Other Engine Info: Engine Info: SRT HEMI
Sales Code: ESF
Other Restraint System Info: Restraint system advanced multistage front air bags sales code (CG3) with side air bags sales code (CGS)
Plant Company Name: Brampton Assembly
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: LX
Series2: X (Special)
Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD)
TPMS: Direct
Trim: SRT8
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
COMMUNICATIONS:BACK UP ALARM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE REAR BACK UP ALARM WAS INAUDIBLE TO THE DRIVER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE REAR BACK UP ALARM WAS DESIGNED TO SOUND AT LOW VOLUMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. 08/29/06 UPDATED. *TT
2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY CAR HAS BEEN CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES THIS YEAR. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS A WAKE UP CALL THAT I COULD NOT IGNORE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 15MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN ON TO A BUSY STREET FROM ANOTHER BUSY STREET AND BEFORE I COULD COMPLETE THE TURN IT CUT OFF WITH CARS BEHIND ME AND TO MY LEFT AND RIGHT. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR AND STARTED TO VEER INTO THE OCCUPIED RIGHT LANE. I HAD MY TOO YOUNG DAUGHTERS WITH ME AND IT WAS VERY SCARY. I WAS ABLE TO CUT THE CAR BACK ON IMMEDIATELY BUT THIS WAS UNSAFE. THE OTHER TIMES I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AND DID NOT HAVE TO USE THE WHEEL TO STEER. I HAD NO IDEA THAT IF THE CAR CUTS OFF THE STEERING GOES WITH IT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO CHRYSLER WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT, I THEN TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT. HE KEPT THE CAR FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS TO SEE IF HE COULD REPLICATE THE ISSUE - HE COULDN'T. THERE WAS ANOTHER CHRYSLER 300 MY MECHANIC SAID JUST GOT DROPPED OFF WITH THE VERY SAME ISSUE. I CALLED CHRYSLER WHO SAID TO TAKE IT BACK IN AND THEY WILL WORK WITH US TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE I AM NOT CONFIDENT IT WILL GET FIXED AND I BELIEVE THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PUBLIC. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE OTHERS MAY IGNORE IT AT FIRST LIKE I DID. BUT WHEN MY YOUNG GIRLS WHERE IN THE CAR AND I HAD NO CONTROL, I HAD TO TAKE ACTION. *TR