general problems of the 2012 Chrysler 200

The contact owns a 2012 Chrysler 200. The contact stated that occasionally, while driving at various speeds at night, the headlights intermittently became inoperable. The failure occurred with the high beam and low beam headlights. Additionally, the windshield wipers only operated at high speeds because the variable speed control was inoperable. There was no warning light illuminated. The battery was replaced; however, the failures reoccurred. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 127,000.

The dashboard lights and the head and back lights will flicker on and off. The car has shut off while driviing in traffic. Sometimes it doesnt start at all , I have to baqng the door and then the loghtas will come on. I put a brand new battery and altintor in the car and my nechnanic doesnt have a clue what is wrong woth it. Believe it to be the computer system.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Chrysler 200. The contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, notice that the front passenger head light and the left rear tale light failed to illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the tipm failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000. Aw.

Driving and interior lights dim down and get real bright spontaneously. Also my seat belt light and chime don't work all the time?? trans already slips when leaving town at a medium acceleration? only 75000 miles on the car.

Cant see at night with the low beams. Needs to be replaced with a two bulb system. Does some one have to die before this issue is addressed?.

While driving 15mph in a 25mph zone due to not being able to see the road on a downgrade I almost hit an animal and coming close to also hitting a low center median being unable to see in front of my vehicle more than 10 feet or less. Informed Chrysler and as other people stated they want to do an adjustment and diagnosis of problem. I have and drive other vehicles and have not had this issue with anything else just this vehicle there is not enough light and the cutoff is seriously bad.

Projector type head lamps are aimed too low and cannot be adjusted as designed. On dark roads peripheral lighting from head lamps is non existent. Brights are needed but not practical for constant use and is illegal in town as well. This is a real design flaw and some one is going to get hurt in a night time accident due to the poor design of the lighting system on this model.

Head lamp projection on the 2012 Chrysler 200 is very limited on low beam (50 feet) which is unsafe and is going to cause death or injury. This is a design defect and cannot be corrected by the dealer for which 2 attempts were made. In addition, the manufacturer was contacted for correction. They stated the head lamps operate as intended and there is nothing to be done. Either the vehicle must be driven very slowly so that the driver can react to the limited projection field or high beams must be used which blinds the oncoming traffic and is illegal in most conditions. There is a lid which covers the bulb half way on low beam and retracts fully on high beam. The lid restricts adequate projection and also restricts beam projection to the sides. This is an extremely unsafe vehicle in this condition for night time driving and should recalled for correction. The dealer has had numerous complaints on this model, but says there is nothing they can do since the manufacturer will not acknowledge a problem. I have read numerous other complaints in your data base concerning the same problem and have spoken to other owners who acknowledge the problem. Not driving the car at night or driving with high beams on is not the answer. Please get the manufacturer to acknowledge and fix the design defect immediately.