2013 Chrysler 300 Electrical System Problems

Seat control module. The adjustable pedals move forward on their own while driving.

Per the local dealer inspection the PDC unit has faulty wiring which caused the fuse to burn severely in turn things begin to randomly stop working no sound from radio, doors will not lock at times, back up camera goes in and out.

The contact owns a 2013 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that on several occasions the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was examined by an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the alternator was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact indicated that the vehicle was previously serviced under the NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V435000 (Electrical System). The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 67,400.

I OWN A 2013 CHRYSLER 300C LUXURY 5.7L IT RAN FINE AS OF APRIL 5TH 2021. ON APRIL 6TH 2021 THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULDN'T START. CRANKED FOREVER AND WOULD EVENTUALLY START. HAD 0 OIL PRESSURE BUT JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE A FEW HUNDRED MILES BEFORE. CODES WERE PRESENTED ON THE ODB2 SCANNER TOOL. THE CAR ITSELF SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A SHORT OR SOMETHING. TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO FIX IT AND NOTHING WORKED. EVENTUALLY ALL THE SCREENS AND GAUGES BEGIN TO SEIZE OUT AND THE CAR DIES. WON'T EVEN START. BATTERY WAS ALSO CHECKED AND FINE.

AS I WAS DRIVING, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I PULLED OVER PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, BUT THE CAR WAS STUCK IN THE RUN POSITION BUT WAS NOT RUNNING. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY VIA THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL AND PROCEEDED TO RECONNECT IT. I HAVE POWER TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS GAS AND TRUNK DOOR, BUT NOTHING AS FAR AS CLUSTER PANEL OR STARTER BUTTON. I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND PULLED IT HOME, THE DASH AND RADIO CAME ON, I ASSUME DUE TO THE WHEELS TURNING BRINGING POWER THROUGH THE ALTERNATOR. AFTER SOME THOROUGH RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR ON THESE CARS FOR RECALL.

I REPLACE THE BATTERY CUZ IT SEEM THAT IT WAGONG BAD DINT WANT TO START THE CAR AND AFTER RUNNING IT FOR A FEW MINUTES WHIT A NEW BATTERY IT DID THE SAME THE REMOTE START WAS WORKING THEN IT JUST STOP MY REVERSE CAMARA ALSO STOP WORKING MY RADIO SHUTS DOWN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT DRAINS ON THE BATTERY FAST

The alternator ceased up on me while I was driving on 7/12/2019. This almost caused an accident! I was driving around 55MPH and the steering and brakes completely locked up. I couldn't turn the wheel or stop my car. Eventually I slowed down and barely got the steering wheel to turn so I wasn't stuck right on the highway. My car was towed to a mechanic that replaced the alternator. I later received a recall notice in the mail for the alternator and have been trying to get reimbursed.

AFTER FIRST RECALL WITH ALTERNATE ALL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS STARTED TO FAIL SUSPENSION WAS GOING BAD

THE HANDS FREE MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND NO LONGER PAIRS WITH MY PHONE. AFTER LOOKING INTO SOLUTIONS ONLINE I FOUND MANY FORUMS WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE.

MY TRUNK IS CONSTANTLY POPPING, IT WAS STAYING SHUT AS LONG AS THE CAR WAS LOCKED. NOW IT'S POPPING ALL THE TIME, WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR, WHEN MY CARS OFF BUT I'M PUMPING GAS, WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT'S CRAZY 😜. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MY KEY FOB. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. WHAT COULD IT BE??? ONE DAY WHEN IT WAS SUPER SNOWY OUT MY CAR WAS PARKED AND LOCKED OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE AND THE ALARM STARTED GOING TO OFF SO I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. MY TRUCK HAD POPPED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS

WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND CAR STARTED TO SHAKE THEN I PULLED OVER OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT OFF AND MY CAR NEVER STARTED BACK UP AGAIN

HANDSFREE CONTROL MODULE SHORTING OUT UNDER STEERING WHEEL.ALOT OF CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES

DRIVING IN TOWN APPRX. 35 MPH CHECK BATTERY NOTIFICATION APPEARED ON DASH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHIN 5 MINUTES THE LIGHTS DIMMED ALL DASH LIGHTS BEGAN TO BLINK MESSAGE ON DASH SAID POWER SAVING MODE AND CAR SHUT OFF ABOUT 4 MINUTES LATER

I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE AND AFTER FEW MINUTES THE CAR SHOWS BATTERY MODE ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT AFTER THAT THE VEHICLE SMELLS WITH A STRONG BURN FUME FROM THE ENGINE. THEN THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WENT DEAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER AT ALL. THANKS GOD I WAS PARKED WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO JUMP THE CAR WITH ANOTHER BATTERY TO GET IT STARTED.

AT 7:30 PM ON THE FDR DRIVE APPROACHING EXIT 17 AT ABOUT 45 MPH. MY CHRYSLER 300 WENT COMPLETELY DEAD WHILE DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. NO WARNING THE CAR JUST CAME TO ABRUPT STOP SLIDING FOR ABOUT 10 FEET BEFORE FULLY STOPPING. THE ENGINE WENT DEAD THE LIGHT WENT OFF I COULDN'T STEER NOTHING ON THE CAR WORKS, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. THANK GOD IT WAS STILL BRIGHT OUT SO I CAN AND OTHER DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SEE ME TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR OTHERWISE WE COULD OF BEEN DEAD OR A VERY NASTY ACCIDENT. THE NYPD CAME ASK WHAT HAPPEN THEY SAID IT'S THE ALTERNATOR I USED A JUMPER I HAD IN THE BACK TO JUMP IT IT STARTED I EXIT THE HIGHWAY IT STOP DEAD AGAIN NO WARNING ON 125 ST. THE OFFICERS ACTIVATED THE SHIFT LOCK AND HELP ME PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHERE I PAID $217 TO HAVE IT TOWED TO BROOKLYN. CALLED STAR CHRYSLER SUNDAY EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPEN THEY SAID THEIR SERVICE DEPT CLOSED SUNDAY. CALLED BACK 7 AM MONDAY, THEY WON'T EVEN COME TOW OR SEND A TOW TRUCK. MISS TERRY TELLING ME IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THEM. I PAID ANOTHER $190 TO TOW THE CAR FROM BROOKLYN TO QUEENS VILLAGE NY. GOT THERE THEY INSIST I LEAVE THE CAR AND GO HOME DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY WHY THE CAR ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY KIDS. TUESDAY 7 AM I CALLED FOR AN UPDATE MISS TERRY SAID WE DIDN'T GET TO LOOK AT IT YESTERDAY WE'LL TRY TO GET IT IN TODAY, IS SHE KIDDING ME. THAT SO IRRESPONSIBLY

NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 17V-435. FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE THIS SERVICE RECALL TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS HAVE NOT SHIPPED YET. I HAVE MADE MULTIPLE DOCUMENTED PHONE CALLS TO THE RECALL CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE HANDLING THE RECALL FOR ME AND FAILED TO GET THE REPLACEMENT PART. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN DELAYING THE RECALL PARTS SO THAT THE VEHICLE WARRANTIES RUN OUT. ON 4/11/2018 AT 1 PM CHRYSLER ALTERNATOR STARTED SMOKING. ALL THE UNITS IN THE CARS WERE FRIED. WOULD NOT SHUT OFF I HAD NO CONTROL OF ANYTHING. I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPEN AND GETTING LITTLE HELP FROM CHRYSLER.

17V-435 RECALL. MESSAGE LIGHT SHOWS ON DASH SAYING "BATTERY SAVER MODE". TAKE CAR TO DEALER WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY MSG IS SHOWING. RUNS DIAGNOSTICS AND CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. SAYS DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR THAT IS ON THE RECALL. 6 DAYS LATER THE CAR STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY 4 LANE ROAD, DASH LIGHT FLASHING, THEN FLASHING LIGHTS STOP AND CAR IS DEAD, ENGINE AND ALL. CALLED DEALER, NO ANSWER. CALLED AAA. TOW TRUCK TOWED CAR TO NEAREST AUTO REPAIR SHOP. AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOUND A DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY DAMAGE. REPAIR SHOP HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING A REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR. REPLACEMENT BATTERY NOT AVAILABLE.

HAND FREE PHONE DOESN'T WORK. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HANDS FREE MODULE INTERNALLY SHORTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HAVE READ A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM.

I DROVE MY CAR IN THE MORNING. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL WHEN DRIVING HOME. PARKED THE CAR. LATTER GOT IN MY CARTO START IT AND IT MADE A ODD SOUND. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LIGHTNING BOLT. ANTI LOCK WER LIT. IVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO START MY CAR SINCE. 3 MONTHS. 2013 CHRYSLER 300 TOURING. IT STARTED READING 2 CODES P0850 NOW ITS READING 7 CODES. NEVER GOT IT TO TURN OVER. ALSO MY BATTERY IS DRAINING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT, BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CAR PROS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (585 RAINIER AVE S, RENTON, WA 98057) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-992-1997, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.