2007 Chrysler 300: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Aug 21, 2025 · Brakes · OH · fire

On August 18th, 2025 around 6:45 pm, our anti-lock break system stopped working, started smoking and caught fire. The fire came up through the engine under the hood and melted everything. There were no warning signs. Just smoke and flames. Luckily we were able to pull over and exit the vehicle. The fire was extinguished with 2 fire extinguishers. The car is a total loss.

Filed Aug 12, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · MI · fire

My car was parked at my house last nite and I came home to fire department at my house extinguishing my car that was engulfed in flames. The fire department said it was electrical fire. They told me they think the battery got to hot and caused the fire. The vehicle will be with progress insurance garage. For inspection. If me or my kids were in the vehicle we would of been either burnt beyond repair or dead. No warning lights at all. No noises nothing it ran perfect. My insurance progressive is taking my vehicle today or tomarrow for inspection.

Filed Apr 27, 2018 · Fuel system · 162,126 miles · TX · fire

April 23 my battery caught on fire in blow my whole car up fire marshal told me electrical problems

Filed Aug 30, 2017 · Electrical, Seats · 2,000 miles · TX · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chrysler 300. The contact stated that she placed her purse on the passenger seat. When she moved her purse, she noticed that it turned brown. The contact noticed that the passenger seat started to turn brown and crusted. The contact's husband unplugged the front and rear battery and the passenger seat started to smoke and caught fire. The contact's husband started to extinguish the fire with a water hose. The fire department was called and continued to extinguish the fire. The fire detector determined that something was on, which caused the fire. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to call the insurance company. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

Filed Apr 11, 2017 · Airbags, Transmission · 120,000 miles · FL · fire · 1 injury

Tl* takata recall. The contact owned a 2007 chrysler 300. While parked, the vehicle began to roll away. The contact was able to gain access to the vehicle and the air bag inadvertently deployed and caught fire. The contact sustained burns to the face, hair, right arm, and a gash in the left leg. Medical attention was required. The contact stated that her clothing also caught fire. A police report was not filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 16v352000 (air bags) and 15v313000 (air bags). The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000. ..updated 05/09/17 *bf

Filed Oct 18, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 80,000 miles · TX · crash · fire

Driving 60 miles per hour on a houston,texas crowded and busy freeway. My chrysler 300 caught on fire immediately followed by thick black smoke and a strong smell of burning of burning plastic. The car caused cars to come to a complete stop on a 5 lane freeway because of the thick smoke. My steering wheel locked so loss of steering,brakes became mushy. Right before the loud boom fire and smoke. The check engine displayed and then the other lights in the instrument panel and sound of a pop then boom of smoke all within approx 5 seconds. It happened really fast. I have no special equipment. No rewiring of stereo equipment or any other kind of rewiring. All factory parts.

Filed Sep 21, 2014 · Engine · 103,000 miles · AZ

When driving my car there was no indication from the panel that there was a problem; car completely shut off motor over heated, car does not run at all. The panel of the car did not show anything at all car could have easily caught on fire with me locked in it failure of the system of the vehicle.

Filed Jun 25, 2014 · 67,000 miles · FL

Heard loud noise when nearing home. Was inside home park. Car seemed okay so continued couple blocks to driveway. Pulled into driveway and saw some smoke coming out of hood. Had my son look under hood to find cooling fans come apart. Visible damage to radiator. Called dealer and they towed car to their facility. Manager called this morning to verify damage, had extended warranty coverage but they would not fully cover cost from chrysler repair department, difference of about $350.00. I feel that this a cost that chrysler should absorb as I feel that it was defect of chrysler components.

Filed Dec 13, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 125,000 miles · MN · fire

Vehicle parked in my driveway for 3 hours when it caught fire. Vehicle fire started under hood . Vehicle is totaled.

Filed Apr 14, 2010 · Electrical, Engine · 61,000 miles · TX

We had purchased a chrsyler 300 in jan 20,2007 we got the car with only 42 miles on the car since 2007 the car had been in the shop of the dealership four times. In may of 2007 we took the car in cause the A/C was not cooling at all. The dealership told us that we needed a brand new A/C compressor so we said ok but when they fixed it we had to pay 650 dollars cause our warranty would not cover it so we said what about the factory warranty they said no also so that one was time. Second one was in 2008 shifter cable busted and the dealer ship told us that the cable got hot and it busted ok we didn't pay for that but we had to pay for the new shifter they installed cause they said that the shifter was broken I think they broke it cause it was find when we had it. Third one was in 2009 the cars computer went out and the dealership doesn't know why but that it had caught on fire so we just paid our deductible so I was ok with that. So I remember telling my wife lets see what goes wrong with the car in 2010. But this was the worst coming home from driving about 50 MPH and the car shuts off and the brakes lock in place but lucky I was alone and not with my family. So I called a wrecker to give me a boost but they couldn't start the car so we took it back to the dealership comes to find out we have a blown motor and they said it was caused by not doing oil changes how an that be if we bring it here to get the oil changes so he didn't know what to say but im already 61000 miles and my warranty people old republic don't want to fix so we saw the motor and it was cracked in half so our family mechanic said that the metal shavings was due to the oil pump went bad so nobody wants to fix but it would cost about 8000 dollars for a new motor so people careful on what u buy.

Filed Sep 4, 2007 · Electrical · GA · fire

This is in regards to my brothers vehicle presently he is deploying to iraq- on july 23 his 8 month old chrysler 300 went up in flames-- the military police found no foul play and chrysler says it was not their fault.