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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

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Service Brakes complaints

33 reports

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66,000 miles · Jul 28, 2020

Service BrakesUnknown Or OtherInjury

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WHILE IN MOTION THE PARKING BREAK CAN ENGAGE AT ANY SPEED AND IT'S PLACEMENT ON THE CAR ITSELF IS DANGEROUS AND JERKS THE CAR IF PRESSED WHILE MOVING THEREFOR COULD CAUSE EXTREME HARM. FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF, ANY OR ALL PASSENGERS, OR DRIVERS NEARBY, IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO A LOCATION THAT ISN'T NOT EASILY REACHABLE AND ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN REMOTELY ENGAGE WHILE MOVING. I ONLY OCCURRED WHIPLASH AND MY FAST THINKING AND LUCK OF HAVING THE ROOM TO SLOW DOWN, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND IT SHOULD NEVER ENGAGE U LESS THE BRAKES ARE BEING PRESSED AND DEFINITELY NOT AT SPEEDS UP TO OR OVER THE SPEED LIMITS.

NHTSA ODI #11341957

29,764 miles · May 2, 2020

Service Brakes

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SO I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUNCH IN A NUMBER AT THE CAR WASH AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE BRAKE DID SOMETHING BUT MY CAR STARTED ROLLING WHILE IT WAS IN DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO LIKE LITERALLY PUSH THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD AND I WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR AND IT WOULD JUST ROLL WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO I TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC THE SERVICE CHRYSLER CENTER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND THEY SAY IT'S THE BRAKE BOOSTER I WENT AND GOT A SECOND OPINION BECAUSE THE BRAKE BOOSTER RARELY EVER SOMETHING THAT NEEDS REPLACED ESPECIALLY ON A 2016 VEHICLE AND IF IT DOES IT'S ONLY ON VEHICLES THAT ARE OVER 150,000 MILES OR AN OLDER VEHICLE SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC TO GET A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE VACUUM LINE TO BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED BC OIL IS LEAKING INTO BOOSTER AND THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD'VE DID THAT BEFORE IT WAS SOLD TO ME AND THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL AND IT'S GOING TO COST $717 WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ESSENTIAL WORKER AND I DO NOT RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT AND THERE'S ONLY 29,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #11323048

90,589 miles · Apr 21, 2020

Service Brakes

BRAKES SQUEAK WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING

NHTSA ODI #11321820

30,000 miles · Sep 8, 2019

EngineService Brakes

I'M BUYING THIS CAR THIS WEEK WHERE THERE ANY RECALL ISSUES I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DEALER REPAIRED THEM

NHTSA ODI #11253974

104,000 miles · Aug 28, 2019

Air BagsService Brakes

TAKATA RECALL, AIR BAG ICON STAYS ON. GAS CAP ICON STAYS ON. UPON CRUSE CONTROL, TO CONTINUE AT THE PREVIOUS SPEED ON INCLINE , THE BRAKES AND DASH LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF AND STARTED BACK UP AS K WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.

NHTSA ODI #11252069

57,000 miles · Jul 25, 2019

Air BagsService Brakes

MY CAR WAS WORKING PERFECTLY FINE UNTIL I LEFT WORK TODAY. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS SOON AS I STARTED MY CAR AND IT KEPT SAYING 'CHECK PARKING BRAKE' AND 'CHECK AIRBAGS' I COULDN'T PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, IT WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE WOULDN'T LET ME DRIVE. VERY STRANGE, AS IT WAS SU…

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NHTSA ODI #11234943

90,000 miles · Jun 5, 2019

EngineService BrakesUnknown Or Other

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CAR HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS. WHEN I WENT TO RESTART CAR MADE A NOISE LIKE IT WAS STRUGGLING TO START. TURNED CAR OFF AND CHECK OIL APPEARS TO BE FULL. WENT TO RESTART CAR AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO START CAR AND WHILE ALL LIGHTS AND BEEPING CAME ON CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN OVER A 15 MIN PERIOD. CAN NOT PUSH BREAK DOWN AND WHEN PUSH THE START BUTTON NOTHING HAPPENS. CAR HAS ALSO STALLED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN THE LAST YEAR. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATES ITS DUE TO OIL AND IT APPEARS CAR IS BURNING OIL VERY FAST. CHRYSLER STATES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO A SAFETY MECHANISM TO NOT ALLOW THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT DUE TO LOW OIL. AS OIL HAS APPEARED FULL AND CHECKED MULTIPLE TIME UNSURE AS TO WHY THE CAR WOULD DO THIS.

NHTSA ODI #11218073

76,553 miles · Feb 5, 2019

Electrical SystemService Brakes

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MY CAR WAS DRIVING JUST FINE UNTIL I WENT TO REVERSE OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT I WAS PARKED IN. I PUSHED THE BRAKE DOWN TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKE GOT HARDER TO PUSH DOWN. IT DISPLAYS ON MY SCREEN THE 'BRAKE' IS ON BUT IT'S NOT. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE MY BRAKES WENT OUT BUT IT'S SO HARD TO PUSH THEM DOWN. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN A PARKING LOT RATHER THEN ON A MAIN ROAD OR EVEN THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY BRAKE BOOSTER. IT'S NO WAY AFTER TWO YEARS OF HAVING THIS CAR THAT ANYTHING THIS SERIOUS WITH MY BRAKES SHOULD'VE HAPPENED AT ALL.

NHTSA ODI #11174643

Mileage unknown · Dec 7, 2018

Air BagsElectrical SystemService Brakes

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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AROUND 30 MPH THE SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND SERVICE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS CAME ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL DISABLING. AS THAT HAPPENED MY TOUCHSCREEN IN THE VEHICLE WENT IN AND OUT AND THE CAR BECAME HESITANT TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND THEN RELEASE IT AFTERWARDS THE CAR REALLY BECAME HARD TO MOVE. TRANSMISSION JUST REVED AND THE CAR EVENTUALLY STARTED ACCELERATING.

NHTSA ODI #11156708

36,000 miles · Dec 7, 2018

Air BagsElectrical SystemService Brakes

SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND SERVICE PARKING BRAKE NOTIFICATIONS APPEARED AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT, THE SCREEN WENT IN AND OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND WOULDN'T MOVE. THE TRANSMISSION JUST REVED THIS CAR HAS MAJOR ISSUES ALL OF THIS HAPPED WHILE DRIVING.

NHTSA ODI #11156697

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.

16V589000 · Steering; Structure; Suspension

Aug 10, 2016

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chrysler 200 vehicles manufactured May 24, 2016, to May 25, 2016. Multiple chassis fastener joints may not have been tightened to the proper torque specification.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the chassis fastener joints are improperly torqued they may loosen and fail or fall out, reducing steering and handling capability and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the joints and tighten or replace the fasteners, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on September 2, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S59.

Additional source detail variants (3)

Structure

Consequence: If the chassis fastener joints are improperly torqued they may loosen and fail or fall out, reducing steering and handling capability and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Chrysler has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the joints and tighten or replace the fasteners, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on September 2, 2016. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is S59.

Suspension

Consequence: If the chassis fastener joints are improperly torqued they may loosen and fail or fall out, reducing steering and handling capability and increasing the risk of a crash.

Steering

Consequence: If the chassis fastener joints are improperly torqued they may loosen and fail or fall out, reducing steering and handling capability and increasing the risk of a crash.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

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