10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
56,436 miles

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problem #4

Jun 282012

200 6-cyl

  • 3,000 miles
Pulled off interstate after driving for 2 hrs. Into parking lot. Started to pull into parking space and everything thing locked up. No steering, no breaks, everything died except lights on dash. Car was driving fine with no indication of problem. I am told that my car does not fit into the recall for engine failure for this model. Concern with safety as if I had been on interstate going 70mph this would have caused a bad accident.

- Bowling Green, KY, USA

problem #3

Jun 252012

200 4-cyl

  • 77 miles
Car is a 2012 model, purchased three days ago with only 10 miles on it. Today it stalled as it was idling at red light. It stalled as I was making a right hand turn. It stalled as I was turning left into my garage to park. I called my salesman, he claims he knows nothing about it and referred me to the manager. He also claims he has never heard of why this would happen. Yet I find out from a friend to search the internet. I do a search and see many articles from today and over the weekend on this. So, how does a dealer not know about this before selling me the car? concerned about my kids being in the car with me.

- Bothell, WA, USA

problem #2

Nov 182011

200 6-cyl

  • 100 miles
Car continues to have a speed impediment; it hesitates or stalls at 10, 20, 30, and 40 mph increments and also at various times with acceleration from a low speed to a higher speed such as entering a highway from an "on ramp". Chrysler tells the owner to continue to just drive it and the computer will adapt to the car. Car stalls, hesitates or maybe experiences a seizure. In shop for more than 4 times with no resolution. Think this needs to be investigated as a safety recall. Dealer service man was asked if there was a recall and this question was met with an answer that there have been no recalls.

- Zionsville , IN, USA

problem #1

May 162011

200

  • 550 miles
This car was bought new with approx 300 miles brought from a dealer's inventory in kokomo, in to one in northern Kentucky, where it was bought 11 may,2012..it had been on the previous dealer's lot, as part of inventory, I believe since Sep,2011. In total it has stalled while stopped at a light 2 separate times..twice it has either quit while slowing or downshifted causing quite a violent throw forward of persons in their seats while at a relatively slow speed coming to a stop...in the old days it would be the jerk you get while popping a clutch to get a car started with a bad battery.. the third time it stalled was backing out of our driveway...we are now approaching 1000 total miles on the car with less than a month of ownership...made first visit to a dealer service 30 May 2012, ..PCM code was updated, but could not duplicate problem..have had one jerky downshift since then..this has been the recurring theme of many of these instances written up on blogs concerning this model over last 2 years.. side note..this car has remote start capability on the key fob..I noticed a recall last year for some vehicles where they noticed the circuit board inside a fob had vibrated loose, and somehow was sending signals to some component in the car which was causing it to stop...ie. No codes associated with a malfunction like that...might be something to look at too. Twice also, the hint of an electrical smell has been detected...same smell I experienced when the PCM on my 1993 Ford van cooked itself a couple years ago..at first I wrote it off as a new car thing..but combine that with present and past experiences...well, the connection may not be coincidental.

- West Chester, OH, USA