2000 Chrysler 300M

2000 CHYSLER 300M. MYSELF AND TWO NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM NUMBEROUS TIMES THIS YEAR. WE ARE FINDING THAT THE WHEELS ARE RUSTING/PEELING AND CAUSING THE SEAL ON THE TIRES TO BREAK, THUS, CAUSING CONSTANT FLAT TIRES. WE'VE ALL HAD THE WHEELS CLEANED AND RE-SEALED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT FEEL THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD LET ALONE A CONCERN OF OWNERS FINDING FLAT TIRES ALL THE TIME. OUR DEALER INDICATED NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE WHEELS. THAT'S IT....WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THESE WHEELS REPLACED AT NO COST TO US SINCE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS TO WHAT WE AS OWNERS (3) CAN DO ABOUT THIS. *NM

DT: 2000 CHRYSLER 300M. THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 23,2005. CHRYSLER DEALER DETERMINED ENGINE FAILED INTERNALLY. THE RESULTS IN DAMAGE WAS APPARENT FROM CONNECTING ROD PROTRUDING FROM OIL PAN. CHRYSLER PROPOSED TO REPLACE FAULTY ENGINE WITH A CHRYSLER REMANUFACTURED LONG BLOCK ENGINE. THE ENGINE WILL COST $6,100.*AK *NM

DT: THE TIRE RIMS WILL NOT HOLD AIR BECAUSE THE CHROME PLATING PEALED OFF THE STAINLESS RIMS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BY HIMSELF. THIS STARTED ON AUGUST 24, 2004. ORIGINALLY, THE CONSUMER THOUGHT A NAIL WAS IN THE TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT. EVERY OTHER DAY HAD TO FILL UP TO 15 TO 20 LBS OF AIR.*AK *JB

DRIVING OUR 300 M YEAR 2000 TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL I HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JUST SPIN AROUND AND THE CAR KEPT GOING STRAIGHT. WHEN I WENT OUT I SAW AN AMOUNT OF RUSTY METAL LYING ON THE GROUND. WE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP ON 7/14/05 WITH 90% OF THE DRIVING A INTERSTATE ROAD AT SPEEDS OF 60-75 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS HAD LET LOOSE DURING THAT MY WIFE AND I WOULD PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THERE WAS NOT WAY TO CONTROL THE CAR.

MY 2000 CHRYSLER 300M SUDDENLY LOST STEERING AS I WAS DRIVING. LUCKILY NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET IT TO A GAS STATION. $850 LATER, ITS OK NOW BUT HOW CAN THE RACK AND PINION GO BAD ON A 45000 MILE CAR? MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS ALL APART BEYOND REPAIR. I SAW ON THE INTERNET OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING ON THEIR CHRYSLERS, SO I FIGURED ID ADD TO THE PILE.

MY WIFE PURCHASED HER 300M IN 2003 WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND NOT UNLOCK. NOW A YEAR LATER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND CANNOT BE UNLOCKED UNLESS YOU CYCLE THE LOCK SWITCH AND MANUALLY RAISE THE LOCK. I CONSIDER THIS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AND WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I'VE READ SO FAR IT IS FAR FROM A ISOLATED INCIDENT.