I have requested chrysler to buy back this vehicle before it kills someone or me. Issue is transmission selector knob. Safety complaint: just below the radio and at the forward position of the center console is where the AC fan control knob is located, 3 inches below that, is the transmission selector knob. Both are similar in size and shape. The knob has one safety feature that requires the brake pedal to be depressed before the position from park to r n d l is selected. Once in motion (forward) the transmission selector knob can be placed in reverse without any warning that the vehicle is in the reverse position while driving forward, other than a tiny r symbol located between tachometer and speedometer within the instrument cluster and a yellow dash mark under the transmission selector knob that indicates which position the transmission is in. My wife and I have had several incidents where we would reach down and turn the AC knob counter clockwise to reduce AC fan output without realizing we put the car in reverse. Once the car comes to a stop it will be in reverse ,step on the gas and you are going backwards with little time to react. We have several children, teens and tots. Imagine this scenario while in a school zone picking up your child while others are crossing in front and behind the vehicle. Other vehicles with this design require a push down and turn safety feature that works. I understand as a 45 year driver and owner of many vehicles over the years that ultimate responsibilities are the drivers. But you will soon see that this design will kill or injure someone. It is very easy for the passenger to make the same mistake without the driver being aware. It has happened with our teen. She bumped the knob some how and it was in reverse, came to a stop and took off in reverse. Thankfully no one was behind at the time. 1 recall 6 service visits. Darwin
2015 Chrysler 200 transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 MPH, the headlights were activated, but the headlights and tail lights failed. As a result, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained unknown injuries that did not require medical attention. In addition, while parked with the vehicle started, the vehicle jerked forward without warning and crashed into a curb. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100.
While driving at 30mph the 200c jerked forward and completely stopped. All lights on the gear control were lit and the car completely stalled. The system said to pull over safely and to put the car into park and shut the car off. We were unable to do any of this because the care was stuck in drive so we were unable to even push the car to a safe area. We waited 20 minutes in hope that the car would reset itself. Unfortunately it did not and we were advised by road side assistance to disconnect the battery in order to reset the car. Unfortunately we did not have a wrench in the car in order to disconnect the battery and we had to flag someone down for a wrench. Very surprised that roadside assistance did not come out to help with the situation. After disconnecting the battery and waiting about 1 minute the car reset and we were able to restart the car. Since this happened the other day we now drive with a wrench in order to disconnect the battery. When I called for service chrysler said that they are unaware of any recalls for this safety issue!!! This was a very dangerous situation since cars were flying off of the expressway and could have rear ended us. Unfortunately when this happens you are stuck in drive and you can't even push the car. Service department at the dealership was not very helpful until today when I heard from their manager. They told me that there were no recalls for this issue but to bring the car in and they would see what they could do.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. The contact stated that the gears shifted from drive to park several times without warning. The failure was getting progressively worse. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.
My car jerks and/or hesitates while driving. From a complete stop position my car has sputtered without going any place. I would have to turn off my vehicle in the middle of the road and turn it back on so I can get it to go. I have a rattling sound coming from the engine compartment and you can hear it clearly coming from the passenger side with the windows down. A brand new car and it has a lot of tranny issues. The 9 speed automatic is the worst design with major flaws. Chrysler doesn't do anything unless it throws a code. 15 times in the repair shop and it is still there with the same issue that no tech can figure out. Please someone do something about this. The buyback program they offer is a sham don't believe them.
I was stopped at stop sign when I took foot off brake pedal to accelerate it couldn't get traction with back tiers it felt like the back right tire locked up and it jerked back and forth until I took foot off accelerator. I stopped but couldn't see anything wrong. This happened on 8-28-15. On 8-29-15 was in a drive thru and when car is in park and I put in drive it makes a clicking sound from engine and car jerks somewhat with my foot on the brake. I have noticed that when I accelerate it hesitates to go. I am very concerned about this problem because I am almost scared to drive it because of the hesitation to go, and could cause a wreck if the tire thing happens again.
Engine light had came on again as I was driving to the store when it hesitated slightly, several times its been in for "fuel issues" which started back in oct 14', but this time it needed and TCM update. After this was done it came back with a code reading it needed a new transmission. I'm glad mine was just starting the jerking over the last few weeks, even though now that I think about it, it may have been far longer then that but only occasionally, in reverse and when getting up to speed.this car has too many issues and is a safety issue to drive because at any moment your transmission can drop on it. For a new car this is too much and someone is going to lose their life driving this car if it cuts out at the wrong time.
This vehicle has a horrible transmission. It changes gears when it wants to! Several times we have had a issue with the accelerator going like someone put their foot on the gas pedal...by itself!! I have almost rear ended someone 3times because of it. There needs to be a recall on these vehicles.
I was at a stop sign with my spouse and I was taking a right hand turn. The car didn't move at all then all of a sudden it lunged forward causing us to jerk back and forth. I still have lower back pain because of this and my spouse neck was hurting for a couple of weeks. Other than that I have several issues that had yet to be resolved. There is a rattling sound coming from the engine compartment. They told me it was a knock and I have tried different brands of gas and it 's still there. The car still lunges forward from a stop even though it has had an update on its system multiple times. When you put the car in park it rolls forward quite a bit. 2 times it jumped out of park and into reverse. I have had an airbag issue 5 times and today it is at the dealership to be repaired again. It is the right side airbag. Connectors were changed and wiring 4 times. Car hesitates a lot especially from a stand still. I have almost gotten into accidents due to the fact that when I was taking a left on a major road from a complete stop the car rolled a little and didn't go. It hesitated jerked hard and went really slow. A grinding noise came from the tranny. Another issue I have is that my car vibrates. I don't have no AC nor radio on and it just vibrates. The tech told me that chryslers star will not do anything for my vehicle just updates. I'm paying for a car that spends about a week in the shop once a month since april. No one can figure it but they can hear the rattling and feel the sound. I even had one tech told me that I should deal with it that I am not the only one complaining but star isn't going to do anything about it. Yet again it is at the shop today getting an update and the airbag being repaired.
2015 chrysler 200 rented from enterprise rac in dallas, tx. 2.4l four-cylinder/9-speed automatic transmission. Vehicle traveling at steady 55-60 MPH on a controlled-access toll road. I began accelerating to approx. 65 MPH to pass a vehicle ahead, triggering a downshift. I then determined traffic conditions were not favorable to pass, so I reduced pressure on the accelerator pedal to slow down; however, the vehicle continued to accelerate in passing gear for several seconds after I removed my foot from the accelerator pedal before slowing. I was able to duplicate this situation several times at speeds between 55-75 MPH, and each time it took the car between 4-7 seconds after removing my foot from the accelerator for the vehicle to stop accelerating and begin to slow.
Vehicle shut off while driving approx. 40 MPH. Vehicle started blinking put car in park, service transmission, service park break. Then, it shut off on its own. All gears locked up and car would not restart. I was a sitting duck in the roadway. This has happened x2, july 2nd, 2015 and august 10th, 2015. Had it towed both times. First time chrysler dealer stated they replaced TCM. This second time they are stating the car is reading multiple codes and they don't know what to fix.
When I am driving my whole panel turns off and on, I go to take off and it hesiate a few seconds than goes, it does it at stop lights and while on the highway in traffic, brakes make a real loud noise I leave it park most of the time I am at 6320 mile I bought it in april 17, 2015 I should be over 10,000 mile but I am afraid to drive it
While on vacation, I was travelling down a highway at 60 MPH. Suddenly the accelerator on my recently leased 2015 chrysler 200 somehow decoupled with the drive train. The d in my dashboard started flashing and the car began coasting. The engine was on, and I had power steering, but no acceleration. Somehow, without any ability to control my cars speed, I got to the shoulder without being hit by one of the many 18 wheelers on the freeway. The car had just over 800 miles on the odometer. Eventually the car was towed to a local dealership. They helped me rent a car and I continued my vacation. They replaced a faulty crank sensor and I returned to pick the car up a week later. But before id even driven 30 miles, I experienced the exact same problem again. As the d in the dashboard flashed, the car essentially went into neutral and began coasting down the freeway. I almost caused an accident getting to the side of the road. My heart was racing after this horrific and exasperating experience. Chrysler roadside assistance towed the car to a nearby dealership that couldnt recreate the problem, so the dealership where I bought the car had it returned to them. They kept my car in the shop for a full week, eventually replacing the pmc. I picked up my repaired car, but lo and behold, before I had driven much more than 20 miles, the exact same thing happened for a third time, but this time on a surface road. By this time, im out of my mind with fear, indignation and frustration. This is my life. I only have one of them that I know of. I want to extend it as long as possible. The 2015 chrysler 200 is dangerous and I will never feel comfortable driving it. Im looking at all the possible ways I can get away from this unsafe and unreliable vehicle.
I was traveling on highway 17 and attempting to traverse an overpass at 66mph, when suddenly my check engine light came on and the car began to lurch and decelerate. I put on my hazards and was attempting to apply brakes and navigate to the shoulder when I lost my ability to steer the vehicle and the service transmission alarm began going off. I pressed the brakes until the car came to a complete stop (thankfully was not rear-ended) and turned the car off and back on. Luckily the car restarted, however after traveling less than 500ft the problem occurred again. This time I was able to pull into a parking lot and call my husband. I turned the car off and waited a few minutes before restarting, however the car only stayed on for about 45 seconds before it died and would not restart. I contacted chrysler roadside assistance after providing my location, the customer service rep asked me the following question point blank "were you driving down the road and your car stalled?" to which I replied that it was curious she asked me that as it was exactly what happened. I asked her if it was a known issue and she said no she was just required to ask the question. The car was towed to the dealership and the following codes were noted: p2302, p2305, p2308, p2311. Intermittent aod and b feed circuits f3 3. The dealership flashed the PCM, inspected, repaired the pdc connector c4 terminal pushouts on pins 15 & 18. But after reading the numerous complaints here, I was not convinced that the issue was resolved. I contacted my friend and sales person who's father owned the dealership, and they assisted us with a vehicle trade as having your car die and lose steering at 66mph is a huge safety issue. I am amazed at the number of complaints on this site which has failed to raise alarm for both chrysler and the federal safety agency....I guess someone has to die first due to this issue...
Transmission issues: when trans down shifts from 8th to 7th gear it speeds up before down shifting to 6th while braking is a scary feeling. Also jumps out of 5th when upshifting while accelerating. Other issues when pulling in to traffic from a yield lane below 35 MPH trans slips before upshifting and puts you in on coming traffic and the vehicle just hesitates which could cause someone to rear end me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. While pressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The contact shut the vehicle off and restarted the engine which resumed normal operation. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 3,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle decelerated as the instrument panel illuminated. As a result, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired under an unknown manufacturers recall but the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where the technician informed that the engine control module or the ignition control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 2,000.
Had a doctor's appt. Leaving home 2min. Into drive car didn't go over 5mi. Stopped car ran throw gears until I felt it catch ,brakes fade sitting at a light , car speeds up going down hill ,smell of burning wires 6/28/2015 .
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled as the check engine and the transmission warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart after several attempts. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, however the vehicle began to exhibit the same failure. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v090000 (power train) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 12,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 chrysler 200. While driving approximately 65 to 70 MPH when the vehicle was slowed down to approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle decelerated independently without warning. The failure recurred numerous. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The contact stated that the dealer was aware of the issue, but the vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.
For the second time now car stalls while driving in traffic and quits pulling almost been in two accidents.
I was made aware of a recall effecting certain VIN#s in the model year 2015 chrysler 200 line. This recall was for "contaminated, dislodged or broken parking pawl or park rod (the federal safety agency recall id 15v‑090): ". When I search by my VIN# I do not see that mine is included but I can tell you from shortly after purchasing the vehicle until now, on a weekly basis I will pull into a parking spot/driveway and put my car in park and it will continue to roll forward or backward 1-3 feet before it actually stops moving. It seems to me that either the dealership failed to inspect this car properly before we purchased it or that that there are more VIN#s that should be evaluated for the issue. I would be happy to take my car to the dealership so that they can experience what this car does.
The transmisson lunges and delays when shifting.this does not happens all the time but does occur. Once at a stop light, when the light turned green there was no response when I stepped on the gas peddle.after I let up on the peddle and pushed it again there was a response. The delay was long enough to have cars blowing their horns behind me. I fear that the transmission could fail anytime.
On 7/19/15 I was driving my newly purchased chrysler 200s with approximately 10300 miles. While approaching a stop light at 10mph, the car lost all power and coasted to a stop with a "service transmission" message flashing on the screen. I was not able to shift the car out of drive, and the gear selection was blinking in drive. I had to shut the car off and was stranded in the middle of a busy road for 15 minutes. I restarted the car and was able to drive it to the dealership. They replaced the TCM module and re-flashed the software. On 7/22/15 I returned to the dealership to pickup my car. While the service technician was pulling the car around, the car's transmission failed and was stuck in reverse this time, unable to shift out of reverse. They reprogrammed the valve body and performed a re-learn. I picked the car up 7/23/15 and was assured everything was fixed. While driving home from work on 7/24/15 on the interstate (75mph), the cars transmission again failed, leaving me with no throttle power on the interstate, nearly causing a collision with a semi truck. The same error messages as the first incident were flashing on the car's screen. I coasted the car to the site of the interstate and shut it off completely. After 15 minutes I restarted the car and drove it to the dealership. I am very concerned this car is going to get myself or someone else seriously injured.
1st incident: june 26th car dies in driveway. Engine is running no power to wheel. Have it flat bedded to greenwood chrysler cortland ohio. They say it was a bad connection in computer. Replace two connectors. Get car back on 6/30/15. July 1st, driving car down road doing 25 to 30 MPH, loose all power to drive train coast to side of road. Flat bed it back to dealer. This time the say the are replacing wiring harness is shifter. Get car back on july 11th driving back from dealership loose power to drive train again going over a rail crossing. Thank god was able to coast across and to the side of road. Flat bed it back to dealer notify chrysler headquarters given a case number. Get car back on july 21st again they said they replaced another wiring harness. Car loses power to drive train again. 17 miles from dealership right before crossing a four lane highway. If I let this car back on the road some is going to get killed in it. Please note this is a fully loaded car with a 9 speed transmission. I think if you investigate this is not the only one having problems.
I was merging onto the highway and my dashboard started blinking telling me I had to park the car. Once I parked it I could not get it to start again and had it towed to chrysler. They said they couldn't find anything wrong with it and reset the PCM to get it to start again.
2015 chrysler 200. Consumer writes in regards to transmission problems and other mechanical/ technical issues. *smd the consumer experienced transmission failure. The engine light on the dash illuminated. The vehicle shifted roughly, there was a faulty transfer of power, and the vehicle surged forward unexpectedly and the engine refused to turn off. The consumer was informed the transmission software was adjusted and the problem was solved. However, two days later, the engine light illuminated again. The consumer returned to the dealer and the following day, he was informed the vehicle needed a new transmission. The vehicle was returned to the consumer four days later with the replacement transmission. However, the consumer continued to experience similar problems before the replacement. The vehicle shifted roughly and intermittently, while cruising, and when lightly pressing the gas pedal, the vehicle would seemingly hesitate only to engage after a moment of uncertainty.
Car will randomly shift from drive to neutral while driving and become completely unresponsive. Some times it allows you to pull over and put into park then drive, most times the entire car except the radio, become unresponsive and have to pull positive battery terminal to reset car. I've brought the car in for service 3 times now with same issue. Every time is getting more and more dangerous as problem is not easily reproducible and have almost been struck by cars from behind or on side of road.
My vehicle has on multiple occasions experienced a jerk in which the vehicle will accelerate with and force from myself. The 9-speed transmission will shift at such a rapid and uncomfortable speed that the car jerks at ever shift. I was braking for a stoplight last week when the gear shifted and jerked causing acceleration that almost made me rear-end the vehicle in front of me already stopped. I have already had my transmission replaced two weeks after buying the vehicle. They then replaced the computer system and am now still experiencing the same issues. I was told by the dealership that there is nothing they can do until chrysler releases a recall that provides a computer update to fix the issue. I emailed corporate but they refuse to respond to me and no one will provide assistance on this issue. I honestly just don't want to killed in an accident because of chrysler's' negligence.
Tuesday, june 16, while driving 60mph to work an audible ding, and the d indicator flashing and no power to the wheels, but engine running. I shifted to n then d and resumed power to the wheels. I took to dealer where they had the car for 3 days, and said they did a software update to correct. Sunday, 4:30pm, july 5th. Waiting at stop light there was an audible ding, and the dashboard lights flashed and the automatic s indicator flashing and there was no transfer of power to the wheels. I turned the shift knob to n then back to d, and the transmission engaged, but the ESC (electronic speed control), not the traction control, light on the dash came on and wouldn't shut off until I stopped the car and restarted the ignition. Monday july 6th, 11am, while driving on the highway around 60mph, the audible ding, then d indicator started flashing and there was no power to the wheels, but the motor is running. I turned the shift knob to n, then back to d and the power to the wheels engaged, but the ESC indicator stayed lit. This happened three more times within a 6 hour period as I was on a long drive out of state. Friday, july 10th, the audible ding, then all the dash lights flashing, and a message on the display"service trans stop safely shut off engine to engage park". I just got on the highway going 40mph, and barely got to the curb, and I couldn't turn the shift knob as it was locked. All the shift indicator lights were lit. I turned the car off and restarted and continued to drive. Monday, july 13th, just left the house for work and got about 2 miles going 30mph and the same scenario with the "service trans stop safely...." occurred. I'm trying to schedule another appointment for service.
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