I bought a new Chrysler 200 in the spring of 2012 and immediately had a brake problem on the first drive we went on. I just started down a hill and the front of the car started to vibrate badly, turned around and drove the car home. I took the car to the dealer and the Chrysler dealer replaced the right front rotor. He said that Chrysler had a bunch of bad rotors which didn't make sense to me but I trusted the dealer, I should have told them to take the car back. About 2 months later he had to replace the same rotor again and gave me the same story as the first time. Since then I have replaced 2 rotors myself, bought good ones that are drilled and slotted, along with new calipers, new pads all around, and new brake hoses. I moved to Florida just after the dealer replaced the 2nd rotor and I thought the problem was fixed since there are no mountains or hills in Florida, WRONG! I went on vacation last year to Pa. and the first hill I went down, the same front rotor warped and I couldn't go back in the mountains due to the problem. I came home, replaced everything in the front brakes and thought now it has to be fixed. WRONG! We had to evacuate for the hurricane last month and ended up in North Carolina. Going down a big hill on a main highway the car started to vibrate badly and I knew the front rotor was getting hot, so I put the car in 4th gear and tried to keep under the speed limit of 70mph, but I ended up doing over 80mph by the time we got to the bottom of the hill, it sounded like the motor was about to blow. Recently I paid to talk to a Chrysler mechanic on the site "Just Ask" and he said the ABS hydraulic unit was probably the problem and the cost to repair is in the range of about $600.00. I have had over 15 cars in my life and this is the first time I ever had a problem, not going to buy any more Chrysler products. I have another transmission problem to post about too. After making cars for over 100 years, you would think that problems like this would never exist. What is wrong with their quality control? I now have 74,000 miles on the car and am reluctant to take it on any trips to a region with mountains.
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I bought a new Chrysler 200 in the spring of 2012 and immediately had a brake problem on the first drive we went on. I just started down a hill and the front of the car started to vibrate badly, turned around and drove the car home. I took the car to the dealer and the Chrysler dealer replaced the right front rotor. He said that Chrysler had a bunch of bad rotors which didn't make sense to me but I trusted the dealer, I should have told them to take the car back. About 2 months later he had to replace the same rotor again and gave me the same story as the first time. Since then I have replaced 2 rotors myself, bought good ones that are drilled and slotted, along with new calipers, new pads all around, and new brake hoses. I moved to Florida just after the dealer replaced the 2nd rotor and I thought the problem was fixed since there are no mountains or hills in Florida, WRONG! I went on vacation last year to Pa. and the first hill I went down, the same front rotor warped and I couldn't go back in the mountains due to the problem. I came home, replaced everything in the front brakes and thought now it has to be fixed. WRONG! We had to evacuate for the hurricane last month and ended up in North Carolina. Going down a big hill on a main highway the car started to vibrate badly and I knew the front rotor was getting hot, so I put the car in 4th gear and tried to keep under the speed limit of 70mph, but I ended up doing over 80mph by the time we got to the bottom of the hill, it sounded like the motor was about to blow. Recently I paid to talk to a Chrysler mechanic on the site "Just Ask" and he said the ABS hydraulic unit was probably the problem and the cost to repair is in the range of about $600.00. I have had over 15 cars in my life and this is the first time I ever had a problem, not going to buy any more Chrysler products. I have another transmission problem to post about too. After making cars for over 100 years, you would think that problems like this would never exist. What is wrong with their quality control? I now have 74,000 miles on the car and am reluctant to take it on any trips to a region with mountains.
- Lonnie J., Port Charlotte,, FL, US