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

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 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.

NHTSA ODI 11422852

Chrysler 200 (2015) engine shuts down with no notice. I have to literally stop, put the car in park and restart the ignition in the middle of the road to get the car moving again. Mostly when deacceleration (turning a corner/slowing down for a traffic stop, going over a bump, etc.). The electrical system just shuts off. Notice that the temperature outside is usually warm. Seems to do better in cooler weather. The car does not get hot (temperature gauge has been tested). Oil is full and gets regular changes. It is Extremely Dangerous. Many times throughout this month I have almost been hit. Angry people cuss you out for stopping in the middle of traffic. Not only does it cause me high anxiety but the safety of myself and my grandchild is at risk. I am afraid to drive it but have no other means of transportation. Message displays: Put gear in park, restart engine. No engine light comes on so the mechanics are unable to diagnosis issue. It has been put on the code reader but not codes appear. Midas said it was the Power Distribution Center Electrical Connector (R24) . That they couldn't fix it but that it should be under warranty but it wasn't for my VIN # . Prior ( a week or so before) the airbag alert illuminated on the dash (2 different times) but went off after I adjusted my seat. At one time after I started having problems my low light beam indicator said my bulb was out but then went off and my low light still worked (not burnt out). Now my control in the middle of my dash work.

NHTSA ODI 11420715

I just purchased vehicle on 6/4/21 for my daughter. I gave her the car yesterday 6/10/21 today is 6/11/21 She was driving vehicle pulling out onto busy road and entire vehicle shut off would not start 30 min of sitting waiting for AAA which costs money to send them and car starts up what the heck death trap

NHTSA ODI 11420644

Engine stalls, and dies constantly. Seems to help if it idles for 15 minutes prior to driving even in the warm summer months. All lights went off, looked like a Christmas tree, car floored wouldn't go above 30 mph. Made it home, next day all the lights were off except for the check engine light.

NHTSA ODI 11419790

While driving, my car will accelerate when depressing the brake. If cruise control is set to say 60 mph, the car will continue to accelerate well after the desired speed has been reached. When pressing the brake to disengage cruise control, the car will still try to accelerate for about 10 seconds, even while depressing the brake. I'm not sure if that is related to this, or if it is a separate issue, but my car will also stall out when coming to a stop or slowing down, especially if braking hard. When the engine stalls, power steering and braking are also lost. My car has stalled several times in the middle of intersections, on a busy highway coming to a red light or slowing down because of a hazard in front of me, and at stop signs. I also check my oil regularly, and do routine oil changes. When I check the oil, and when I have my oil changed, the oil level is almost ALWAYS low, and has even been completely empty a couple times. I've confirmed that there is no leaking under the car. Sometimes I smell burnt oil coming from my car. I fill the oil up, and less than a month, and the oil is almost gone. More worrisome to me, is the fact that even though the oil was completely empty, my oil light never came on. So it was by luck that I checked the oil and noticed that it was empty because I wouldn't have otherwise known. My check engine light will come on from time to time, and I have it checked for the codes each time. The following are the codes that have shown up every single time: P2172; U1424; P106A

NHTSA ODI 11417850

Since purchasing my car, I’ve experienced at least 9 instances of the vehicle completely cutting off, while driving. I have one of these incidents on video. The car will cut off, tell me to “Shift to Park and hit the Start button” while in traffic, posing severe danger to myself and other drivers. There are recalls describing this exact problem, yet my VIN number is not included in the recall. Most recently, my vehicle stalled/cut off immediately after getting an oil change. Once restarted, began running rough, shaking, and would not accelerate. I took it to a mechanic who said the problems all seemed the same as the recalled vehicles and all subsequent problems stemmed from the main power train issue. I was advised to take it to the dealer, which I did, and the dealership is trying to charge me $3,705 to fix a commonly known and previously recalled issue with this year/make/model vehicle. I’ve contacted FCA and they cannot give me any answers, explanation, or assistance.

NHTSA ODI 11417906

I HAVE A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. AFTER THE CAR SITS FOR A FEW HOURS AN ENGINE HAS TIME TO COOL COMPLETELY DOWN IT SHUTS OFF ON ITS OWN AFTER RESTART AND ACCELERATION. IF I START TO SLOW DOWN IT WILL SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AND TELL ME TO PUT INTO PARK. IT HAS DONE IT COUNTLESS TIMES ON BUSY ROADWAYS, WHEN I’M COMING TO A STOP AT STOP SIGNS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT IS STARTING TO ALSO SHUT OFF AS I AM TURNING. NOT ONLY IS IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE BUT IT’S EXTREMELY ANNOYING. IT SEEMS TO DO IT MORE IF THE ENGINE HASN’T COMPLETELY “WARMED UP” BEFORE I DRIVE IT. THEY HAVE RECALLS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON CERTAIN CHRYSLER 200S BUT APPARENTLY MINE DOESN’T FALL UNDER THAT RECALL AND SEEMS RIDICULOUS THAT IT DOESN’T. SEEMS AS THOUGH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THE 200S ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE BUT THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT ONES ARE FIXED. IS CHRYSLER WAITING FOR FAMILIES TO DIE IN CAR ACCIDENTS BEFORE THEY FINALLY FIX THE PROBLEM!?

NHTSA ODI 11416707

OIL FILTER HOUSING LEAKING OIL , FRONT STRUTS FAILURE IN REAR

NHTSA ODI 11416225

IT HAS DONE IT BEFORE LIKE 6 MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT BUT IT HASN'T DONE IT AGAIN. I THOUGHT I HAD TURNED THE WRONG KNOB SO DIDN'T REALLY LOOK INTO IT MUCH UNTIL RECENTLY. IT ALMOST GOT IS KILLED. WE WERE GETTINGOFF AN EXIT TURNING RIGHT AND IT DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING. IN FRONT OF THE CARS COMINGOUR WAY. . IT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND FLASHES "SHIFT TO PARK" IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY STOP AND SHIFT IT THEN TURN OFF YOUR CAR IN HOPES IT'LL START RIGHT UP... IT DONT. WE WERE ON A BUSY OVER PASS WHEN IT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS AGO. YESTERDAY (04/26/2021) WE WERE BY THE COURT HOUSE AND IT DONE THE SAME THING. TODAY (04/27/2021) IT DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO START. IT IDLED HIGH AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS DYING. I OF COURSE HAD TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL SO IT WAS SCARY.

NHTSA ODI 11414091

THE VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF CAUSING ME TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING WHICH ALSO CAUSED ISSUES. THEN IT WOULD JUST NOT START AND ONCE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI 11412967

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE JERKED, VIBRATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FITZGERALD CHRYSLER JEEP LOCATED AT 22231 THREE NOTCH RD, LEXINGTON PARK, MD 20653, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE LATER FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY START WITH THE MESSAGE WAIT TO WARM WAS DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE CYLINDERS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

NHTSA ODI 11407836

SAYS TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART THE CAR. TAKES A FEW TRIES TO TURN ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND PERFORMANCE SHIFTING UNAVALIABLE NOTICE SHOWED UP. NOW IT THERE IS A HERKING MOTION EVERYTIME THE GAS IS TOUCHED.

NHTSA ODI 11407858

IN THE PAST 3 YEARS THE ACTIVE GRILLE SHUTTER HAD TO BE FIXED 3 TIMES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ALWAYS COME UP FOR THIS ISSUE AFTER IT WAS STATIONARY OR PARKED OVER NIGHT AND THEN THE LIGHT WOULD COME UP WHEN IT WAS TIME TO DRIVE AGAIN. FINALLY THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE THE PROBLEM THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FIXED. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS FIXED MY CAR NOW OVERHEATS AFTER BEING IDLE FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES. ALSO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR WAS FIXED TWICE BUT LIT UP ON MY DASHBOARD RECENTLY AGAIN.

NHTSA ODI 11406938

CAR STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO SWERVE ON TO THE SIDE OF THE RIDE ALMOST CRASHING AND CAUSING A ACCIDENT AND THEN A COUPLE OF TIME ON THE MAIN ROAD WHICH ALSO RESULT INTO ME HAVING TO SWERVE OUT OF TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT. THE CAR WILL TELL ME PUT IT IN PARK I DID THAT AND THEN SOMETIMES IT WILL START UP SOMETIME IT WON'T .

NHTSA ODI 11406940

BEGINNING AT MILEAGE 83,931 ON 4/5/2021, MY 2015 CHRYSLER 200 COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND LOST ALL POWER WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT BUDGE NOR RESTART FOR SERVAL MINUTES, LEAVING ME STRANDED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. AFTER THE CAR RESTARTED, I DROVE HOME WHILE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER AND GO COMPLETELY DARK THEM COME BACK ON AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. TODAY, 4/6/2021, MY CAR SHUT COMPLETELY OFF, NO POWER AND NO WARNING, ONCE AGAIN LEAVING ME STRANDED FOR MINUTES BLOCKING TRAFFIC. THE CAR, ONCE AGAIN RESTARTED AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY SIX MINUTES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS CRASH AND POTENTIALLY KILL ME, MY CHILDREN, AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD DUE TO THE CAR SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING IN IT. AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRING TODAY, THE CAR BEHAVED AS IF IT WERE GOING TO SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION; HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

NHTSA ODI 11406785

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES. CAME OUT OF STORE AND CAR WOULD NOT START. CHANGED THE BATTERY IN STORE PARKING LOT AND STILL WOULDN'T START BUT THE BATTERY LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT WERE ON.

NHTSA ODI 11405505

CAR JUST STOP WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JUST LOSE LOSES POWER WON'T MOVE WAIT A FEW SECONDS IT JUST TAKE OFF

NHTSA ODI 11405599

THE 2015 CHRYSLER 200 C HAS STALLED AND STOPPED 3TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP UNTIL AFTER 5 MINS THE FIRST IN A PARKING A LOT AND THE OTHER TWO TIMES ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN ME IN AND MY PASSENGERS BEING INJURED. THE RECALL CODE FOR THIS ISSUE IS R24. AND WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR BUT NOT FOR THAT ISSUE

NHTSA ODI 11404177

AT 80,000 MILES A OIL LEAK BECAME VERY NOTICEABLE. THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL WAS DESTROYED. DUE TO THE OIL LEAK THE FRONT BELLY PAN(68102931AB) BECAME A DANGEROUS HAZARD. THE FRONT BELLY PAN BECAME COMPLETELY SOAKED IN OIL AND WAS DRAGGING UNDER THE CAR. ONCE THE CAR WAS TAKEN APART BY THE TECH IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL COOLING HOUSE (68105583AF) WAS CRACKED.

NHTSA ODI 11403539

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF MAKING IT HARD TO STEER AND BRAKE. VEHICLE WILL THEN TAKE UPWARDS OF 15 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE IN MOTION, AND, WHILE PARKED.

NHTSA ODI 11403379

THE OIL COOLER IS BUSTED AND LEAKING OIL.

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CAR OIL FILTER LEAKING OIL CAUSE FIRE

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THE CAR STARTS THEN SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE ROAD. THE CAR WON'T START BACK UP FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN DRIVES FINE AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN WHICH CAR SITS UNUSED OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY HAPPENS IN THE START OF DAY.

NHTSA ODI 11395421

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR MY CAR JUST SHUTS OFF AND THEN WON'T START FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THIS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE A COLLISION BECAUSE I COULD NOT STEER VERY WELL. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED I HAVE ABOUT 93,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I'M ONLY WORKING PART TIME BECAUSE OF COVID AND CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR.

NHTSA ODI 11394341

MY CAR IS STARTING AND IT IS SAYING IT'S BECAUSE THE ENGINE NEEDS TO WARM UP BUT NO MATTER HOW LONG I WARM THE CAR FOR I CAN'T SEEM TO START IT. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE BUT NOBODY HAS FOUND A SOLUTION.

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