Yesterday I entered my 2014 Chrysler 300 S to drive to the VA for a scheduled appointment. Instead I was on the phone with Chrysler Road Assistance most of the morning trying to find a dealer that would accept my car for diagnosing my problem. 5 dealers refused to take the vehicle in !Here's what happened the motor would not start when pushing the Start Button. Instead the Start button was locked in the Run position. Removed my foot from the break, push Start again ..... would not return to Off position. Opened the door thinking maybe it would reset this problem.....the entire dash Icons, headlights, Nav screen, tach, speedo start flashing and the windshield wipers are going while stalk in in the off position. Hold on I'm not finished.....a very low pulsating sound is emanating from the engine compartment. Ran to the trunk to disconnect the battery, key fob in my pocket but button on lid does not open the lid. Run back to the dash push the trunk release same result. Pulled the rear seats down crawled into the trunk and pulled the emergency trunk release and was finally able to open it.
Back to the road side assistance guy. He charged the battery and the car started. Drove to my dealer today and they did an electrical system check and came up with 27 error codes. They told me the battery was below the normal load, but has been fully charged and all 27 error codes have been cleared, by the computer and did not return ! This vehicle is going on 3 months since I purchased it new in Dec 2014. Less than 800 miles on the odo. This has been the 2nd failure for a brand new vehicle. The work order states "Problem Not Found". They claimed when the battery goes below the required "Load Level" all that I stated above is normal. Yeah I believe that ! I think there is something amiss with the electrical system that caused the battery to run down. I also believe it will happen again. This is the second failure the 1st was a TCM software failure. see my post on that one. I'm really afraid to drive this vehicle. Should have never traded my 2009 300.
Shulda coulda wouda Crappa !
Back to the road side assistance guy. He charged the battery and the car started. Drove to my dealer today and they did an electrical system check and came up with 27 error codes. They told me the battery was below the normal load, but has been fully charged and all 27 error codes have been cleared, by the computer and did not return ! This vehicle is going on 3 months since I purchased it new in Dec 2014. Less than 800 miles on the odo. This has been the 2nd failure for a brand new vehicle. The work order states "Problem Not Found". They claimed when the battery goes below the required "Load Level" all that I stated above is normal. Yeah I believe that ! I think there is something amiss with the electrical system that caused the battery to run down. I also believe it will happen again. This is the second failure the 1st was a TCM software failure. see my post on that one. I'm really afraid to drive this vehicle. Should have never traded my 2009 300.
Shulda coulda wouda Crappa !