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80,000 miles · Apr 14, 2018

Electronic Stability Control (esc)Power TrainService Brakes

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS RPM RANGES ALL THE WAY TO 9 RPM THEN SUDDENLY GOES TO 2RPM WHILE DRIVING CAR ALSO GOES TO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY, DASH LIGHTS INDICATE SERVICE PARK BRAKE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION, SERVICE ABS, CAR REVS IN PARK POSITION AS IF ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED WHEN STARTING, DRIVER SIDE WIN…

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NHTSA ODI #11085075

32,000 miles · Apr 11, 2018

Power Train

TRANSMISSION HAS A HARSH SHIFT & SLIPS AT TIMES. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. CHRYSLER'S CORPORATE WON'T ADDRESS THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE THERE'S NO TROUBLE CODES OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I HAVE LESS THAN 3000 MILES BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRES.

NHTSA ODI #11084668

70,000 miles · Apr 3, 2018

Power TrainUnknown Or Other

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I HAD JUST LEFT MY HOUSE AND WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN MY CHRYSLER 200 CUT OFF. THE SCREEN READ, SHIFT TO PARK TO START. I SHIFTED INTO PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT IT DIDNT START. THEN I WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME I HAD THIS PROBLEM. EVERYTIME THE CAR SHUT OFF, IT WAS AFTER DRIVING ONLY A FEW MINUTES AT 25 MPH. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BOTH TIMES AND IT WAS PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE I OFTEN DRIVE WITH MY THREE YR OLD. THE CAR IS A LEMON AND CHRYSLER SHOULD GIVE EVERYBODY THEIR MONEY BACK OR MOST OF IT. CHRYSLER IS PLAYING WITH PEOPLES LIVES AND RECALLING IT DOESNT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ODI #11082696

30,000 miles · Apr 3, 2018

EnginePower Train

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM STOP AND WHILE IN MOTION, THERE IS A KICK FEELING WHEN CAR GOES FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT

NHTSA ODI #11082627

62,000 miles · Mar 21, 2018

Air BagsPower Train

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THE CAR STATES THAT THE AIRBAGS NEED TO BE SERVICED. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED OUT BEFORE AND THE DEALERSHIP RESET THE SYSTEM, BUT THE WARNING KEEPS COMING BACK. ALSO, I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED OUT BEFORE AND AND THE DEALERSHIP HOOKED IT UP TO THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM, BUT I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONSTANT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSITIONING OF THE GEARS. IT JUMPS ALOT AND RUNS ROUGH. MY CAR ALSO HAS BEEN STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. JUST RECENTLY THE CAR ISN'T EVEN STARTING. IT TAKES AWHILE FOR IT TO START UP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON TOO AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT STATES THAT I NEED TO SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION.

NHTSA ODI #11080747

52,000 miles · Mar 18, 2018

EnginePower Train

VEHICLE STUTTERS WHILE DRIVING CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND MY CAR ALMOST SHUT OFF WENT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR LESS THAN A MONTH AGO AND THEY TRIED TELLING ME THIS IS NORMAL THIS IS A CONSTANT THING I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE ,THIS IS NOT AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM

NHTSA ODI #11080046

44,000 miles · Mar 16, 2018

Electrical SystemPower TrainSteering

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(TAKATA RECALL) MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WONT GO OFF THEY SAID I HAD A RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE TRANSMISSION MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST 20 TIMES FOR THIS SAME THING CHRYSLER SAID THEY DONT HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM THE CAR IS DANGEROUS AND THEY ALL NEED TO COME OFF THE ROADS. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN SOME DEATHS DUE TO THIS RECALL. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSABLE FOR THIS ISSUE BUT ALL THEY ARE DOING IS JUST REPLACING THE PART WITH THE SAME PART THAT IS RECALLED... PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET KILLED FOR THIS CAR STALLING OUT AND SHUTING OFF.CHRYSLER NEEDS TO BUYBACK ALL OF THESE CARS BECAUSE OF THE SFAETY ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. AND PUT EVERYONE IN ANOTHER VECHICLE ..HOE CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS ISSUE. THERE IS OVER 45 COMPLAINTS ON COMPLAINTS.COM PLEASE READ OVER THESE AND HELP US WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED. MY CAR IS STILL DOING THIS TODAY SO FROM 11-27-2016 TO 3-16-2018 AND HAS NOT STOPPED OR BEEN CORRECTED AT ALL

NHTSA ODI #11079879

56,000 miles · Mar 12, 2018

Electrical SystemEnginePower Train

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ON THURSDAY 03/8/2018 AND SATURDAY 03/10/2018 WE STARTED OUR VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TRAVELED LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE DOWN OUR STREET WHEN A WARNING ALARM SOUNDED AND THE DASH BOARD READ SOMETHING LIKE, "PULL OVER AND PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK IN ORDER TO START." WHEN WE TRIED TO START (KEY-LESS CAR) IT WOULD NOT START RIGHT WAY AND MADE AN ALMOST GRINDING SOUND. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE, EVENTUALLY IT STARTED. I DO SEE 2 RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE WHICH DESCRIBE THE VEHICLE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING BUT WHEN I PLACE MY VIN IN THE SEARCH IT DOES NOT IDENTIFY ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. THE RECALL NUMBERS I BELIEVE MAY RELEVANT TO OUR VEHICLE IS CHRYSLER'S R24 AND S55.

NHTSA ODI #11078626

Mileage unknown · Mar 11, 2018

Power Train

STALLING

NHTSA ODI #11078555

69,000 miles · Mar 3, 2018

Air BagsPower Train

MY CAR HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING, WHILE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY LOSING ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR. I REPEATEDLY WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TRY TO RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR HOME. AS WELL AS HAVING A AIRBAG LIGHT THAT COMES ON WHEN EVERY I OVER BUMPY ROADS.

NHTSA ODI #11076040

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.

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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