What 335 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Chrysler 200

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS 3 TIMES IT HAS STALLED AT 50 +MPH AND THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY. ANOTHER STALL OCCURRED ON A CURVY STATE ROAD ON A BEND WITH NO SHOULDER. NO WARNING LIGHT OF ERROR CODE HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE VEHICLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER 200. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAFFORD CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT OF WINCHESTER (1659 BERRYVILLE PIKE, WINCHESTER, VA 22603, (540) 667-5532) FOR INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH SLUDGE IN THE SYSTEM. ALSO, THE DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE, AND THE HEATER CORE, ENGINE OIL, COOLANT, AND RADIATOR CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,210.

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DRIVING A VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MI THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE MANY TIMES

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I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND LIGHT TURNED GREEN WENT TO PRESS GAS AND CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF NO WARNING AT ALL NO LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD I PUT IT IN PARK SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED IT RIGHT BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK ALSO NO CODES COMING UP ON SCANNER

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR CUT OFF COMPLETELY. I HAD TO TRY AND MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR DID NOT START BACK UP AFTER 30 MINUTES. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS FOR A MONTH WHERE THE CAR DOES NOT RESTART AFTER I GO TO THE STORE.

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DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF FOR NO REASON AND I HAVE TO TRY TO FIND AWAY OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT. AFTER IT SETS ABOUT A HOUR IT MAY OR MAY NOT START.

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AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY COMING FROM 55 MPH DOWN TO 45 MPH THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF A CAR SWERVED AROUND JUMPED DOWN IN A DITCH DUE TO MY VEHICLE GOING TO A FAST HALT I WAITED HOURS FOR A TOW STILL DIDNT GET IT MY CAR IS LEFT IN THE STREET BECAUSE I WAS ALONE AND COULDN'T PUSH.... IT IS DARK BLUE AND DARK ON THE STREET IT WAS 11PM WHEN IT JUST BROKE DOWN. I HAD NO WARNING IT DID RECRANK BUT AS I HIT THE GAS SOFTLY I CUTS BACK OFF NOW I HAVE TRIED SO MANY TIMES DUE TO THE DANGER OF MY LOCATION THE BATTERY DIED THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL AND CLASS ACTION SUIT.

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WHILE SLOWING FOR AN EXIT RAMP OFF OF THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE STALLED. COULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD AND CYLINDER NUMBER THREE SHOWED NO COMPRESSION. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 58752459. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

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THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. AS I'M SLOWING UP TO TURN, OR COMING UP ON A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, THE CAR TENDS TO START STALLING. IF I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL BEFORE STEPPING ON THE BREAKS, IT DOESN'T DO IT. BUT IF I DON'T PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL IT WILL STALL & THE RPM WILL DROP TO 0 & THE CAR WILL CUT OFF.

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76 YEAR OLD MALE 73 YEAR OLD HANDY CAP WIFE CAR STALLED TWICE YESTERDAY CALLED CHRYSLER THEY SAID NO WARRENTY THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX WILL CALL LAWER IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN

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AT RANDOM TIMES, THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING L OR TURNING. ABSOLUTELY NO POWER FOR A LITTLE BIT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIME. I AM UNSURE IF THIS ELECTRICAL OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ENGINE. I HAVE CALLED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL SHE WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE POSTS ONLINE SPEAKING OF THIS SAME PROBLEM FROM QUITE A FEW PEOPLE

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IN 3 WEEKS TIME THE CAR STALLED MIDWAY IN THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING AS IF IT WERE GOING TO TURN OFF. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS AND IT WAS THE SHOCK PLUGS. THEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. I TOOK THE CAR TO REPLACE ALL FOUR BRAKES. A DAY LATER THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL THE CAR PULLED BACK AND SHOOK AND SHUT DOWN. I TOOK IT BACK IN FOR REPAIRS AND IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. TODAY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROZE MIDWAY. THIS IS THE MOST UNSAFE CAR AND ALL SHOULD BE RECALLED IN GENERAL.

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SO MY CAR HAS STALLED OVER 10 TIMES SINCE 2018 SINCE IT HAS DIED MY INSURANCE COMPANY WILL NO LONGER COME UNTIL I GET THIS FIXED . WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND BUSY ROAD WHILE ACCELERATING MY RPMS WILL DROP TO ZERO AND I WILL LOOSE POWER STEERING. IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I HAVE TO TURN MY CAR OFF WAIT 45 MINS TO RESTART CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER. I HAVE DONE AN ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND NOTHING COMES UP.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND WAITED AWHILE. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROUEN CHRYSLER DODGE (1091 FREMONT PIKE, WOODVILLE, OH 43469, (419) 273-9944) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED LATER THE SAME DAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

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WHEN ACCELERATING MY CAR WILL DIE AND NOT START FOR TWO HOURS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS LEAVING A STOP SIGH AND IT DIED SO I COASTED TO THE SIDE. THE SECOND TIME I PULLED OUT TO PASS A SLOW VEHICLE GOING 40 MPH AND THE CAR DIED. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO LEAVE IT FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND THEN IT STARTED. THIS HAPPENED A MONTH APART. FIRST TIME WAS IN THE CITY AND THE SECOND TIME WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO A CLOSE BY CHRYSLER DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND CHARGED 100 DOLLARS TO HOOK IT UP TO THERE DIAGNOSTIC READER.

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I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE CAR AT SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 15MPL TO 70MPH ON COUNTRY ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS WHEN THE ENGINE SIMPLY SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 14 TIMES DURING THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS BETWEEN MAY 23, 2018, AND JANUARY 10, 2019, 1/10/19 BEING LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED 14 TIMES AS INDICATED PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. IT WAS AS IF I HAD SIMPLY TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS TWICE AND NEITHER ME, THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN NOR THE CHRYSLER AGENT THE TECHNICIAN CONTACTED HAS BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE COMPONENT PART OR SYSTEM THAT COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN. ON JANUARY 10, 2019, I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY FREEWAY (BELTWAY 8) KN HOUSTON TX AND EXITED THE OFF RAMP ONTO 249 ((TOMBALL PARKWAY) WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED COASTING TO A STOP IN A MOVING LANE OF TRAFFIC WITH CARS, TRUCKS AND 18-WHEELERS PASSING ME AT 50-60MPS. I HAVE ATTACHED A DESCRIPTION OF EACH TIME THE ENGINE STALLED AND REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THE CAR.

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MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN THE 2011 CHRYSLER 200 JUST SHUT OFF. DASH WENT DARK, RADIO OFF, CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF! LUCKILY SHE WAS BY AN OFF RAMP AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AT THE TOP OF THE RAMP. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS STILL WORKING WAS THE BRAKES, THANK GOODNESS! THE CAR DID NOT RESTART RIGHT AWAY. NO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CAME BACK ON EITHER WITH TURNING THE KEY. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE CAR DID RESTART. WE TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THEY KEPT IT FOR 2 DAYS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO PULL ANY CODES FROM THE CAR OR RECREATE THE EVENT, THUS BEING UNABLE TO FIX THE CAR AND ANSWER WHY IT HAPPENED!

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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I OWE A 2011 CHRYSLER 200S AND IT HAS BEEN STALLING AND CUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THEY CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. I HAVE READ OVER 300 COMPLAINTS ABOUT ENGINE STALLING WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF MY CAR. CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO ASSIST. I NEAR CAUSE 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO CAR STALLING ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF I HAD NO STEERING CAPABILITY AND WHEN TRYING TO START IT WONT UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR LATER

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MY VEHICLE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AFTER GETTING A NEW BATTERY. THEN DRIVING ONE DAY ON STREET IT JUST STALLED OUT. IT STARTED UP AFTER 2 MINS. PARKED IT ABOUT 1/2 AN HOUR IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP ONLY TO STALL AGAIN 2 MORE TIMES BOTH ON STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I GOT A ALERT OIL CHANGE REQUIRED (WALMART) CHANGED THE OIL MADE IT HOME LATER WENT BACK OUT FOR THE CAR TO STALL AGAIN SAME BUSY STREET, IT STARTED ABOUT 4 MINS LATER, MADE IT HOME DIDN'T MOVE IT COUPLE DAYS. MECHANIC PUT IT ON DIAGNOSTIC SAID I NEEDED ALTERNATOR STILL STALLING AFTER NEW ALTERNATOR. HAVEN'T HAD THE CAR A MONTH! BATTERY LIGHT STILL ON AFTER NEW ALTERNATOR AS WELL.

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ENGINE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING AND IF LUCKY STARTS UP AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHY.

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THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS SHIFTED HARD AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS HAVING A HARD TIME SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR, IT REVS UP AND I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS IN ORDER FOR IT TO SHIFT. THIS SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN IN THE LOWER GEARS. ONCE I'M ABOVE 30 ITS FINE. THE CODE THAT JUST CAME ON IS LOW TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE.

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LOST POWER - CAR SUDDENTLY STOPPED ON I5 LA TO SACRAMENTO ON THE FREEWAY AND HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY...HAD TO PULLOVER. CAR LOST POWER. THANK GOD NOBODY HIT ME. VERY SCARY.

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DURING STOP-AND-GO, RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AT THE MOMENT OF THE ENGINE STALLING, I WAS COASTING WITH MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AT LESS THAN 5 MPH, UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, ON AN OVERPASS AND INSIDE OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THAT WAS VOID OF A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ONTO. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO MAKE IT OVER THE UPHILL OVERPASS, THE PEDAL WAS LIMP AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE ELECTRICAL PANEL IN MY DASH WAS OFF, WITH THE VEHICLE STILL IN DRIVE AND NO PHYSICAL OR AUDIO SIGNS OF WARNING OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. I QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID ROLLING IN REVERSE DOWN THE OVERPASS, SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION KEY TO OFF. WHEN I ATTEMPTED THE RESTART THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE STARTED AS IF NOTHING HAD OCCURRED. AFTER DRIVING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, I EXITED THE FREEWAY. AFTER MAKING A SHARP, RIGHT-HANDED TURN FROM THE OFF-RAMP TO THE LOCAL ROAD, THE EMERGENCY "BRAKE" WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH TURNED ON AND WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH AN AUDIO WARNING. THE LIGHT REMAINED LIT FOR THE DURATION OF THE TURN AND FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AFTERWARD UNTIL IT TURNED OFF. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES WERE OBSERVED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 120K MILES ON IT AND NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER OCCURRED IN THE PAST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 200, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 2011 AND 2012 MODELS. MY ENGINE IS A 4-CYL, 2.4L. DESPITE THIS WIDESPREAD HAZARD, AND AN EARLY INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA, NO RECALL HAS BEEN MANDATED. THE RATIONALE? BECAUSE IT OCCURS AT A "LOW RATE IF SPEED". THIS IS ABSURD. I WAS ON A FREEWAY OVERPASS, INSIDE A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, DURING RUSH HOUR. IF THIS NOT A HAZARD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. PLEASE MANDATE A RECALL FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES ON A TRAIN TRACK OR INTERSECTION.

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