2006 Chrysler 300: engine overheating

Filed Jun 15, 2018 · Body, Engine · 71,000 miles · IA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. While driving at a low speed, the contact noticed smoke under the hood on the driver's side of the vehicle. The contact also mentioned that the temperature gauge increased as the vehicle started to overheat. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and, upon opening the hood, noticed fluid leaking from the engine compartment. Also, when it rained, water entered the vehicle through the roof. On several occasions, while driving 45 MPH, all the doors shook as if they would open. The dealer (economic auto sales, 2715 martin luther king jr pkwy, des moines, ia 50314, 515‑279‑0325) informed the contact that they could not assist because the vehicle was purchased 'as is'. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 71,000.

Filed Mar 21, 2018 · Engine · 160,000 miles · FL

While driving down the interstate, all of a sudden out of nowhere, I noticed that my coolant indicator lever had not moved. A few miles later, it started running rough so I pulled over immediately and then it started smoking so bad I thought it would catch fire! I didn't even want to open the hood because I was so afraid! Thankfully for a fdot officer who did open it and stayed with me in pouring rain until a tow truck came! At the dealership, they told me that the timing belt broke not giving me any warning whatsoever and resulted in my engine failure. They stated I needed to replace the entire engine at a cost of over $7000!!! I could have been killed how this all happened! No warning! No way to have known there was an issue or that the car was overheating! Chrysler should be ashamed!

Filed Mar 8, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 265,000 miles · TX

A week ago I was driving and my car stalled out and dash lights came on and the steering wheel locked up and all I could do was to let it come to a stop after trying to steer it failed. Car would not start at all, it only made a slight noise when trying to turn the ignition switch, but went totally dead. Had it towed home and checked out by a mechanic. Was told that my spark plugs were burned out and the oil pump failed, thenhad spark plugs replaced, thats when it started and stopped for good. That's when I was told about the oil pump and he tried turning the front part of the motor it would not turn, he then told me I need a motor. I've taken good care of my car and have proof. I've seen many complaints about this happening to the chrysler 300's. I'm lucky that I didn't get hurt or in a bad wreck. Is chrysler going to help their customers with this problem or wait till someone is seriously injured or killed. I'm just on social security and can't afford to have it repaired or replaced. I bought this car brand new, now I'm stranded and can't afford to buy a car. They need to help their customers. I was driving the car and was about to get onto the freeway. I also been having coolant leaking and car ran hot several times, couldn't find where the coolant leak was, had to check every other day and add more coolant. No coolant was on the ground under the car. Became hard to start and had me stranded on the side of the road and freeway several times and had to wait for it to cool off before checking and adding more coolant, and waited awhile longer before starting it to drive home. Chr chrysler need to buy this car back. It's been taken care of, looks new, has no dents and no rust, inside is clean, no damage, only little wear. I'm the only owner.

Filed Jan 25, 2018 · Fuel system · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. Bakersfield chrysler jeep fiat in bakersfield, california diagnosed that there was an intermittent failure in which the fuel pump overheated and caused the vehicle to stall without warning. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 23, 2017 · Engine · 149,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. After the vehicle was driven for a few hours and parked, it failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to orlando chrysler jeep dodge in orlando, fl where it was diagnosed that the valve seat dropped, which caused the vehicle to overheat. There were no warning indicators prior to the failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred once before. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 149,000.