CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2015 Chrysler 200 carries the torch of "never buy the 1st year of a new vehicle generation" with pride.
The 2015 model year is the first year of the Chrysler 200's 2nd generation. It has been plagued by problems from the start. Transmission failure at extremely low mileage, many recalls, problems stalling while driving... the list goes on. Maybe Chrysler should have stuck with the 1st generation.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
20 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
11 / 0
Average Mileage:
34,187 miles
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Car has serv AWD light on had one shot replace a motor on the outside of the transfer case but the problem came back when shifting from drive to sport next I brought it to Chrysler and they replaced the sensor near the motor that was previously replaced and it didn't fix anything they still don't know what's wrong with it. My car jerks forward mid breaking in the RPM surge also my transmission is slow to downshift in the first three gears I believe it is and loses compression when going up some hills power to this vehicle as in the torque or horsepower is very inconsistent sometimes it feels sluggish other times it just wants to go. Shops report brake surge is normal. Also had sporatic hard pedal, master cylinder is ok. Brake pedal clicks and feels unstable. The steering rack feels loose and dangerous like its going to fall through the floor. Brake pedal arms rusted cars only 5 years old with 60,000 miles on it with no prior flood damage.
While my car is driving. The AWD and traction control become unavailable, and my car stops having the ability to shift gears. It will go into N or when I slow down and pull over I'll try to put it in park and it will shift into every other gear but park.
Vehicle was not shifting into park, took it to a Chrysler dealership and was told all recalls were completed. Took my vehicle to a local mechanic who has shown me proof my vehicle still has a recall on the transmission/transfer case. Whenever I would start it and shift to drive or reverse I can no longer shift into back into park. I have to engage the parking brake, push the start/stop button to kill the engine which goes into the run position then push it again which goes to the start position, finally the third push turns the car off. I have to do this whenever I start my car.
She was driving down a city road 35 mph and the motor shut off for no reason she had no power steering and the breaks where too hard for her to press the trans locked up and put it self into park and that must be why the trans is slipping after only 56000 miles on the car this has happened twice now in a month and after the car shuts down it does start right back up and drive normal after that.
On May 15, 2020 while attempting to back out of a parking spot at the post office my car dinged at me. The dash notification told me to pull over in safe spot, park car, and shift into park, and service shifter light came on. I was only 2 miles from my home so I proceeded home and called the dealership service center. I explained the issue and they told me to bring it in. I asked if it was okay to drive and they said yes. I scheduled to take it in the following morning. The mechanic looked at it and asked me if I had changed the transmission. No same transmission as was in it when I bought it. They tried telling me that the software did not match the transmission and needed a software update, which they did and allegedly retested it. Everything fine now they said. Yesterday, June 9, 2020, I was driving home from work and the car started dinging at me. The transmission light came on and dash notification to service transmission. The car starting losing power and did not want to move with the transmission wanting to shift into neutral. Came to stop light and car did not want to move. I had cars behind me that almost hit me because my car shifted to neutral. It started moving then shifted from drive to neutral. I was able to get it home (only 1 mile) and tried to back it into driveway. Dash said to shift into park and then desired gear so I did. Nothing!!!! it would not register reverse. I was in the middle of the street blocking an oncoming car. I was able to get it register neutral and it rolled back so the car could get past me. After turning the car off and back on it finally registered reverse and I got it in the driveway. Call dealership to tell them. They say no recall, nothing wrong. Seriously"?" this is a recall issue even if my VIN isn't listed as they claim. The car shifts to neutral as you are driving down the road. Fix this issue and recall all of them.
Car will stall out while driving and car will remain stuck in neutral. Dashboard lights with flicker off and stay off before stalling. Car will completely shut off in traffic with no warning. I have read various recalls on same make and model and year car. The car completely shut off while I was turning a corner and I was almost rear ended because I had no time to put on emergency blinkers. When the lights come back on the dash it says power steering system unavailable. I can start the car again but about another 2-4 miles it repeats. This is a safety issue for both me and my family.
I was driving around a curve going 15 mph and my car just stalled out on me. I tried to restart my car and it wouldn't, just stuck in the middle of the road. I tried to start the car and unable to do so. After several attempts I was able to start the vehicle and get back home. I tried to drive my car a couple of days later and thr car stalled on my and the stop light and then again at the street light. Thank god I didn't have my kids in the car. This is really unsafe and needs to be resolved.
January 13,2017 I purchased my vehicle from carite dealership. About four or five months later I had an issue come saying service transmission. My car immediately started to stall and not switch into gear while on the freeway. I had to switch lanes and it wasn't easy seeing that cars was going 70 miles in speed. Eventually I got off to side street then powered the car down. Tried starting it and it wouldn't move. I waited an hour before the car started next day to the dealership I go to only be told there's nothing wrong with it. This issue will happen occasionally more so during summer. I took it back to the dealership still they see nothing wrong but a throttle body like seriously. I complained that it was still an issue and demanded it be fixed. They said it's no problem. I haven't took it to the dealership since because I was tried of the run around and them saying it's nothing wrong. My car does this frequently mainly on the highway where it's unsafe to be doing so. I've even had problems where the car doesn't start up till the next day. I had problems where the when it's time for an oil change that it eventually shutdowns down. Today May 22, 2020 is the latest where once again the car would not move.
We turned onto a main road and we were in front of traffic driving down the road. We had to apply the brakes due to someone cutting us off, then when we tried to accelerate again it shut off and said shift to park while we were in the middle of a busy road. The car behind us almost crashed into us and had to swerve away from us. We had no control over our vehicle, all we could do is try to get the car to turn back on, to get out of traffic. However, we tried to and the car wasn"T functioning correctly. The D for the drive position was blinking. We had to completely stop the car, in the middle of traffic, and hope that we didn?T get hit by oncoming traffic coming from behind us due to having to control over our vehicle. We pushed the button to the ignition/start to start it and it wouldn?T start it. It sounded like it had no power at all and then after a few attempts, while exposed and defenseless in the middle of the road with my family, it finally started and we got going again. This is not the first time this has happened, however, it"S the first time it has with my family in the car. This car is unpredictable and unsafe due to that, my family at risk just going to the grocery store. It is our only means of transportation. We looked it up, it falls under Chrysler recall S55.
When at a stop sign the and the vehicle is in drive the steering wheel shakes rapidly. Turn it in a different gear it stops. When trying to accelerate it has a delay; RPM will jump and nothing happens. You release the gas and the cars RPM drops and car jerks you into next gear. With this the vehicle is unsafe when trying to rapidly accelerate. This could potentially cause a wreck or a fatality due to the jerking motion and unaware of the problem could cause major injuries
Vehicle unexpectedly goes into neutral all over the internet says there's recalls call the Chrysler store they told me nothing they can do for me transit town Dodge buffalo New York
Car stalls while driving shifts in to neutral and S drive by itself when driving at any speed transmission slips whenever I take off also stalls when stopping for lights or stop signs
Vehicle hasstarted stalling if I do not let it run for 10 minutes prior to driving. I have had the alternator, starter, and battry checked. Everyone says they are fine. After my battery died from the cold and my electronic transmission light came on I have had nothing but problems and see everyone else has as well. I want a resolution immediately ass it happens mostly as I am accelerating to turn corners or go at lights which is extremely dangerous.
Friday morning on February 28th 2020 I was driving my Chrysler 200 to work. I was on a busy street that navigates through downtown where I work at. The speed limit is 35mph. As I was continuing to drive down the road my car shut off mid drive. I lost control of my power steering as well as my breaks. A car that was driving behind me almost rear ended me due to the lack of warning for the abrupt stop. This was a very terrifying experience, going from 35 mph to 0 mph, with no control of the wheel or breaks, I couldn't do anything but let the car coast and wave my hands out the drivers window to signal cars behind me to slow down and not hit me. My car came to a complete stop in the middle of an intersection, where I blocked busy traffic for over 45 minutes waiting on the tow truck I had to call. The car wouldn't start back up when I tried multiple times to restart it as the car was stuck in neutral with blinking lights appearing on the dashboard telling me to put the car in park, which I couldn't because the gears locked up and wouldn't move. As a consumer this is very disappointing and most importantly it's unsafe. I was 1 hour late to work and I travel with my children in this car. I loved my Chrysler and I'm very sad that I now have to look for a different car since I no longer feel safe driving this Chrysler 200, things like this makes the vehicle seem very unreliable and unsafe.
Vehicle shakes when idling, parked, stopped or when not in motion. Rpms drops below 1 when in park and this begins the vehicle to shake. Vehicle struggles to gain speed in which, it stays moderated then accelerates at once. As well as, at random times vehicle will jerk unexpectedly while in motion. All this has happened over a period of a year and just recently, service engine light has finally came on. I have had maintenance done on my end to help fix the issues and nothing can be resolved.
During the past 2 months the car started turning off just minutes after we drove it off the parking lot. At night the car would be left overnight parked like any other regular car. Then me and my spouse would warm up the car before we would head to work and then we would drive off. The car would warm up after we turned it on and it would work good, it would not die. Until we actually changed gears and turned to drive it off the parking lot we would drive off a few streets and it would completely die in the middle of the streets atleast a F3 or 4 days out of the 7 day week. We changed the battery about 4 months ago and we went back to autozone but they tested the battery and said it was 100% charged so the issue wasn't the battery. We went to the dealer but they were trying to charge us over 1,000 because of a vacuum change in the system that has nothing to do with the car dying in the middle of the street. It's been 2 months already and I don't know what to do. Usually it shuts off when we decelerate the car not accelerate
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