Automatic Transmission Control Module Problems of Chrysler 200 - part 2

Engine light had came on again as I was driving to the store when it hesitated slightly, several times its been in for "fuel issues" which started back in oct 14', but this time it needed and tcm update. After this was done it came back with a code reading it needed a new transmission. I'm glad mine was just starting the jerking over the last few weeks, even though now that I think about it, it may have been far longer then that but only occasionally, in reverse and when getting up to speed. This car has too many issues and is a safety issue to drive because at any moment your transmission can drop on it. For a new car this is too much and someone is going to lose their life driving this car if it cuts out at the wrong time.

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I was traveling on highway 17 and attempting to traverse an overpass at 66mph, when suddenly my check engine light came on and the car began to lurch and decelerate. I put on my hazards and was attempting to apply brakes and navigate to the shoulder when I lost my ability to steer the vehicle and the service transmission alarm began going off. I pressed the brakes until the car came to a complete stop (thankfully was not rear-ended) and turned the car off and back on. Luckily the car restarted, however after traveling less than 500ft the problem occurred again. This time I was able to pull into a parking lot and call my husband. I turned the car off and waited a few minutes before restarting, however the car only stayed on for about 45 seconds before it died and would not restart. I contacted Chrysler roadside assistance after providing my location, the customer service rep asked me the following question point blank "were you driving down the road and your car stalled?" to which I replied that it was curious she asked me that as it was exactly what happened. I asked her if it was a known issue and she said no she was just required to ask the question. The car was towed to the dealership and the following codes were noted: p2302, p2305, p2308, p2311. Intermittent aod and b feed circuits f3 3. The dealership flashed the pcm, inspected, repaired the pdc connector c4 terminal pushouts on pins 15 & 18. But after reading the numerous complaints here, I was not convinced that the issue was resolved. I contacted my friend and sales person who's father owned the dealership, and they assisted us with a vehicle trade as having your car die and lose steering at 66mph is a huge safety issue. I am amazed at the number of complaints on this site which has failed to raise alarm for both Chrysler and NHTSA. . . . I guess someone has to die first due to this issue. . .

On 7/19/15 I was driving my newly purchased Chrysler 200s with approximately 10300 miles. While approaching a stop light at 10mph, the car lost all power and coasted to a stop with a "service transmission" message flashing on the screen. I was not able to shift the car out of drive, and the gear selection was blinking in drive. I had to shut the car off and was stranded in the middle of a busy road for 15 minutes. I restarted the car and was able to drive it to the dealership. They replaced the tcm module and re-flashed the software. On 7/22/15 I returned to the dealership to pickup my car. While the service technician was pulling the car around, the car's transmission failed and was stuck in reverse this time, unable to shift out of reverse. They reprogrammed the valve body and performed a re-learn. I picked the car up 7/23/15 and was assured everything was fixed. While driving home from work on 7/24/15 on the interstate (75mph), the cars transmission again failed, leaving me with no throttle power on the interstate, nearly causing a collision with a semi truck. The same error messages as the first incident were flashing on the car's screen. I coasted the car to the site of the interstate and shut it off completely. After 15 minutes I restarted the car and drove it to the dealership. I am very concerned this car is going to get myself or someone else seriously injured.

The contact owns a 2015 Chrysler 200. While driving at 65 mph, the vehicle decelerated independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the tcm and the pcm modules were reprogrammed; however, the failure recurred. The manufactured was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 2,526.

Vehicle shut off while driving approx. 40 mph. Vehicle started blinking put car in park, service transmission, service park break. Then, it shut off on its own. All gears locked up and car would not restart. I was a sitting duck in the roadway. This has happened x2, July 2nd, 2015 and August 10th, 2015. Had it towed both times. First time Chrysler dealer stated they replaced tcm. This second time they are stating the car is reading multiple codes and they don't know what to fix.

I was merging onto the highway and my dashboard started blinking telling me I had to park the car. Once I parked it I could not get it to start again and had it towed to Chrysler. They said they couldn't find anything wrong with it and reset the pcm to get it to start again.

My girlfriend was driving car with our 2 daughters in the back seat at approximately 60 mph during morning traffic on interstate 64 in st. Louis at around 8 a. M. . She was in the middle lane and the car started beeping, service transmission light appeared and started to lose the ability to accelerate or power vehicle. Engine was still running, but basically brought her to a stop in the center lane of traffic. Cars shifter knob was locked in gear, but would not go anywhere. Tried turning car off and back on, but would not go into a moving gear to get out of the middle of the interstate. A couple of motorists tried to assist, but car would not go anywhere. After about 20 minutes when police finally arrived, the car would go into gear and was able to get to shoulder. Dealership had car for 2 weeks. 3 days before even looking at the vehicle and another week waiting on a part. Replaced shifter and transmission control module. Said car was fixed. Car did same thing on 7/3/15, now with a little over 18,000 miles, this time in a residential area about 3 blocks from home. Same beeping sound and service transmission message. Only difference is after turning vehicle off and restarting the car, she was able to get in gear and make it home. After about an hour, I went and looked at the car and drove around the block. Check engine light was still on. Car was very jumpy shifting into both r and d. When returning and putting back into p, made a mechanical sound like a timer being turned. When driver showed up to tow away, check engine light was off, but made same sound when he put parking brake on and off. This is a very serious safety issue and hope is handled before someone dies because their car loses power on a 2 lane road and gets rear ended by an 18 wheeler coming over a hill or around a corner and can't stop in time. I want this car to be bought back by fca.

Purchased card in July 2014. First occurrence, 5 April; 2nd occurrence, 1 may; 3rd occurrence, 15 may. While slowing down (approx. 45mph) transmission shifts from drive to neutral. Had to move to slower lane, stop, shift to park and then to drive. The last time it happened 3 times in 2 hours, hazardous road warning light appeared. Dealer has changed transmission control module, tested "pin connectivity", contacted Chrysler corp, car still in the shop. Each time the dealer test drove it, they experienced the same conditions. Not sure of next step.

Vehicle lost acceleration while driving at approx. 45 mph (car was in drive). Car would not respond to throttle input, even though car was running. Had to coast to a stop, where I attempted to shift the car into park, neutral & the rotary dial would not move. Left car running with foot on brake for several minutes, when the car seemed to return to normal, as I was able to turn rotary dial into park & then back into drive. This is the second occurrence of this happening. Previous incident took place about 30 days prior. In both cases Chrysler service dept. Stated the car was fixed. According to dealer repair order. The car lost communication with tcm diagnostic code was u0101-00 performed star case s1408000482 I feel this car is no longer safe to drive. Has been returned to dealer 4-6 times since purchased new in June of 2014. Transmission was replaced at about 3. 000 miles. Currently pursuing lemon law. . . Current status is the case is being audited.

Tl- the contact owns a 2015 Chrysler 200s. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a clanking sound was heard and the vehicle shifted from drive to neutral. The check engine light illuminated. In addition, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The failure recurred intermittently. The contact received a notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v470000(electrical system) however, the part for the recall was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact mentioned that the dealer attempted remedy the failure by updating the transmission control module but the failure recurred. The dealer then replaced the whole transmission and did wb solenoid relearn. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5000. Jo.

Drove vehicle 25 miles from home,parked for 2 1/2 hours, started vehicle shifted it in reverse, the service transmission notification came on the driver display, backed the vehicle out of the parking spot and shifted the vehicle into drive the gear indicator said the vehicle was in 4th gear as I drove the car forward the transmission remained in 4th gear without shifting, I drove the car about 1 mile like this. I parked the car in a safe place, shut it off, called Chrysler roadside assistance, restarted vehicle, put in gear, all was normal, drove 4 miles, transmission stuck in 8th gear, pulled over turned off car, restarted after 5 minutes, drove vehicle remaining distance home. Next day drove vehicle to modesto,CA dealership without problem, dealer had car for 7 days, they said they replaced transmission control module and updated software. Pick up vehicle drove it, noticing that shifting felt different than before the problem, not as smooth. On December 18, 2014 while driving vehicle, the service transmission advisory came on again and the vehicle was stuck in 2nd gear, stopped vehicle as before, restarted and was able to drive back to dealership, where the vehicle is now. The service manager advises me that they are working with Chrysler engineers, but are not having much success with an answer to the problem.

Transmission shifted to neutral, sounding like going to "low gear", and slowing fast. Pressing the gas pedal did not help and after a while went into gear again by itself with a bang. Really bad situation if driving on a highway. I took the car to the dealer on 19nov14, they said that it never failed for them. Since then, the car failed 6 times, the last one today. There were times that the only solution was to stop on shoulder and shut the engine off. I took the car to the dealer on 06feb15, they did a software flash for pcm (flash software 1), updated car computer. On 04mar15 the transmission failed again with the same problem. This time happen again on a highway, luckily, no car was close behind. It could be dangerous if this happens at faster speed in a busy highway.

On 10/25/2013, while backing the vehicle from the parking space, the engine surged in reverse and it was necessary to push on the brake to stop the car from surging in reverse, this is without acceleration. Stopped the car, placed in park and turned car off. Turned car back on and the surging in reverse stopped. Subsequently, on the way home I stopped at a stop light, and the car surged again, and I had to press the brake all the way to the floor to stop the vehicle from going forward. Pulled off the side of the road when the stop light turned green, turned the car off again, and the problem stopped again. Took it straight to the dealership where it was purchased and made an appointment for 10/28/2013 to have the problem studied. The service maintenance had a TSB 18-029-13 that we were not made aware of involving power train issues with the 2013 Chrysler 200. Dealership stated they updated pcm trans flash and the problem should now be resolved. Will wait and see if this is the case. The vehicle has 5,157 miles and was purchased 07/22/2013.

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The problem: popping #33 fuse (switch bank/diagnostic link connector/pcm), have been replacing fuses each and every time so I can go on with my business. I find that it happens between shifting gears. It does not matter if you are in drive/automatic mode or auto-stick mode. Did not turn my car in right away (now I wish I would have) because I would have felt silly if I had my car towed and the tech. Found that a $. 25 fuse was blown. This is a very serious issue with a risk factor through the roof because the drive train completely shuts down. No power steering, no power brakes. At highway speeds you pucker up and hope you can make it to the side without getting into an accident before your car comes to a complete stop. First time it happened, it just rained heavily and I thought something got wet - entering the freeway up shift from 2nd-3rd 34084 miles second time, turning into my driveway downshift from 2nd to 1st - coincidence? 35028 miles third time, abrupt stop downshift from 6th to 1st 36013 fourth time - pulling into work downshift from 3rd to 2nd 37112 fifth time - slowing down on expressway downshift 5th to 4th 38223 sixth time - slowing to a stop downshift 2nd to 3rd 38,764 seventh time - during rush hour stop and go traffic (the last straw) up-shift 2nd to 3rd 39,134 eighth time - within 15 minutes of seventh time stopping at a stop light. Downshift 2nd to 1st 39,146 ninth time - next morning on my way to the dealership - up-shift from 4th to 5th 39,164 went to dealership and made an appointment. Luckily I am conscious of my surroundings and was able to get out of harms way every time. I will not let my wife drive this car, for her safety, until it is fixed. Is there a documented fix for this?.

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This car was bought new with approx 300 miles brought from a dealer's inventory in kokomo, in to one in northern kentucky, where it was bought 11 may ,2012. . It had been on the previous dealer's lot, as part of inventory, I believe since Sep,2011. In total it has stalled while stopped at a light 2 separate times. . Twice it has either quit while slowing or downshifted causing quite a violent throw forward of persons in their seats while at a relatively slow speed coming to a stop. . . In the old days it would be the jerk you get while popping a clutch to get a car started with a bad battery. . The third time it stalled was backing out of our driveway. . . We are now approaching 1000 total miles on the car with less than a month of ownership. . . Made first visit to a dealer service 30 may 2012,. . Pcm code was updated,but could not duplicate problem. . Have had one jerky downshift since then . . This has been the recurring theme of many of these instances written up on blogs concerning this model over last 2 years. . Side note. . This car has remote start capability on the key fob. . I noticed a recall last year for some vehicles where they noticed the circuit board inside a fob had vibrated loose, and somehow was sending signals to some component in the car which was causing it to stop. . . Ie. No codes associated with a malfunction like that. . . Might be something to look at too. Twice also, the hint of an electrical smell has been detected. . . Same smell I experienced when the pcm on my 1993 Ford van cooked itself a couple years ago. . At first I wrote it off as a new car thing. . But combine that with present and past experiences. . . Well, the connection may not be coincidental.

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