Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that the gear shifter became stuck in park. The contact was able to remove the shifter from park by performing online research and took the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 145,000.
2006 Chrysler 300C transmission complaints
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I have an 2006 chrysler 300 c and as I was leavening for the day from home my gear shift is stuck in park and will not move. I've google it and this is a very common problem in chrysler.
This car has been in the shop for the last four years. It is on its third engine and now a roll over valve. Keep in mind when we lost two engines the car was on an incline. Tried to start when we try it acts like it is out of gas. It does not start therefore we have it towed to the dealership for service. Two times we have needed a new engine. Cylinders 3 or 4 just fell off. One minute it runs great the next minute nothing. I thought it had something to do with a fuel pump. This last time it sputtered then shut down in the middle of the road while doing a u-turn. We tried once to turn it over and again it acted as if it were out of gas, however it was full, approximately 5 miles prior. We did not continue to try to start it and had it towed. The car sat over night. The service guy said it started right up in the morning. (monday morning) this afternoon, tuesday they called with the diagnoses of a roll over valve. I do believe this is the reason we lost two engines. Is this a lemon or is this nagging valve that is a very big problem for many going to be a recall as the next problem will be gas leaking everywhere or venting to the air or both. Do not want to pull out into traffic for the car to fail so my family could answers yes to all three above questions "that would be suicide" ,and will not spend $ 1700.00 for another good gas tank when the actual part that cost $0.50 could be located outside the gas tank.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that the gear shifter failed. The contact stated that she was unable to get the vehicle out of park. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they advised the contact that the shifter assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 148,000. The VIN was unavailable.
I was driving north on the njtp and was in the process of passing another car when suddenly my car went into neutral or disengaged from the transmission. The engine accelerated, but there was no power transferred to the road. I had to pull into the break down lane and turn off the engine with the hope that the electronic module would reset itself so that I could engage drive gear. The procedure worked, but now the transmission readily disengages from drive with light to moderate throttle application. Clearly, there is something major wrong with the transmission or its electronic management that could prove dangerous to me or other vehicles on the road.
In january 2011 I noticed transmission oil stain where car is parked. Took vehicle to pep boys on january 11th, 2011 who confirmed that vehicle did have transmission leak. Since pep boys do not service transmission, took to local transmission garage to get problem corrected. Again on april 18th of this year had same problem with oil leak and again we had to pay to get problem resolved. Twice repaired for same problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. While parked, the vehicle was unable to be shifted from park. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v460000 (power train:automatic transmission) that could have been related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.
Went to drive vehicle to a meeting, tried placing the shifter into reverse, shifter wouldn't move. Talked to several ase mechanics whom told me that they have had numerous vehicles with this same problem. They also told me that chyrsler should have had a recall on this common problem by now.
I had driven the car to work, then drove a couple of miles to pick up my child, then back to work and parked the car in my parking lot. Approximately 30 minutes later when I tried to leave the transmission would not leave park. The engine starts and runs, the brake disengages the shifter but it will not travel downward in its gate to any gear. I immediately did an internet search to find a quick solution, but only found other similar conditions and no recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that the gear shift lever would not shift out of park . The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the hook for the transmission gear shift lever interlock return spring was fractured and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v460000 (power train:automatic transmission). The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 93,021. ...updated 09/12/12 *bf the consumer stated she was issued a refund for the repair cost. Updated 09/18/12
The other day I got off work and drove off fine. I went to the bank and used the drive through because I had pulled in a little to far away from the window I put the car in park and reached out. After my transaction was done, I tried to put the car in drive and it was stuck in park. It would not budge. I googled the problem and found that many many people have had this same issue. The internet suggested pushing a pink override button which I did but it did not work. It stated that there was another button to push if that didn't work but that required taking the whole shift gear apart. None the less, had to call a tow and the guy informed that this was a problem with chrysler 300. I have also had a problem with the car stalling when making right turns?? I have only had this car a year. Low miles when I bought it. I just knew there was a recall on this and to my surprise there is not. So its sitting at the chrysler dealership and I can't imagine what my repair bill is going to be for something that chrysler should fix.
Unable to shift out of park. Dealer replaced entire shifter assembly because small pink plastic shift interlock latch was broken. Part: $167.50, labor: $198.00, total: $365.45 service manager said the shift interlock latch isn't sold separately! It is well established that this is a faulty engineering design. There are multiple internet postings of the problem. Many have done diy repairs with a metal replacement part. I feel this should have been a recall or in the very least covered as a manufacturing defect whenever the part breaks. To top it off...the replacement is also plastic!
On christmas day, went to visit relatives in another state, parked car in a public parking lot, returned late at night to go home, car would not shift into gear. Had to have car towed back to my state to mechanic, found out something the size of a "false finger nail" broke off inside. A small piece that looked like a woman's false nail painted pink costs me close to $1,000.00 between towing, buying the entire part since you cannot replace the pink "false nail", labor, transportation etc. Why would chrysler make a car that they advertise as luxury and use a plastic piece as a component in it? The chrysler 300c, looks good from far, but it is far from good!
On 3/6/12 I park my car in front of my house, at 4:20 pm. Next morning I got in my car started it up but the gear shift would not move out of park. After two days of research and going on line it has been reported to chrysler group llc for many years that the pinky thing ( shift interlock latch ) plastic spring hook brakes off the latch and the gear select shift is stuck in park. This is a safty issue because a person (man/lady/teen or grand parent, could park any where (day/night) and be stranded (on the highway/rest stop area/parking lot, just about any where.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that the vehicle would not shift out of park. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop and the contact was informed that the shift housing needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v460000 (power train:automatic transmission). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 58,808.
My 2006 chrysler 300c gear wouldn't shift out of park. Car starts fine, steering wheel unlocked but gears won't shift out of park. Contacted tow truck, once arrived removed the cover of the gear panel and pushed in the little pink tab that apparently overrides the "park lock out mechanism" this a known issue with several chrysler vehicles. Why hasn't chrysler issued a recall. Googled the issue while waiting for the tow truck and you wouldn't believe the number of complaints about the same issue with other chrysler vehicles and with mine. Chrysler needs to step-up and take responsibility for this defect. Cost me $360 to get my car fixed, more like replaced the entire shifter assembly even though they could of purchased an after market metal part to fix their defective pink plastic part. I'll see how long this one lasts and of course it wasn't covered under the warranty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300 c. The contact stated the vehicle failed to drive in the reverse position. The contact was not able to reverse from a residential driveway drive way. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer, but the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 64,110.
I purchased this 2006 chrysler 300c in december 2010. I got a carfax report and there wasn't any problems reported on it. Well june 2011 the shift gears got stuck in park and I couldn't shift it down. So my husband sprayed some wd40 on the shift gears and shook the shifter and push the pink thingy thing in and it then it shifted down into drive. Then in september 2011 the shift gears got stuck again and this time the shifter wouldn't shift into park. I was frustrated so I look on the internet about the shift gears on these cars and it was over 100 complaints about the shift gears gettin stuck. So I called chrysler and inform them about this matter. They did have it fix by a chrysler dealership but I hope that I don't have this problem again. If I had known that chrysler 300 had a shift gear mechanism defect I wouldn't of never bought this car...
My 2006 chrysler 300c would not shift out of the park position. I drove it to work that morning with no problems and parked in the parking lot, when I came out to leave after work, it started fine, and as I started to back out of my parking space, the gear shift would not move. I tried moving the steering wheel, shutting the car off and on, and had someone to rock the vehicle with no response. I called a friend and he came over to help me, and could not get it to move either. We went back to his shop and googled it and found that it is a common problem with 300's, avengers, and one other model I cant remember. All you have to type in is chrysler 300 stuck in park, and you get alot of replies. He read how they had taken the console apart and moved a release lever. We tried that and it didn't work. We then had to use a screwdriver and move a pink thingy to get it to release. I am able to drive the car, but I cannot use p (park) because it locks again. I am using neutral and my emergency brake to keep the car from rolling away. I talked with chrysler and they said some models had been recalled but not unless they had already been replaced before. Mine is the shifter from the factory and is not included in the previous recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that shifter would not shift from park. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer where the dealer stated that the shifter assembly was faulty. The vehicle was repaired by replacing the shifter assembly. The contact was concerned that the manufacturer would not take responsibility for the failure, which the contact deemed as an ongoing issue with the particular year, make and model. The failure mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated the gear shift unit had to be replaced because it was stuck in park. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who stated the entire gear shift unit had to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The current mileage was 65,682. Updated 9/16/11 *cn updated 11/02/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated after shifting the vehicle into park, the vehicle would not shift out of park. The contact stated a spring attached to the shifter broke causing it to lock. The contact notice a the federal safety agency campaign I.d. Number 05v460000 (power train:automatic transmission) and called the manufacturer. The manufacturer informed the contact the vehicle was not involved in a recall. The contact stated the vehicle could not be driven due to the faulty shifter. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Car shift lever was stuck in park. Called chrysler dealer and was told no longer under warranty. Had to have car towed to chrysler dealer where shifter assembly was replaced. Found customer satisfaction notification k39 on internet. Called chrysler group recall assistance center and was told that recall did not apply to my specific VIN number even though my car meets the listed specifications.
2006 chrysler 300c gets stuck in park plastic mechanism breaks causing it not to come out of park. Have to have it towed to delearship to be replaced.
Transmission shifter interlock lever is faulty. A broken interlock return spring hook will result in the inability to move the gear shift lever out of the ?park? Position. Chrysler issued letter to some customers. Here the link to the letter : http://www.chrysler.com/webselfservice/pdf/k39.pdf problem is they issued a recommend free repairs to some owners that might have a problem for there 2006 300c car but why cant they offer free repairs to everyone with same model cars and have the same problem. Also when you go to the dealership to buy the part to repair, you are put on a waiting list because the parts not in stock because of all the people that need to get there cars work on. My car was not able to shift and was stuck in park 2 hours waiting for a tow truck that can tow my car home. The dealership employee are aware of the problem, also the fact that some people are covered for repairs and other people with the same model with damages are not covered just doesn't make any sense.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact started the vehicle and the gear failed to shift from park. The contact notified an authorized dealer and they recommended that the vehicle be diagnosed to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000.
No event leads up to this event. The shifter for automatic transmissions has a plastic part in 2005-2007 (and maybe more) that is poorly made and breaks. I have seen hundreds of complaints on the web. This happened to my 2006 chrysler 300. Chrysler's solution is to replace the entire shift mechanism that includes the same poorly manufactured plastic part.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. The contact stated that the vehicle became stuck in the park shift. The vehicle was towed an authorized dealer where the shifter housing was replaced. The contact called the manufacturer who reduced the repair costs. The current and failure mileages were approximately 54,000.
I stopped to get gas and when I completed the transaction I started the car and it would not shift out of park. The tow truck driver said he picks up 3 a week with the same exact issue. The cost of the tow and the repair was about 500 dollars. I just looked on line and seems a lot of people are having this same issue. Seems to me that chrysler should make it out of metal and fix a 40k cars.
300 c chrysler gear shift is stuck in park.... Chrysler dealership will not do anything to help problems. I have had nothing but problems since I own a chrysler...
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