Problems with 2005 Chrysler 300 POWER TRAIN

The airbag light is staying on. having a hard time putting car in and sometimes out of park. seat belt acts likes it dont want to fasting on drivers side.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while attempting to switch gears, the vehicle would not shift out of park. after several attempts, the vehicle shifted out of park and was driven to mark's casa chrysler jeep (9733 coors blvd nw, albuquerque, nm). the dealer determined that the shifter lock needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 41,108.

While getting on the freeway, at approx. 50 mph the car would not shift into next gear. rpm was 4500-5000 (as though possibly stuck in overdrive). i decelerated hoping it would compute the need to shift. it didn't. i tried accelerating slowly and still didnt shift. i slowed down, put emergency flashers on and took the next exit 1/4 mile or less away. since the light was red at the exit , i tried putting car into park and then back into drive to see if it would ('reset'), instead the shift selector was stuck in park. light turned green and i couldn't get it in drive, couldn't move. after several attempts it finally went into drive. when i got off work, same thing...stuck in park. after 4th try, i was able to get it in reverse, then into drive. i made it home without getting on freeway, parked the car 3 days ago and have not driven it since then. the car was already scheduled for recall repairs at dealership for tomorrow. hopefully i can get it there. (i bought this car a week ago)

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while the vehicle was in park, the gear did not shift out of park. there was no warning indicator illuminated. the contact called the manufacturer and was informed that there was no recall. the vehicle was taken to jack wolf chrysler jeep (815-544-9211, located at 1615 n state st, belvidere, il 61008) where the transmission interlock lever was replaced. the failure mileage was 127,000.

On this chrysler 300 2005 the current safety problem is an inability to move the gear shift lever (floor shifter) out of the "park" position. the car's engine was turned off, parked in driveway of the home, stationary. the car was turned on with key, started the engine to on, and could not move the shift lever out of the "park" position. car's engine was turned off. car was left in driveway stationary. this happened around 2:30pm in the afternoon on 04-24-2019, wednesday.

When driving the car on the city street (or anywhere), it jerks violently as it shifts from first gear into second gear. according to the dealership, this is a known issue that requires a software update that was released back in 2006. but of course, no recall was issued and i was never made aware of the issue by the manufacturer or the dealership (even thought i've owned the car for 11 years).

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the gear shift lever would not move out of park. the contact stated that he removed the cover off the gear shift lever and moved the spring inside the gear to move the gear to drive. the vehicle was taken to hilltop chrysler jeep dodge ram (3291 auto plaza drive, richmond, ca 94806) where the gear shift assembly was replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 61,148. *jb *dt

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gearshift failed to function properly to change from park to any of the other gears. due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was unable to be driven. the vehicle was not diagnosed by an independent mechanic or a dealer. the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 05v460000 (power train). the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was not available.

The shifter is stuck in park? this started off happening on occasion. but now has progressed to almost a permanent situation. this causes a hazard because in order to not being able to avoid being stranded. i have no choice but to leave the vehicle in neutral and put on the parking brake. running the risk of the car rolling and causing a collision. crysler needs to address this situation. as i'm aware that it's a defective plastic part causing this problem. it is also a problem that spans for several years of this shifting system.

The transmission shifter lever was stuck in park and would not move. the dealer says i need a new shifter. this problem seems identical to recall k39 transmission shifter interlock lever but for some reason my car is not included in the recal. i suspect this is an oversight. i will updload the documentation from the dealer when i get it but at the moment the part is on back order.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. when the vehicle was started, the gear did not shift out of park without warning. the contact shook the gear shifter a couple of times and was able to shift into drive. the failure recurred several times. the dealer and the manufacturer were not notified. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. when starting the vehicle, it was difficult to switch out of the park position. the contact stated that the failure occurred numerous times. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (antwerpen chrysler jeep, 6440 baltimore national pike, baltimore, md 21228), but the failure could not be duplicated. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified. the failure mileage was 101,000. *bf *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while attempting to shift gears at various speeds, the gear shifter seized. the failure was persistent. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the gear shifter failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shift selector seized in the park position. after several attempts, the contact managed to move the gear shift selector out of the park position. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shifter failed without warning. the vehicle would not shift out of the park position. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 136,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shift lever seized in the park position. the contact was unable shift the vehicle into drive or reverse. the vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 05v460000 (power train). the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 91,611.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to shift from park into drive. the contact had to make several attempts to shift the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for further inspection. the vehicle was not included in the customer satisfaction notification: k39 (transmission shifter interlock lever). the manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no remedy. the approximate failure mileage was 103,731. updated 10/19/16*lj *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shift failed to switch from the park position without warning. the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 05v460000 (power train). the failure mileage was 86,000. the vin was not available. updated 10/05/16*lj

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. after starting the vehicle, the transmission shifter could not be switched from the park position. the cause of the failure was not diagnosed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 93,000. updated 09/08/16*lj updated 09/29/16.*jb the consumer stated the shift interlock lever broke. the vehicle was repaired at a cost of $325. updated 10/04/16.*jb

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. after reversing out of the driveway and placing the vehicle into park, the gear shift failed to shift out of gear without warning. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. in addition, the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v313000 (air bags) and 16v352000 (air bags); however, the parts were not available for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 130,000. vin tool confirms parts not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the vehicle was started, but did not shift out of park, rendering the vehicle inoperable. the contact stated that there was no warning indicator. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the gear system needed to be repaired. the technician also stated that there was a recall and advised the contact to go to a local dealer. the local dealer stated that there was no recall. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but stated that there was no recall. the contact was referred to nhtsa to file a complaint. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 92,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear lever would not shift out of the park position. the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 05v460000 (power train). the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 179,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. when the contact attempted to start the vehicle, the gear shifter failed to shift out of park. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 149,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the transmission shifter interlock lever was fractured. as a result, the vehicle became inoperable. the failure occurred without warning. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 130,000.

Transmission gets stuck in park and wont come out. the emergency release does not work. vehicle was parked in the home garage headed in. the shift linkage had to be released by emergency road service that has had prior knowledge freeing the linkage when it is stuck in park. it could not be towed out of the garage or damage would have been done to the transmission.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. after attempting to reverse the vehicle, it failed to shift from the park position without warning. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission shifter assembly failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the year of the vehicle was excluded from nhtsa campaign number: 16v240000 (power train). the failure mileage was 165,000.

For the past eight-ten years their has been been this noise/hesitation at time, whenever i'm in a back up motion and while turning out of my drive. i first complained at (1,199 miles ) in 2008 at abc chrysler-jeep 395 w.merrick rd.valley stream, ny 11580. (see attached invoice #chc566468). vehicle was checked at this time, no problem found.the noise continued, then on 04/10/10 at (18,309 miles) now at star chrysler 211-34 jamaica ave. queens ny, 11429 i complained again (see attached invoice #chcs169243). vehicle again was checked and road tested. tech stated vehicle operating as designed! now on 3/09/16 during my regular service after tech completed service and backing vehicle out of bay he noticed the hesitation/noise which has been their all the time. he informed the advisor that a diagnnostic needs to be done to see what the problem was. i agreed, he reported that the rear axles/drive neeeded to be replaced and if driven it my seize up. i'ved had my car serviced by only these two dealership, and after some( thirty services). someone now is telling me that what i've been complaining about is now a drive/axles problem that no one until now has picked up.. please note i've been driving this car with this problem stated above for over ten years (51,152 miles).

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear lever failed to shift out of the park position until after the shifter mechanism was engaged inside the gear box. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the shifter interlock would need to be replaced. the vehcile was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 140,365.

2005 chrysler 300. consumer writes in regards to dealership unable to complete repairs on driver airbag inflator recall notice and transmission cup bracket recall. *smd

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while attempting to shift the vehicle out of the park position, the shifter failed to move. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission was getting stuck in the park position and that a software update would have to be done to repair the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v240000 (power train). the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 66,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while attempting to shift out of the park position, the vehicle would not move. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 10,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shifter failed to move from the park position. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission shifter interlock lever failed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 88,000. ...updated 02/19/16 *bf *cn

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the gear shifter failed to shift out of park. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 105,000. ..updated 02/01/16 *bf updated 11/01/2017*cn

My car gear shift got stuck in park and now want move unless you go under the cover of the shift. *tr

I starting driving from the intersection the light had just turned green. after getting out of the intersection the car made a loud noise from the rear and stopped and would not move. i had to have the car towed. my work associate who was in the with me said the car sounded like i had just loss my rear-end. when i got the car to my private mechanic he said the rear-end was bad and needed replacing. *tr

Gearshift locks in park. unable to shift from park. this car has less than 65,000 miles. first happened about 30 months ago and has become progressively worse. happens in stationary position.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that the vehicle stalled and there was a burning odor coming from the vehicle. in addition, the abs and the electronic throttle control warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the pcm and the win module needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 22,000.

I drove my car on 12/02/2014 and when i got home and parked it, and got ready to leave out again it wouldn't not come out of park. i have a few friends that say this has happen to their car. *tr

Unable to shift gear out of parking position. this issue was fixed august 2009 and is happening again. unfortunately, i never know when the issue will surface and recently, i was in a not so nice neighborhood and frightened to death because i was unable to shift from park to reverse. after a few attempts of cutting my car off and on and executing the brakes, i was able to get the car going again. so over this issue right now. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while driving 30 mph, it was extremely difficult to shift the vehicle into first gear. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the radiator failed and caused antifreeze to enter the transmission. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the approximate failure mileage was 36,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission shook and the brake warning light illuminated. the contact had to apply the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a private mechanic. the mechanic diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 148,544.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. while driving at 40 mph, a loud noise was heard and the vehicle jerked into another gear. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be determined. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 140,000. updated 12/30/15*lj......updated 12/30/15 *bf updated 2/23/2016*js updated 03/09/16.*jb *js

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contacted stated that the gear became stuck in park when trying to reverse. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the lever shifter interlock needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 183,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that while attempting to accelerate, the accelerator pedal would become seized and required extreme force to release it. the vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 73,000.

Cannot shift, stuck in park. *tr

Car stuck in park. *tr

This car has issues from the transmission to electrical the company needs to recall and fix them better. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler 300. the contact stated that she was unable to shift into park. the vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. the failure mileage was unknown.

Car was stuck in park. could not move gear shift out of park position. i was in a unsafe area and had no way home. luckily i was able to get in touch with someone after being stranded for 2 hours. i did some research on the internet and found hundreds of complaint articles for same problem with same make and model. found a customer satisfaction notification k39 on internet. called the number to chrysler group recall assistance center listed in the notification only to be told that even though the letter addressed 2005 chrysler 300s my vin did not apply. also called the local dealership, same answer, cant help me unless i pay. now i have no transportation to work or otherwise and have to pay to get vehicle towed and find a mechanic that will fix the problem for $$. this seems to be a huge problem for chrysler/dodge owners and due to notification they are quite aware. very unsafe to leave people, children stranded due to this faulty plastic transmission gear shift lever interloc return spring hook. *tr

I purchased the vehicle new and the transmission was changed at 109318 miles because of slippage. since then i've had problems with the shifter getting stuck in park. i've had the vehicle at a chrysler dealer 5 times and they can't duplicate the problem. i called for a tow while it was stuck in park today and the aaa tow driver demonstrated how to get it out of park. he stated that its a common occurrence with that year chrysler. i'm confused why the service department was not aware of the procedure. the current mileage is 128238. i will take the car back to the dealer and demonstrate the procedure for unlocking the shifter, perhaps they can make a repair. *tr