general problems of the 2015 Chrysler 200 - part 1

Since the day I picked up the car from the dealership lot, I have had consistent issues with this vehicle simply operating safely and normally. In arizona, you're legally responsible for a vehicle the moment you sign — even before you drive it off the property — so I was essentially stuck with it. From that point forward, I have been at my dealership nearly every month due to various mechanical and electrical issues. The vehicle has a history of repeated electrical and mechanical failures that affect both safety and basic function. One of the most serious problems is that the car randomly shuts off while driving, including in traffic and at intersections. This happens without warning and creates a serious risk of being hit from behind or losing control of the vehicle. In addition, the car frequently fails to start. It will often require a jump-start just to turn on, but even then, service technicians have told me the battery is not the issue, and in some cases, it doesn’t respond to a jump at all. The problem remains undiagnosed, with technicians saying they cannot pinpoint the cause. The issue appears to be electrical or ignition-related, but no definitive fix has been found. There have also been ongoing problems with the transmission jerking, hesitation during acceleration, and various warning lights coming on, including the battery, check engine, and transmission indicators. These issues began shortly after purchase and have occurred consistently over time. The vehicle has been brought to the dealership numerous times, where they have attempted repairs, but the problems continue. It is not safe to drive and continues to present a major safety hazard due to unexpected shutdowns and unreliable starting. These issues have been acknowledged by the dealer but never resolved, and the vehicle and components are available for inspection upon request.

My car is stuck in drive but won't let me turn my shifter to park. It will not start and I have to undo the battery to get it to shut off . But it won't cranck. It sometimes will slow down for no reason and speed up without me even pressing the gas. My shock absorbers look like they are almost off the coil over spring. My lights in my car. Sometimes work and sometimes don't. My headlights won't turn on sometimes. I have to kill the car and rest the system on my radio . My radio just started working last week for the first time since I got it and I have had it since October 2024. Bunch more problems . My service brake light and service airbags lights never go off. . My engine lights never goes off. My tires sensors never pick up. My car is currently sitting in a parking lot and since I can't drive it bc it won't shift into park the battery has been stolen and also something has happened to my windshield. Bc my windshield is broken on passenger side.

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? • the parking brake randomly turns on mid driving especially on the highway. My car will randomly stop driving but the the radio and everything else is on but the car isn’t on if that make sense. When I go to turn it back on after it shuts off it stutters then finally kicks back on. My tire sensors are completely off , my airbag system is always saying error , seat belt system is always going off. I could be going 50mph and car will shut off mid driving. Yes it can be inspected for free. Especially if my car is recalled . How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? • my safety is definitely put at risk and sometimes others depending what my car does that day. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? • no I haven’t had no one to look at it has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? • no I haven’t been in a accident I do my best to get off the road were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? •seat belt sensor is on , airbag sensor is on , and check engine light is on. It’s been going on for about 2 months now there was no incident but I am very scared their will be. I do my best to be off the road but this is my only vehicle. I just seen an article my vehicle is recalled .

My car will not go into park. It will not engage. It is staying in gear. I called Chrysler Dodge Jeep in lee summit and they say that that has been repaired before there is a recall on it but there’s refusing to repair it. Never had that happen or had it repaired since I’ve owned the vehicle but unsafe and drivable dangerous I was stuck in the middle of the street for over an hour was very very terrifying. Can you help me figure out what they won’t fix this? control automatic emergency braking r08 I believe this is to the recall code I run the car for a while, and I have never taken it in for this I was unaware until it lost up on me my number.

While driving vehicle lost power and began to show service transmission and park brake check signs. Vehicle lost power and was lucky we weren't rear ended on the road by the cars behind or cause an accident. Looking at this is year there are several complaints with the same issue. Car only has 33k miles and is having transmission issues.

The contact owns a 2015 Chrysler 200. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle inadvertently moved forward. The contact had to depress the brake pedal all the way to the floorboard to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,799.

There were no warning lamps but my transmission shift very hard and is very jerky. Also my parking break keeps engaging on its own. Im afraid that im going to be driving and it will engage itsself. It hasnt happened while driving yet but it had many times while setting still and in gear.

Speed settings will accelerate and loose power without manually adjusting. Electrical will cut in and out. Breaks system will kick in randomly.

~tl-the contact owns a 2015 chyrsler 200 limited. While vehilcle was coming out of parked postition, the park brake is engage on it's own. A warning light did illuminated from the vehicle. The contact was able to take the vehile to independent mechanic who was ablt to diagnosed park brake was in transition and need to replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not avaiable. Vw.

As I was driving down the highway on September 12, 2020, I noticed that my steering wheel was hard to turn suddenly and my gas pedal and brake pedal were not working properly. The car would not move much and it wouldn't stop properly. Some lights lit up on my dash board. I brought my car into the shop a few days later. The mechanic hooked my car to a machine and nothing was really showing. He did something to reset my dashboard alerts and said that if it continued to bring it back. It did continue, so he ordered new coils for my car. I brought the car back in on September 29, 2020 for repair. The mechanic rechecked my car and he found metal flakes in the oil that he drained from my transmission. He said that is not normal for regular wear and tear.

Two days ago my car randomly turned the breaking break on going in reverse I thought I hit something but really my car turned on the parking break I didn't think anything of it but in the same day but different time it did it again also when I mean turned on the parking break I mean it was completely on and stopped my car from moving. Now today I was driving I stopped at a red light went to go pull off and my breaking break came on and I couldn't move my car until I turned it off same with when I went in reverse. I'm currently on vacation 33 hours away from home in California and I'm scared I won't be able to get my car back and myself and family home safely in this car come Saturday and honestly I'm afraid to drive it now because it does it randomly with zero warning.

On August 23rd, I was taking my sister in law back home from our house. On the way back from her house I decided to wash my 15 Chrysler 200. When I as done with that task and got back in the car. I noticed my brakes wouldn't disengage. I tried to do the maintenance release through the car's radio and it wouldn't let me do it. This is the first time I had any problem with the car. So I then tried to turn off and on the car and that didn't work. So then I thou maybe if I drove it, they would release and just as I hit 45mph, they did. And started to preform normally. An hour later, I stopped by my mother-in-law house to take car of her dogs like I've been doing for the last few days and when I was ready to leave. The car battery died. I'm not quite sure how cause I don't leave my lights on ever. And I sat there to wait for someone to tow it to the store with car battery and had them switched. They came to tell me that they couldn't get the car out of gear. So I went out there to see what was wrong and they were right. The car was running fine but I couldn't get it to change gears. On my dashboard. My small screen said to service the park brake and I thought, what that the brakes got to do with it's transmission. I looked and saw my mileage, 93,568, was blinking and my gear indicator as n. I'm pretty sure that the car was in park the hole time they where changing out the battery. The shifter nob was able to turn but I wasn't changing the gear either. So after that, I released the parking brake, that's somehow made the care show it was in drive, and had it towed back to my mother-in-law house.

My vehicle had trouble starting. When I finally started it, I was unable to shift gears, the transmission was acting weird.

Takes too long for the brakes to recognize they put us on a break then it increases speak before it brakes.

While driving or accelerating, the check charging system light pops up on dash screen and will shut off, not being able to drive.

While driving that various speeds, the vehicle jerks while the accelerator pedal is depressed but the vehicle fails to accelerate. Also I noticed the vehicle didn't come with rubber on the accelerator pedal it was completely metal and my foot was sliding while driving so I contacted the dealership and tried to get it replaced but they said that is was a cost saving issue and there was nothing they could do about it since none of the cars came with this so I purchased a stainless steel pedal cover kit but I'm still having issues while driving with the accelerator on this vehicle while on the freeway because it hard accelerator at high speeds without the grip of the rubber.

For starters when entering my car it doesn't detect the key I've changed the battery in the fob and car as well I have to sit for sometimes 10 min it will start but message key fob not detected displays the entire time I'm driving. Then it also flashes seat belt, air bags and brakes I've enclosed some pictures as well. It's never don this I don't don't think it's issue with my air bags or brakes but seem electrical I'm not sure but please help me figure it out.

The emergency brake randomly sets itself when the car is in slow drive; such as backing up or slowly moving forward. Last incident was 2/18/2020; however, it happens frequently.

While driving car would warn me to put in park and start car again. Car automatic shut it's self off in the middle of driving down a main road (busy road).

Intermittent trouble breaking. Sometimes the pedal gets stiff, sometimes the pedal clicks when trying to brake, sometimes it feels like the pedal is going to fall through the floor or break off and also feels like the entire steering column (steering wheel and axle connecting the frontt tires is going to break! also feels like the brake pedal is sinking sometimes and that I can't stop and will crash!! I have an appointment to have the Chrysler dealership look at it because it has thrown some serv awd code to me twice now when putting the car in drive but then goes out and no codes are able to be read but this happens concurrently with sudden braking issues it seems like! happens usually when slowing down quickly but can happen at anytime and has varied in conditions as to when the problem flared up.

The parking brake activates without touching it. I thought I was probably hitting it on accident but I'm no where near it. It's really scary. When I'm slowing down the car will accelerate on its own and the airbag light comes on and off.

As I am driving the parkway going about 60 mph my car with out any warning started with flashing red on the dashboard. The temperature gauge started going from hot to cold and the engine symbol flashed on dash board. I was in the left hand lane with a significant amount of traffic passing me. Within 2-3 minutes as I started to go down hill the dash flashed steering will be disabled, then autobrading with be disabled. The radio at this point shut off and it was difficult to steer the car. There was little acceleration when I tried to give it gas to keep with the pace of the other vehicles attempting to move to the side of the road. I put my hazardous flashers on but because I did not have a dash board screen I was sure they were working everything electrical seemed to be off. I finally made it to the side of the road and the car went about 3 feet and stopped. I was not able to put the car in park once I got to the side of the road. It was difficult for the tow company to pull the vehicle because the wheels were locked and they had to use special equipment.

The emergency break cuts on for no reason. The car stalls after stopping. The car cut off while I was driving one time. My car would not start (lights, alarm were on) but the engine would not start.

"takata recall". To begin, my car wouldn't accelerate, I'd be driving and it would hesitate then take off reallty hard as to even jerk. Did this a couple of times before I took it in to the dealership, one place told me it was nothing wrong, took it to another dealership because it kept stalling as I was on the highway and they said it was an electrical issue. Then another issue occurred with the dash illuminating telling me my airbags alert displaying on my dash (2x)took it back to dealership, though they kept it for a week, they said it was because someone kicked the wiring loose under my passenger seat. No one has ever sat in my back seat. Now my car is in the shop because at first the malfunction light illuminated, drove my car to work, returned to my car and it wouldn't start, had roadside jumpstart it, and it started, went back out later and it wouldn't start, as I tried to get out, my dash lit up and I had to push the button for it to turn off, as I'm walking away, my car literally tries to accelerate on its own, as if I hit my remote start. Had it taken into the dealership. They diagnosed my car as having a faulty climate control module ( first off, I drive 17 miles to and from work everyday, my climate control has been beyond functional, I literally have to turn it off because it gets so cold in my car) and they also said my car stalled because of a bad battery, and said the burning I smelled on the passenger door was a faulty wire and thats why its not functioning properly, which they're repairing, but charging me for it. I have had so many issues with this car since I purchased it. When I'm driving and turn the wheel to the left, it sounds like something is going to break, also my breaks will lock up on me if it's raining and I'll slide ( really)?? this car has been nothing less then a lemon.

Attempted to brake at an intersection however the vehicle did not brake. Pulled the emergency brake to avoid collision. According to the napleton Chrysler dealership in palm beach gardens, FL the brake booster on the 4 year old vehicle needs to be replaced.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 Chrysler 200. While driving in reverse, the vehicle failed to stop when the brake pedal was depressed. In addition, the service electronic brake system warning indicator illuminated. The contact had to forcefully depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. The contact called courtesy Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (located at 1890 dogwood dr se, conyers, GA 30013, (678) 210-2489) and informed them of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 87,794.

My 2015 Chrysler 200c all-wheel drive 3. 6 l v6 has randomly had bouts of stiffness/lack of normal tension in my steering usually when going to turn hut has happened at other times as well like when changing lanes! also I've noticed a clicking/creaking break pedal that will sporadically get severly stiff and when depressed does not slow the vehicle or it will click and sink like the pedal bbn is going to fall through my floor board while I'm trying to break at any speed! this should be illegal I should not be stuck with the $20,000 bill and have my children riding around in a car that doesn't want to break or steer properly and I've had multiple mechanics look at it and they say everything's just fine with it of course they think that because it's not a consistent problem it just so happens to go out same with many other things on my vehicle which makes me wonder if it's not electrical either way I don't care what the cause is if you can't fix it or if it's going to cause me not be able to steer or brake properly with my children in the car we all deserve our money back because this is not safe and these cars should have never been released to the market!.

When driving my vehicle from the stop position on the street or at a traffic light and I begin to accelerate the vehicle hesitates as the engine rpms increase. It takes about 2-5 seconds for the transmission to catch up with the desired speed. When driving over 45 - 55mph or higher on the highway there is a distinct humming sound coming from the front of the vehicle. A constant humming sound. When I decrease in speed the transmission jerks as if it doesn't want to go into its lower gears. This problem has been occurring with the vehicle since I purchased it used in August of 2017 in hawaii.

Brake pedal will not push down and car won't start.

"takata recall" heading toward a red light I started pressing on my brake when the car starts accelerating on its own. . The car was in motion and on the city street.

I was driving my car on the freeway in stop and go traffic. I had a good 3-4 car lengths in between myself and the vehicle in front of me. The cars in front of my came to a sudden stop so I slammed on my brakes. The car initially slowed but not at the pace I expected. I pushed the brakes to the floor but the car would not stop. I rear ended the vehicle in front of me totaling the car. There was plenty of room in front of me and the roads were dry. The car should have stopped in time which leads me to believe the brakes were the cause. I had noticed them being delayed in the weeks prior but did not hear any squeaking so I assumed they were fine until this happened.

Air bag light came on for no reason. . Vehicle has not been in accident to cause this. .

While driving the vehicle the dashboard/instrument cluster keeps on flashing in and out, staying off for at lease 5 seconds at a time. At night the headlights also flicker on and off. The car also tends to pick up speed while braking. Lets talk about the brakes, the brakes absolutely suck, they don't hold properly at all. While coming to a stop I often have to sink my foot into the peddle and give myself extra feet to stop.

�takata recall� after the 2 initial recalls, park brake came on while driving and transmission won't shift out of neutral. Same issue as previously recalled but still not the fix!!!!.

Takata recall when I drive my car (especially on the highway when accelerating) it seems to not want to shift into gear. It makes a weird sound like it's trying but it doesn't shift until I hit about 62 mph. One time I was driving and stopped at a red light and when I tried accelerating my gear went all the way into the red and I had to pull over shut my car off and completely restart it. Also sometimes when I brake, it seems like it accelerates first and then slows down. I've tried having someone look at it but it just so happens it didn't do it when someone test drove it. It does it 9/10 times for me though. I received a letter about a recall but I can't find it which is the only reason I had looked into this situation more. It seemed like many cars of my make model and year were doing exactly what I had been trying to explain to the body shop however when I put my VIN in to check, it said my car had zero open recalls. I still wanted to make a report just in case it had been missed.