2006 Chrysler 300: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Oct 23, 2019 · Acceleration, Electrical · 37,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle hesitated and stalled in the middle of the road. In addition, the speedometer failed to function. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact shifted into park and was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to teterboro chrysler jeep dodge ram (located at 469 us-46, little ferry, nj 07643, (201) 440-0222), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 37,000. *cw

Filed Oct 14, 2017 · Engine · 192,000 miles · NJ

When sitting in park and car running it surges up and down. When in drive and sitting at a red light, stop sign or anything that u have to stop for a longer period of time, meaning seconds, the car will hesitate and shut off or stall. It does it all the time, any time. You have to put the car in park, turn the key to the off position and restart if you don't do it that way it will start and shut off immediately. I just bought the car on 9/22/2017 and it has happened everyday since. I've learned that if I put the car in neutral while sitting for just a few seconds it will not shut off.

Filed Nov 14, 2014 · Engine · 71,000 miles · WA

I stopped at a stop sign and the car stalled. It started right up, but had a hard time finding drive when I put it into drive. After that it ran fine. This same problem has occurred many times since. It happens randomly with no warning. It seems to happen more often after refueling, but also happens at any fuel tank gauge reading. Also the car hesitates at freeway speeds on occasion, but doesn't stall when this happens. I took the car to two dealers and after spending $500 they couldn't fix the problem. I called chrysler and they were no help. My wife won't drive the car and I fear it will stall pulling out into traffic after a stop. After some investigation I have realized that thousands of 2006 300c owners have had the same problem and chrysler is fully aware of this issue. How the dealers can pretend they have never heard of this problem and take money from me to fix the problem with my car, knowing they won't fix it, has to be criminal. Safety concerns were never addressed by the dealers or chrysler as well.

Filed Sep 17, 2014 · Fuel system · 130,000 miles · TX

Vehicle stalls while driving. One night while slowing down from 70 MPH to 55 MPH vehicle hesitated but did not stall, check enginge light came on and went off. Next morning vehicle stalled while sitting at a stop sign, restarted and then stalled again after less then two blocks. Took it to mechanic he could not find anything wrong, vehicle drove fine for a few days, then stalled again. Called chrysler customer service and was instructed to take vehicle to dealer and tell them about x-53 warranty. Dealership checked vehicle and stated it was infact the fuel tank and would order the replacement. Told me I was in line to recevie a replacement but they only receive one replacment fuel tank every 14 business days. Car was driving fine for 2 weeks now it's stalling again, does not matter amount of gas in tank car stalls at different speeds and when coming to a stop. Contacted chrysler to see if there was anyway the shipping/ordering of tanks could be increased and this time they tell me my vehicle is not covered under the extended warranty and I had to pay out of pocket if I wanted to have the vehicle repaired. Can this case be re-opened to look at all chrysler 19 gallon fuel tanks not just the ones on the x53 extened warranty listing. Thanks

Filed Apr 3, 2014 · Acceleration · 115,260 miles · KY

Back in september of 2011 when the car had 115260 miles on it, I had been having issues for some time with the car not shifting into higher gears when trying to pass someone on the road. The car seemed to want to stall but then would pick up and drive fine but it got to the point where the car would stick in a lower gear and not get over 58 miles per hour even if I had it floored. They replaced the valve body input speed sensor for this at a tune of $1041.99. Next issue with this car was a tie rod on the passenger side of the car. I kept hearing a knock noise that I just couldn't put my finger on but I told the guys at the garage that it sounded like it was coming from the front tire area on the passenger side. The mechanic said that the tie rod was getting ready to break. The current issue with this model for me is the fuel. I just had a vapor canister installed that did not solve the issue but it did get rid of a few of the problems. When I first started having problems with my car shutting down after a fill up, I thought the gas had water in it but it's not the gas. No matter what station I fill up at, I have the same symptoms. The car will drive fine for about 3 car lengths, then it will hesitate, choke, jump, try to die, jerk forward and then finally stall and shut itself off. Then it will take 3 or more tries to get the car to restart and it may do the same things over again for another block or two. The bottom line is, in the first 3 blocks of driving this car after a fill up, I can expect just about anything and I know for sure it will die on me if I fill it up. If I only put in 3/4 of a tank of gas or less, I am safe but if I let the pump kick off on its own, I'm in trouble. The only thing the vapor canister did was stop it from jumping and jerking, all the other symptoms are still there. This is very dangerous in traffic.

Filed Nov 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 92,000 miles · MD

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.

Filed Oct 17, 2013 · Driver assistance, Engine · 106,000 miles · CA

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

Filed Jun 17, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 100,850 miles · MO

Car stalls after refueling. Difficult to restart and leaves you in a very dangerous situation. We've had it completely stall going 70 MPH down the interstate and almost was involved in an accident while limping to the shoulder. Too dangerous to re-merge after car finally restarts because it will hesitate and misfire or stall again. This will happen about every 2 months with no symptoms between incidents. Also seems to happen more in hotter weather.

Filed Sep 7, 2012 · Engine, Lights · 10,000 miles · VA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300. The contact stated that the gear shifter lever failed to operate unless the shifter cover was removed and the cable was loosened. When driving in cold weather temperatures, the transmission would cause the vehicle to jerk with hesitation. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id numbers 05v460000 (power train:automatic transmission); however the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for repair. In addition, both engine fan motors failed to operate and one of the plastic fan motor blades caused a burning odor whenever driving. In addition, the fog light lens cover was melted. The contact replaced both fog light assemblies. The vehicle was repaired at an independent repair shop. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000. The VIN was unavailable.