The first time I drove this car and snow I could barely keep it on the road. I have been driving in michigan for 24 years and I have never had a car that handled this poorly in the snow. I took the car to my dealership and they told me it is a common problem but chrysler does not have a solution for it. Since then the dealer has split a set of snow tires with me but it only partially helps the problem. The car is terrifying to drive in any snow conditions regardless of the snow tires. It moves from side to side in the snow and can barely be kept on the road. I have a 2 wheel dr. Truck with no wait in it and I'd prefer to drive that over the chrysler in the winter.
2012 Chrysler 200 suspension complaints
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When purchased this car, noticed that it pulled severly to the left, spoke to dealer ship and they stated that it was normal for front wheel drives to do so. So I continued to drive this car but always having to be on alert when driving on highway if car was going to jerk off road. This car handles horrible! I do not feel safe in this vehicle and do not feel if any control was lost, that I would be able to regain control due to this. The dealership has denied that I have ever brought this up, but when my brakes started squealing around 7000.00 mile I then brought it up again and they told me I needed a front end alignment and new brakes! Ok I just bought the car... I told them no, how could that be. Well since then my car has had to have the cylander replaced and they have addressed the jerking with a front end alignment which by the way did not do anything. It still is hard to control and could only do 30 mile an hr in snow before it would loose control. I have more complaints and have addressed chrysler to no avail. They just tell me its the make of the car and that my brakes squealing are because asbestos is no longer in brakes. I told them that I was not born yesterday and have driven more cars than this and never have had this problem. They offered me an extended warrenty and stated that was all anyone could do . I am a very unhappy customer and becasue I am in a lease I can not get out of this car. Only when it crashes will anyone maybe do anything about this. I am seeking the state attorney in idaho to see if they can help resolve this issue .
Excessive "fish tailing" in minimal snowy conditions, very unstable, absolute death trap. I felt like I was going to end up smashing into a passing car or truck . Drove for 30 miles per hour for 260 miles while there wasn't more than one inch on snow on the ground because the rear end of the car was swing in all directions, my wife and daughter terrified. I just bought the car back in august 2013 thus a few months ago and had no issues driving on dry ground but only in snow and wet conditions.
I have made several complaints to chrysler regarding the vehicle not accelerating when it should and not going over 35mph at times. When the vehicle won't accelerate the 6 speed does not work either. Chrysler reset the computer and this worked as a fix for roughly 2 days until it happened again. The vehicle also jumps forward when braking and seems to be jumping very hard through the gears, chrysler has responded every time that they cannot duplicate the problem and to bring it back when it happens again. Today I was driving to work and again the car was jumping when I was braking. The car in front of me braked hard and unexpectedly therefore I had to as well. My car did not stop! Although the brake pedal was pushed as hard as I could the car jumped at least 6 times and made a horrible grinding noise before I finally was able to get it to stop before rear ending the car in front of me. I did make it in to work however, the car did not make any improvements after this, now every time I try to stop the car jumps forward. This car is going to get me, my kids or someone else seriously injured and chrysler has no sense of urgency to seem to get it fixed. From what I have read it is not only my car that is having the same problem. Add it to the lists of recalls please!!!!! Also when I am driving and this happens daily the car jerks very hard between 1st and 2nd gear, this literally causes the car to and feels like it may stall out.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler 200. The contact stated that the ABS warning light illuminated as the front end exhibited a loud metallic noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where a diagnostic was performed, which located the failure at the driver's side front wheel bearing. In addition, the ABS system was faulty. The dealer disconnected the ABS system. The driver's side front wheel bearing was not repaired. The contact also wanted to add that the water pump was replaced due to loud noises that were emitted while driving. The failure mileage was 17,000 and the approximate current mileage was 21,000.
Salutations; I have already contacted chrysler about this problem. Their response was to basically blow me off. The problem is with the rear suspension of the chrysler 200. When ever the rear suspension hits a recessed man hole cover or a pot hole. The rear suspension seems to kick out from its trajectory. This always happens in a straight line, but when in a corner this is very spooky and unnerving. And could be a safety problem in icy/wet road conditions. This happens at all speeds above 30 MPH. I do not know if it is with the joint and rebound of the shocks , or a problem with the angle of attack within the trailing arms and set up. It simply should be a factory misalignment. I also had to return to the dealer to have the headlights adjusted because I could not see past 20 yards. This was adjusted immediately at the dealers. This suspension condition has also been reported in a couple automotive magazines I read.
When driving the vehicle at speeds 30-70 MPH in a straight line and encountering slight dips or bumps in the road surface, a dramatic loss of directional control was experienced at the left rear of the vehicle. The condition is best described as a sudden, violent swerving from the left to the right. The vehicle was very difficult to keep within the lane. This was a rental car from a commercial agency. I returned the vehicle in another town on my trip route, described the problem and was given another car. In a search for similar events on this site, I found one for the same make and model vehicle on a 2011 model year. The id number of that complaint is 10444871.
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