The noise started over a few months to now a gradual loud metal "ticking" noise when idling . I looked up various sites and apparently the rocker arm assemblies have had a problem in these vehicles of this age. I contacted chrysler who refused to communicate and or take to do anything about this problem. I read that the rocker arm assemblies were faulty at the manufacturing date of these vehicles yet chrysler will do nothing, there is apparently a new kit available to repair.. This is not a high mileage vehicle yet it has this loud metallic ticking noise coming from the engine and it is getting worse.
2006 Chrysler 300 engine complaints
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Engine shut off after tank fill up.
The car was filled up with fuel and no more than 2-5 miles from the gas station while driving the engine cut off with no warning while in traffic. Was able to restart the engine and continue on and within a mile it stalled out again in traffic. This time the car would not start. The car was pushed to the side of the road. The oil pressure light was also coming on so did not want to push the car and cause further damage. After 45 mins I restarted the car fine and was able to drive 1 mile before it stalled out at a stop sign. Again no warning and the car lost all power and you were unable to stop the car easily or turn the wheel since all power was lost. The oil pressure light did come on again but did not occur until after the car engine cut off and all power was lost. This time I checked the oil and the level was fine but I still added an extra quart of oil. Then within 5 mins I was able to start the car and drive it the rest of the way 1-2 miles to the dealership. Upon arriving at the dealership we checked the error coded. The dealership than changed the oil and did a full inspection and drive of the car and was unable to reproduce the issue I was seeing before going to the dealership.
On three occasions the car stalled, twice while sitting waiting for a stop light change and once when entering the street from an access street going approximately 20 miles per hour. This has never happened before.
After refueling the car will stall after leaving service station. Very dangerous, loss of power steering,brakes,engine dies. Was told it was purge solenoid had it replaced. Seemed to be alright for awhile , but it has happened again. I looked up problem on internet & it appears this is commend problem.
After filling the chrysler up with gas for the last 6 months, maybe more, the car starts and then within 3 feet it shuts off. The computer says that the system is ok. This happens 3 to four times in traffic. It has caused minor bumper problems. It is a serious safety issue. Finally, it was supposedly, inspected by bettenhausen, fiat in tinley park, but we never got a response or the problem alleviate. It did the same thing today on the highway. Thank god, there were no cars next to me. I had to pull over because the car stopped without warning.
Filled up tank at local gas station.. After starting, the engine stalled out at the gas station. Restarted the engine and headed home, which is one block from the station. Pulled into driveway and the engine stalled again. Momentum carried me under the carport. Restarted engine 5 more times. Each time it stalled out. Had to find alternate transportation for out of town trip. Cannot safely drive this vehicle with this continued issue. 300c.
Engine stalls and dies frequently at idle and road speed after fill-up.
My vehicle is well taken care of but recently I have had the engine stall while running when I come to a stop like on a turning lane, at a stop sign, a signal light. This would happen when the car comes to a stop while running. What I have noticed is that as I slow down for a stop the idle RPM's drop down low and make the car stall and the engine stops. If I feel there is a safety concern I'll put the car in neutral and rev the engine to keep the RPM's from dropping out and stalling. The stalling has compromised the safety of driving as I never know when its going to happen or if it will happen. The car has went to the dealership but they could not find the problem because no code showed up and they could not duplicate the stalling in the shop. I also took it to my personal mechanic where it could get some real attention and unfortunately he could not duplicate the problem either. He did clean the throttle body. I'm waiting for the car to stall again to retrieve the soft code by towing it directly to the shop.
Vehicle stalled shortly after refueling. This has happened a number of times. Vehicle now has 170,000 miles.
After fueling vehicle, car stalls several times shortly after leaving gas station. Must stop, turn car off, then back on each time. After driving around 3-4 miles, problem dissipates. Always fill car on slowest setting on nozzle and remove when clicks off ( never overfill). This is very unsafe.
Chrysler 300c srt8 2006 stalls after refueling. This has been dangerous for me since I'm just making the connection between the unexpected stalling in intersections and refueling. The car will 'buck' unexpectedly and the stall. I was able to restart but it continues stall for some time after the refueling. I understand an investigation is underway for this issue. Please add my complaint to the pile.
When the chrysler 300 hemi 2006 receives a full tank of gas, the chrysler 300 hemi 2006 shuts off after the initial start of the engine and an additional two to three times. After several starts of the engine, the chrysler 300 hemi 2006 begins to move, but stalls and chokes while in motion. During the stalling and choking the chrysler 300 hemi 2006 looses steering ability.
Our car is chrysler 300c awd model year 2006. Currently car has about 46000 miles. Recently without any warring engine stops to work. First incident occurred on december 11, 2013 shortly after we left the gas station were we fill up the tank. We could not restart the car and towed the car home paying fee of $75. Next day the car started and we were able to drive the car. Second incident occurred on december 27, 2013 while driving for few miles right after we fill up the tank. The car stopped without warring on main road. Luckily, we were not in an accident and were able to restart the car and drove to side line. The car is now in our garage but we are unable to drive from fear of being in an accident as we deem the car unreliable. We researched on the web sides and discovered that many other owners of this car model and cars with similar engine train have identical or similar experiences and have filed formal complaints.
I was driving on the highway on my way home from work and all a sudden the check engine light came on and the car shut down and the RPM dropped. I couldn't steer or anything. There was no warning or nothing luckily I was able to drift slowly to the side and there wasn't no serious accident. I restarted my car and it drove normally after this incident but check engine light stayed on then again today on the 24th of december I was driving to the store and the same thing happen but again good thing I was in the far right lane to pull over...im not a rocket scientist but this isn't safe to drive my car and especially while I have my kids in the car, something bad can happen.
While driving I recently heard my car making a ticking noise so I decided to take it in to be checked & while there have my vehicle get an early oil change. The next day I called to find out what was making my car tick well to my surprise I was told it was my engine & that while they were doing my oil change they saw that my oil was greyish in color & it also had metal shavings in my oil...which means my engine is breaking down. They advised me to not to drive home on the highway but to take the streets home. How could this be? My car is only seven that's right only 7 years old with only around 58,503 miles on it (and by the way I purchased my car brand new I'm the only owner) I now find out that chrysler only covers their vehicles for 3 years or 36,000 miles or what ever comes 1st.
I was driving my car down the street at approximately 30mph and the engine shut down without any warning; however,the radio and dashboard lights stayed on. I was able to start the car up immediately with no hesitation. This happened once on 11/18/2013 and twice on 11/20/2013. The check engine light never illuminated to indicate a problem on any of the 3 occasions nor have any codes been put out. On 11/21/2013, I had the car towed to a repair facility. Prior to these 3 incidences, I had never had this problem nor any major problem with my vehicle, which I purchased brand new in june 2005. This problem did not occur after refueling, my tank was half full when the problem first occurred. The repair facility has had my vehicle for 7 days now and the car has stalled on them several times as well, however, they have no idea what the problem is. The facility has been in contact with chrysler technicians and has researched the technical bulletins, with no solution to the problem. The repair facility determined that the issue sounded related to the throttle body even though the car didn't kick out any code so they checked the throttle body and noted that its voltage was out of the specification range so they replaced it and updated/reset the car's computer, but this did not fix the problem as the car has stalled since they've replaced the throttle body.
My car (300c awd) stalls after fill up. This has happened several times on a trip from california to georgia. I was filling the car three times a day. Moving from the fuel island to the interstate on-ramp the car will die making brakes and steering lose power as well. The car will restart and function correctly until the next fill up or it may stall once or twice again. The condition does not happen when stopping with out filling. I was able to shift into neutral and restart while rolling but this could be difficult in white knuckle situations. There is another condition that may or may not be related: some times when starting to fill up, the gas pump nozzle shuts off due to "splash back" in the car's filler tube. I can remedy this by repositioning the pump nozzle to one side or the other. Once started, I can complete filling the car. My mechanic was at a loss with solving this problem.
The engine stalls repeatedly after filling the gas tank. This has occurred many times over a number of months. The chrysler dealer can't fix it and it has nearly caused an accident on two occasions.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, a loud unusual noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who stated that the camshaft would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.
This problem continues. The automobile now has 42000 miles and the charcoal fuel canister has been replaced. The engine stalls at various speeds, usually at low speeds after refueling. At times it will stall while sitting at a stop sign or a traffic light. It takes sever attempts to get the engine restarted. In any kind of traffic situation it becomes dangerous to operate the vehicle.
Car stalls out when driving for no reason no warning signs or anything loss of all power no brakes working or steering wheel almost crashed brakes get hard and steering unable to use.
After refueling the vehicle has started stalling. It stalls on and off until the tank is below 3/4 of a tank. It happens 9 out of 10 times.
I was driving on the off-ramp of a freeway and my car abruptly stalled. There were no warning lights or anything. After several tries, my car started up again. Approximately 2 months later, the same thing happened while I was driving on the freeway. This time, it took approximately 20 minutes for my car to start up again.
After filling up with gas at the same place I always do I began to drive home at the first light I was fine at the 2nd light the car stalled I put it n and started the car up and drove home about 1 block. In the morning I started the car up to go to work it ran fine for the first 2 blocks the stalled again. I started it up again and drove to work. I was terrified. After getting it home I thought I would drive it around the neighborhood for a few days to be safe and not go on the freeway. It still hesitated and felt like it wasn't running right. Still wanting to stall. I then parked it for fear of being on the road and it stalling and someone running into me and killing me. With this many complaints about the same thing why is there not a recall on this problem. Are they waiting for someone to be killed first. I did love this car but cant drive something this unsafe....help
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where it was stated that the sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the problem persisted. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
While driving 50mph, car starting making a knocking nose, then the car stopped. Car was towed to the mechanic. Engine failure "lock up motor" was the diagnoses. The oil in the vehicle was routinely changed. Just had a full tune up 4 month prior to the engine failing.
Our chrysler 300c has stopped running while driving at least 10 times over the last year or so. On freeway and city streets. It usually starts back up once your stopped. My wife is afraid to drive it anymore. It is a very scary situation. No engine, no ps and no brakes. No code or check engine light. Everyone I have talked to with a 300 has had the same problem, no matter what the year or engine. Like most there is no sense taking it to dealer. They just say no code and give you some bs story about what caused it. No come up with a fix. Chrysler knows they have a problem and won't man up and fix it. They would rather someone die first to save money. It has to be in the computer. Just like toyota and their fly by wire throttle that was causing all the crashes. What is the public suppose to do if they won't step up.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the failure could not be replicated. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Car stalls intermittently. Will go weeks or even months without incident but then will stall several times when starting. Using when stalling process starts it will also die upon stopping. Car also will be driving down the street and will not be able to get past 3rd gear. Car will redline at about 45 MPH but will not shift out of gear. Occasionally it will shift roughly and typically when gas is let up it will go into next gear. Has been doing these things off and on for the last year or so and when I tell the dealership about the problem they have not been able to diagnose the actual problem.
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