Chrysler 300 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 12,956 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system2,994 (23.1%)Official recall records for this system: 20, covering model years 2005–2019.
• Air bags (restraint system)2,334 (18.0%)Official recall records for this system: 28, covering model years 2005–2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)1,932 (14.9%)Official recall records for this system: 24, covering model years 2005–2018.
• Engine1,222 (9.4%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2014–2018.
• Fuel system738 (5.7%)
• Brakes460 (3.6%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2006–2023.

Other / uncategorized: 736 classifications (5.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (9,842 records, model years 2004–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint system) and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (122 records, model years 2005–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (121 records, model years 2005–2023) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
• Manufacturer communications (5,088 records, model years 2003–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Investigations (26 records, model years 2005–2015) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 6,158reports included a mileage
• 73,270average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2003 10 records for 2003 10
2. 2004 17 records for 2004 17
3. 2005 963 records for 2005 963
4. 2006 1,103 records for 2006 1,103
5. 2007 587 records for 2007 587
6. 2008 804 records for 2008 804
7. 2009 168 records for 2009 168
8. 2010 218 records for 2010 218
9. 2011 390 records for 2011 390
10. 2012 704 records for 2012 704
11. 2013 636 records for 2013 636
12. 2014 566 records for 2014 566
13. 2015 461 records for 2015 461
14. 2016 386 records for 2016 386
15. 2017 287 records for 2017 287
16. 2018 386 records for 2018 386
17. 2019 333 records for 2019 333
18. 2020 298 records for 2020 298
19. 2021 259 records for 2021 259
20. 2022 179 records for 2022 179
21. 2023 127 records for 2023 127

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 506mention a crash
• 246mention a fire
• 412mention an injury
• 18mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 122
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 5,088
• Investigations NHTSA 26
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 121
• Owner complaints NHTSA 9,842

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0513 in 16 records · 2018–2021
• P2299 in 8 records · 2015–2017
• P0300 in 7 records · 2013–2013
• P0299 in 4 records · 2019–2020
• P0733 in 4 records · 2020–2023
• P2112 in 4 records · 2005–2006
• P0456 in 3 records · 2019–2019
• P057B in 3 records · 2018–2020
• P0404 in 2 records · 2006–2007
• P0405 in 2 records · 2006–2007
• P0406 in 2 records · 2006–2007
• P0740 in 2 records · 2007–2008

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.