2008 Chrysler 300 Electrical System Problems

The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V567000 (Electrical System); however, the repair failed to prevent a failure from occurring. The contact stated that several days after the recall repair was completed, the contact had to adjust the ignition switch to start the vehicle. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

The contact’s friend owns a 2008 Chrysler 300C. The contact stated that while his friend was starting the vehicle, there was an abnormal burning odor entering the vehicle through the vents. The contact was informed that there was an unknown warning illuminated. The contact’s friend was no longer able to start the vehicle. Additionally, the key fob was not able to unlock the doors. The contact stated that the key fob battery was replaced; however, the vehicle was no longer starting. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V567000 (Electrical System) however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler 300C. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle lost motive power without warning. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to the residence. The contact stated that an independent mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure; however, the mechanic stated that the failure could be related to the ignition switch. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to start intermittently; however, the contact stopped driving the vehicle due to a fear that the failure might recur while driving with his family. The contract stated that the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V567000 (Electrical System) in 2020. The dealer was contacted and stated that he had to pay for a diagnostic test and repair since the vehicle was previously repaired under the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,145.

THE DEALER CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH PER THE RECALL 14V567000 FOR THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2-3 YEARS AGO FOR A DIFFERENT ISSUE WITH THE SWITCH. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT WEEK AGO JULY 30, 2020, SHE SAID SHE WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A BUSY STREET (LINCOLN HIGHWAY) IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS IL AND WHEN IT TURN GREEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO GO AND THE VEHICLE CUTOFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP. I ARRIVED TO HER LOCATION. ANOTHER DRIVER HAD PUSHED HER INTO A PARKING LOT TO GET HER OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT CATCH. IT WOULD CRANK PUT NOT TURN OVER, I HAD TO GET IT TOWED HOME. AFTER SOME TESTING OF COMPONENTS, SPARK, GAS PRESSURE AND FUEL PUMP IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD IGNITION SWITCH WITH A P2533 CODE THAT STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH RUN POSITION SIGNAL. THIS IS A VERY TROUBLING EVENT SINCE MY RECENTLY TURN 18 DAUGHTER HAS NO EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SORT OF THING AND THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR PHYSICAL HARM DONE. I SPOKEN WITH A PERSON AT A CHRYLSER DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT MANUFACTURER COVERAGE BUT SHE DID NOT HAVE A CLUE AND TRANSFERRED MY CALL TO THE PARTS DEPARTMENT THAT STATED IT MIGHT RUN $800- 1,000.00 TO REPLACE THE SWITCH.

IT SEEMS CHRYSLER DOESN'T HAVE THE CORRECT FUEL PUMP ! THEY SELL MY 3 DIFFERENT ONES AND ALL DO NOT WORK. THEY EVEN MATCH IT WITH THE VIN! I CAN'T GET ONE TO WORK AND I SPENT THOUSANDS. A LOT OF OTHERS ON 300 FORUMS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE !! SO MANY 6.1 AND HIGHER THAT NEED THAT FUEL PUMP BUT CHRYSLER SEEMS TO KEEP SENDING ME PARTS AND TAKING MY MONEY! PLEASE HELP

CAR WILL TURN OFF WHEN DRIVING OUT OF NOWHERE AND I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR ALL OVER AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ONE TIME AS I WAS TURNING INTO A STREET ANOTHER TIME AS I WAS SWITCHING LANES. THIS LAST TIME I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR DID IT AGAIN.

I HAD A RECALL TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH, HAD IT REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE STARTER IS GOING OUT. REPLACED STARTER AND THE IGNITION IS DOING WHAT THE RECALL STATED. SOMETIMES IT STARTS ON ACC AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. SO I REPLACED THE STARTER WHEN IT WAS THE SWITCH ALL ALONG.

YOU HAVE A CHRYSLER RECALL P57. THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENED TO MY 2008 CHRYSLER 300 WALTER P. CHRYSLER SIGNATURE EDITION BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR RECALL. IT COST AT LEAST $1,000 TO FIX THIS OUT OF POCKET. PLEASE EXPAND YOUR RECALL SO I CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS COSTLY REPAIR.

THE IGITION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED FEW YEARS BACK ON A RECALL AND NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. CAR IS HARD TO START

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY SCOTT ROBINSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (424-299-8800, LOCATED AT 20900 HAWTHORNE BLVD, TORRANCE, CA 90503), BUT THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WITH GLENN E. THOMAS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (2100 E SPRING ST, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755, (562) 426-5111). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT ALSO SMELLED A BURNING ODOR WITHIN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND AN OFF DUTY FIREMAN WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE SCENE AWAITING THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE IT TOWED TO JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM FIAT OF ONTARIO (LOCATED AT 1202 AUTO CENTER DR, ONTARIO, CA 91761, (909) 906-7097) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 35164546. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,334. *DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE INDICATOR TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SNETHKAMP CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (11600 TELEGRAPH RD, REDFORD CHARTER TWP, MI 48239, (313) 429-0013) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,105.

ON 1/31/18 I TOOK MY CHRYSLER 300 IN FOR THREE RECALL (P57) (R25) AND (S43) WHEN I PICK MY CAR UP I WAS TOLD THAT RECALL P57 WAS NOT DONE DUE TO PART BEING ON BACK ORDER AND IT WOULD BE 2 OR 3 WEEKS. ON 2/1/18 I RECIVED A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP REMINDING ME OF APPOINTMENT 0N 2/2/18 TO BRING MY CAR IN FOR RECALL ISSUES P57 THAT THEY HAD PART SO I DID. AFTER PICKING MY CAR UP ON 2/2/18 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND MADE A STOP AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR IT WOULD NOT START, SO I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WHAT THEY DID WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING BUT IF I NEEDED A TOW TRUCK TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT, BUT IF IT WASN'T CAUSED BY WHAT THEY DID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. MY CAR HAD NO ISSUES TILL THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE 3 RECALLS, NOW IT WONT START AND THE IGNITION MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN U TRY TO START IT AND CANT MOVE SHIFTER OUT OF PARK. ALSO NO RECALL STICKERS WERE PUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SHOWING THAT A RECALL ISSUES WAS FIXED AND IT SHOWS ON LINE THAT THE RECALL ISSUES STILL HAS NOT BEEN DONE. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS.

I HAD THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED IN APRIL 2016 DUE TO RECALL. TODAY I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION TO START POSITION, THERE IS A PAUSE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS. I HAVE RULED OUT A NEW BATTERY, STARTER, ALTERNATOR FAULTS. RESEARCH HAS NARROWED IT TO THE PCM, TIPM, OR THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE. HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALER TO DIAGNOSE FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE MODULE WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE RUN AND START POSITION. THE KEY DID NOT REMAIN IN THE RUN POSITION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WIRELESS IGNITION MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED A SPRING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,783.

LAST YEAR P57 RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE NOW THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIPM MODULE IS GOING BAD I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS REPLACED OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN THE RECALL P57 WAS PERFORMED I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PAY $1691 FOR PARTS AND LABOR THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR SOME REASON THEY HAVE NOT PUT IN A RECALL AND THE RECALL P57 DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IT IS VERY UNSAFE THE CAR STALLS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT START AT ALL IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE 2007 BUT FOR SOME REASON CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL THIS IS THE THIRD RECALL THAT I HAVE HAD TO GET DONE ON THIS VEHICLE IN A YEAR THE S43 WAS NEVER SENT TO ME THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT RECALL IS WHEN I CALL CHRYSLER ABOUT MY CAR STALLING AND NOT STARTING AT ALL I NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO IT I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PRODUCT THAT IS IN MILLIONS OF VEHICLES BY THE CHRYSLER DODGE AND JEEP BRAND

VEHICLE TIPM IS FAULTY AND CAR DOES NOT START. THIS OCCURRED AFTER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IT WORKED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND LATER STOPPED OUT OF NOWHERE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOWS, AIR CONDITIONER, AND RADIO ALSO FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V567000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 259,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I ONLY HAVE 35000 ON MY CAR AND WHEN I USE TURN SIGNAL IT DOES NOT TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY. FOUND OUT ITS A PART BURIED IN THE STEERING COLUMN CALLED THE CLOCK SPRING VERY COSTLY REPAIR. TOLD THIS IS COMMON IF SO WHY IS IT NOT RECALLED .THIS ABSOLUTELY IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HOPE CHRYSLER WILL HELP ITS LOYAL CUSTOMERS OUT WITH THIS ISSUE ALSO HOPE I DON'T GET IN A CRASH BECAUSE OF IT THANKS FOR YOUR TIME [XXX] *DL INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

NOTHING WITH A SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN/STEERING WHEEL WORK. THAT INCLUDES WIPERS/WASHER, TURN SIGNALS, HORN, HIGH BEAMS, CRUISE CONTROL OR ANY RADIO/INFORMATION CENTER FUNCTIONS WITH BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT IS ON. IN ADDITION, NOTHING ON THE DOORS WORKS EITHER.