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38,678 miles · Jun 27, 2017

Electronic Stability Control (esc)Unknown Or Other

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TAMARA INFLATORS: I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I NOTICE THAT IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO NO MORE THEN 20 MILES PER HOUR SO I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THEN I TRY TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WOULDN'T TURN ON LIKE IF MY BATTERY WAS DEAD TOOK THE BATTERY TO GET IT CHECK AND IT WAS CHARGED SO IT WASN'T MY BATTERY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON MY CAR SOMETIMES IT JERK SOMETIME IT WOULD TAKE OFF FAST AND I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS AND IT WOULDN'T GO ... RIGHT NOW I HAVE THE CAR AT THE DEALER SHIP CAUSE IT LOST POWER... NOTE: I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME MY CAR WOULD ONLY GO 20 MILES PER HOUR I WAS ON A BUSY STREET I HAD TO PULL MY CAR TO THE SIDE AND DRIVE IT TO THE CLOSES PLACE TO STOP AND CHECK IT OUT...I HAD CAR BEHIND ME HONKING IT WAS A NIGHTMARE

NHTSA ODI #11001761

Mileage unknown · Jun 19, 2017

Unknown Or Other

I WENT TO LEAVE IN MY CAR AND IT WOULDNT START, THE CAR PUT ITS SELF IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE EMERGENCY BREAK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR STILL WOULDN'T START. AFTER 3 HOURS THE CAR STARTES AND WAS BACK IN PARK. THE ENGINE AND PARKING LIGHT WAS AND STILL IS ON. THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON 2015 CHRYSL…

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NHTSA ODI #11000088

Mileage unknown · Jun 13, 2017

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

I HAVE A ENGINE LIGHT ON THAT IS REGARDED TO A ACTIVE GRILL SHUTTER. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAY THE MOTOR HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. CAR HAS 47K MILES ON IT!!!!!! NOPE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY I GET IN MY CAR AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS TO SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING TH…

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NHTSA ODI #10995021

9 miles · Jun 10, 2017

Power TrainUnknown Or Other

THIS CHRYSLER 200 MY2015 SUDDENLY FAILS TRANSMISSION INDICATING AWD NOT AVAILABLE AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE. WORKS BACK SOMETIME FOR FEW MINUTES AFTER STOP AND START ENGINE AGAIN. MAJORITY OF THE TIMES FAILS TO ACCELERATE WITH THE INDICATION OF A COLLISION IN THE DASHBOARD. ATTACHED A PICTURE ON HOW IT LOOKS. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN …

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NHTSA ODI #10994263

64,000 miles · Jun 9, 2017

Unknown Or Other

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MY 2015 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AS ALL OTHER REPORTS. 06/08/17 CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY TURN BACK ON. WHEN IT DID IT WOULD SPUTTER AND THEN STALL. 06/09/17. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CODE P2172 FOR THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE CAR WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE PAST 32 MPH. ONE OF THE POSSIBLE ISSUES WOULD BE AN OPEN OR SHORT IN THE WIRE HARNESS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DISCUSSED IN THE R24 RECALL HOWEVER, MY VIN IS NOT ON THE LIST YET. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE VEHICLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BEGIN A CLASS ACTION SUIT. IF I HAVE TO POST ON HERE AGAIN AND ADD ACCIDENT, INJURY, OR DEATH. THE LAWSUIT WILL HOLD A VERY DIFFERENT MEANING.

NHTSA ODI #10994193

64,000 miles · Jun 9, 2017

Unknown Or OtherVehicle Speed Control

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NHTSA ODI #10994192

28,000 miles · May 30, 2017

Unknown Or Other

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THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP I PURCHASED IT APRIL 19, 2017 27K MILES HAVEN'T MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT YET AND THE CAR IS ABOUT TO KILL ME. ENGINE STALLING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER I LOST ACCELERATION AND CAR CUT OFF. CAR JERKS BACK AND FORTH VERY HARD THEN TELLS ME TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART NUMEROUS TIMES. SOMETIMES DOING SO DOESN'T START THE CAR UNTIL AFTER A FEW TRIES. THIS CAR WILL CUT OFF LOSE SPEED AND NEARLY BREAK YOUR NECK DRIVING RATHER YOU ARE AT A LOW OR HIGH SPEED GOING UP OR DOWN HILL. TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT THEY KEPT MY CAR STILL TO SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. THERE'S NO LIGHTS THAT ARE POPPING ON AND NO WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS CAR. I'VE BEEN LOSING ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY AND JUST DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY.

NHTSA ODI #10992337

58,000 miles · May 27, 2017

Air BagsElectrical SystemUnknown Or Other

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THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ALARM STAYS ON AND INTERRUPTS THE INFO ON THE DASH. THE RADIO HAS TURNED UP ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND DOOR OPENED. THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY STALLS ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A HARD OR FAST TURN OR WHEN BRAKING HARD. SOMETIMES JT CUTS OFF WHEN IDLING. IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GET RESTARTED, AND REQUIRES SEVERAL MINUTES OF TRYING. THE RADIO PROBLEMS HAPPEN WHEN STATIONARY. THE AIRBAG LIGHT US CONSTANT DURING STATIONARY AND MOVEMENT. THE ENGINE STALLS HAPPEN MOSTLY WHEN DECELERATION OR HARD TURNS OR BRAKING. SOMETIMES A RED LIGHT WITH LIGHTENJNG BOLT APPEARS ON DASH AND THE CAR WILL RIDE VERY ROUGH UNTIL TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON

NHTSA ODI #10991887

Mileage unknown · May 21, 2017

Unknown Or Other

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WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DOWN SHIFTING TO MAKE A STOP IT SKIPS 2ND GEAR COMPLETELY. IT GOES FROM 3RD TO 1ST WITH A LURCH FORWARD THAT ALMOST FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME NUMEROUS TIMES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO PERFORMED A UPDATE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THAT IT NEEDS TO LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE AND FEELS MORE AND MORE UNSAFE EVERYDAY. THIS HAS BEEN A ONGOING ISSUE AND COMPLAINT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2016. WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND VISITS TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MOST RECENT BEING IN MAY OF 2017

NHTSA ODI #10990822

48,000 miles · May 7, 2017

Electrical SystemPower TrainUnknown Or Other

TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD TAKE OUT OF GEAR WHILE I AM MOVING

NHTSA ODI #10983900

Official recalls

18V332000 · Electrical System:software; Electrical System:wiring; Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control

May 17, 2018

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Dodge Journey, Charger and Durango, RAM 2500, 3500, 3500 Cab Chassis (more than 10,000lb), 4500 Cab Chassis and 5500 Cab Chassis, Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 300, 2014-2019 RAM 1500, 2015-2018 Dodge Challenger, 2015-2017 Chrysler 200, 2016-2018 RAM 3500 Cab Chassis (less than 10,000 lb), 2017-2018 Chrysler Pacifica and 2018 Jeep Wrangler vehicles. These vehicles are being recalled to address a defect that could prevent the cruise control system from disengaging. If, when using cruise control, there is a short circuit within the vehicle's wiring, the driver may not be able to shut off the cruise control either by depressing the brake pedal or manually turning the system off once it has been engaged, resulting in either the vehicle maintaining its current speed or possibly accelerating.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the software, and perform a software flash on the engine or powertrain control module, free of charge. The recall began June 4, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Note: Owners are advised to stop using cruise control until the software update has been performed. In the event that cruise control cannot be disengaged while driving, owners should firmly and steadily apply the brakes and shift the transmission to neutral, placing the vehicle in park once it has stopped.

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Electrical System:software

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the software, and perform a software flash on the engine or powertrain control module, free of charge. The recall began June 4, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Note: Owners are advised to stop using cruise control until the software update has been performed. In the event that cruise control cannot be disengaged while driving, owners should firmly and steadily apply the brakes and shift the transmission to neutral, placing the vehicle in park once it has stopped.

Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Electrical System:wiring

Consequence: If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.

16V529000 · Power Train:automatic Transmission

Jul 12, 2016

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jeep Cherokee and 2015 Chrysler 200, Jeep Renegade, RAM ProMaster, and 2016 Fiat 500X vehicles equipped with 9-speed automatic transmissions. The transmission sensor clusters may have insufficient crimps in the transmission wire harness, and as a result, the transmission may unexpectedly shift to neutral. On August 29, 2016 Chrysler added the 2016 Fiat 500X vehicles to this recall.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the vehicle unexpectedly shifts to neutral, there is an increased risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, dealers will reprogram the Powertrain Control Module and the Transmission Control Module and if necessary replace the transaxle range sensor wire harness, free of charge. The recall began on November 7, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S55.

16V114000 · Air Bags:sensor:occupant Classification; Seats

Feb 26, 2016

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to August 3, 2015. During service work, the affected vehicles may have had either the Occupant Classification Module (OCM) or the Seat Cushion Foam (SCF) of the front passenger seat replaced instead of the both pieces together, which make up a complete calibrated set.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If both pieces were not replaced together, the occupant detection and classification system may not be properly calibrated and the passenger air bag may improperly deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a new OCM-SCF seat service kit, free of charge. The recall began on May 27, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S09.

Additional source detail variants (2)

Air Bags:sensor:occupant Classification

Consequence: If both pieces were not replaced together, the occupant detection and classification system may not be properly calibrated and the passenger air bag may improperly deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a new OCM-SCF seat service kit, free of charge. The recall began on May 27, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S09.

Seats

15V470000 · Electrical System

Jul 28, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured January 7, 2014, to September 23, 2014. The affected vehicles may have a Power Distribution Center (PDC) electrical connector that may cause intermittent power failures to certain electrical components.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: An intermittent loss of power to electrical components could cause a vehicle to stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the C4 connector using a 12 wire split kit for 3.6L engines, or replace the transmission wiring harness for 2.4L engines, free of charge. The recall began on October 21, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R24.

15V461000 · Equipment:electrical:radio/tape Deck/cd Etc.

Jul 23, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500, 2015 Chrysler 200, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Dodge Challenger, 2014-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Cherokee, and Dodge Durango, and 2013-2015 Dodge Viper vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with radios that have software vulnerabilities that can allow third-party access to certain networked vehicle control systems.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Exploitation of the software vulnerability may result in unauthorized remote modification and control of certain vehicle systems, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify and mail affected owners a USB drive that includes a software update that eliminates the vulnerability, free of charge. Optionally, owners may download the update to their own USB drive from http://www.driveuconnect.com/software-update/ or take their vehicle to a Chrysler dealer for immediate installation. In an effort to mitigate the effects of this security vulnerability, Chrysler has had the wireless service provider close the open cellular connection to the vehicle that provided unauthorized access to the vehicle network. This measure may not have been implemented on all vehicles and does not address access by other means that will be remedied by the software update. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R40.

15V090000 · Power Train:automatic Transmission

Feb 13, 2015

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured March 9, 2014, to December 15, 2014, and equipped with a 9-speed automatic transmission. The automatic transmission parking pawl may become contaminated or the park rod may become dislodged or broken. This may prevent the transmission from shifting into the Park position.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the shift indicator displays "Park" but the park lock does not engage, the vehicle may roll away increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers inspect the transmission. Any transmission found with contamination or a park rod will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began April 9, 2015. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is R08.

14V480000 · Electrical System:wiring

Aug 5, 2014

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured May 19, 2014, to June 21, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been built with a driver side door wiring harness of an insufficient wire gauge, resulting in excessive heat which may melt the wiring insulation.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Excessive heat and melting wiring insulation may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the door wiring harness, free of charge. The recall began on October 3, 2014. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P43.

14V392000 · Suspension:rear:shock Absorber

Jul 2, 2014

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2014 Jeep Cherokee and Ram 1500 and 2015 Chrysler 200 vehicles. Due to an insufficient weld, the rear shocks may detach from the vehicle at one end and possibly damage other chassis components, the tire or result in reduced braking.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Damage to the tire or reduced braking increases the risk of a vehicle crash.

Remedy: Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear shocks and replace any affected ones, free of charge. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is P37.

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NHTSA investigations

RQ15004 · Software Security Vulnerability

Opened Jul 24, 2015 · Closed Jan 5, 2016

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System:software

On July 23, 2015, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) launched Safety Recall 15V-461 to remedy security vulnerabilities in approximately 1.4 million model year (MY) 2013 through 2015 vehicles equipped with Uconnect head units (HU) 8.4A (RA3 radio) and 8.4AN (RA4 radio) manufactured by Harman International.On July 24, 2015, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query, RQ 15-004, to investigate HU security vulnerabilities and remedy effectiveness in the recalled population and to determine whether similar units have been supplied for use in other FCA vehicles.In an August 11, 2015 letter, FCA submitted a second Part 573 safety recall report expanding the scope of the Uconnect RA4 model radio to include additional 7,810 MY 2015 Jeep Renegade vehicles manufactured from September 18, 2014 through June 25, 2015 (Recall 15V-508).Scope analysis indicated that Uconnect radios installed in FCA vehicles not included in recalls 15V-461 or 15V-508 (subject recalls) are not equipped with built-in cellular access or short range wireless communication features and, thus, do not contain the security vulnerabilities addressed by the subject recalls. SUBJECT VEHICLES: MY2014 through 2015 Dodge Durango, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicles; MY2013 through 2015 Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and 4500/5500 pickup trucks; MY2013 through 2015 Dodge Viper vehicles; and MY2015 Chrysler 200, 300, Jeep Renegade, Dodge Charger and Challenger vehicles.According to FCA, long and short range wireless vulnerabilities identified in the recalled vehicles could allow unauthorized third-party access to, and manipulation of, networked vehicle control systems.Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities, coupled with reverse engineering of networked microprocessor control modules, could result in unauthorized manipulation of vehicle control systems. This unauthorized manipulation of vehicle controls and systems could expose the driver, vehicle occupants or other highway users to an increased risk of injury.FCA and its network provider, Sprint, conducted a nationwide campaign to block access to a radio communications port that was unintentionally left open.On July 27, 2015, short range wireless vulnerabilities were also blocked.Finally, third party security evaluation and regression testing identified vulnerabilities that were either remedied by Sprint or through updates to the FCA Uconnect software.ODI identified a total of 30 complaints or field reports on unique vehicles submitted by FCA (29) or received by NHTSA (1) alleging incidents of theft from a vehicle or anomalous performance that the owner alleged were caused by, or may have been caused by, remote hacking.Twenty-six (87%) of these reports were submitted after a magazine article was published on July 21, 2015, describing the remote hacking of an FCA vehicle by researchers who were able to affect the operation of various vehicle control systems, including the service brakes, steering, throttle and ignition.Most of the complaints involved vehicle systems that were not safety critical (e.g., complaints related to radio, navigation system, or air-conditioning control) and did not affect vehicle control.Three complaints reported engine stalls.One owner reported sudden unintended acceleration allegedly related to hacking.None of the complaints or field reports reviewed involved the steering and braking vehicle control effects demonstrated by the research hackers prior to the recall.There were no confirmed incidents of hacking in any of the records reviewed by ODI.The remedies completed by Sprint and FCA appear to have eliminated vulnerabilities that mi