2005 Chrysler 300
Complaints about this year name park far more often than the other years of this generation — 18% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 5.3%.
First year of a new generation. The Chrysler 300 was redesigned for 2005. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,125 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 137 |
| Involving a crash | 46 |
| Involving a fire | 16 |
| Recalls | 7 |
What the complaints were about
- tank — 23.8% of this year's complaints, against 9.5% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: tank, stalls, gas tank, fill.
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.
Also unusual this year
- shifter — 8% of complaints, 20× usual
- stalls — 8% of complaints, 20× usual
- tank — 13% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
When the fuel tank is topped off the vehicle stalls 2-6 times until the excess fuel is burned off. This has happened on the road, in parking lots, intersections, etc. It causes total loss of power & power steering. Additionally, I usually have to shift to Park…
AFTER FILLING GAS TANK, WHEN WEATHER IS BELOW 40 DEGREES F, VEHICLE STUMBLES, STALLS AND IS HARD TO RESTART WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V770000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 05V460000 POWER TRAIN
- 04V335000 SEAT BELTS
- 04V334000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 04V333000 SEAT BELTS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chrysler 300 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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