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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

99 crash reports24 fire reports50 injury reports

What owners actually said

1,987 reports

34 miles · Apr 13, 2017

EngineSteering

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THIS VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF, TELLING ME TO SHIFT TO PARK AND SELECT DESIRED GEAR. THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL SHOWING I WAS IN DRIVE, BUT THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY OFF. I TRIED TO START THE CAR 3 MORE TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T START. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NOVEMBER, 21, 2015. LUCKILY I WASN'T DRIVING FAST OR ANYTHING, I WAS ABLE TO JUST SIT IN THE ROAD UNTIL THE CAR CAME BACK ON. I AM REALLY TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE.

NHTSA ODI #10972230

55,000 miles · Apr 13, 2017

Electrical SystemSuspensionVehicle Speed Control

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE ENGINE OF AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS LEANING OUTWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AXLE HAD DETACHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 06/02/17*LJ *CN

NHTSA ODI #10972220

3,800 miles · Apr 10, 2017

Power Train

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILURE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V529000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AND FELT UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,800.

NHTSA ODI #10971645

30,000 miles · Apr 8, 2017

Power Train

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OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 4 MONTHS, MY VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY LOST ALL TRANSMISSION POWER 3 TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE INFORMATION DISPLAY READS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES: "SERVICE TRANSMISSION," "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE," "SHIFT TO P TO SELECT A GEAR," "PERFORMANCE SHIFTING UNAVAILABLE". THESE MESSAGES WILL CONTINUE TO DISPLAY AND THE CAR LOSES ALL POWER AND WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS. THE ENGINE DOES STAY ON, BUT WILL HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND THE CAR IS EFFECTIVELY STUCK IN NEUTRAL. EACH OF THE 3 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED, I HAVE BEEN AT FULL SPEED, BETWEEN 45 AND 80 MPH. THE SECOND TWO TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED HAVE BEEN IN DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE LOCATIONS, JUST YESTERDAY, I LOST ALL POWER WHILE EXECUTING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS 3 LANES OF BUSY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE SMALL BIT OF GRAVITY THAT PULLED ME ACROSS THE INTERSECTION BEFORE A TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAPPENED. EACH OF THE 3 TIMES, I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A CERTIFIED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. EACH OF THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE CAR "ISN'T THROWING ANY CODES" AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A MALFUNCTION. THEY WILL FLASH A NEW TSB, RESET THE TRANSMISSION, AND SEND ME ON MY WAY, ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHY. THE VEHICLE IS UNRELIABLE DUE TO THESE ONGOING POWERTRAIN STRUGGLES, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMPLETELY UNSAFE. IT'S CAUSED ME NEARLY 2 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO TOTAL LACK OF CONTROL AT HIGH SPEEDS.

NHTSA ODI #10971427

20,000 miles · Apr 7, 2017

Engine

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE'S LONG BLOCK CAUSED BY THE SOLENOID MISFIRING. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE JERKING WAS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

NHTSA ODI #10971080

44,000 miles · Apr 4, 2017

Electrical System

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V470000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER PERFORMED A REPAIR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO PERFORMED A FLASH. WHEN THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000.

NHTSA ODI #10970516

63,725 miles · Apr 1, 2017

Electrical System

THE FIRST TIME CAR IN MOTION DRIVING ON INTERSTATE RAMP TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY AND LOST POWER; SHUT OFF. THE SECOND I WAS STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND PULLED OFF AND SHORTLY AFTER THE CAR SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED TWICE DUE TO THE CAR SHUTTING OFF. *AS

NHTSA ODI #10969852

14,390 miles · Mar 30, 2017

Power Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLAC…

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NHTSA ODI #10969469

Mileage unknown · Mar 29, 2017

Air Bags

CONSTANT "BING" AND AIR BAG WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR IDLING AT A STOP. USED DIRECTION ARROWS TO REMOVE THE WORDS OF AIR BAG NEEDS SERVICE TO SPEEDOMETER READINGS, BUT GOES BACK TO BING AGAIN. I LOOKED AT THE OWNERS MANUAL AND IT SAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTENANCE FREE...

NHTSA ODI #10969439

48,509 miles · Mar 27, 2017

Steering

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THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPEND TWICE. I WAS TURNING ON TO A ROAD AND THE CAR LOSS ALL POWER STEERING. THE DISPLAY SHOWED SERVICE IMMEDIATELY AND A ENGINE LIGHT. I TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT WORKED AGAIN NO INDICATORS. CALLED CHRYSLER LOCAL SERVICE THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT, AND IT WAS PROBABLY A GLITCH. THEN A WEEK LATER WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 35 WITH MY SON IN THE CAR I LOSS POWER STEERING AGAIN. SAME THING THO WHEN I TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED IT ON THIS TIME THE INDICATORS STAYED ON. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER DROVE IT OF THE TRUCK THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THIS DEFECT IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.

NHTSA ODI #10968612

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.

Additional source detail variants (3)

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