There are 17 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2013 Chrysler 200in NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
After starting the vehicle and going from reverse to drive the vehicle stalls out. After the initial stall and traveling a few miles, while stopping at a traffic signal the vehicle stalls out again and more times than not can accelerate at a speed higher than prompted. This is a frequent occurrence and other owners of the same make model and year that I have spoken with have the same issue.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO AUFFENBERG CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (176 AUTO CT, O'FALLON, IL 62269, (618) 622-4546) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THERE WAS POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO AN IMPROPER JUMP START. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE DEALER CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE RECURRED EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER DID NOT THINK A FAILURE EXISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE THE CONTACT FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
HEAT ONLY COMES OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT COMES OUT REALLY COLD IN THE PASSAGES. THE HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR BE THE DEALER AND IT'S DOING IT AGAIN. I WAS SITTING A LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I TRIED TO GO THAN IT WOULDN'T GO THAN IT JUMPED FORWARD AND IT WENT. I GOT A LITTLE DOWN THE ROAD THAN IT SLOWED DOWN AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE DRIVING IN NEUTRAL WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED AT ALL. IT STOPPED MOVING AGAIN THAN IT WOULDN'T GO AT ALL THE COPS HAD TO HELP ME PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WAS DRIVING MY 2013 CHRYSLER 200 HOME LAST NIGHT DOING 55MPH ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR JUMPED RPMS AND STARTED ACCELERATING REALLY QUICK. I STARTED TO BREAK BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING SO I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NUTERAL SHUT IT OFF AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A SAFE PLACE FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO GET THE CAR
WHILE DRIVING AT A NORMAL SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO UP PAST 80 OR GO AROUND WHERE NO NUMBERS WAS. I'VE TOOK PICTURES, TOO IT TO THE DEALER, THE COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T HAPPENING AT THAT TIME. IT HAS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES & YOU CANT JUST TAKE IT IN WITHOUT AN APPT OR WHEN IT HAPPEN CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS ON THE STREET OR HIGHWAY WHILE IN MOTION. IT TESETONCE THE CAR IS TURNED OFF & BACK ON.
CAR JUMPS WHEN ACCELERATING, HAVING THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE NOW. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED. CAR WILL IDLE WHEN DRIVING AND GOES TO A HIGH RPM
BOUGHT CARE USED FROM THE DEALER 9 MONTHS AGO AND AT APPROX. 52,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR DECELERATED TO 30MPH AND LOST ALL THROTTLE CONTROL. LUCKILY I COULD PULL OVER AND GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND WHEN I STOPPED THE ENGINE SHUTTERED VIOLENTLY THEN CUT OFF. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IF IT HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO RESTART THE CAR OVER A DOZEN TIMES TO GET IT HOME. FINALLY GOT IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY HAVE REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AND COMPUTER. STILL AT THE SHOP AND THE ISSUE IS STILL NOT RESOLVED. THE BILL IS ALMOST $600 AND I DON'T HAVE A WORKING CAR . AFTER DOING RESEARCH I SEE THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT HAPPENS TO THIS CAR. CHRYSLER REALLY NEEDS TO RECALL ALL OF THESE CARS AND REFUND ALL MONEY SO WE CAN BUY A CAR THAT RUNS AND WILL NOT POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO DISPLAY THE ACCURATE SPEED WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.
VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. PRESSING ON BRAKES DID NOT HELP. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STATE HIGHWAY, AND EVEN ON CITY STREETS. WOULD REGAIN CONTROL AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, BUT THEN THE LIGHT WOULD TURN BACK ON AND CAR WOULD ACCELERATE AGAIN. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AS THE THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
WHEN I GO TO USE THE CRUSE CONTROL IT DOESN'T WORK BUT WHEN I HONK THE HORN THE CRUSE COME'S ON AND WORKS.
ON APPROXIMATELY 7/14/15, UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, MY CHRYSLER 200 HESITATED ON TAKE OFF. I HAD TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND SLOWLY TRY ACCELERATING AGAIN, STILL WITH HESITATION, BUT FINALLY TAKING OFF. THERE WAS SLIGHT HESITATION AS MY VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING, THEN THE FUEL SEEMED TO CATCH UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES RANDOMLY SINCE 7/14/15. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 7/23/15 AS IT IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, EXPLAINED THE SITUATION, AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS, THAT "NO CODES" SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO EFFECT THE ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM AND SPEED CONTROL. I WAS VERY CONCERNED EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED UNTIL THIS PROBLEMS IS RESOLVED. I INTEND TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND CRASHED INTO A PORCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,400.
I LEFT WORK AND PULLED OF THE PARKING LOT. I COULD NOT GET ABOVE 40 MPH. I FELT LIKE I WAS STUCK IN 1ST GEAR. WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. EXPLAINED MY PROBLEM. MADE AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE, THE CAR WAS FINE. I CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID I MIGHT NEED AN UPDATE FOR THE HARD DRIVE. I WENT AND HAD THAT DONE. IT WAS FINE FOR 3 WEEKS. AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF. THEN STARTED THE CAR AND THEN IT WAS FINE. *TR
VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALLOW CRUISE CONTROL TO BE SET. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, BUT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MANUALLY OPERATE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKING FUNCTION. IT TOOK SEVERAL BRAKING ATTEMPTS TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. PULLED OVER AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF, RESTARTED AND REENTERED HIGHWAY THEN VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SEEM TO SHIFT INTO GEARS AND "ROARED" ALLOWING TACHOMETER TO REACH INTO HIGH 5,500+ RANGE. PULLED OVER AGAIN, SHUT VEHICLE OFF. RESTARTED VEHICLE, REENTERED HIGHWAY AND IT OPERATED SUFFICIENTLY TO GET TO DEALER. AFTER DEALER DID DIAGNOSTIC, THEY DISCOVERED SPEED CONTROL SWITCH WAS FAULTY AND REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. CAR NOW OPERATES PROPERLY SINCE SWITCH REPLACEMENT AND HAVE HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEM. ALSO, TRANSMISSION NOW SHIFTS AT PROPER LEVELS AND GAS MILEAGE HAS RETURNED TO ORIGINAL HIGHER LEVEL. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, HIS VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE CROSSED THREE BUSY HIGHWAY LANES. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING HE HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,600. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
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Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 26, 2026