2015 Chrysler 300
This year drew an ordinary 97 complaints for a Chrysler 300 — the model's median is 152. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.8% of them mention abs, against 8.7% 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 | 97 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 152 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- abs — 25.8% of this year's complaints, against 8.7% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: abs, stability, sensors, electronic stability.
- less — 21.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.8% across the other years of this generation (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: less, less than, hot, 3rd.
- happens — 18.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: happens, forth, back forth, happened again.
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 ANTI LOCK BREAK AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENS SPEED CONTROL IS DEACTIVATED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SENSORS, AS I HAVE HAD TWO OF THESE REPLACED OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS. MY ACCOUNT MANAGER MA…
MY 2015 CHRYSLER 300S MODEL WITH LESS THEN 300 MILES ON IT HAS SERVER CORROSION DUE TO HEAVY RUSTING ON AND AROUND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER CONTROL ARMS AND BOLTS AND BUSHINGS. I LIVE IN TEXAS AND THE VEHICLE HASNT BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY HARSH CLIMATES WITHIN THE…
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.
- 17V097000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 15V461000 EQUIPMENT 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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