I was shocked, when all of a sudden, while driving, I heard grinding noise and my vehicle refused to move faster than 15 miles per hour and started to shake then stop. I had to sit a couple of minutes and start the vehicle and it did the same thing (move, shake, stop). I had vehicle towed home and then learned that there is no dipstick to check transmission fluid. I questioned whether my transmission fluid had been checked at the dealership during my routine oil changes. I had vehicle towed to a Chrysler dealership and was informed transmission was shot. Sticker price shock $3700 to replace with only 75,000 miles. As I read other stories online, there seems to be an issue with the transmission in Chrysler 300s failing with low mileage. Also, I learned that the 300c has a Mercedes transmission. Maybe the Mercedes model vehicles with this same type (model) of transmission are failing and a recall should be done.

Damn this car, it's one huge repair after another. The noise began around 75000 miles. We noticed a whirling noise and it got louder and occurred during low speeds. Had a local dealership check it out and they wanted to disassemble the entire trans in order to get a proper diagnostic.

I tried a local mom & pop tranny shop, he wanted to start with disassemble of the transfer case since the vehicle was all wheel drive and you had to remove the transfer case before removal of the transmission anyways. This way our local mechanic could save us labor costs by avoiding having to remove the entire tranny if the problem was localized to the transfer case which is what he suspected. He was absolutely correct, saving us about $2000 in repairs on the transmission as it operates fine. One of the bearings failed within the transfer case which needed repair.