2006 Chrysler 300: steering wheel locks up

Filed Apr 13, 2019 · Electrical · 81,000 miles · CA

My car shuts off while driving. I wait for a minute or so and it turns back on after restart it.. Initially it was only doing this as I was coming off the freeway. Then again a few minutes later at the stop light. It progressed to turning off as I was driving at 65 miles on the freeway. This almost caused an accident. Luckily I was on the right lane and there were no cars directly behind me. Otherwise I would have been rear ended at the least. This is very dangerous and could have resulted in an accident. It also happened on the street while driving 30 MPH. The steering wheel locks up and the car turns off. In a stretch of five miles, it happened about 10 times. I took the car to the dealer and they cannot figure out what is wrong with it. It has been there since april 3 and the dealer still cannot figure out what is wrong with it. They thought it was the battery, then the spark plugs. They still have it and do not know what is wrong with it.

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 Mar 8, 2018 · Steering · 147,101 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated that the steering wheel seized intermittently. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the power steering pump and hose were replaced. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 147,101.

Filed Mar 7, 2016 · Brakes, Steering · 140,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the brake pedal failed to engage without warning. The vehicle stopped independently. The vehicle was towed to the dealer on several occasions; however, the failure was unable to be determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Oct 14, 2015 · Fuel system · 6,500 miles · LA

Turned ignition, car starts right up, then stalls. After several attempts car becomes drive-able but stalls while driving, stopping and turning. At this point steering wheel locks and turning becomes difficult which is scary while in traffic. This problem occurs periodically, sometimes the car will drive okay and then starts stalling. Had this same problem in 2013, took to dealer and had to have gas tank replaced at a cost of $1300.00 dollars.

Filed Aug 12, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 80,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. While driving at 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled. In addition, while in park, the vehicle independently started and jerked and the engine and steering wheel made abnormal noises. The contact also stated that the steering wheel seized and as contact attempted to turn the vehicle off, the key failed to turn and remained in the on position. All interior lights flickered. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Jul 18, 2014 · Engine · 208,000 miles · KS

Engine begin making a loud knocking noise steering wheel locked up could not turn or do anything with the car. I immediately put hazards on, noise stopped car began to slow down until it completely stopped. Car would not start back . Later found out it was do to oil sludge built up. Oil light never came on when the oil was out causing engine failure.

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · 63,000 miles · AZ

I'm writing this because I believe that these 300s with hemis are death traps waiting to happen and strongly feel that a recall is necessary. It's happened about 8 times since we bought the vehicle in july, 2013 but the latest was last week, saturday, march 8, 2014 at about 11:30pm. My husband, my 6 mo baby, and myself had just filled up the gas tank on our way home. We were making a right turn out of the gas station and onto the main road, when the car went completely dead. The engine shut down and the steering wheel locked up. My husband had to put the car in park and, after about 3 attempts and a good 20 seconds or so, he finally got the car started. It spurted a little but started to move. About a mile later, we were pulling onto our street, when the car died again and did the exact same thing. Lucky for us there weren't many cars on the street and everyone was alright but this is not safe! This has happened in the middle of the day when oncoming traffic was going full speed, at least 45 MPH!! Someone can die! After this latest incident, I've refused to drive the car due to it's unreliability and our car is currently at the dealership and has been for the past 2 days-going on 3. It took the service manager 2 days to figure out it's a faulty gas tank and that's after we told him about the federal safety agency investigation, action number: pe13016, which just ended, february 10, 2014. Apparently, chrysler extended it's warranty to cover gas tanks for a lifetime but, not for all chrysler 300s! We are being charged $1,905 for our gas tank to be replaced, which should be eligible for a lifetime warranty on our fuel tank but I called chrysler today and they told me that there is no extended warranty attached to our VIN. Please help before someone gets seriously injured and recall all gas tanks or at least extend the warranty to cover more, if not all chrysler 300s!!

Filed Nov 1, 2013 · Steering · 72,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH the steering wheel locked without any warning. The brake pedal was engaged and the engine was turned off. Upon restarting the vehicle it resumed normally. The vehicle failure was not diagnosed nor was it repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Jan 15, 2013 · Fuel system · 28,784 miles · TX

I have a 2006 chrysler 300c bought it new and never had any problems until 2012 when we were traveling for the holidays and stopped to refuel. After filling the tank we started the car and proceeded to drive, the car started bucking and then would shut off. It did this twice before it stopped and then drove fine for the rest of the trip. It did the same thing on our way home after filling the gas tank but after doing it several times it drove fine for the rest of the trip. Once home the car drove fine until I filled it up with gas and the problem started again. It bucks and then stalls, sometimes it will start right away and other times I had to let it sit a while. This has happened in the middle of an intersection, at a stop light and while just driving along. This is scary as well as dangerous because not only does it stop anywhere which could cause another car to hit you, the steering wheel locks and on one occasion I almost hit another car because I couldn't steer out of the way during a turn. Took it to the dealership and was told I need to replace the gas tank gave me info about cannisters and vapors and not being something that is serviceable. Of course it's going to be expensive but this type of problem is a danger on the road could lead to a serious accident.