2015 Chrysler 200: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Mar 18, 2025 · Transmission · PA

Hard shifting

Filed Oct 22, 2022 · Transmission · CA

Multiple times, regardless of repairs done. The transmission keeps hard shifting in and out of 5th gear. One time to the point where I couldn't shifts gears (stuck in 4th) and was stuck at speeds under 45 mph on a busy freeway.

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 73,300 miles · IN

I drive to work for half hour. When driving the vehicle hard shifts between 30-35mph for no apparent reason, on the highway or in city, the whole car hard shifts and the driver and passenger can both hear and feel it. They test it and say nothing is wrong with any transmission,etc. They refuse to fix even under warranty. The car warms up for 15 minutes before driven anywhere and the temperature doesn't affect it, it divvies both summer and winter now for 3 years!! Now, it pops up awd service and they say it should have no reason to be displaying it. I'm stuck with a vehicle unsafe for my kids because no one can find an issue!

Filed Nov 23, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 80,000 miles · MN

Vehicle literally shuts off abruptly with absolutely no warning signs but restarts again perfectly except for you have to reprogram radio and climate control . The first time it happened which was 2 days ago I was coming to a stop at a stop light and it turned green almost immediately, I pressed the gas and within seconds the car just came to an abrupt stop engine electrical everything went dead. Then today it happened to me twice the first time I was at a fast food drive-thru ordering with my foot on the brake, no warning sign it kind of clunks it jerks and then it says if somebody were to have just shut the car off. The third time I was coming out of the grocery store parking lot, coming up to a light slightly pressing the brake and it completely clunk cut off. I have been extremely extremely lucky that nobody has rear-ended me in any of these circumstances, but I am very dependent on my car however I am now avoiding using it. I looked into the problem by reading articles and this seems to have been a problem at one time for my make and model of car I am very concerned about this problem.

Filed Aug 2, 2020 · Transmission · 57,000 miles · PA

Shifting in my 2015 chrysler 200c awd is horrible. The rough shifting is usually happens between 3rd or later gears. The rough shifting has caused me to think that I was reared ended but its just the transmission shifting. While driving on the highway and the rough shifting occurs, I must be extra careful because my car will jerk while on going over 50 MPH which is very dangerous. The dealership has been no help as no light was on. I have owed my vehicle for just over 3 years now and this was always a problem. It was shifting rough when I brought it with 10k miles on it but I thought it was because it was a newer vehicle as it was my first new car purchase. I am currently around 57500 miles now and it still occurs. I have read many chrysler 200 owners complain of the rough shifting on the new 9 speed transmission.

Filed Dec 18, 2019 · Engine, Suspension · 56,000 miles · MS

Hvac controls blower motor keeps going out and resistor and acuator I have replaced it 3 times . Transmission shift hard violently hard shifts . And suspension is is unsafe whobble at at high speed mechanic cant find problem I've spent $2400 dollars replacing suspension parts and still cannot find the cause of the death whobble at highway speeds. I am located in new albany mississippi .

Filed Oct 4, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 37,000 miles · OH

The transmission drive trans is making a clunking noise every time you would stop I took it in and they updated the PCM and transmission control module it shifted better but the clinking noise is still there.the e break automatically comes on frequently when you put it in reverse out of nowhere. The clinking noise happens more when you're in the city and on the highway end it feels like the ABS comes on as well but not for sure

Filed Aug 13, 2019 · Suspension, Transmission · 38,000 miles · OH

This vehicle has a shudder and a jerking motion at approximately the 28 to 35 MPH range. Also switching the gears from neutral to drive or reverse will freeze. Have to shut the vehicle off and try again. As far as the suspension, the left rear has made a sound almost from the beginning when vehicle was purchased. It makes a clunking sound if going over a bump, or hit a deviation in the road. Was told for the longest time couldn't find anything. Now all of a sudden 1 shock is bad.

Filed Jun 10, 2019 · Transmission · 41,000 miles · OR

There is often a significant delay with engaging drive after reversing and coming to a full stop. There is such a delay such as the usual slight increase in acceleration expected and needed to drive forward that when drive finally kicks in it clunks and jerks until it starts moving forward. This has happened quite often, more than a dozen times. The shifting also seems jerky sometimes while in drive when shifting between the lower gears. I suspect software issues of shift points perhaps or just bad communications between the computer systems that communicate to make the shifts occur at the right times. I made an actual report to chrysler within the last year or so at the same time I reported the issue with the speed control not shutting off (which is an active recall but they say our car doesn't have the problem and is not recallable) but not sure they made note of it in my VIN file. I am going to call them again to see what the person shows in their notes...

Filed May 30, 2019 · 60,000 miles · NV

My transmission does not shift proper, hard shift's into gears and shifts intermittently. I have been taking my vehicle into the shop for two years. The techs tell me chrysler doesn't know how to fix the issue and that I can live with it

Filed Apr 30, 2019 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · OH

Ever since we got this car, the transmission does not shift smoothly, often very rough. We have taken it to the dealer a few times and they always tell us this is how the transmission is supposed to act. I think the federal safety agency needs to look further into this bc no transmission that is this new should be experiencing the rough shift, slip, etc like we have experienced.

Filed Dec 22, 2018 · Electrical, Transmission · 45,300 miles · TX

On 9/16/18, vehicle died and would not start. After several attempts, it started, then while driving down the road, vehicle lost all electrical power and came to a stop in the middle of traffic. Car was towed to dealer where they trouble shooted for several days trying to reproduce the electrical power failure. They found a services bulletin about electrical connection and replaced wiring harness. Over the next several months I noticed my vehicle felt like the transmission was slipping. As time went on, I realized it wasn't a slipping, but a hard shift. The vehicle would also loose power upon acceleration to merge into traffic or changing lanes. This was very scary, but at times it seemed as if the vehicle might lose complete power and die while in heavy highway speed traffic. On 10/11/2018 while having my vehicle oil changed, I asked the technician to drive the vehicle to confirm what I was feeling with the transmission. The technician agreed that the transmission was in fact not shifting or functioning properly. I obtained a quote to have the transmission serviced. The technician advised have the transmission flushed/serviced might help, but often times flushing can cause symptoms to worsen. I opted to not have the transmission flushed/serviced at that time and planned to take my vehicle into the dealer after the holidays. It is now the the 3rd week in december and just this week the hard shifting and loss of power when the vehicle downshifts to merge into highway speed traffic has worsened significantly. I phoned the chrysler dealer today and spoke with my service advisor to schedule an appt. I am to call back on wednesday 12/26 to reserve a courtesy vehicle and schedule appt. To drop my vehicle off on 12/27/2018