2012 Chrysler 300: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Sep 6, 2026 · Airbags, Electrical · TX

Vehicle received passenger airbag inflator recall service at Viva CDJR in El Paso, TX. The dash disassembly disturbed adjacent wiring/BCM connections, and after driving, vibration caused a short/ground fault, creating runaway wipers, A/C failure, transmission limp mode, check engine and power steering lights while in transit. Dealer has kept the car for over two weeks and refuses to scan diagnostic trouble codes or inspect the recall-adjacent wiring harness. The vehicle has never experienced this issue prior to the recall service.

Filed Mar 1, 2024 · Electrical, Fuel system · NM

goes into 4th gear and will not shift up or down DTC P1DD2 gas leaking from sending unit area and fan wont kick on untilk 230F also has electrical problems

Filed Nov 14, 2022 · Electrical, Suspension · NM

Esc off light comes on and transmission does not shift has loss of power gets extremely bad gas mileage. Whole engine shakes and bucks as if misfiring., cruise control nor sport mode engage.

Filed Aug 17, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · GA

Was on my way home from work and car completely lost power as I was preceding to go after stopping at a stop sign. I was LITERALLY in the middle of the road. Car wouldn't crank AT ALL. Engine started OVERHEATING causing smoke to disburse from engine. NO WARNING LIGHTS before this occurred. A big truck was coming down the road and I had to exist the vehicle. Luckily a car wasn't in the other lane so the truck went on the other side of the road. I was terrified! I called 911 to get a deputy dispatch to direct traffic around my car to avoid mutiple COLLISION. I had to have my vehicle towed. I never want another Chrysler again these cars are UNSAFE. I could have died what if my child was in the car?! I took my car to a mechanic to put on computer scanner and it gave off SEVEN codes ALL due to ELECTRICAL ISSUES! CAR IS APPARENTLY STUCK IN LIMP MODE IDK I'M SO CONFUSED AND DISAPPOINTED. I reported the issue to Chrysler recall line and they did NOTHING.

Filed Jun 22, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 98,000 miles · OK

My battery light came on when I was leaving the grocery store. About a mile away I stopped at stoplight at a busy intersection on the highway and dash lights started coming on and off, radio and AC coming on and off and then car dies and will not restart. After 5 or 10 minutes get it restarted and will barely move. Luckily there was an auto parts store just around the corner. When I pull in the parking lot, car will not shift out of drive, will not shut off, wind shield wipers come on and won't go off, gauges all going crazy and have to use emergency brake so my car won't run through the front of the store while I go into store to get help. The guy hooks up to diagnostic device and it gives a read error. (hooks up to another car and no error). Finally get car to shut off after about 20 minutes. He tests battery and comes back low. New $200 battery and starts up fine, everything working again. Pull out of parking lot and start smelling something burning, smoke coming through vents, weird sound. Pull over and same things happen - gauges going crazy, wipers on, won't shift out of drive, won't turn off. Get out of car and take key out with me and wipers come on. Have to take out fuse to get them to go off. Lights come on. Have to disconnect battery to get them off - all of this when the key is not even in the car! $60 to have car towed to shop and $600 to have alternator replaced. Why is the 180 amp alternator not part of the p60 recall when it is having the same exact issues as the 160 amp alternator that was recalled??? I keep seeing others saying they keep having the alternator go out again even after they replace it. I have had this car for 5 years and never and problems with it other than general maintenance stuff. I don't not feel safe driving it any longer.

Filed Apr 17, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 101,784 miles · DE

While driving a red low battery light comes on while driving on the highway...car starts to shut down and I find a sage location....as I pull to a sage location car losses control...the steering wheel locks up and it will not shift into park...this goes on for 5 min as the car is turning wind sheild wipers on and radio flickers on by it self...so I replace battery and proceed to drive home...I get about 20 min down the road and it proceeds to happen agin...not only does the headkights cut iff at night...but MPH read 0 and I was going over 50 MPH

Filed Jul 7, 2016 · 35,000 miles · OH

My car would not shift into park, it stopped in reverse. We had to then push the shifter into park.

Filed May 19, 2016 · 10,000 miles · WA

Total engine failure: car in motion 60 MPH freeway, low battery warning flashed, external mirror vehicle proximity flashed and stopped working, audio shut off, tachometer and speedometer cycled 0 to max reading, pulled car off highway, transmission would not go into park. Applied e-brake.exited car. Engine rpms max to low for 10 minutes, top of engine coolant tank blew up into closed hood. Total repair estimate exceeds $ 8,000.00 engine replacement reccomended, does not address electrical system failure has not been addresed yet.

Filed Feb 9, 2016 · Transmission · 20,100 miles · MD

The gear shifter sometimes does not go into park and on one occasion I got out of the car without realizing and immediately jumped back in, reengaging the park position. Since that time, I double check each time before getting out. Have not liked this shifter since I bought the car in 2012, since obtaining the correct gear takes sometimes several attempts. My wife also has this difficulty.

Filed Jan 5, 2015 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · TX

Two recent issues with this vehicle. Abs/ecs warning light began coming on intermittently then over one weeks time it stayed on for longer periods. Light now stays on constantly after starting and moving the vehicle a short distance. Recently was driving at about 30 MPH and the car hesitated, check engine light came on and service transmission warning appeared on dash display. The vehicle drove like it was in low gear engine RPM 2000 and moving under 20 MPH. Pulled the vehicle into a safe spot tried to put the vehicle in park. Worked the shift lever however the car would not go into park nor could I turn the vehicle off. Eventually was able to get the car into park, not sure exactly how I did it, but was able to shut the vehicle off. Contact chrysler road side assistance and they dispatched a tow truck to service the vehicle at a local dealer. The dealer service shop is back-up and will be a couple of days before they can examine the vehicle. Spoke to chrysler technical support they conformed the vehicle has no existing recall notices.

Filed Oct 15, 2014 · Brakes, Engine · 43,000 miles · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chrysler 300. The contact stated that the vehicle would not shift gears intermittently. The contact mentioned that the service engine, the ESC sensor and the ABS sensor warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was not inspected or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was not included in recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v197000 (electrical system, service brakes, air). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.