2016 Chrysler 300 problems
Owners have filed 102 complaints about the 2016 Chrysler 300 with NHTSA. Air bags account for 14.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 14.7%.
Complaints102
Crashes11
Fires1
Injuries9
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Air bags 14.7% · 15
Electrical system 14.7% · 15
Unknown or other 13.7% · 14
Power train 13.7% · 14
Structure 9.8% · 10
Fuel/propulsion system 6.9% · 7
Engine 5.9% · 6
Steering 5.9% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 11 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 9 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 14 model years of the Chrysler 300 in this data, 2016 draws comparatively few complaints; 2006 is the outlier year.
Filing volume has held steady, 35 in the last three years against 33 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 35,337 miles.
In owners' own words
We purchased the vehicle and after we purchased the vehicle we noticed that the odometer was 85,453 on the contract on 04/20/2021 and we had gotten the Carfax report on 05/10/2021 and in 2016 the odometers reading was 86,960 so we decided to have the further looked at for warranties at Viva Dodge Chrysler and the odometer was 88,521 miles Electrical system
Fuel pump lid is electrical connection is cause a malfunction when fuel up and burning a hole in the electrical connection causing fuel to leak out under the back seat this need to be fix before someone is killed do to a fire this is the 2n time being replace and the same issue Electrical system
No incident info of recalls power train automatic transmission control module electrical system: software power train: axle assembly:axle shaft. Electrical system · reported at 35,675 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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