Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/04/2007 | 4 | 05/31/2005 | |
| 2006 chrysler 300c w/ continental contiseal 225/60r18 tires w/ 23k miles. car riding extremely poor & went to dealer. they stated tires egg shaped & i needed to contact continental. they are on continental website as tire dealer, but didn't want to assist with problem. i went to a different continental dealer from the site, who pulled off tires, noticed 1 tire had 2 severe spots of separation & 3 were egg shaped. i was informed by dealers that contiseal tires all have poor life & the puncture sealant causes them to never stay in balance, thus causing abnormal wear & separation. continental offered 50percent goodwill rate saying i was out of warranty, though tires rated 60k they said it does not apply to new cars. also told they discontinued this brand of tire and had new improved replacement series because they found hemi engine cars are too heavy for contiseal soft tires. i am angry it cost me $400 to replace tires that had 30 percent usage, as well as both dealers said one tire was ready to separate at any minute & didn't even want me to drive the car home because of the danger. i do freeway driving and have an infant in the back seat!! i believe there should be an investigation into this poorly designed tire & recall issued. why should consumers have to shell out money for tires that should have years of life left?? i even asked continental cust. serv. why the 50% rating, and he said because 1 tire had the separation & the rest only had started the process which only made my drive rough.. i asked if it had separated on freeway what would they have done, and he said he would have given me the legal department. i am appalled at the danger of these tires. i have read complaints & there is a consistent problem obviously & i would like to see some action taken on this company & model of tire. it is simply too dangerous & admittedly so by the company's reps by stating the tires is too soft for hemi engines & this a common problem. *tr | |||
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 11/12/2008 | 35698 | 1 | |
| 2006 chrysler 300c has a manufacturers defect with the tire pressure monitoring system. it goes off repeatedly when driving the vehicle with an audible bell sounding and tire pressures being displayed on the digital panel of the dashboard. problem started 11-12-08 under manufacturers warranty. the chrysler corporation has attempted 20 times to repair the problem with no resolution. i have filed for the lemon law replacement through chrysler with no avail. i have not been contacted by anyone at chrysler despite my repeated attempts at resolving this issue. not only have i filed for the lemon law replacement within chrysler, i have also filed complaints with the bbb of michigan, the ky. attorney general's office which referred me to the nhtsa due to the safety hazards that the cars tire pressure monitoring system displays when the vehicle is in use. constantly while driving the system malfunctions. chrysler has attempted repair for approximately 11 months and have ceased from communicating with me as a customer. i am requesting a formal inquiry by the nhtsa into the chrysler corporation about this issue and their lack of communication to customers to resolve these issues. i have been inconvenienced for 11 months and at this time cardinal chrysler louisville, ky. 502 449-1900 service manager charlie trya, has had my auto attempting repairs for 1, 1/2 months. chrysler has replaced the tire sensors, the dashboard digital cluster, and the receiver for the tpm. under the kentucky and michigan lemon law, my automobile should have already been replaced. i feel that chrysler will not contact me because they refuse to replace the vehicle, and according to the law have failed to properly repair the vehicle in an timely manner. thank you for your assistance in this matter. chrysler is covering up major issues in their automobiles with the tire pressure monitoring system and misleading customers globally. *tr | |||
| 06/16/2008 | 14000 | 1 | |
| Tpm (tire pressure monitor) light keeps coming on, with a corresponding bell ring, every time i use the car and often again while driving. dealer has spent countless hours and many visits attempting to repair same with no satisfactory results. a call to chrysler's complaint line suggested that i inflate the tires with nitrogen! since the air is 78% nitrogen to begin with, i fail to see how that will help. in any event there is a problem here which seems to be a chrysler fault that dealer can't resolve and the problem is ongoing. *tr | |||