What 1,983 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Chrysler 200

TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR ALMOST A YEAR. I HAVE EXPLAINED THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REFUSES TO DOCUMENT. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW THE SUMMER OF 2015. IT HAD SEALANTS MISSSING FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND SO IT HAD A LEAK THAT RESULTED IN THE DEALERSHIP HAVING MY CAR FOR 2 MONTHS AND ME HAVING TO FORCE THEM TO REPLACE MY CARPETING THEY LET SIT IN THE SUN FOR 2 WEEKS AND MOLD AND TO REPLACE PARTS IN MY CAR THAT THEY BROKE THE CLIPS ON TRYING TO FIND THE LEAK. SEVERAL TIMES THEY CALLED ME TO COME AND GET MY CAR WITH MOLD IN IT AND PARTS STILL HANGING. I HAD TO GET MANAGERS INVOLVED. I CAME TO GET AN OIL CHANGE ONCE AND THEY SENT ME OUT ONTO THE STREET WITHOUT TIGHTENING THE LUGS AND I WAS WOBBLING DOWN THE STREET AND THEY LIED AND SAID THE PRESSURE WAS OFF BALANCE. ONCE MY CAR SHUT OFF WITH NO OIL IT. THEY SAID IT'S LIKELY THE ENGINE. MY TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN SAYING ITS LOW SINCE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. SOON AS I PUT AIR IN, LESS THAN 24 HOURS ITS LOW. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE ALWAYS SOUNDED EXTREMELY LOUD. I HAD A THERMOMETER GO OUT BEFORE 3 YRS OLD. I BARELY HAVE 30,000 MILES ON MY CAR RIGHT NOW. NOW MY CAR WOULDN'T STAY ON WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY THURS. IT STALLED FOR A SECOND TO START UP THEN IT WOULDN'T COME BACK ON. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT CRANKED UP LIKE NORMAL, BUT THEN IT REFUSED TO SWITCH GEARS SAYING CHECK TRANSMISSION AND PARK SENSE AND TO PUT BACK IN PARK THEN SHIFT GEARS. AFTER THAT I HAD TO HAVE MY BATTERY CHARGED TO CRANK. THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO GET A BOOST. MY BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED GOOD, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON MENTIONING A THROTTLE SENSOR AND WATCHDOG PERFORMANCE. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS MY BATTERY IS BAD. I AGAIN TOLD THEM MY TRANSMISSION WASN'T SENSING CORRECRTLY AND SWITCHING GEARS CUTS MY CAR OFF SOMETIMES. THE TECHNICIAN SAYS I NEED TO PAY $428 TO HAVE THEM REPLACE MY "BAD" BATTERY FIRST.

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WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT, TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AND TWO MESSAGES STATED PERFORMANCE SHIFTING WAS UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE CAME ACROSS SCREEN. VEHICLE DISPLAYED 4TH GEAR AT ALL TIMES, PLACED IT IN PARK, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AT FIRST, EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF PARK AND WAS STILL DISPLAYING 4TH GEAR. ARMORY CHRYSLER DEALER IN UPSTATE NY STATED IT WAS ACTUALLY STUCK IN 2ND GEAR, THEY STATED THERE WERE STORED CODES, BUT WERE UNABLE TO TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE. AT THIS POINT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS INTERMITTENT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ELECTRICAL. STILL WAITING FOR DIAGNOSTICS FROM ARMORY CHRYSLER DEALER

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V470000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE TOW THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM OF BRYAN COLLEGE STATION (301 N EARL RUDDER FWY, BRYAN, TX 77802, 979-213-5361) WHERE THEY PERFORMED THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

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THE CAR GETS STUCK IN PARK. THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE COMES ON AT RANDOM. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR COMES ON'S DAILY. AND THE CAR STOP ACCELERATING CONSTANTLY.

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AIR BAG SENSOR, COOLING THERMOSTAT AND HOSING. SHOCKS HEADLIGHT ISSUES ELECTRICAL. I HAVE PUT TWO THERMOSTAT AND CHANGED HOSING TWICE. THERE ARE SEVER RECALLS LISTED ON THE SAME MAKE YEAR AND MODEL AND UNDER MY VIN THERE'S NO RECALLS YET I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES THAT WERE RECALLED ON THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SINCE WHY ISN'T MY CAR COVERED FOR THE RECALLS. I TOOK MY CAR TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND CALLED COOPERATE AND THEY SAID MY CAR ISN'T COVERED BUT THERE'S RECALLS WITH THE SAME ISSUES FOR THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.

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5/30/19 I PURCHASED MY CAR FROM GAGE AUTO SALES IN OREGON. ON 06/01/19 I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON 6/2 DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WERE NO STARTING ISSUES AND NO CODES AND I COULD PICK UP THE CAR. STARTING ISSUES PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. LEAVING ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 6/23/19. 6/24/19 TOOK CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY HAD UNTIL 07/12/19 STATING IS WAS THE KEY FOB AND PUSH START BUTTON. ONE WEEK IT RAN FINE THEN RAPIDLY BEGAN TO NOT START, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION LIGHTS. THE CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE DAY ONE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SENT ME TO A THIRD PARTY MECHANIC AND ARE TELLING ME THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS CAR HAD THESE PROBLEMS THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT. IT WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND NO ONE AT GAGE AUTO SALES WILL HELP ME. I AM 23 YEARS OLD TRYING TO MAKE IT ON MY OWN AND THERE IS NO WAY I CAN PAY 1500 TO RE-PROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE HELP ME!

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CAR INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. LOSES ALL ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE POWER, THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES WILL REGAIN POWER. NORMALLY OCCURS WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME ISSUE IT WAS RECALLED FOR IN 2015, FAULTY PDC (POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER) CONNECTOR. NHSTA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V470000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCEFULLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED COURTESY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 1890 DOGWOOD DR SE, CONYERS, GA 30013, (678) 210-2489) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,794.

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WHILE IN MOTION, THE CHRYSLER 200 WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY CAUSING NEAR DEATH ACCIDENTS. ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WILL CAUSE LIGHTS TO FLICKER AND CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED

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FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS , THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STALL ISSUES AFTER IMPROVISE THE VEHICLE WITH QUALITY GAS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERS MECHANIC AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO SOLVE THE STALLING ISSUES .

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED, JERKED FORWARD, AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO START. WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR, THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY TWO PEOPLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GOLLING CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 2405 S TELEGRAPH RD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48302, (248) 334-3600), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 59322835. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

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MY CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, SPECIFICALLY DURING TURNS, AND DOES NOT WANT TO RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. WHEN I CHECKED INTO, IT SAYS I HAVE NO UNREPAIRED RECALLS.

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AFTER DRIVING THE CAR 30 MINUTES OR MORE AND I TURN IT OFF, IT WILL NOT RESTART FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OR MORE. IT HAD LEFT ME STRANDED AS WELL AS CAUSED ME TO BE LATE FOR WORK JEAPORDIZING MY JOB AND MY SAFETY. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I CANNOT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE THE BLUE BOOK VALUE IS LESS THAN WHAT I OWE. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD COMPENSATE ME FOR THIS VEHICLE BY BUYING IT BACK AT THE PRICE I PAID. SOMETIMES THE DASH SAYS 'ENGINE WARMING UP, PLEASE WAIT.'

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MY CAR SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. CHECK ENGINE IS NOT ON AND MY CAR RUNS AND DRIVES AMAZING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE AND HOUR AFTER I PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP IT SHUT OFF.

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SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2017, I HAVE HAD CONSISTENT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ABRUPTLY INTO NEUTRAL AND SURGING, AS WELL AS THE DASH BOARD ELECTRICAL FLASHING AND GOING VERY DIM. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR! I NEED YOUR HELP AS I CANNOT AFFORD ANY REPAIRS AT THIS TIME.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONTACT WAITED THREE HOURS FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE C4 CONNECTOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. TURLOCK CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (1600 AUTO MALL DR, TURLOCK, CA 95380, (209) 250-5800) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,990. *TR*JB

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ODOMETER IS GLITCHING ' TURNING ON AND OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND IN MOTION. WHEN ODOMETER GLITCHES, CAR DECELERATES AND DOES NOT ALLOW CAR TO ACCELERATE UNTIL ODOMETER COMES BACK ON. DOING THIS CONTINUOUSLY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. BATTERY IS IN TACT.

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THE CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL AND SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE IN MOTION ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AND EVERY DAY LAST WEEK, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND HAPPENS JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. IT USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER 20+ MINUTES OF CONTINUOUS DRIVING. AFTER IT STALLED TODAY IT WOULD NOT START FOR 45 MINUTES. CHRYSLER AND THE DEALERSHIP HAVE BASICALLY WASHED THEIR HANDS OF CORRECTING THE PROBLEM AT THIS POINT. THEY STATE THE RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM HAS BEEN COMPLETED. YET THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL THAT WAS DONE TO FIX THE ORIGINAL ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP NOW WANTS TO CHARGE TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT AT LEAST SIX HOURS OR MORE FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART AND RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FIRST CAR (3119 SAN EMIDIO ST, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93304, (661) 395-3005) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,550.

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CAR WAS PARKED FOR 4 1/2 HOURS AND SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE.

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MY SPEEDOMETER AND DASHBOARD KEEPS BLINKING AND GLITCHING OUT.

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AFTER CAR IN MOTION, IT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED THAT ABS LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. SOMETIMES AFTER IT STARTS, IT JUST SHUTS DOWN, CAR GOES COMPLETELY DARK, I OPENED THE DOOR AND POWER CAME BACK ON, THEN I COULD RE- START IT. IT IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE I WAS IN MAJOR TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

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SOUTH SHORE DEALER IN INWOOD NY PERFORMED A RECALL S55 BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS CAR DROPS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, WANTED A SECOND OPINION AT GARDEN CITY DEALER THEY WOULDNT EVEN LOOK AT IT TO DO A DIAGNOSIS TO SEE IF RECALL WAS ACTUALLY DONE. ALL I WANT IS THE RECALL DONE AND DONE PROPERLY

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STOP FOR GAS GOT BACK IN MY CAR AL LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND CAR WONT START. TRIED TO JUMP CAR OFF NOTHING SO I WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY STILL NOTHING I KEEP HEARING CLICKING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD

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WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP EITHER TURNING OR STRAIGHT, THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING & THERE IS NO POWER STEERING OR MOMENTUM TO SAFELY PULL OVER. I HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH HAZARDS ON AT NEIGHBORHOOD STOP SIGNS, IN STOPPED TRAFFIC AFTER THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, FREEWAY ON RAMPS, IN THE CENTER OF SMALL & LARGE INTERSECTIONS BLOCKING TRAFFIC, ON RAILROAD TRACKS, & MORE. IT CAN TAKE UP TO 3 TRIES FOR THE ENGINE TO RESTART. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE, & I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE A NEWER CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILES DIES EVERY DAY, OFTEN SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION IS VERY JERKY & THE ENGINE DOES NOT RUN SMOOTHLY ONCE IT RESTARTS. THAT ALSO HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY UPON THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. I DO HAVE VIDEOS OF THIS, BUT CAN NOT UPLOAD THEM. THE DATE BELOW IS THE DATE OF ONE OF THE VIDEOS, THIS PROBLEM OCCURS DAILY & HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR, THERE WERE A FEW INCIDENTS MONTHS APART, THEN IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT, & FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IT IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE.

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