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

Airbags deployed 15+ seconds after impact. Passenger airbag deployed from the top of the dash and hit the windshield causing the windshield to shatter.

NHTSA ODI 11730070

We purchased our vehicle brand new in 2015 with 6 miles on it. 1. The vehicle has always shifted hard, but every time I brought it up at the dealership I was told that "the car is just learning my driving habits" Here we are 10 years later and my car is still shifting hard and it still won't fall into gear like it's supposed to. 2. Within the first 6 months the airbag light came on and would throw a warning message on the display, to have it checked. Even after acknowledging that I had seen the message it would beep at me and come on almost immediately. I took it in to the dealership on 3 different occasions while it was still under the 3 year warranty. The first two times I asked about it the dealership told me that they found a water bottle stuck under the passengers seat and that it was causing the wires to not stay connected. They claimed that it fixed the problem each time. The third time I took it in I made sure there was no trash under the seat and reset the light. After a day or so the warning light came back on. This time they said they would replace the parts under the seat, but I went to pick up my vehicle the dealership seemed confused about what was supposed to have been done. Then they said it was all fixed and hustled me out the door. I've asked about the issue at least 2 more times since being out of warranty. The dealership wants me to pay nearly $2,000 to have it fixed even though they say there's a known issue. And when my son and I were hit from the side in 2022 the airbags didn't deploy and I'm guessing it has to do with that light being on still to this day.

NHTSA ODI 11648063

My husband and I were going to the store. We got into the car started the car, than were hear a loud pop, like a soda can exploding, than every airbag deployed

NHTSA ODI 11574567

Was in an accident and airbags did not deploy but the other driver who hit me,hers did

NHTSA ODI 11490529

I was driving to take my vehicle to the car dealer that I bought it from and started having problems with the car. As I was driving the car started smoking really bad, and soon as I pulled into the the car dealer lot the bottom of my car was in flames. I had to hurry put the car in park jump out and grab my daughter out the car. Every since my daughter has been having really bad coughing issues. I took my car to have it looked at and checked and the dealer let me know that it was nothing they can do that they would not switch me to another car. I feel it’s unsafe and unfair for my children as well as my self to continue having to drive in and pay for a car that has caught on fire. Every since I have been having unstoppable problems with the car, from a starting issue, air bag issue, engine issue and so many more problem.

NHTSA ODI 11464592

The driver's knee bolster air bag deployed behind the instrument panel.

NHTSA ODI 11453875

I was in accident on Nov.21,2021 it was a T bone the truck that hit me the airbag was deployed and mine didnt but my car was totaled damage there is a safety issue.I was doing about 25mph and the other vehicle about 45mph.

NHTSA ODI 11439050

MY SON WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, HE WENT OFF OF THE ROAD, AND TOTALED MY CAR, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN JAN,2015, AND HAD A COUPLE OF RECALLS TO GET IT FIXED FOR CERTAIN PARTS. ALSO I WAS HAVING SURGE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR.

NHTSA ODI 11395124

MY CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS ONLY CAME OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE DRIVER SIDE NOT THE FRONT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS CAME OUT AT THE FRONT OF THE DASH BOARD

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AIRBAGS DEPLOYED RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING//NO COLLISION OCCURRED. REFER TO WORD DOCUMENT FOR DESCRIPTION. *DT*DT *TR

NHTSA ODI 11289395

2015 CHRYSLER 200.AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON PASSENGER SIDE MAKES THE POWER TRAIN TO KEEP ON BUILDING SPEED WITH NO PERSONAL ASSIST.THE DASH LIGHTS AT NIGHT WHEN TURN DOWN ON SWITCH SUDDENLY GETS VERY BRIGHT IT WILL BLIND YOU.THE ENGINE SPEEDS UP WITH NO PERSONAL ASSIST. ONLY IN MOTION

NHTSA ODI 11257559

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS IS ON THE LIGHT OF THE AIR BAG WARNING IS OFF AND ON AND MOST OF THE TIME REMAIN ON THE SYSTEM DOES NOT INDICATE WHEN THE TIRES ARE UNDER THE PRESSURE . WATER ENTERS THROUGH THE PASSENGER LEFT DOOR,MAKING THE DOOR VERY HEAVY

NHTSA ODI 11257571

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CAR. A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO EVEN HIT THE BRAKES. SO THE FRONT OF MY CAR HIT THE VEHICLE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE WHOLE FRONT BUMPER CAME OFF AND THE STEEL SUPPORT BAR AND THE FRAME WAS TWISTED. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I DID SUSTAIN INJURIES! THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST ISSUE I HAD WITH THIS CAR. I BOUGHT IT IN 2017 AND A WEEK LATER THE CAR STARTED DOWNSHIFTING AS I WAS DRIVING ALL THE TIME. IT WOULD STALL AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I BROUGHT IT TO CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD S6ARTED THE RECALL PROCESS ON THE TRANSMISSION!! I WAS INFURIATED THAT I WAS NOT TOLD. AFTER RENTAL CARS BECAUSE I COULDNT USE IT WHILE THE RECALL STUFF WAS BEING DONE. AND ME BRINGING IT BACK AND FORTH 3 TIMES WITH THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTING! YET AGAIN THE CAR DOWNSHIFTED IN TRAFFIC AND WAS FORCED TO GO OFF THE ROAD. FINALLY THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. A YEAR LATER AND MY CAR STILL DOES NOT SWITCH GEARS RIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF!!! I AM NOW GONNA SUE THE HELL OUT OF CHRYSLER!!

NHTSA ODI 11230623

MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON SO I TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER WHERE I WAS TOLD A WIRE HAD HAD PROBABLY BECOME DISCONNECTED. THEY SAID ALL I HAD TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THE ENDS WERE CONNECTED. IT STOPPED FOR A WHILE. THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AGAIN. I FIGURED IT WAS THE PLUG AND DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION SINCE I WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. UNTIL MY AIRBAGS EXPLODED IN MY FACE ONE DAY AS I WAS LEAVING WORK. I SLOWED DOWN AND WAS HIT IN THE FACE, CHEST AND LEGS BY THE AIRBAGS. I THEN HIT THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT AIRBAGS WENT OFF ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG WENT OFF AS DID THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG..I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE READ THE OTHER AIRBAGS SHOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED. THE COPS DIDN'T SEEM TO BELIEVE THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF ON THEIR OWN BUT I WASN'T GIVEN A TICKET. I KNOW THEY WENT OFF BEFORE THE WRECK. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. *DT*JB

NHTSA ODI 11170519

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACTS' RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

NHTSA ODI 11160714

MY TAKATA RECALL IS TO SAY THAT MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY BUT IT SMELLED AS IF THEY DID AND MY CAR INDICATED MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THEY DID NOT. MY SEATBELTS ARE NOW STUCK AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE BAGS WILL DEPLOY LATER OR NOT.

NHTSA ODI 11150769

MY VEHICLE REAR ENDED A STOPPED PICK UP TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH. PRIOR TO AND DURING THE ACCIDENT, THE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING DIDN'T ACTIVATE IN TIME TO HELP STOP THE CAR AS WELL AS THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ODI 11098227

MY CHRYSLER 200 HAD BEEN RECALLED MID 2015 FOR A GLITCH IN THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT REQUIRED ALL CHRYSLER, DODGE, RAM, AND FIAT VEHICLES WITH THE 8.4 SCREEN TO HAVE A CHIP SENT OUT AND INSTALLED BY SELF TO UPDATE AND INSTILL SECURITY TO THOSE CARS. IN JANUARY OF 2016 I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN MY CHRYSLER 200. MY ENTIRE FRONT END WAS KNOCKED OFF AS I WAS AWAITING A TURN IN A CENTER LANE ON A CITY STREET. MY ENGINE DROPPED AND ALL FLUIDS WERE EXPELLED FROM THIS VEHICLE, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEN I CALLED CONCERNED ABOUT IT I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS TESTED WITH A HAND DEVICE IN A JUNK YARD AND THAT I HAD NOT BEEN HIT HARD ENOUGH OR IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO DEPLOY. I COULD NOT BELIEVE DUE TO THE FORCE AND DAMAGE DONE BUT WAS STILL TOLD BY A CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE THAT THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS BUT WAS RESOLD TO A DEALERSHIP IN CINCINNATI, OH AND PUT UP FOR SALE. I AM STILL RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE CAR DUE TO UCONNECT AND IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAME VEHICLE BEING SOLD AND PUT ON THE ROAD.

NHTSA ODI 11064088

TAKATA RECALL FEBRUARY 2017, I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OF MY MOMS HOUSE WHEN I HEAR A RINGING NOISE IN MY CAR, THE CAR WASN'T MOVING; IT WAS TURNED ON AND PARKED. IT APPEARED ON MY DASH AND SAID SERVICE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE LIGHT STAYED ON AND NEVER WENT OFF. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME UNLESS I PAID THE $200 TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND FIXED. A FRIEND OF OURS DROVE OUR CAR AND ENDED UP GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. HE REAR ENDED A POLICE OFFICER AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE SENSOR LIGHT WAS ALREADY ON. WHICH IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF MY CAR WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDS COMPLETELY REPAIRED ALONG WITH THE OTHER VEHICLES REAR END.

NHTSA ODI 11052600

ON NOVEMBER 29, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM, WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH IN TRAFFIC ON A TWO LANE. I HIT THE BRAKE TO STOP, NO BRAKES, AND I HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER HITTING THEM, I BOUNCED OFF AND CONTINUED TO MOVE WITH NO BRAKES. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO ME CHEST, NECK, HEAD AND BACK. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR IN THE RIGHT SIDE LANE AND EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO STEER INTO A PARKING LOT; STILL WITH NO BRAKES. I LOOKED DOWN TO PULL UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SAW THE SHIFTER IN NEUTRAL. I THEN PUT THE SHIFTER IN PARK AND THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. I DO NOT YET HAVE THE POLICE REPORT. I DID NOT RECEIVE A TICKET, BUT WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL.

NHTSA ODI 11051622

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET TO 60 MPH WHEN THE SIDE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE. A BYSTANDER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY VEERED OFF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THEY MAY HAVE EITHER BLACKED OUT OR FALLEN ASLEEP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DROVE INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE FACE, ARMS, BACK, AND CHEST. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. SPOKE W/ OWNER/DRIVER OF VEHICLE. CONCERN IS WITH DRIVER FRONTAL AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN THIS IMPACT. SIDE AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY AFTER IMPACT INTO DITCH AND NOT BEFORE AS STATED ABOVE.PCO ..UPDATED 09/28/17 *BF .. .UPDATED 10/04/17 *BF UPDATED 10/11/2017*JS VIN NOT AVAILABLE UPDATED 07/23/18*JB

NHTSA ODI 11030205

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT FEB 16 2017. REAR ENDED BY A FORD EXPEDITION. MY AIRBAG CAME ON BUT DIDN'T DEPLOY. I HIT MY HEAD HARD AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR LOCKS AND UNLOCKS ON ITS OWN. IT SLOWS DOWN TO FIVE MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN SPEEDS UP AGAIN. I NEVER KNOW WHAT MY LIFE WILL BE LIKE IN THIS [XXX] CAR. IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING AND I DEMAND ALL THE MONEY I PUT INTO IT BACK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ODI 11025446

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON EVERY TIME THE CAR STARTED. I TOOK IT TO PRESTIGE CHRYSLER AND DODGE TO SEE ABOUT IT. WHILE WAITING ON MY RIDE TO THE ENTERPRISE THERE WERE OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. AFTER 2.5 DAYS OF WAITING THE VEHICLE WAS READY. I HAD TO ASK WHAT THE DIAGNOSIS /PROGNOSIS WAS AND PER DEVON MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING LOOSE UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SEAT THAT CAUSED THE WARNING LIGHT LIT. THE PART WAS REPLACED.

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BROUGHT A VECHICLE AT RUSTON USED CARS. AIR BAG LIGHT ON. TOOK TO CHRYSLER DEALER SHIP. COMPANY STATED CAR HAD NO AIR BAGS IN IT.

NHTSA ODI 10985473

MY CHRY 200, 2015 WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEN MY CAR COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A SCHOOL BUS THE WHOLE FRONT AND DRIVER SIDE OF THE CHRYSLER WAS SMASHED IN AND TORE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON IMPACT, ON A CITY STREET WHILE TURNING LEFT.

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