2014 Chrysler 300
This year drew an ordinary 236 complaints for a Chrysler 300 — the model's median is 137. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.1% of them mention train, against 5.8% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Chrysler 300, which began in 2011. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 236 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 137 |
| Involving a crash | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- train — 16.1% of this year's complaints, against 5.8% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: train, power train, train however, disconnect.
- several times — 7.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: several times, test drive.
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
THE GEAR SHIFT WAS SWITCHED INTO THE REVERSE POSITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO…
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V018000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18E053000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 17V435000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 17V097000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 17V741000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 16V240000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 14V634000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
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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