Tl*the contact owns a 1999 chrysler 300m. While driving approximately 15 to 20 MPH the vehicle stalled, the oil light came on and the steering wheel locked. He shifted the vehicle into park gear and restarted the vehicle. The vehicle restarted and within a few minutes it stalled again after several attempts. Two days after the failure he took the vehicle to an authorized dealer who confirmed that the egr valve caused the failure to occur. The vehicle was not repaired since the parts are on backorder. The dealer does not know when the parts will be available. The approximate failure mileage was 111,000 and the current mileage was 111,065.
Chrysler 300M steering lock-up problems
12 of the 873 owner complaints about the Chrysler 300M describe steering wheel locks up, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 12
- worst model year
- 1999
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20012
- 20002
- 19998
Often reported together
What owners say
Cluncking noise coming from front end and steering locks up while turning full right or left. Car was serviced and rack and pinion was replaced under warranty at 50,000 miles. Returned to dealer after 100,000 miles for wheel vibration problems especially while braking. Inner tie rod bushings were replaced.
1999 300m chrysler "steering wheel problems". We purchased the vehicle in 2000 at a used dealership with 30,000 miles, ever since we have been experiencing the same problem over and over again and cost us a lot of money. On one occasion where we were driving on the freeway all of sudden the steering wheel locked itself and luckily it was not busy on the road and safely pulled on the side. I took it to the chrysler dealer and pay $1400 to replace the whole steering wheel. As of today, again, the steering wheel looses its steering and it just keep rolling and it so loose. I contacted and did not want to assist in any way or even offer me a discount to fix it. They said warranty was up. I cannot believe the lack of attention from chrysler to my problem and I think its a safety issue here.
Dt: the caller stated that the steering locked on vehicle while driving 55 MPH and when turning slightly to the left and then trying to turn back to the right. The caller said he forced it and it turned, but now it has too much play in it. He filed a complaint with the manufacturer, and he could not reach the manager at the dealership. The person talked to could not help him for free.
Power steering locked up going around a corner due to faulty power steering rack at 58,000 miles
Intermittently when turning steering wheel locks up. When this occurs the vehicle sways. Consumer has to play with the steering wheel until it unlocks. Dealership will be contacted.
The steering wheel locked while driving on 6/29/2003. Driver was able to avoid a collision. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that problem was the rack and pinion. Dealer put in a new rack and pinion.
Steering locked up while consumer was driving and making a left hand turn. Contacted dealer,and dealer was not willing to do anything.
While driving steering wheel locked up bacause of a two inch play in steering wheel.dealer contacted. Steering wheel binds after making a turn; require a jerk to turn the wheel back. Rack & pinion unit was the problem.
When making a left or right turn, steering wheel locks up, causing loss of control of vehicle due to a problem with rack and pinion. *ak
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chrysler 300M steering lock-up
Which Chrysler 300M years have steering wheel locks up problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1999 (8 complaints), 2000 (2 complaints) and 2001 (2 complaints).
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