What 638 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Chrysler 200

HEATER BLOWS OUT COLD AIR I HAVE NO HEAT I CANT DEFROST CAR WINDOWS TO SEE .THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2016 JAN I HAVE REPLACED ACTUVATOR BLENDOOR 3 TIMES ....THERMOSTAT 2 OF THEM... FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE .....FOUND OUT I HAVE A SLUDGE OR BLOCKAGE IN MY RADIATOR AND HEATERCORE PLUS NEED RADIATOR CAP 2500 TO FIX ? ITS A 20

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HEATER AND DEFROSTER FAIL ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE. THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE IS DO TO FAULTY FLUID/DESIGN BY CHRYSLER. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING IN A SNOW STORM AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT CLEAR ICE/SNOW FROM THE WINDSHIELD IN ORDER TO SEE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GENERATE HEAT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000....UPDATED 05/19/17 *BF *CN

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THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY DEFROST/VENTS DOES NOT WORK--IT REMAINS COLD EVEN ON HIGH HEAT AND DRIVER SIDE HOT. THE WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER WINDOW REMAIN FOGGY OR ICE COVERED, OR AFTER REMOVING THE FOG OR ICE IT REBUILDS FOG OR ICE WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS WHILE SNOWING, EXTREMELY LIMITING VISIBILITY. THIS WINTER HAS BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE SAFELY DUE TO THIS CONDITION.

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THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS NO LONGER WORKING AND THEREFORE THE WINDOWS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT DEFROST. AFTER PERFORMING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE HEATER CORE THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT.

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NO HEAT/ DEFROST PASSENGER SIDE. WILL NOT CLEAR FROST/ FOG ON PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. APPARENT KNOWN PROBLEM WITH SLUDGE BUILD UP IN HEATER CORE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY COMPONENT IN COOLANT.

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MY 2012 CHRYSLER 200 ; 2.4L ENGINE HAS NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE - NO HEAT ON DEFROSTER, FLOOR, OR OUT VENTS. DEALER SAID THERE IS BUILD UP IN COOLING SYSTEM (STAR CASE #1207000008) ; RECOMMENDS REPLACING HEATER CORE, RADIATOR, THERMOSTATS, ENGINE OIL COOLER - EST $2000.00 REPAIR. NO HEAT DURING DEFROSTING CAUSING WINDSHIELD FOGGING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS STARTED JAN 2, 2017 AND IS ONGOING.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT BLOWER HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT DEFROST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

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MY VEHICLE HAS ROUGHLY 54,000 MILES. THE HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS PROGRESSIVELY BECOMING COLDER ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WILL NOT REACH A WARM ENOUGH TEMPERATURE TO BE COMFORTABLE OR TO ADEQUATELY DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO CHRYSLER AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE PARTS INVOLVED ARE THE HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECIRCULATION DOOR ALTERNATOR FOR THE DEFROST AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. ...UPDATED 01/23/17 *BF CONSUMER STATED AT 40,000 AND 106,000 MILES CLICKING ON PASSENGER SIDE STARTED BOTH TIMES REPLACED THE RECIRCULATION AND ALTERNATOR. UPDATED 7/13/18*JB *TR *TT CONSUMER STATED THIS WILL BE THE 4TH FAILURE OF THIS PART ON THIS CAR AND THE SECOND TIME THAT THE RADIATOR SYSTEM HAS BEEN EITHER PARTIALLY OR ENTIRELY REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE.*JB

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PARTIAL DEFROST. THE COOLANT HAS SOMETHING IN IT (FROM THE FACTORY) CAUSING THE HEATER CORE TO PLUG UP AND THEN THERE IS NO DEFROST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THUS IMPAIRING THE VISIBILITY. MY CAR HAS 24,000. MILES. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS A STAR REPORT SENT TO DEALERS IN 2012. THAT REPORT NUMBER IS STAR CASE S1207000008.

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THE WIPERS NOW ONLY WORK ON HIGH THERE NO LONGER IS ANY OTHER SPEEDS. WHEN YOU TURN THEM OFF THEY JUST STOP WHERE EVER THERE AT, AT THE TIME. TIPM FAULTY . CAR HAS 80,000 KM.

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THE DEFROSTER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. NO MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE OR FAN ARE SET AT. THUS MAKING VISIBILITY WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FOGS UP VERY POOR. BY THE RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE IT IS BECAUSE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS PIN HOLE LEAKS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE RADIATOR INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE AFFECTED PART THEY PUT A STOP LEAK FORMULA IN THE HEATING SYSTEM. THIS WAS AN IMPROPER PRODUCT AND CAUSED A SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH IRREPARABLY DESTROYED THE HEATER CORE. IN ADDITION TO THE DEFROSTER PROBLEM HOT AIR ONLY COMES OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE VENTS WHILE COLS AIR COMES OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS,

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED BUT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THAT TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,300.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ACTIVATING THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ENGAGED AUTOMATICALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED EVERY TIME THE TURN SIGNALS WERE USED. IN ADDITION, THE HEATER WOULD BLOW HOT AIR THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS AND COLD AIR THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EMITTING HEAT AND THE DEFROSTER FAILED TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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SUDDENLY AND WITH OUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING IN LIGHT RAIN CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE ON ANY SPEED SETTING BUT HIGH. THEY ALSO WOULD NOT PARK WHEN SHUT OFF, WHICH NECESSITATED TIMING THE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AT A LOCAL DEALER AS NEEDING A NEW TIPM. TOTAL COST $1638.50.

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WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING. ONLY WIPE ON HIGH. TOOK INTO DEALER TO REPAIR, THEY REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM, THEY THEN RAN CODES TO TELL ME IT IS THE TIPM. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER, PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED.

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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.

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THE RIGHT SIDE (PASSENGER SIDE) OF VEHICLE GETS VERY LITTLE HEAT. THIS CAUSED THE ENTIRE CAR TO BE COLD. THE DEFROST DOES NOT MELT ICE ON WINDSHIELD. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS 11 MONTH OLD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR, HEATER CORE AND CLEANED THE BLOCK. HE SAID THESE WERE FULL OF SLUDGE. TODAY, MARCH 2015) AT 34017 MILES, I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALER AFTER COMPLAINING OF THE SAME LACK OF HEAT AND THE SAME WAS REPORTED, REPLACED RADIATOR,HEATER CORE, OIL FILTER COOLER AND FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM. ALSO STATED ON THE REPAIR INVOICE "PERFORMED TEST AND REPAIR PER STAR CASE [XXX]". THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ACCOUNT TO CHARGE THE REPAIR BACK TO CHRYLSER. CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE AT MANUFACTURING PLANT ADDED A SEALANT TO STOP LEAKS. HE SAID IT IS WELL KNOWN NOT TO USE THIS SEALANT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS IT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE IN THE SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN PAID BY WARRANTY BUT SOME DAY IT WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WILL NOT BE THE ONE PAYING FOR IT!!!! CHRYSLER MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS AND MAKE A PERMANENT CORRECTION TO THIS PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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PASSENGER SIDE AIR BLOWING COLD AIR WHILE IN HIGH HEAT GOOGLED IT SEEMS TO BE MAJOR ISSUE IN THESE VEHICLES CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT IT SAYS IT'S A CHEMICAL THE ADD TO COOLANT PLUGGING HEATER CORE. *TR

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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

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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.

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2012 CHRYSLER 200 HEATER ISSUE. VEHICLE WILL NOT WARM ON PASSENGER SIDE PREVENTING DEFOGGER TO REDUCE ICE OR SNOW FROM WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE SLUDGE FROM THE RADIATOR AND HEATER CORE THE HEATER STILL WILL NOT MAINTAIN HEAT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN KEEPING THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR OF ICE OR SNOW. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT HEATER CORE, RADIATOR AND COOLANT RESERVOIR WILL ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN READING VARIOUS FORMS ITS KNOWN THAT CHRYSLER USES SOME TYPE OF CHEMICAL TO PLUG ANY PIN HOLES IN THE RADIATOR AND THIS PRODUCT IS CAUSING A SLUDGE IN THE SYSTEM AND CREATING THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER WILL NOT OR INDICATED AFTER CALLING, THEY WILL NOT PAY THE $1700 COST OF THE REPAIRS THAT WERE CREATED DURING MANUFACTURING. *TR

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