My car was purchased new and is "jerking" and "lunging" while driving and has even died, in gear, while stopped at a traffic light. Service department says that since there is no code, there is no problem. Meanwhile, the problem persists.
2011 Chrysler 200 engine complaints
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Beginning appx two weeks ago, this vehicle has died twice while stopped at a signal light. It was taken into the dealership on 3-5. They said without a vehicle code reading nothing could be done. This is a serious safety concern.
Engine shut off again while at a stop light. This is the third time it has happened.
12/22/11 - while coming up to a red light, almost at a stop, the engine shut off. The lights worked and the radio worked but the engine was off and the steering didn't work. I was able to put the car in park and after 2 tries the car restarted. I took the car to the dealer the next morning and they were unable to tell me why the car shut off because there was no code recorded. 2/16/12 - while pulling up to a light, going about 10 MPH, the engine shut off. Was about to put the car in park and restart the car. Called the dealer and will be taking it in again 2/18. Dealer states since the engine light didn't go off, chances are there won't be any code to let them know why the engine shut off.
I bought the new 200 sept 9 2011. On jan 19, 2012, o again after 1 week, went to the dealer service shop because the low tire pressure monitor light remained illuminated. They reset the tire pressure monitoring system. As I was driving thru the lot, about to leave the dealership, the engine died. So I restarted the car, but it did not run smoothly or sound good at all. It sounded, ran and felt like the fuel mixture and pressure was faulty. Check engine light was now on. I turned around and returned to service dept. And told them what had just happened. They checked into it and after 20-30 minutes said the map sensor need further evaluation and I had to leave the car there. They said map is manifold absolute pressure. They called me later and said the map sensor was bad and needed to be replaced. Notes on the work order say something about a "p0108" maybe it's po108 (zero or an o??) problem. The next morning they said nothing was wrong. Twice since then engine has idled very poorly but it didn't die.
This is the 3rd time the car has died. This is what happened when it died today. Car was being driven by my son on his return from the doctor office. He was driving approximately 30mph and slowing down for an upcoming slope and 90 degree right turn. As the car headed down the slope, it suddenly lost power. He was unable to brake, or turn the wheel. Being unable to stop the car he hit a tree head-on. This deployed both airbags even though he was alone and pretty much demolished the car's front end. The police said if it hadn't been for the tree, I would be sitting in at hospital or planning a funeral, as the car would have plunged down a 25 foot embankment filled with large boulders. I will be contacting chrysler tomorrow morning.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chrysler 200. The contact was driving 60 MPH when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer could not find a defective code to identify the problem with the vehicle. The contact stated that the stalling would occur sporadically and the contact had encountered the failure at least four times without warning. The failure mileage was 5,016.
I purchased this vehicle new in july 2011. The car has a very jerky motion when driving regardless of the speed you drive. I have taken it back twice and the dealership claims it's a computer problem. No error lights show when they test it but so much of the vehicle operation is controlled by computers. The second time I had the vehicle test driven by a chrysler mechanic who felt the jerky motion and stated it's getting caught in between gears and that a computer software upgrade is needed but the car is current in software. The jerky motion has increased and now is a daily occurrence many, many times a day. For the last month the jerky motion (which feels much like the car isn't getting gas and shuts out for a second or when you have a manual vehicle and you don't clutch to change gears and the vehicle shut off) is now accompanied by a bang and the car feels as if it's about to shut off. The car lunges and the noise is so loud the first three times it happened I thought I had been struck by another vehicle.
I first got the chrysler 200m in june 2011. Two days after purchasing I was stopped at a red light and once it turned green I tried to go the car and had no gas, no brakes, and I was unable to put on my hazard lights. The car had completely shut off on me until I placed the car in park, turn the key to the off position, and then restarted the car. My second incident happened when I was stopped at a red light about to take a left. Once the light turned green I proceeded to go and then I had complete engine failure again; while in the middle of an intersection. I lost my gas, my brakes, power steering, my radio shut off, and was not able to use my hazards again. I had to place the car in park and once again restart it for the car to turn back on for me to be able to move out of the way of oncoming traffic. I then brought the car to the dealership where it stayed for one week; they said they were unable to duplicate the problem and therefore couldn't find the cause. The dealership has not given me back the vehicle and requested they drive the car with me to rule out operator error.
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