Recall Register

Chrysler 300M: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Chrysler 300M, model years 1993 to 2004. NHTSA has 869 complaints on file for this model line. 6 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19930
  2. 19940
  3. 19981
  4. 19993
  5. 20006
  6. 20013
  7. 20021
  8. 20030
  9. 20041
Chrysler 300M: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2004 Chrysler 300M17174%20,978
2003 Chrysler 300M03233%
2002 Chrysler 300M18184%1,066,000
2001 Chrysler 300M39194%2,560,226
2000 Chrysler 300M6240249%2,772,156
1999 Chrysler 300M3350362%3,585,768
1998 Chrysler 300M NHTSA page100%1,066,000
1994 Chrysler 300M NHTSA page011%
1993 Chrysler 300M NHTSA page033%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,123 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Chrysler 300M: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Steering142.5160
Air Bags104.2117
Structure95.3107
Engine and Engine Cooling78.488
Power Train76.686
Electrical System66.875
Service Brakes, Hydraulic49.956
Wheels46.352
Seats45.451
Suspension42.748

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Chrysler 300M, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2000, with 3 campaigns.
Complaints about the Chrysler 300M, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 150 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Chrysler: all 36 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Chrysler 300M: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chrysler/300m/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Chrysler 300M model years have the most recall campaigns?
2000 with 6, 2001 with 3, 1999 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Chrysler 300M model year has the most complaints?
The 1999 model year, with 350 of the 869 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Chrysler 300M name?
Steering: 142.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 104.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 95.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Chrysler 300M?
3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.