2006 Chrysler 300
Complaints about this year name tank far more often than the other years of this generation — 23% of them, about 9× the usual rate of 2.6%.
Generation 1 of the Chrysler 300, which began in 2005 and ran to 2010. 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 | 1,750 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 137 |
| Involving a crash | 56 |
| Involving a fire | 20 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tank — 34.5% of this year's complaints, against 7.5% across the other years of this generation (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: tank, gas, fuel, filling.
- stalls — 12.5% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the other years of this generation (47.2×). Owners wrote it as: stalls, car stalls, stalls after, engine stalls.
- refueling — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the other years of this generation (11.9×). Owners wrote it as: refueling, after refueling, stated after.
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.
Also unusual this year
- stalls — 12% of complaints, 31× usual
- gas — 21% of complaints, 6× usual
- gas tank — 10% of complaints, 25× usual
What owners wrote
Everytime I fill the gas tank the car stalls out several times and then stalls when deceleration and turning.
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN MOVING AT LOW SPEEDS AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. THE FUEL SHUTOFF FLOAT IN THE FUEL TANK IS STUCK OPEN, CAUSING AN OVERFILL CONDITION.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 06V149000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 05V460000 POWER TRAIN
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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