2006 Chrysler 300 Airbag Problems

Which parts fail

• Frontal
  3

Components named in complaints (front, side and curtain air bags, sensors and inflators).

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  410%
• 25k–50k
  819%
• 50k–75k
  921%
• 75k–100k
  410%
• 100k–150k
  1126%
• 150k+
  614%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2006 Chrysler 300 owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

On 11/15/2022, the consumer had a scheduled service appointment at Hendrick Chrysler motor vehicle dealership located at 1628 Montgomery Hwy, Hoover, Alabama, regarding stop drive recall ZD1, S43, and R25. The consumer was directed to sign insurance related paperwork to have the recall service performed. The consumer explained that the service was related to a recall and would not sign any insurance related paperwork. The consumer was advised by service personnel that the recall service would be performed and the motor vehicle was left with the service department to have the recall service performed. Shortly thereafter, the consumer was advised via telephone call that the recall service would not be performed. The consumer does not believe that any insurance paperwork is applicable to have recall service performed. …

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 Chrysler 300. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V313000 (air bags) however, the part needed to perform the recall repair was unavailable. The contact was told by his local dealer that there were no parts or a remedy available to service the vehicle however, when contacting the dealer that was further from him, he was advised that they did have parts available. The vehicle was not repaired because the contact was unable to drive the vehicle on the highway due to a disability. The contact was later involved in a crash where he was rear-ended while sitting at a red light and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the neck, wrist, knee and head. Another passenger also sustained injuries to the back, neck and legs. Both required medical attention. A police report was filed of the incident. …

Takata recall. I purchase a 2006 Chrysler 300 c from uxuray auto in georgia. Not knowing that there was a recall on said vehicle. On June 6th 2016 on my way to bury my mother in sc. The air bags exploded in the car as was approching a red light in barnwell sc. Blinding me, causing me to side swipe the car stop at the red light in front of me. I reported the incident to Chrysler . Chrysler after investigation agree to repair my car with a fifty dollor a day rental. I was taken to the hospital in augusta ga, by amblunace. A mr. Aubin attorny from Chrysler later states that the car would not be repair until the bodily injury claim was settled. This happen on June 7 2016, to this date Chrysler have not repair our car. In order to get my car repaired I had to sign a harmless release for Chrysler. Under duress I signed the release. One whole year Chrysler have not repaired this car . …

My car poses a safety hazard to me and any others who ride in the car with me, due to the defective Takata airbags that were placed in my vehicle under the Takata airbag recall. Without my consent or knowledge, Dominion Chrysler of Bedford, VA replaced both front Takata airbags (driver and passenger side) with 2 more defective Takata airbags! How is this legal or safe!? I only found out about this dirty trick, by reading an article online, and then I called my dealership and they confirmed that they did indeed replace my defective Takata airbags with 2 more defective Takata airbags and that I would get safe, non-Takata airbags in the future, under the recall. When? They did not know. I had the first airbag replaced in 2016 and the second one replaced in 2017. When will I actually receive safe, non-Takata airbags under this recall? …

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 Chrysler 300. While traveling 30 MPH, the driver was distracted and the vehicle swerved to the right. The driver crashed into a parked vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The driver did not sustain any injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop that repaired the structural damages, but the air bag malfunction was not investigated. On another occasion, while traveling approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle again. The air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained an injury to the humerus and received medical attention. A police report was filed. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14V817000 (air bags) but experienced two crashes in which the air bags did not deploy before the recall repair was able to be performed. The manufacturer was not notified of the crashes. …

Throttle stuck causing the vehicle to accelerate in a parking garage while coming around a turn at approx. 10-15 MPH. Brakes were applied with both feet, full force, but the car continued to accelerate. Causing damage to 4 vehicles. Totaling the Chrysler 300, and 3 parked vehicles. One Lincoln mkz SUV, Honda SUV, and a Ford f-150. Skid marks were left indicating the vehicle was not slowing down. No personal injuries, but several thousand of dollars in property damage. Police report was taken, but is not yet available. Report # is 16-2335 with the lansing township police department-lansing, michigan. Incident date 5-23-2016.

My wife was driving home at night from the store in a residential street and car all of a sudden accelerated on its own. Wife tried hard to apply the brakes but car would not slow down. She tried hard to control car to avoid poles and trees and hit hard in ditch. Air bags failed to deploy. Wife suffered contusions and bruises. Car was considered a total loss by insurance company. Tried to notify manufacturer to report the failure and just kept getting a run around from them. Apparently they do not stand behind their products. I see several other complaints on this same issue but no recall was ever issued.

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 Chrysler 300. While driving 35 MPH, the contact's vehicle was struck head on by another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. Both vehicles were destroyed, the contact was injured on the right shoulder and left arm. A police report was not filed and medical attention was required. Subsequently, the contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 15V313000 (air bags). The contact called the dealer, but they provided no information regarding available recourse for injuries received or part availability. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 136,997.

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 Chrysler 300. While driving at 35 MPH, another vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into the driver side of the contact's vehicle. As a result, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained neck, back, shoulder, arm, leg, and foot injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V817000 (air bags); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The failure mileage was 94,000.

Driving west on rt 20 in granby ct, passing through intersection on a green light, was struck head-on by another vehicle, both cars were totaled & towed away. On the other drivers' car, all of the air bags deployed, there were no injuries, while on our Chrysler 300, none of the air bags deployed, causing injury to left elbow & right shoulder. Lack of air bags deployment May have been a good thing since we subsequently received a recall notice for the drivers' air bag inflator/detonator defects causing severe injuries & deaths.

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Airbag complaints in other 300 years