2005 Chrysler 300C: engine failure

Filed Oct 16, 2017 · Engine · CA

The cylinder valve seat fell off the cylinder head, then fell down into the piston causing damage to the valves and piston thus the only repair possible is to replace the engine. Not sure when this happened because there were no warning signs.

Filed Jul 8, 2015 · Engine · 147 miles · CA

I was driving home from work in a residential area around my home going about 25-27mph. I came to a stop and my car literally went up in white smoke, leaked large amounts of oil and than the car shut off, at time I didn't know what the problem was and have been till this day taking it to many repair shops to have what they thought was wrong fixed until I finally took it to engine specialist and said engine blew. I have not had car more than 3 years and chrysler doesn't want to do anything about and refuse to help. It is not fair to us who pay so much money on a car that chrysler them self told me was a big issue in the 2005 chrysler 300c 5.7 v8 hemi having engine failure and don't even recommend people to buy this paticular model of car.. Please help I don't know what to do and think these engines should be recalled and chrysler should be forced to fix them.

Filed Jan 19, 2015 · Engine · 100,200 miles · FL

Car had been running fine. All routine maintenance done regularly. Came home tuesday night. Attempted to start car next morning would crank but not turn over. Car was towed to shop and mechanic advised no compression on #3 cylinder. Engine needs to be rebuilt. How can a car run fine one day and with no warning indicator alerts and no trouble running need a new engine the next? Mechanic states possible valve spring came apart.

Filed Mar 21, 2014 · Engine · 57,775 miles · FL

New engine installed in 2008: every time, after I put fuel into the gas tank and drive away, the engine surges and then stalls multiple times during the 15 min trip home. At times the car surges forward and I have to break to avoid hitting a car in front of me. My car is a 2005 chrysler 300 hemi with a new engine installed in 2008. My original engine was flooded with water, hence the replacement.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 81,400 miles · IL

When I bought the car at bredemann's cheverolet last tuesday, they forgot to fill up the tank so I took the car back today to get filled up. After they filled up the tank I went on my way and before I can get on the road the engine died. I restarted it and it stayed on a bit then died again. After a few times of this the car eventually started and seemed okay so I got on the road, after driving a few feet the engine died in the middle of the road. So I restarted it again and turned around and went back to the dealership. The salesman took a look at it and we drove the car around the lot a few times and it seemed okay so I thought wow, that was weird...I thank the salesman and went on my way I got a few blocks and the car died again in the middle of the road. It's a pretty scary feeling because it would die all of us sudden while driving. I just bought this car. I've been reading reports and forums all day today and it looks like this is a common problem with this type of car. Would this be part of a recall or would I be responsible to fix this. I can't afford big repairs right now, considering I've just put down cash to buy this car.

Filed Feb 17, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · IN

I had just completed a fuel fill-up and upon driving away from the pump the engine died, losing all power. With 3-4 attempted restarts the car moved for short distances and repeatedly died. When it did restart, the engine would not engage in drive. Eventually, the car would run normally and would continue to run until the next fill up. The latest incident (after 3 incidents) occurred feb 4, 2014. After my mechanic was able to duplicate the incident on feb 7 and discovered that this problem has occurred multiple times to other vehicles. Chrysler corp should have issued a recall in my opinion.

Filed Jul 24, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 63,000 miles · IN

Engine stalls after filling up the gas tank. Currently I can not fill up the gas tank and if I do the engine will stall and die. Last occurrence I was decelerating due to traffic to around 30-35 MPH. The engine died during the deceleration. The traffic had picked up to 50-55 MPH and I could not start the car so I had to pull off the road. If this had been in a location that I could not pull off the road I could have been in a serious accident. To compound the issue I can not go from neutral start the car and then into drive. The transmission will not shift into drive. I have to pull over and go into park before drive to get it to work.

Filed May 15, 2013 · Fuel system · 31,800 miles · AZ

Engine stalled shortly after refueling and continued to stall until or hesitate until 2 - 3 gallons of gasoline was burned off. The condition happens almost 100% of the time if the tank is filled to the first click during refueling - it the tank is only filled to 85% the condition will not occur. The stalling condition is very dangerous because the engine is hard to restart and requires excessive cranking. It appears the engine stalls when the evaporative system sends raw fuel to the throttle body instead of fumes - the engine then stalls and is difficult to restart until an ignitable air/fuel ratio is re-established. I was driving the subject vehicle at 35 MPH and had to make a right turn when the engine died and then lost power steering. Trying to complete the turn without power steering while trying to restart a flooded engine was difficult and could have easily resulted in a serious accident. I'm aware that the federal safety agency is looking into 2006 model year chrysler 300s equipped with the hemi engine for the exact same condition. Please broaden your investigation to include the 2005 model year vehicles too. The build date of the subject vehicle was 03/04 so it was an early production vehicle. As before, the subject vehicle exhibits the stalling condition almost 100% of the time if the gas tank is filled to the first click. I'll be happy to make the vehicle available to the federal safety agency engineers if they need a vehicle to examine as part of their investigation.

Filed May 14, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 70,000 miles · MO

On 3 separate occasions immediately following filling with gas, the engine died within 2 blocks of the gas station. No check engine light was displayed on any of the 3 occasions and the car was extremely difficult to restart, requiring at least 30 seconds. Also, after restart on all 3 occasions, the engine ran very rough for 1-2 miles and then ran smoothly. On 1 of the occasions, the car died the next day after only driving a few blocks from home. After the first occurrence, the spark plugs were changed, the throttle body was cleaned, the vapor canister was replaced, and the evaporation system solenoid was replaced. On 1 of the occasions, the gas tank was topped off beyond the initial shut-off by several tenths of a gallon. After the 3rd occurrence (70,796 miles), the car was taken to the olathe chrysler dealership and diagnosed as needing to replace the gas tank (2/20/2013). The cost was $1583.58. Since then, the vehicle now has 72,062 miles ... Approximately 1200 miles since replacing the gas tank ... And has not died following filling with gas (6 times).