2005 Chrysler 300C engine problems

Filed Jul 27, 2022 · Engine, Fuel system · WI

When the fuel tank is topped off the vehicle stalls 2-6 times until the excess fuel is burned off. This has happened on the road, in parking lots, intersections, etc. It causes total loss of power & power steering. Additionally, I usually have to shift to Park, Neutral, Reverse, Drive, Reverse, and then drive again in order to get the transmission to lock back in forward gearing. Causing me to have to additionally pull over, or stop, when/wherever the incident occurs.

Filed Feb 15, 2021 · Engine, Fuel system · 120,000 miles · DE

Every time I fill my gas tank up the car oil light comes on and it stalls. Sometimes it does this 2 or 3 times then it runs ok until its time to fill car up again, then the same thing happens.

Filed Sep 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 120,000 miles · WA

The main grounding wire passenger-side engine block contact point had corrosion(rust) limiting electrical current flow to the wiring harness. This caused too much current to flow to 2 smaller 16 gauge grounding wires attached to the rear of each hemi cylinder head to fry. This directly affects the ccn bus communications to the cpu. Any device, module, or sensor attached to the ccn bus can have intermittent behavior. Examples of very bad behavior in my car: 1. The alarm randomly going off while parked or when driving the car. 2. While parked and the alarm set the sunroof decided to open up during a rainstorm filling my car with 3 inches of rain. 3. The 300c doesn't use a throttle cable. It utilizes a throttle position sensor that communicates with the cpu over the ccn bus. Just touching the gas pedal was the same as pressing the gas pedal to the floor. It's a good thing that when this happened to me there was no traffic on the road and I was close to home. Since this is ccn 2-wire twisted pair bus communication issue anything that communicates with the cpu can have a random intermittent problem. Since these cars are getting older I have to think that there are other cars that are or will have similar issues. Pray to god that your throttle doesn't stick wide open like mine did. I had to keep my foot buried on the brake while I was screaming down the road until I was able to turn off the ignition. Have fun coming to a stop or driving home after that happens. Formally I was an i2c bus communications(2 wire bus) expert at both intel corp and cisco systems. I know what I am talking about. Today I talked with a bremerton chrysler/dodge/jeep technical service representative about this issue. Bottom-line over $3000 to fix. There may have been somebody somewhere that is dead because of this factory defect and no one is the wiser. Why not a factory recall issue?

Filed Aug 20, 2020 · Engine · 243,400 miles · FL

Whenever I do a quick acceleration, my check engine light comes on and the car temporarily lose power. When the car lose power, I cannot control it, which is very dangerous. When the check engine light comes on no codes are stored. Also, I have experience this problem while sitting at a red light. For the most part, this problem mostly occur during acceleration. I have had the spark plugs replaced and throttle body cleaned but the problem presist. From my research, this problem appears to be regular throughout the chrysler/dodge family. This problem needs to be rectified before someone lose their life in an unnecessary accident.

Filed Jan 15, 2020 · Body, Engine · 79,000 miles · FL

I was going to check the oil level when the top of the dipstick came off in my hand. It is made of plastic.; I was opening the drivers door, the handle came halfway off, subsequently all handles have done the same thing. The washer fluid does not spray. These problems all happened in the past 3 or 4 years. The vehicle was stationary for these problems. While turning, the steering wheel would not continue too turn, heard a " thunk", finally turned but the turn signal mechanism does not work now.

Filed Jun 10, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 81,000 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300c. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. Failure codes appeared after the vehicle was retrieved. Lithia chrysler dodge jeep ram fiat of santa fe (4470 cerrillos rd, santa fe, nm 87507, (505) 629-0746) stated that there appeared to be an electrical failure and were checking all the wiring on the harness with multiple codes appearing. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 81,000. The VIN was unknown.

Filed Dec 30, 2018 · Engine · 38,776 miles · PA

A couple months back the engine shut down going down the road, computer checked showing the heat sensor went bad ,had it replaced and also installed a new thermostat just in case. Yesterday 12/6 2018 took the car out and went to the outlets roughly 25 miles away car ran great . Stop for gas on the way back a mile from home, left the station went a 1/4 mile the car shut down again,started right back up went another 1/2 mile and it shut down again, started right back up and went 1/4 mile to the house. Had my son in law who is a mechanic do a computer check and nothing shows up. Car has 38777 miles on it and garage kept, little dangerous since u loose the steering and brakes when it shuts down, fortunately for me I had a place to pull over to get off the highway. Checking with the dealership tomorrow to see if others had this problem. Had a very similar problem with my chryler crossfire years back where the car would not accelerate had some close calls at stop signs had to replace the complete acceleration unite had less than 4000 miles on the car but the car was out of warranty cost me over $300 but the engine didn't shut down like this one.was on a town street when it shut off

Filed Jul 15, 2018 · Engine · 94,995 miles · AK

My car stalls while driving periodically stalls when the car is at idle. It even stallls going down the highway at speeds 65. We have changed everything possible except the engine. The car starts right up after stall but will stall in traffic. I have looked at many forums and they all say the same thing numerous complaints of car shutting off while driving. I have checked all recalls. This is a major safety concern. This happens everyday.

Filed Mar 27, 2018 · Engine · 114,805 miles · CA

My chrysler 300c has 114,805 miles on it. I drove it to the gas station before going home. Filled it up with gas. Went to start it up and it wouldn't. I had to have it towed to the shop. The outside temperature last night was 63. The engine temperature was normal. There were no warning signs. The car drove fine all the way from my office to the gas station which is 33 miles. Mechanic says the valve seat has dropped and the engine is completely ruined now. I now have to pay almost $7,000 to get my car driveable again.

Filed Nov 4, 2017 · Engine · 46,000 miles · WA

Oil light came on at slow speed and engine shut off by it self, on a city street. Why?