54 problems related to power train have been reported for the 2014 Chrysler 300. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Chrysler 300 based on all problems reported for the 2014 300.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that the engine was turned off and the gear lever shifted into the reverse position before exiting the vehicle. The parking brake was not engaged. The vehicle began to roll with a child occupied in the rear passenger seat. The contact re-entered the vehicle, applied the brake pedal, and shifted into the park position. The vehicle came to a stop. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v240000 (power train). The dealer scheduled an appointment for the vehicle to be serviced under the recall; however, after the contact arrived at the dealer, he was informed that the remedy was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Tl- the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v240000 (power train) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Part distribution disconnect.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. When the vehicle was placed in park, it began to independently roll away. As a result, the contact was dragged several feet and sustained body injuries that required medical attention. The failure occurred twice. The manufacturer sent engineers to diagnose the vehicle; however, the cause of the failure could not be determined. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v240000 (power train) after the failure occurred. The failure mileage was approximately 19,000.
On numerous times I have no idea what gear the transmission is in. I park the car and think it is in park only to find out it is in reverse. As I am stepping out of the car it starts to back up. This is a dangerous design flaw by Chrysler corp. There needs to be some sort of safety mechanism installed to make sure the engine is off upon exit.
On February 7, 2016, my husband parked his 2014 Chrysler 300 in a parking spot in a parking lot and exited the vehicle with the engine running. I was seated in the front passenger seat with our 11 year-old child behind me and 9 year-old child seated behind the driver's seat. All 3 of us were wearing seat belts. My husband walked across the parking lot and down the block. I was texting someone on my cellphone when my 11 year-old exclaimed that the car was moving. Without looking up from my phone, I explained to her that it was probably the illusion of a car pulling into or out of the parking spot beside us. She screamed, "no the car is definitely moving!" the car was accelerating backywards. I made every effort to move the gearshift, grab the steering wheel and hit the brakes but due to the size of the large console I could not swing my leg over to reach the brake. The car moved in reverse across the parking lot and struck an unoccupied vehicle that was parked on the opposite side of the lot. Thankfully, the car did not strike any pedestrians or occupied vehicles, as this was a busy parking lot. Our Chrysler endured significant damage while the damage to the other vehicle was minor. My children and I were extremely upset. We are very grateful that no one was physically injured but we were all quite shaken by the out of control car. The impact was such that it make a loud "thud" sound when it collided with the other vehicle and jolted us a bit. We were completely shocked that the car seemingly on it's own went from "park" into "reverse". My husband had time to walk across the parking lot and down the block before the vehicle started to move. The vehicle was long out of his sight before it started to move. This car is dangerously defective. We reported this incident to our insurance carrier the next day.
The gear shifter on this car continually causes the car to not shift to the desired gear, especially when shifting from drive into reverse or park. Thankfully, I have not had any major accidents because of this defect, however, I have damaged my daughter's bicycle and my garage door because the car was not in park. This is a serious accident waiting to happen.
Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that 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 do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Parts distribution disconnect.
When I put it in park it comes out also sometimes when I have it in reverse put it in drive it goes back into reverse and has almost caused me to wreck, also the other day I placed it in park got out of my car while wife was in it it when into reverse and almost ran me over and het another car, the vehicle is not safe.
2014 Chrysler 300 c. Consumer writes in regards to transmission electronic shift lever recall notice. Consumer had accident after vehicle shifter lever was placed in park and ignition key removed. The consumer stated he had been away from the vehicle for 15-20 minutes, when he was informed the vehicle had crashed into a front door of a business. Recall # 16v240000. The consumer has since traded the vehicle.
I have experienced several issues with my transmission shifting erratically at various speeds. This is a brand new car. I have it serviced several times for the same issue after I first purchased it in January 2015. They said it needed an software update. It worked and shifted normal for one day and after that I can step on the gas lightly and it shifts uncontrollably, from first to second and/or has trouble getting out of first or second gear and slams into third gear by a jolt into each gear. It's very dangerous at stop lights when I barely step on the gas and several times it jaunts forward quicker than expected with my foot barely on the gas. Or I can step on the gas peddle and it doesn't go or find the gear until a sudden thrust forward which has almost caused me several accidents. I have taken it to the dealer and will be taking it again and they don't have an answer why it does that. All they do is say they'll re-load the software and it doesn't help fix the situation. This is an accident just waiting to happen overtime. I'm at a stop light not knowing how the drive train will respond. Always alert or even just pulling out of the drive is when it will change gear unexpectedly driving it when it's not warmed up. Very very dangerous. Thank goodness I'm a safe driver. I can't even trust someone else to drive my car for fear that will get in an accident because of the shifting issues. This has been an issue for years on this model but never a recall on the transmission. Over 300 complaints and still nothing and the dealer can't fix the issue.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling in the park position, the vehicle rolled away independently. As a result, the vehicle crashed into two other vehicles. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 19,914.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. While the vehicle was parked with the gear selector in the park position, it rolled away in reverse. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,000.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. While attempting to park the vehicle, the gear lever was shifted into park and the lever independently shifted into reverse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. One month later, the failure recurred and the vehicle crashed into a wall. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,700.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. Whenever the gear shifter was shifted into the park position, the vehicle went in reverse. Also, when the shifter was shifted into the drive position, the vehicle went into neutral. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v24000 (power train); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 500.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that the cruise control function failed to work when applied. As the failure progressed, the cruise control activated without warning and the contact had difficulty shutting it off. The warning lamps also illuminated for the abs and stability traction control. The vehicle was difficult to shift gears and the contact had to place the vehicle into reverse versus drive several times while experiencing the failure. The contact shut the vehicle off and back on, but the warning lamps continued to flash intermittently. The dealer was notified of the cruise control failure and was not able to replicate and diagnose the failure. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system) and was waiting beyond a reasonable timeframe for the part to schedule the recall repair. The contact continued to experience the failures. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was not available.
On a slow stop, when the car downshifts from 2nd gear to 1st gear, it shifts hard into 1st gear and the car lunges forward a couple of feet. Very startling when it happens and potential to cause an accident. Brought back to dealer once and they stated Chrysler is aware of the problem but has done nothign to fix this. They have received many complaints for all Chrysler models that use this type of transmission (zf?) they did a software update for the transmission controller but this has not fixed the problem.
Compass direction wrong. Garage door in car button occasionally does not work. Occasional loss of radio. Rear of car bump sound on start up. Uneven drive with small jerk when going from start to accelerating all of above on initial start up.
Tl- the contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated while driving at various speed the vehicle will independently decelerate. After the vehicle decelerate the vehicle will completely stall. The failure had occurred 3 times. The the last occurrence of the failure the contact could smell a burning smell from the driver rear side of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer stated the vehicle had a bad quality of gas and that cause of the failure. The contact had only purchased mid grade gas at the time. The failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 700. Az.
The contact owns a 2014 Chrysler 300. The contact stated while placing the vehicle in the park position, the contact noticed that the vehicle had shifted into neutral inadvertently on several occasions. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 16v240000 (power train). The contact stated that the dealer had performed the recall repair however, the failure recurred several times after the repair. The contact took the vehicle back to the local dealer however, the dealer was unable to inspect the vehicle for several weeks due to appointments that were booked in advance. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 44,000.