2015 Chrysler 200 Tires & Wheels Problems

IT WOULD NOT CUT OFF

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE TORN/CUT AND TEARING, (ONE IS TORN COMPLETELY AND IS UNDRIVABLE,) IN THE SAME CIRCULAR PATTERN ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WALL. POSSIBLE LINK TO P37 RECALL HAVING TO DO WITH THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT WELDING BREAKING, HENCE DAMAGING THE TIRES. OTHER POSSIBILITIES INCLUDE FAULTY TIRES, OR OTHER MANUFACTURER DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE NOT YET ESTABLISHED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES. I NOTICED THE ISSUE WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK. MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN STATIONARY ALL DAY. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR AT A HIGH RATE (AUDIBLE FROM FAR AWAY.) WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE OFF TO CHANGE TO THE SPARE, I NOTICED UNUSUAL CUTS THAT ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF A TYPICAL FLAT OR BLOW OUT. I TOOK OFF THE OTHER TIRES AND THEY ARE ALL CUT IN A SIMILAR FASHION. PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED

I HAVE 2 CRACKS IN MY WHEEL. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO SEND 1 WHEEL OFF AT MY OWN EXPENSE TO BE REPAIRED. THIS CAR IS NEVER TAKEN OFF OF PAVEMENT. IT IS ONLY DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE WHEELS WERE BALANCED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO DICK HUVAERE'S RICHMOND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SRT MOPAR (LOCATED AT 67567 SOUTH MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, MI 48062), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

WHILE ON A TRIP FROM GEORGIA TO INDIANA. MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE FRONT TIRES BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE AND A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR ALSO BEGAN PULLING HARD TO THE LEFT. WHEN WE ARRIVED TO INDIANA, THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP. THE TIRE SHOP STATED THAT ONE HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THE OTHER HAD A BROKEN BELT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO REPLACE 2 TIRES. I TOOK PICTURES AND DOCUMENTED THE TIRES. I CONTACTED THE TIRE MANUFACTURER AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE TIRES BEING SENT TO THEM. I HAD NO WAY TO CARRY 2 TIRES BACK FROM INDIANA TO GEORGIA.

THE LUG NUTS ARE SWOLLEN AND I AM UNABLE TO GET THEM OFF AND EITHER CAN THE DEALERSHIP

BRAKES, FRONT WHEEL BAR OR SOMETHING, THERMOSTAT, BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2017. HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT VERY MUCH AT ALL. NOW ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND I PAID A GREAT DEAL FOR THIS CAR . THE TRANSMISSION ALSO ACTS FUNNY AT TIMES. NOT WANTED TO SHIFT OR SHIFTS HARD. THE CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE THERMOSTAT WENT OUT. EVERYTHING DROPPED ON THE SCREEN AND RED THERMOSTAT CAME ON AND RED LETTERS ABOUT SOMETHING HOT STABILIZER, THROTTLE BODY, SOMETHING.

ALL FOUR TIRE WALLS WERE BADLY CRACKED WHEN THE CAR WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND AROUND 34K MILES, AS PER THE PICTURES TAKEN BY THE CHRYSLER GARAGE.

TIRE WEAR INDICATORS SHOWING AT 13,000 MILES.

NEXEN FACTORY TIRES ON FRONT BOTH HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED EARLY (BASED ON TREAD LIFE) BECAUSE OF VERY DANGEROUS CRACKING/SPLITTING ALONG THE SIDEWALL. LOCAL BIGO TIRES INSPECTED AND SHOWED ME THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES WITH IDENTICAL NEW NEXEN REPLACEMENTS. WITHIN A WEEK I THOUGHT TO RESEARCH POTENTIAL ISSUE AS THIS SPLITTING I HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY SEEN WITH A EVEN POORLY USED TIRE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN INTERSTATE AT 80MPH, TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. CAR MANAGED TO GET PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. LEFT FRONT TIRE SHOWED A CRACK IN THE SIDE WALL AND THE TREAD PEELING FROM THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, 3 OF 4 TIRES ALL SHOWED SIMILAR SIGNS OF BEING FAULTY.

VEHICLE DEVELOPED SLOW TIRE DEFLATION AFTER BEING PARKED OVERNIGHT. REMOVED WHEEL TO INSPECT FOR TIRE PUNCTURE AND DISCOVER CRACK IN BEAD SEAT OF RIM. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO WHEEL AS THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING AREA BESIDES NORMAL ROAD WEAR. DEALER INSPECTED AND AGREED DAMAGE SEEMS SPONTANEOUS.

MY 2015 CHRYSLER 200 WAS LEAKING AIR FROM THE WHEEL. WHEN TAKING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER DON MARSHAL CHRYSLER IN SOMERSET KY. THEY DISMOUNTED THE TIRE FROM THE WHEEL AND FOUND A STRESS CRACK IN THE WHEEL THAT WAS CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THIS WAS ON THE FRONT TIRE AND IF NOT FOR THE LOW TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO HAVE HAD A WRECK. THE HEAD MECHANIC SAID THAT IT WAS NOT FROM ANY DAMAGE FROM HITTING ANYTHING. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALLS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I EVEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR OF THE LADY HANDLING MY CLAIM AND SHE WAS ALSO NOT TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. I FEEL THAT THE METAL USED IN MAKING THIS WHEEL IS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. I WORKED AS A FIREFIGHTER FOR OVER 22 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN MANY WRECK. I FEEL THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LOOK INTO THIS THAT IT COULD END UP CAUSING SEVERAL WRECKS AND WHICH COULD END UP CAUSING SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE. I BOUGHT A NEW WHEEL OUT OF MY OWN POCKET SINCE CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ME. I STILL HAVE THE OLD WHEEL WITH THE CRACK ON THE INSIDE. I WOULD SEND IT OFF TO HAVE IT TESTED FOR STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS IF I KNEW WHERE TO SEND IT TO. I THINK CHRYSLER OR THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE WHEELS HAS A DEFECTIVE METAL THAT COULD CAUSE A WRECK. HOPING SOMEONE LOOKS INTO THIS MATTER AND MAKES CHRYSLER DOUBLE CHECK THEIR WHEELS. ALSO THEY NEED TO LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I KEPT A RECORD OF HOW MANY TIMES I CALLED AND WHAT FEW TIMES THEY RETURNED MY CALLS. WHEN THEY DID CALL BACK IT WAS ALWAYS AT THE CLOSE OF THEIR BUSINESS HOURS AND WOULD LEAVE A VOICE MAIL KNOWING I WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO RETURN THEIR CALL.

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR (WITH 22,000 MILES) ON THE HIGHWAY A NOISE WAS HEARD AND AS I ACCELERATED MORE THE NOISE GOT LOUDER, COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A ROAD TEST WAS COMPLETED AND THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE WARRANTY COVERED THE REPAIR AND CAR RENTAL.

2015 CHRYSLER 200. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRONT PASSENGER TIRE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS BROTHER WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE, WHEN ANOTHER MOTORIST SCRAPED/CLIPPED THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE. BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD HEARD A NOISE WHEN I HIT A BUMP AND CONTINUE HEARING NOISE WHEN HITTING BUMPS. THEN ON SATURDAY MORNING NOTICED BRAKE GRINDING NOISE THEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN DRIVING HOME THE CALIPER CAME OFF AND DAMAGED MY RIM. WHEN I JACKED CAR UP TO INSPECT I NOTICED THE RETAINING BOLTS FOR THE CALIPER MISSING

[XXX]. REGARDING 200S...BUT. CAR 02/02/2015 W/444 MILES ON IT AND RETURNED 200S TO DEALERSHIP W/943 MILES ON THE AUTO. IT WAS UN-DRIVABLE IN SNOW APPROX. 2 TO 4 INCHES.THE CAR WOULD BECOME STUCK IN COMPACTED SNOW IN THE STREET AND WOULD NOT MOVE/ COMPACTED I MEAN WHICH ALL OTHER CARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD DRIVE ON INCLUDING THE PIZZA DELIVERY PERSON AND PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WORK AND ECT ALL DAY LONG BUT NOT THIS 200S JUST SAT THERE IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. WHILE WE WAITED FOR HELP...WELL ONCE WE GOT THE CAR DOWN THE STREET ON 2 ON 3 INCHES OF SLUSH SNOW WHERE EVERYONE WAS DRIVING.THE CAR REAR END WANTED TO COME AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE 200S AND SPIN US OUT OF CONTROL. YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE CAR WITH OUT A FIGHT WITH THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE AND STEERING..THE CAR WANTED TO SPIN AROUND..BEING FROM MICHIGAN AND MINN.MY WIFE AND I KNOW SNOW. AND THIS IS THE FIRST AUTO WE HAVE EVER OWNED THAT WAS 100% UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN ANY AMOUNTS OF SNOW. AND FURTHER MOOR THE SERVICE MANAGER AT NICHOLASVILLE CHRYSLERSHIP HIS NAME IS [XXX] THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WENT INTO THE DITCH WITH HIS BECAUSE THE 200 WAS NOT A CONTROLLABLE AUTO IN THE SNOW..WE TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THE OWNER AND PEOPLE THAT SOLD US CAR SAID IF THE CAR IS UNSAFE WE WILL SELL YOU ANOTHER AND SO IT WENT MY WIFE AND I GOT RIPPED OFF. AND AT AGE 72 ON A FIXED INCOME THE DEALERSHIP SELL UN/SAFE CAR THEY KNOW ARE UNSAFE...THANK YOU[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200 C EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN TIRES, TIRE LINE: CP671 AND TIRE SIZE: 235/40/R19 N/A. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED AT HIGH SPEEDS, IT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT DEPENDING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SWAY WAS NOT DUE TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE ISSUE WAS PROBABLY CAUSED FROM THE TIRES SIDEWALL. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE FACTORY-INSTALLED TIRES FOR THIS AUTOMOBILE ARE UNSAFE FOR WINTER DRIVING. NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT GRIP FROM A COMPLETE STOP BUT THEY ARE ALSO INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING AND TURNING. THE BRAND OF TIRE INSTALLED IS NEXEN P235/40/19. I HAD CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THEY SIMPLY LAID THE BLAME UPON ME AND STATED THAT I SHOULD'VE CHOSEN ALL-SEASON TIRES. I EXPLAINED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THE TYPE OF TIRE THAT WAS MOUNTED, ONLY THE WHEEL SIZE AND THAT ALL-SEASON TIRES WERE SUPPOSEDLY MOUNTED AT THE FACTORY. I THEN RECEIVED A RESPONSE REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE DIRECTLY AND THAT I CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE SINCE INSTALLED WINTER TIRES AT MY OWN COST.