2016 Chrysler 200
This year drew an ordinary 342 complaints for a Chrysler 200 — the model's median is 335. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.2% of them mention oil, against 4.9% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 342 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 335 |
| Involving a crash | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 11 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- oil — 15.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: oil, oil change, burning, oil low.
- middle — 7% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: middle, off middle, middle traffic.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
My car is using an excessive amount of oil. I did an oil change on April 4th and by May 4th my car was telling me I need an oil change. I had not even driven it the recommended 3,000 miles before doing an oil change. I added the 1 1/2 quarts of oil that my car…
MY CAR IS BURNING MORE OIL THAN IT SHOULD AND THE CAR DOES NOT WARN YOU WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL. INSTEAD, IT ALLOWS YOU TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND WHILE ON THE ROAD, IT SHUTS OFF. I HAVE HAD MY OIL CHANGE COMPLETED 2 WEEKS AGO AND I HAVE DRIVEN 1,000…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 16V589000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chrysler 200 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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