I WOULD HAVE HAD A WRECK HAD I SNATCHED THE WHEEL DURING THESE SCENARIOS. TO BE MORE CLEAR, AFTER CROSSING THE SMALL BRIDGES...MAYBE 20 YARDS LONG ON AVERAGE, THERE IS A DROP OFF TO THE NORMAL HIGHWAY AND THE FRONT END DOES NOT TRANSITION DOWN, IT ACTUALLY TAKES ON AIR BEFORE DOING SO AND THAT IS WHERE THE LOSS OF CONTROL COMES IN. I WOULD HOPE THIS CAN BE TESTED AND CORRECTED BEFORE AN OWNER LOSES HIS/HER LIFE. *TR

4/6/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND PRESSURE WAS RELEASED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, THE VEHICLE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000. UPDATED 09/21/12*LJ UPDATED 09/24/2012 *JS

8/9/2012

I JUST RENTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FOLLOWING, THE BATTERY HAS NO BOOT OR OTHER INSULATION DEVICE PROTECTING EITHER ITS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE TERMINALS. THE BATTERY IS LOCATED DOWN IN A WELL IN FRONT OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. IT WOULD BE VERY POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO ACCIDENTALLY DROP A METAL TOOL DOWN INTO THAT WELL WHERE IT COULD CAUSE A SHORT-CIRCUIT TO THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL. A SHORT-CIRCUITED AUTO BATTERY IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HUNDREDS OF AMPS OF CURRENT, WHICH EQUATES TO AN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER. THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF THOSE UNPROTECTED BATTERY TERMINALS SHOULD WARRANT A SAFETY INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF A RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED TO CORRECT THIS APPARENT DESGIN FLAW. *TR

4/10/2012

PROJECTOR TYPE HEAD LAMPS ARE AIMED TOO LOW AND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED AS DESIGNED. ON DARK ROADS PERIPHERAL LIGHTING FROM HEAD LAMPS IS NON EXISTENT. BRIGHTS ARE NEEDED BUT NOT PRACTICAL FOR CONSTANT USE AND IS ILLEGAL IN TOWN AS WELL. THIS IS A REAL DESIGN FLAW AND SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET HURT IN A NIGHT TIME ACCIDENT DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THIS MODEL. *TR

8/2/2012

I FEEL I AM DRIVING MY FUTURE CASKET. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN RURAL AREAS WITH NO ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING I HAVE VERY LIMITED VIEW WITH HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM. THE DESIGN OF HEADLIGHT IS CAUSING THIS I FEEL. THERE IS A FLIPPER LID THAT RAISES AND LOWERS WITH LOW BEAM AND HIGH BEAM. THE LID DESIGN IS CUTTING THE HIGH OF BEAM OFF AND WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A DEFINITE BLACK OUT VERTICALLY. SO LOW THAT ONE CANNOT SEE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE HOOD OF THE CAR. HIGH BEAM ELIMINATES THIS PROBLEM AS THE FLIPPER LID IS RAISED OUT OF VIEW. THE BULB IS SO FAR SET BACK IN A TUBE THAT ANY HORIZONTAL OR SIDE VIEW IS DIMINISHED GREATLY. CANNOT WATCH FOR DEER. GOING AROUND CURVES THE VIEW IS ALMOST NONE EXISTENT. I HAVE SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND SLID SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THIS AND I AM A VERY CAUTIOUS SLOWER DRIVER. THE ROAD SIGNS ARE CUT OFF FROM THIS BLACKOUT LINE AS WHEN YOU CAN GET WITHIN READING DISTANCE THEN THE SIGNAGE DISAPPEARS AND ALL YOU ARE LEFT WITH IS A VIEW OF BOTTOM OF POLE. GREAT/ SO YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAM ALL THE TIME AND THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ISSUE CONCERNING SAFETY DUE TO POOR HEADLIGHT DESIGN WITH CHRYSLER 200 2011. I ASKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT THE DEALER CONCERNING BULLETINS ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY SAID NONE. I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN STUCK WITH A UNSAFE NEW VEHICLE AND GETTING MANY ADJUSTMENTS UPWARD THAT HAVE NOT HAD ANY SAFE RESULTS. I HAVE ON MORE TOMORROW. I LOVE ALL THE OTHER FEATURES OF THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP THE OTHER CUSTOMERS BY MAKING CHRYSLER HAVE A SAFETY RECALL. TO REPLACE THESE HEADLIGHTS IMMEDIATELY. I DO NO WANT TO HAVE A CRASH, FIRE, INJURY, OR FATALITY. I DO. *TR

7/23/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE THE ENTIRE ROAD AND DISTORTED THE VISIBILITY OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE FOR THE PROBLEM. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE READJUSTED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THAT THE DEFECT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE HEADLIGHT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.

7/31/2012

WHEN SLOWING DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS HARD. IT CAUSE A SHUTTER OR JERK AND YOU CAN FEEL EVEN IN THE BRAKES. FEELS AWFUL AND CANNOT BE NORMAL. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT. *TR

8/21/2012

DRIVING VEHICLE TO INVESTIGATE SYMPTOMS AND DURING REGULAR CASUAL DRIVING THE CAR STALLED, HYDRAULIC BRAKES WENT AND STEERING LOCKED WHILE SLOWING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE. I'M A CERTIFIED TECH WITH H-D, KAWASAKI, BMW, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A SERVICE MANAGER DENY A REQUEST THAT INVOLVED SERIOUS SYSTEMS LIKE THIS UNTIL TODAY. THAT IS WHY I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON YOUR SITE, I WAS TOLD BY THE S.M. THAT THEY COULDN'T GET MY 29 DAY OLD 200 IN BEFORE NEXT WEEK MONDAY! THIS IS NOT A SAFE CAR, ANYONE READING THIS PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!!! MDM. *TR

10/18/2012

THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW WITH APPROX 300 MILES BROUGHT FROM A DEALER'S INVENTORY IN KOKOMO, IN TO ONE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT 11 MAY ,2012..IT HAD BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS DEALER'S LOT, AS PART OF INVENTORY, I BELIEVE SINCE SEP,2011. IN TOTAL IT HAS STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT 2 SEPARATE TIMES..TWICE IT HAS EITHER QUIT WHILE SLOWING OR DOWNSHIFTED CAUSING QUITE A VIOLENT THROW FORWARD OF PERSONS IN THEIR SEATS WHILE AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED COMING TO A STOP...IN THE OLD DAYS IT WOULD BE THE JERK YOU GET WHILE POPPING A CLUTCH TO GET A CAR STARTED WITH A BAD BATTERY.. THE THIRD TIME IT STALLED WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY...WE ARE NOW APPROACHING 1000 TOTAL MILES ON THE CAR WITH LESS THAN A MONTH OF OWNERSHIP...MADE FIRST VISIT TO A DEALER SERVICE 30 MAY 2012,..PCM CODE WAS UPDATED,BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM..HAVE HAD ONE JERKY DOWNSHIFT SINCE THEN ..THIS HAS BEEN THE RECURRING THEME OF MANY OF THESE INSTANCES WRITTEN UP ON BLOGS CONCERNING THIS MODEL OVER LAST 2 YEARS.. SIDE NOTE..THIS CAR HAS REMOTE START CAPABILITY ON THE KEY FOB..I NOTICED A RECALL LAST YEAR FOR SOME VEHICLES WHERE THEY NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE A FOB HAD VIBRATED LOOSE, AND SOMEHOW WAS SENDING SIGNALS TO SOME COMPONENT IN THE CAR WHICH WAS CAUSING IT TO STOP...IE. NO CODES ASSOCIATED WITH A MALFUNCTION LIKE THAT...MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO. TWICE ALSO, THE HINT OF AN ELECTRICAL SMELL HAS BEEN DETECTED...SAME SMELL I EXPERIENCED WHEN THE PCM ON MY 1993 FORD VAN COOKED ITSELF A COUPLE YEARS AGO..AT FIRST I WROTE IT OFF AS A NEW CAR THING..BUT COMBINE THAT WITH PRESENT AND PAST EXPERIENCES...WELL, THE CONNECTION MAY NOT BE COINCIDENTAL. *TR

6/1/2012

WHEN SLOWING DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS HARD. IT CAUSE A SHUTTER OR JERK AND YOU CAN FEEL EVEN IN THE BRAKES. FEELS AWFUL AND CANNOT BE NORMAL. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT. *TR

8/21/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH DOWN A HILL IN FIRST GEAR, THE RPMS INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 4500 AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PLACING IT IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

6/18/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN DRIVING, DECELERATING, OR PARKING AS WELL AS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED WITH FORCE TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 08/28/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE MISFIRES, USES LARGE AMOUNTS OF GAS, AND THE TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT AT TIMES. UPDATED 09/04/2012 *JS

7/17/2012

THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH MY BRAND NEW 2012 CHRYSLER 200 WAS FAILURE TO START. I WENT TO START MY CAR AND TURNED THE KEY BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START THE ENGINE STALLED. I STARTED TO TURN THE KEY AGAIN , AGAIN DID NOT TURN ON. AFTER THE THIRD TIME IT BEGAN. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE MY PROBLEM, CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY REPORT OF THIS BUT THEY HADN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS. THE DEALER THEN SENT ME ON MY WAY. ON APRIL 1ST I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 CHRYSLER 200,658 MILES,WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT OFF OF A MAIN STREET INTO A THE PARKING LOT THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR MOVING SO AT THE ENTRANCE, I PRESSED MY BRAKES SHORTLY AND PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE I WAS NOT IN THE OTHER VEHICLES WAY SO I THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. AT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND IN THE FAST MOVING TRAFFIC WITH MY DAUGHTERS END OUT IN THE MAIN STREET. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHICH THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER AND ASKED FOR REPORTS BUT CHRYSLER SAID NO PROBLEMS SUCH AS MINE HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE DEALERSHIP OR CHRYSLER IS HELPING ME IN THIS MATTER I DON'T FEEL SAFE AND I HAVE EXPRESSED THIS TO THEM. I AND MY DAUGHTER ARE AT RISK WITH THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL SOMETHING IS WRONG AND SINCE THE CAR IS NOT LEAVING AND SENSORS ON AFTER EITHER INCIDENT I FEEL IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IF THE CAR STOPS ON THE INTERSTATE AND STALLS OR FAILS TO DRIVE MY DAUGHTER AND OR I CAN BE KILLED. *TR

4/3/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 16-22 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CHANGING GEARS AS IT WAS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VERY DAY THEY PICKED THE VEHICLE UP, IT STALLED IN THE ENTRANCE WAY. THE DEALER CLAIMED, THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS. AS HER SON DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME, HE NOTICED WHEN COASTING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD KICK BACK. THE MECHANIC STATED THE JERK/KICK WAS FROM THE ENGINE SHIFTING GEARS. THE KICKING WOULD GO AWAY, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED. WHEN HER SON TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THEN STRAIGHTENED IT OUT, BY TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. HE TRIED TO RE-START THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TIGHT UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT TO START, BUT WOULD IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY FOUND A CODE, BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO WITH THE PROBLEM, THAT WAS BEING EXPERIENCED. UPDATED 01/16/13

11/23/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 11 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE POLICE REPORT WAS FILE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED AWAY FROM THE CRASHED SCENE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 740.

9/27/2012

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND I WAS COMING DOWN A SIDE STREET AND I SAW THIS U HAUL VAN GOING A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT LEAST 35 - 40 MPH (THE POSTED SPEED IS 15 MPH) AND IT HIT ME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND PUSHED ME INTO A TREE AND WHILE HITTING THE TREE MY AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF AND I WAS HURTING AT THAT TIME, I WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL AND RELEASED AND WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY SAID ITS NOT THEIR PROBLEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE MANUFACTOR AND I DID, BUT LIKE USUSAL THEY SAID THEY DID NO WRONG THEIR CAR IS UP TO PAR BUT AS I READ ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THE AIRBAG IS SUPPOSE TO GO OFF DURING A SIDE IMPACTED AND I AM VERY UPSET THAT THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING AND GETTING WORKED ON SINCE SEPT. 6, 2012 AND THERE WAS A PART TO MY CAR THAT WAS ON BACK ORDER WHICH I AM SHOCKED WHEN ITS A BRAND NEW CAR.I AM HAVING THE WORST TIME WITH THIS WHOLE THING AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE CARES THAT I GOT HURT OR THAT I AM HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR, THE INSURANCE AND MANY OTHER THINGS CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK INTO MY CASE AND HELP ME I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE ...................... I CAN'T OR THERE ISN'T OR SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVIENCE I AM GOING CRAZY. *TR

10/10/2012

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS 30-70 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND ENCOUNTERING SLIGHT DIPS OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD SURFACE, A DRAMATIC LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS EXPERIENCED AT THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONDITION IS BEST DESCRIBED AS A SUDDEN, VIOLENT SWERVING FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP WITHIN THE LANE. THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM A COMMERCIAL AGENCY. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE IN ANOTHER TOWN ON MY TRIP ROUTE, DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AND WAS GIVEN ANOTHER CAR. IN A SEARCH FOR SIMILAR EVENTS ON THIS SITE, I FOUND ONE FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE ON A 2011 MODEL YEAR. THE ID NUMBER OF THAT COMPLAINT IS 10444871. *TR

4/25/2012

SALUTATIONS; I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEIR RESPONSE WAS TO BASICALLY BLOW ME OFF. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE CHRYSLER 200. WHEN EVER THE REAR SUSPENSION HITS A RECESSED MAN HOLE COVER OR A POT HOLE. THE REAR SUSPENSION SEEMS TO KICK OUT FROM ITS TRAJECTORY. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN A STRAIGHT LINE, BUT WHEN IN A CORNER THIS IS VERY SPOOKY AND UNNERVING. AND COULD BE A SAFETY PROBLEM IN ICY/WET ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS ABOVE 30 MPH. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS WITH THE JOINT AND REBOUND OF THE SHOCKS , OR A PROBLEM WITH THE ANGLE OF ATTACK WITHIN THE TRAILING ARMS AND SET UP. IT SIMPLY SHOULD BE A FACTORY MISALIGNMENT. I ALSO HAD TO RETURN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS ADJUSTED BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE PAST 20 YARDS. THIS WAS ADJUSTED IMMEDIATELY AT THE DEALERS. THIS SUSPENSION CONDITION HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN A COUPLE AUTOMOTIVE MAGAZINES I READ. *TR

5/8/2012

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USE WITH 27,000 MILE ON IT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 45 DAYS OR SO. MY CAR IS JUMPING FORWARD WHEN I COME TO A STOP. AT FIRST THE LURCHING WAS VERY FAINT NOW AT 31,000 MILES THE LURCHING IS MORE PRONOUNCED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY ENDING AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY WHERE UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE/OR DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. ANY WAY I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL UNSAFE SINCE IT IS HAPPENING MORE. THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD DURING A SUDDEN STOP ONE TIME, NOT GOOD. *TR

1/29/2013

THIS CHRYSLER 2012 200 STARTED TO HAVE BRAKE SQUEALING ISSUES AT ABOUT 7,000 MILES I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST BEING BROKE IN SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR AT 200 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I THEN TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT A FIX FOR THIS THAT CHRYSLER COULD NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. AND THAT THEY THE DEALERSHIP DENNIS DILLON AND CHRYSLER HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013 MY CAR'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK INTO THE DEALER DENNIS DILLON AND WAS ADVISED THAT MY CYLANDER HEAD WAS GONE AND WOULD NEED REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD TO GO AHEAD AND DIVE MY CAR WHILE THE PARTS CAME IN. MY CAR WAS FIXED AND PICKED UP FROM DEALER THEN 1 DAY LATER MY CAR OVERHEATED ON INTERSTATE AND BROKE DOWN WAS THEN TOLD A CLAMP CAME OFF AND WAS THEN FIXED. SINCE THIS ISSUE MY CAR HAS NOT DRIVEN THE SAME. IT IS SLUGGISH . I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT THE LEMON LAW AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT CHRYSLER . I DID SO AND WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO. MY BRAKES STILL SQEAL VERY LOUDLY AND CHRYLSER TOLD ME THAT ITS BECASUE THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND NO LONGER HAVE ASBESTOS' IN THEM. I THEN ADVISED THEM THAT I HAVE DRIVEN OTHER MODELS AND MAKES AND DID NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. THEY REFUSED TO BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE. MY STEERING IS ALSO AN ISSUE IN WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID THAT IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT BUT SINCE THE CAR WAS ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES ON IT. IT HAS PULLED SEVERLY TO THE LEFT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THIS CAR NEEDS TO FALL UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND BE DEALT WITH. *TR

11/15/2013

THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW WITH APPROX 300 MILES BROUGHT FROM A DEALER'S INVENTORY IN KOKOMO, IN TO ONE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT 11 MAY ,2012..IT HAD BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS DEALER'S LOT, AS PART OF INVENTORY, I BELIEVE SINCE SEP,2011. IN TOTAL IT HAS STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT 2 SEPARATE TIMES..TWICE IT HAS EITHER QUIT WHILE SLOWING OR DOWNSHIFTED CAUSING QUITE A VIOLENT THROW FORWARD OF PERSONS IN THEIR SEATS WHILE AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED COMING TO A STOP...IN THE OLD DAYS IT WOULD BE THE JERK YOU GET WHILE POPPING A CLUTCH TO GET A CAR STARTED WITH A BAD BATTERY.. THE THIRD TIME IT STALLED WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY...WE ARE NOW APPROACHING 1000 TOTAL MILES ON THE CAR WITH LESS THAN A MONTH OF OWNERSHIP...MADE FIRST VISIT TO A DEALER SERVICE 30 MAY 2012,..PCM CODE WAS UPDATED,BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM..HAVE HAD ONE JERKY DOWNSHIFT SINCE THEN ..THIS HAS BEEN THE RECURRING THEME OF MANY OF THESE INSTANCES WRITTEN UP ON BLOGS CONCERNING THIS MODEL OVER LAST 2 YEARS.. SIDE NOTE..THIS CAR HAS REMOTE START CAPABILITY ON THE KEY FOB..I NOTICED A RECALL LAST YEAR FOR SOME VEHICLES WHERE THEY NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE A FOB HAD VIBRATED LOOSE, AND SOMEHOW WAS SENDING SIGNALS TO SOME COMPONENT IN THE CAR WHICH WAS CAUSING IT TO STOP...IE. NO CODES ASSOCIATED WITH A MALFUNCTION LIKE THAT...MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO. TWICE ALSO, THE HINT OF AN ELECTRICAL SMELL HAS BEEN DETECTED...SAME SMELL I EXPERIENCED WHEN THE PCM ON MY 1993 FORD VAN COOKED ITSELF A COUPLE YEARS AGO..AT FIRST I WROTE IT OFF AS A NEW CAR THING..BUT COMBINE THAT WITH PRESENT AND PAST EXPERIENCES...WELL, THE CONNECTION MAY NOT BE COINCIDENTAL. *TR

6/1/2012

THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT FOR ADVERTISED MILES PER GALLON (MPG) WAS 31MPG, BUT ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS ONLY GETTING ABOUT 15MPG. THIS CAR IS EITHER DEFECTIVE OR CHRYSLER HAS EMBARKED ON MAJOR FALSE ADVERTISING OR FRAUD CAMPAIGN IN WHICH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BOUGHT THIS CAR THINKING THEY WOULD GET 31MPG, BUT ARE PAYING TWICE AS MUCH IN GAS INSTEAD OF SAVING MONEY. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GETTING 31MPG ON HIGHWAY, BUT ONLY GET 15MPG, THAT MEANS YOU RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR EITHER WHILE THE CAR IS SLOWING DOWN IN THE LANE, OR AFTER IT IS PUSHED INTO SHOULDER, WHICH IS STILL DANGEROUS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF REVIEWS ON THE INTERNET WITH SAME PROBLEM - NOT GETTING GAS MILEAGE. PLEASE FORCE CHRYSLER TO TAKE BACK THESE CARS BECAUSE IT IS EITHER FALSE ADVERTISING AND CONSUMER FRAUD FOR ADVERTISING 31MPG, OR DEFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO BE EFFICIENT WITH GAS MILEAGE SINCE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE PERFORMANCE THESE CARS WERE SUPPOSEDLY MANUFACTURED & DESIGNED FOR. THERE ARE ALSO UNKNOWN PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. I'M TAKING CAR TO DEALERSHIP TODAY TO INVESTIGATE/SERVICE, BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE SALES MANAGER, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK AND GIVE ME A NEW CAR. IT HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS, COSTING ME MONEY AND POSSIBLE INJURY DUE TO THE PROSPECT OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS SO FREQUENTLY! THE GAS TANK SIZE IS 16.9 GALLONS, SO AT 31MPG, I SHOULD GET CLOSE TO 523 MILES, BUT WE ONLY GET ABOUT 250! WE FILL UP GAS TANK EVERY WEEK, AFTER ONLY DRIVING 36 MILES ROUNDTRIP TO/FROM WORK, MOSTLY ON HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE WE ARE BEING DEFRAUDED BY BEING SOLD DEFECTIVE CARS THAT DO NOT PERFORM AS ADVERTISED, AND WHICH CAN CAUSE INJURY AS A RESULT. I SHOULDNT BE STUCK WITH THIS CAR, PAYING EXCESSIVE GAS PRICES DUE TO CONSTANTLY REFILLING A GAS TANK, BECAUSE THIS CAR BURNS UP ALL THE GAS SO FAST! IS IT A DEFECT OR CONSUMER FRAUD? I WANT THIS CAR RECALLED, AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK! *TR

9/29/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLENISHED WITH POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ALSO CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,047. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A COOLANT LEAK, OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION, THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK, THE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST, THE WIRE HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS NOISY AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 10/31/13

9/17/2013

NO SEAT BELT WARNING SYSTEM VISUAL OR AUDIO ON PASSENGER SEAT. IS THIS A VIOLATION? I THOUGHT TAT THIS WAS A REQUIREMENT. DEALER STATES CAN NOT FIX. *TR

7/12/2014

IN MARCH 2014 OWNER NOTED A PROBLEM WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM - NO HEAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR VENTS OR HEATER VENTS IN COLD WEATHER. DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE MECHANIC NOTED SEVERE DISCOLORATION OF ENGINE COOLANT AND BUILDUP UP SLUDGE IN COOLANT EXPANSION TANK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. DEALER STATED THAT THE COOLANT HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE WRONG TYPE OF COOLANT. PER CHRYSLER STAR # S1207000008, DEALER FLUSHED COOLANT SYSTEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND COMMENTED THAT IF THAT DIDN'T WORK THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE, RADIATOR, OIL COOLER, AND EXPANSION TANK. WHEN REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED OWNER NOTED THAT THE TEMPERATURE OUTPUT FROM THE AIR AND HEATER VENTS WAS 20 DEGREES LOWER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THAN THE DRIVER SIDE. DEALER STATED THAT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE. OWNER IS IN PROCESS OF CONTACTING CHRYSLER TO HAVE HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR REPLACED. *TR

5/23/2014

THE PASSENGER SIDE STOPPED WORKING NO HEAT. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY FLUSHED THE SYSTEM WITH CHEMICAL AND COOLANT A LOT OF JUNK CAME OUT. THAT DIDN'T WORK NOW DEALERSHIP SAYS HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR NEEDS REPLACED $1700. I RESEARCH THIS AND THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH 2012 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

2/17/2015

. THERE ARE ABOUT 8 CARS AHEAD OF ME IN MY LANE AS WE WAIT FOR THE GREEN LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN I NOTE THAT MY LANE HASN'T MOVED AND THE BUSES ARE STEADY CHUGGING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION IN THE LEFT LANE I LOOK INTO MY REARVIEW MIRROR, I WAS THE LAST CAR IN LINE FOR THIS STOP AND I HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS A BIG BLACK GRILL COMING TOWARD ME. I BRACED MY HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND SHOUTED PLEASE DON'T HIT ME' BEFORE I COULD FINISH THE SENTENCE BLAM!' FORTUNATELY THE CARS AHEAD OF ME WERE JUST STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD. MY HEAD SNAPPED SO HARD MY EARS WENT FULL. THE DASH MAT ON MY CAR CAME AT ME LIKE AN AIRBAG. MY PHONE IN THE FRONT CENTER CONSOLE FLEW FORWARD AND HIT THE SHIFT KNOB AND THE BACK POPPED OFF AND MUST HAVE SHAKEN THE BATTERY LOOSE. THE COFFEE IN MY LIDDED CUP SPEWED OUT THRU THE SMALL SIPPING HOLE ALL OVER THE CORNER OF MY LEATHER SEATS. I SAT STUNNED, TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I KNEW THAT MY NECK AT THE BASE OF MY SKULL WAS BURNING, AS I REACHED TO PULL THE DASH MAT OFF OF ME I REALIZED MY RIGHT ARM HURT. I STILL HADN'T TAKEN MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED ...ALMOST $5000 WORTH OF REAR END DAMAGE, AND MEDICAL BILLS FOR WHIPLASH AND A BROKEN ELBOW! I AM BEING TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT RECALL (THIS RESTRAINT COULD HAVE PREVENTED MY WHIPLASH). LOSS OF WORK, AND MEDICAL COSTS, HAD TO HIRE AN ATTNY. AGAINST THE OTHER DRIVER, STILL TRYING TO RECOVER MY FINANCIAL LOSSES. *TR

10/24/2013

WITHIN 2 DAYS OF PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, REAR BRAKES WERE SQUEALING LIKE THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WERE DUE TO BE REPLACED. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY INSPECTED THEM AND TOLD ME "ITS JUST RUST FROM SITTING ON THE LOT AND IT WILL CLEAR UP AFTER YOU DRIVE IT A WHILE", IT CONTINUED AND A COUPLE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FIRST VISIT I RETURNED WITH THE VEHICLE AND TOLD THEM IT STILL WAS MAKING THE NOISE AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT AGAIN AND SAID "OH, ITS JUST DUST ON THE BRAKES AND IF YOU STEP ON YOUR BRAKES HARD AT ABOUT 40 MPH THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM". HERE WE ARE 2 YEARS LATER AND THE REAR BRAKES STILL MAKE THE SQUEALING NOISE. ABOUT JUNE/JULY OF THIS YEAR TIMEFRAME I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I HAVE ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT SPOTS ON THE HOOD AND GRILL OF THE VEHICLE HAS THE PAINT "BLISTERING" AND RUST UNDERNEATH. THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T CALL ME AND TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT SO I CALLED THEM ABOUT A MONTH LATER. THE WARRANTY GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER WAS GOING TO "SEND A WHOLE NEW HOOD" WHICH I GUESS DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME BUT WHATEVER. TO DATE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE DEALERSHIP ANY FURTHER ON THIS MATTER AND THE VEHICLE IS NEARING THE LIMITS ON THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR MILEAGE. THE DEALERSHIP I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IS JOHN HIRSCH'S MOTORS IN CAMBRIDGE, MN. *TR

10/18/2014

WIPERS ONLY WORK ON HIGH. WIPER MOTOR SHORTED TO GROUND CAUSING INTERNAL COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO TIPM. REMOVED AND REPLACED WIPER MOTOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED TIPM AND UPDATED SOFTWARE. *TR

5/12/2014

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM & WILL NOW ONLY COME ON HIGH. *TR

8/5/2014

SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY 2012 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING (3.6 LITER V6) I HAVE HAD STEERING AND CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. UPON DOING MY OWN INSPECTION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRES PROVIDED ON MY 18X7INCH, *UPGRADED* FACTORY RIMS, ARE SUBSTANITALLY UNDER RATED FOR THE SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER OF THIS VEHICLE. THE TIRES ON THE V6 200 WITH THE UPGRADED WHEELS HAVE A PERFORMANCE RATING OF 'T,' HOWEVER AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL TIRE SHOPS AND LOOKING A SIMILARLY EQUIPPED CARS, THIS SEEMS TO BE AN UNREASONABLY LOW RATING FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR. IT RESULTS IN SEVER UNDERSTEER, HARSH CORNERING, POOR BRAKEING DISTANCE, AND COULD RESULT IN A BLOW OUT. THE 4 CYLINDER VERSION OF THIS SAME CAR COMES WITH TIRES THAT HAVE A MUCH HIGHER RATING. IN FACT MANY SMALL FAMILY SEDANS HAVE HIGER RATED TIRES THAN THE HEAVY AND POWERFUL CHRYSLER 200. EVEN OTHER CARS OFFERED BY CHRYSLER GROUP. IT SEEMS THAT ONLY THE 200 WITH THE UPGRADED RIMS HAS THE UNDER PERFORMING TIRES. TO MAKE THIS PROBLEM EVEN WORSE, UNDER HARD ACCELERATION THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AND RAISE RPMS EVEN AFTER MY FOOT IS OFF THE GAS PEDAL. THIS PROBLEM, COUPLED WITH THE POOR PERFORMING TIRES CAUSED THE CAR TO SKID INTO A THE GRASS MEDIAN IN A CORNER. NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED. *TR

4/25/2012

WHEN BACKING UP FROM A PARKING PLACE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IN THE LATTER PART OF APRIL 2013, WE HEARD THIS LOUD SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM WHAT WE THOUGHT TO BE THE FRONT WHEELS . I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE SERVICE PERSON ABOUT IT, HE THEN SAID ALL CARS HAVE BEEN DOING IT BECAUSE OF THE DUST STORMS IN THE AREA . THE NOISE HAS BEEN GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER IT'S EMBARRASSING ANY MORE TO BACK UP ! WHO WOULD THINK SUCH A NICE AND BEAUTIFUL CAR WOULD BE EMITTING SUCH A TERRIBLE NOISE. EVEN MY ELDERLY DAD HAS NOTICED IT EVERY TIME I PICK HIM UP AND HE SAID WHAT A SHAME IT IS THAT THIS CAR MAKES THAT HORRIFIC SOUND . ON 10-22-13 I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AGAIN OUR CAR DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO START A CASE ABOUT IT AND I'D REPORT IT TO NHTSA. THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREES WITH ME AND STATED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 200 CARS AND THAT CHRYSLER CORP, REFUSES TO ADMIT THERE IS PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS! DON"T BUY THIS CAR! *TR

10/23/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED HAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DID HOWEVER ADJUST THE LIGHTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT IF THE DEALER DIAGNOSED NO FAILURES, THEN THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,300. UPDATED 08/28/12*LJ

7/20/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE LIGHT WOULD ONLY PROJECT A FEW FEET AND THEN IT APPEARED THAT A CURTAIN CAME DOWN AS THE VISIBILITY BECAME LIMITED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT ENTERED A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE AND NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS PROJECTED AN IRREGULAR SHAPED LINE ON THE GARAGE WALL AND LIGHT ONLY APPEARED BELOW THE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHO PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 700. UPDATED 12/21/12*LJ UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS

11/8/2012

FIRST TIME CAR WOULDN'T START. DEALERSHIP CHARGED BATTERY AND DID SOFTWARE UPDATE. SECOND TIME CAR WOULDN'T START THEY REPLACED BATTERY. THIRD TIME CAR WOULDN'T START BATTERY COMPLETELY DRAINED THEY SAID IT WAS A GLOVE BOX SWITCH. FOURTH TIME CAR WOULDN'T START THEY SAID IT WAS THE USB CABLE KEEPING THE RADIO POWERED ON ALL THE TIME. SAME CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WORKED ON IT ALL FOUR TIMES. BRAND NEW CAR BOUGHT AUGUST OF 2012. ALL FOUR TIMES HAVE BEEN IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS! THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE. CHRYSLER IS NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THEIR CUSTOMERS! ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IN THE USA WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH BEING RIPPED OFF LIKE THIS. *TR

1/22/2013

I HAVE MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO CHRYSLER REGARDING THE VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING WHEN IT SHOULD AND NOT GOING OVER 35MPH AT TIMES. WHEN THE VEHICLE WON'T ACCELERATE THE 6 SPEED DOES NOT WORK EITHER. CHRYSLER RESET THE COMPUTER AND THIS WORKED AS A FIX FOR ROUGHLY 2 DAYS UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE ALSO JUMPS FORWARD WHEN BRAKING AND SEEMS TO BE JUMPING VERY HARD THROUGH THE GEARS, CHRYSLER HAS RESPONDED EVERY TIME THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. TODAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND AGAIN THE CAR WAS JUMPING WHEN I WAS BRAKING. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED HARD AND UNEXPECTEDLY THEREFORE I HAD TO AS WELL. MY CAR DID NOT STOP! ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED AS HARD AS I COULD THE CAR JUMPED AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND MADE A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE BEFORE I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP BEFORE REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I DID MAKE IT IN TO WORK HOWEVER, THE CAR DID NOT MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THIS, NOW EVERY TIME I TRY TO STOP THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD. THIS CAR IS GOING TO GET ME, MY KIDS OR SOMEONE ELSE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND CHRYSLER HAS NO SENSE OF URGENCY TO SEEM TO GET IT FIXED. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS NOT ONLY MY CAR THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ADD IT TO THE LISTS OF RECALLS PLEASE!!!!! ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING AND THIS HAPPENS DAILY THE CAR JERKS VERY HARD BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, THIS LITERALLY CAUSES THE CAR TO AND FEELS LIKE IT MAY STALL OUT.

9/23/2013

EXCESSIVE "FISH TAILING" IN MINIMAL SNOWY CONDITIONS, VERY UNSTABLE, ABSOLUTE DEATH TRAP. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO END UP SMASHING INTO A PASSING CAR OR TRUCK . DROVE FOR 30 MILES PER HOUR FOR 260 MILES WHILE THERE WASN'T MORE THAN ONE INCH ON SNOW ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THE REAR END OF THE CAR WAS SWING IN ALL DIRECTIONS, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER TERRIFIED. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR BACK IN AUGUST 2013 THUS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HAD NO ISSUES DRIVING ON DRY GROUND BUT ONLY IN SNOW AND WET CONDITIONS. *TR

12/19/2013

2012 CHRYSLER 200. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PAINT BUBBLING AND RUST ON VEHICLE. *TGW THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE PAINT ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT WAS BUBBLING, INDICATING RUST. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED IT APPEARED THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAINTED. CHRYSLER INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO SEND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, CHRYSLER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. *JB

10/23/2014

RE: ELECTRICAL FAILURE LEADING TO DELAY IN CAR STARTING OR MALFUNCTIONING OF VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TRADE IN 2012 CHRYSLER 200, PURCHASED ON 07/15/2014, VIN #[XXX] FROM FLORIDA FINE CAR LOCATED AT 1027 S STATE ROAD 7 HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA 33023 I WAS INFORMED BY SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF CARMAX THAT I COULD NOT RECEIVE THE BEST TRADE IN OFFER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD ?EVIDENCE OF MAJOR REAR END REPAIRS AND RE-WELDED TRUNK PAN. CARMAX WILL NOT RETAIL THIS VEHICLE.? 9/4/13 -- HEADREST POPPED OPEN WHILE DRIVING, FRONT POWER OUTLET NOT OPERATING, HESITATES ON ACCELERATION, NOISE UNDER HOOD AND SPLASH SHIELD MISSING SCREWS. OUTLET FUSE WAS REPLACED, PLASTIC HOLD DOWNS FOR SPLASH SHIELD REPLACED AND HEADREST FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. SADLY TO SEE SERVICE REP ASKED, ?IF I HAD TAMPERED WITH HEADREST. TWO WEEKS LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. 9/13/13 -- HEADREST REPLACED, SCRUBBING UNDER CAR PERSISTS, FRONT POWER OUTLET NOT OPERATING AGAIN, CAR CONTINUES TO HESITATE DURING ACCELERATION, BRAKE NOT OPERATING WELL AND TICKING UNDER HOOD CONTINUES. MULTI-POINT INSPECTION COMPLETE NO PROBLEM DETECTED. 10/12/13 ? RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED VIA USPS. I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE HOLLYWOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TECH PERFORMED RECALL #N38 ON ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINTS?REPROGRAMMED COMPUTERS FOR ALL HEADRESTS. MULTI-POINT INSPECTION PERFORMED CAR SYSTEM RUNNING AND BATTERY STRENGTH IS GOOD. 11/01/13 ? CAR HESITATING TO START ON OCCASIONS AND FRONT POWER OUTLET NOT WORKING. MULTI POINT INSPECTION PERFORMED COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC SHOWS NO CODES. 11/25/13 ? CAR WAS TOWED ON SUNDAY, 11/24 BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START AND POWER OUTLET BLOWN AGAIN. MULTI POINT INSPECTION PERFORMED, BATTERY REPLACED AND POWER OUTLET FUSE REPLACED. THE REASON GIVEN WAS THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT LIGHT SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS DEFECTIVE SWITCH CAUSED THE LIGHT IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT TO REMAIN ON THEREFORE DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE BATTERY PASSED PRIOR INSPECTIONS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA

1/12/2014

PURCHASED NEW FROM CHRYSLER DEALERS LOT IN APRIL 2012. WHEN CLEANING BACK SEATS WITH VACUUM NOTICED FRAYED FABRIC ON THE SEATS WERE THE STITCHING IS, AS IF THE STITCHES HAD SEVERED THE FABRIC AND IN JUST ABOUT EVERY STITCH ON EVERY SEAT SAME THING TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT ASSESSED AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CONTACT CHRYSLER AND CALL ME. I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK IN FOR PHOTOS TO BE TAKEN AND IT TURNED OUT THEY WERE NOT ADEQUATE (BLACK INTERIOR) SO I WAITED AND WAITED AND CALLED TO SEE WHAT THE HOLD UP WAS AND WAS TOLD CHRYSLER NEEDED BETTER PICTURES.WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND SHOWED THEM EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND PUSHED ON THE SEAT TO REVEAL THAT INDEED THERE WAS FRAYED MATERIAL.CHRYSLER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM TO GET PICTURES WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE SEAT, TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND HAD PICTURES TAKEN AND WAS TOLD IN THE MEAN TIME THE DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO GET A QUOTE FROM AN UPHOLSTERER IN REGARDS TO NEW FRONT AND BACK SEATS. I HAD TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN AFTER NOT HEARING FROM THEM FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE SEATS,THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. *TR

3/5/2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFOGGER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MALFUNCTIONED AND PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM SEEING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A HEATER CORE RESTRICTION DUE TO SLUDGE, WHICH CAUSED POOR HEATER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. THE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

2/17/2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE HEATER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DEFROSTER FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN ACTIVATED. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION JERKED WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO THE REVERSE POSITION ON NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

3/30/2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE OPENED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND BEGAN TO HEAR A HIGH PITCHED SCREECHING NOISE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE NOISE CREATED A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIS EAR DRUMS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

3/19/2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND BEGAN TO SLIDE INSTEAD. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOUD WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING TWICE. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING SENSOR FAILED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500.

12/20/2012

2012 CHRYSLER 200 . CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SEAT BELT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE UN-BUCKLED THE SEAT BELT, THE BUCKLE ITSELF CAME BACK AND HIT HER ON THE RIGHT ELBOW, CAUSING EXTREME PAIN. THAT PAIN FOLLOWED UP HER ARM CAUSING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN HER LAST TWO FINGERS ON HER RIGHT HAND. AFTER A FOLLOW-UP WITH AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, IT WAS DETERMINED THE CONSUMER HAD CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CAUSED BY AN ULNAR NERVE ENTRAPMENT FROM THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HITTING HER RIGHT ELBOW. THE CONSUMER STATED SURGERY WAS NEEDED TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE ULNAR NERVE.

1/15/2013

THE CHRYSLER 200 VEHICLE THAT I PURCHASED IN APRIL 2012 WAS BROUGHT IN AGAIN ON 7/1/13 FOR SERVICE DUE TO FRONT END CLANGING METAL NOISES WHICH OCCUR WHILE TURNING, BACKING UP, SLOWING AND STOPPING. THIS UNDIAGNOSED NOISE BEGAN FOLLOWING SEVERAL ENGINE STALLING EPISODES, TWO OF WHICH REQUIRED TOWING (SINCE I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN FOR SERVICE). THE ENGINE STALLING EPISODES OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND AS STATED, TWICE RESULTED IN TOWING AND SERVICE. SERVICE ON THE ENGINE STALLING PROBLEM OCCURRED IN APRIL AND AGAIN IN MAY 2013. IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE REMEDY FOR THE ENGINE STALLING WAS NOT FOLLOWED PER THE NHTSA RECALL ID # 11V487000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN/CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER REMEDY- SINCE THAT RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED. IN ADDITION TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE, THE FRONT END METAL CLANGING MAY BE THE RESULT OF TOWING DUE TO THE ENGINE DEFECT AND/OR A RESULT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE DEFECT (RECALL #11V315000 - STEERING COLUMN). THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO VARIOUS PROBLEMS. IT NEEDS TO BE OFF THE ROAD. *TR

7/3/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE FRONT END EXHIBITED A LOUD METALLIC NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARING. IN ADDITION, THE ABS SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE ABS SYSTEM. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED DUE TO LOUD NOISES THAT WERE EMITTED WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

8/23/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLENISHED WITH POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ALSO CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,047. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A COOLANT LEAK, OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION, THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK, THE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST, THE WIRE HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS NOISY AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 10/31/13

9/17/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLENISHED WITH POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ALSO CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,047. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A COOLANT LEAK, OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION, THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK, THE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST, THE WIRE HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS NOISY AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 10/31/13

9/17/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLENISHED WITH POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ALSO CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,047. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A COOLANT LEAK, OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION, THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK, THE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST, THE WIRE HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS NOISY AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 10/31/13

9/17/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLENISHED WITH POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ALSO CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,047. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A COOLANT LEAK, OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION, THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK, THE POWER STEERING HOSE BURST, THE WIRE HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS NOISY AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 10/31/13

9/17/2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING HIS VEHICLE SERVICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V282000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE EVAC HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT THAT A RODENT HAD EATEN THE HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,122. UPDATED 02/11/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK EVAPORATE HOSE.

1/13/2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWAY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DECELERATED AND THE SWAYING STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000... UPDATED 03/24/14 *BF

1/29/2014

THIS VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE .COULD OF CAUSE A COLLISION OR CAUSE BODY INJURY OR DEATH , I STARTED THE CAR WENT ABOUT 100 FEET OR MORE, CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE ,CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY BY ITSELF, THEN BRAKE PART FLEW RIGHT OFF RIGHT ON THE ROAD. HAD TO PUSH CAR TO THE NEAREST CORNER. CALLED DEALER SERVICE, CALLED MY INSURANCE. I HAVE FULL COVERAGE, BUT NO RESPONSE AT THE TIME. I SIGNED HARDSHIP PACKET FROM THE BANK FOR HELP, BUT WAS REPOSSESSED, SO DEALER COULD NOT PICK THE CAR . I MADE A COMPLAINT FEBRUARY 12,2013 TO BAKERSFIELD CHRYSLER - JEEP ABOUT MY BRAKES SQUEALS AND MY TIRES ALWAYS DISPLAY LOW PRESSURE. SERVICE DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX THEY SQUEAL BECAUSE OF DIRT AND THEY ARE WET AND TIRES NEED MORE AIR BECAUSE OF WEATHER CHANGE. I BROUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW. I SENT A FORMAL WRITTEN LETTER ADDRESSED TO NHTSA, PLUS DOCUMENTS THAT WILL SUBSTANTIATE MY SITUATION. UPDATED 03/13/14

3/4/2014

PURCHASE NEW OFF THE CHRYSLER DEALER LOT APRIL 2012.THERE ARE THREE KNOBS THAT CONTROL THE HEATING AND COOLING IN THE CAR WHEN THE BLOWER IS TURNED TO A LOW SETTING IT WILL BLOW HOT AIR REGARDLESS OF TEMPERATURE THAT IS SELECTED FOR EXAMPLE IF IT IS SITTING AT 66DEGREES IT WILL BLOW EXTREMELY HOT AIR AND ONLY IF THE BLOWER IS SET TO MAX WILL IT EVENTUALLY COOL DOWN TO THE SELECTED TEMPERATURE. ONCE THE COOLER TEMPERATURE IS ACQUIRED, IF THE BLOWER IS TURNED DOWN IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO BACK TO BLOWING ONLY REALLY HOT AIR REGARDLESS OF TEMPERATURE SETTING. *TR

3/5/2014

BRAKES ROTORS BUSHINGS ENGINE HAS WHINE AND WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A MISS CLICKING NOISE ON START UP, CLICKING WHEN TURNING IGNITION KEY WITHOHT STARTING COMPLETELY, AND CLICKS WHEN TURNING KEY OFF. SALESMAN SAYS HE CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE 200 CAR IS MADE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT TO STOP DRIVER WHO MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY GO TO SLEEP FROM ENTERING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP SAID CALL WARRANTY. HAD THIS 2012 CAR A WITH 46K THAT WAS A RENTAL FOR A FEW DAYS SO FAR ITS ENGINE IS QUITE NOISY. CALLING WARRANTY COMPANY TO MAKE APPT TO HAVE CAR CHECKED OUT. *JS

5/17/2014

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY FAMILY WAS INJURED WITH SEVERE CUTS DUE TO DELAMINATION OF THE DOOR HANDLES. THIS AFFECTED EVERY DOOR THAT SAW REGULAR USE. I WAS CUT, MY WIFE WAS CUT AND MY DAUGHTER WAS CUT. DOORS AFFECTED WERE: DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE DELAMINATED CHROME ON THE DOOR HANDLE CREATES A RAZOR SHARP EDGE. THE CUT OCCURS WHEN OPERATING THE DOOR HANDLE. *TR

7/23/2014

MY COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 P225/50R18 94T S2 B01RPTL M63HBHDR2711 TIRE. I'VE HAD THIS TIRES AROUND 34,000 MILES AND ON THREE OF THE TIRES THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING CAUSING UNUSUAL TREAD WEAR IN SPOTS AND BUBBLING AND A SAFETY HAZARD. THE BUBBLING WAS BAD ENOUGH FOR ME TO NOTICE A WOBBLE IN MY STEERING WHEEL. I FIND SUCH WEAR IRREGULAR AND TO HAPPEN ON THREE TIRES ALL DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME UNUSUAL. I HAVE MY CAR SERVICED AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND MY SERVICE PROVIDER NEVER FOUND ANYTHING IRREGULAR ABOUT THE WEAR ON MY TIRES UNTIL RECENTLY. SUCH SWIFT AND IRREGULAR WEAR SHOULD BE RECORDED AND ACTED UPON BECAUSE IT DOES POSE A RISK HAZARD TO DRIVERS WHO MAY EXPERIENCE A BLOWOUT ON THE ROAD DUE TO THE SEPARATION AND BUBBLING. *TR

4/16/2015

I WAS DRIVING AT NORMAL CONDITION AT 35 MILES PER HOUR, AT ONE TIME, THE ABS AND ESC LIGHT COME ON THE DASHBOARD, THERE IS NO RAIN NO SNOW, NO EXCESSIVE BRAKING OR SPEEDING OR TURNING, SINCE 4 DAYS PASSED, THE LIGHTS COME ON EVERY DAY WHEN ENGINE RUNNING. UPDATED 11/04/15 *BF

7/17/2015