1999 300M gear shift recall

Maybe they can't get paid by chrysler for repairs unless a customer owns the car. I bought a used 2004 300m and within 1 day of driving noticed problems that they should have known about.

Both are recall itmes - if they're the ones I'm thinking about, it needs a new shifter cable and some seat bolts replaced.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Perhaps the previous owner didn't bother getting it done, or had moved and Chrysler couldn't track him/her down, and s/he wasn't getting it serviced at a Chrysler dealership that would have kept track of things.

Perce

On 04/02/05 11:10 am JR tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

There are roughly 3 recalls on a 99 300M. They are seatbelt work, seat recliner bolts, and floor shift linkage. It looks like the previous owner(s) did not have the recalls done, so the entity that is delivering your vehicle is taking care of this for you.

It's standard procedure for all car makers. NHTSA oversees and enforces factory recalls and there should be no charge to you. For what it's worth my Intrepid (also an LH car) has had the exact same recalls. I've had the first two taken care of when I was notified, and I've held off so far on the shift linkage which was much more recent. It's a relatively minor detail, my car is not experiencing the stated problem, and I don't care to have the floor column ripped open for questionable benefit. I will elect to have it done in the future if I experience any problems. I also noticed that there was a very long period of time betwen when Chrysler announced the floor linkage recall program was starting and my own car was selected for the recall notice, unlike the previous recalls.

Besides the recliner seat bolts (which I have yet to hear an explanation as to why it only applies to the driver's seat and not the passenger), are there any other recall items for a 2000 300M ? Is it affected by the floor shift thing and seat belt thing as well?

(PS: the push-button seat belt release on my 2000 300m is very difficult to operate. It takes more force than it should to press down on the button to release the belt. Is this normal? I don't think it was like that when new).

Thats ok by me but they should clearly state when you buy a car what the problems are and that they will fix them before you pick up the car.

Nope, a recall can be done on any car that has one pending, even a junk yard vehicle

Has nothing to do with a shifter cable,

If the owner never had it done, or it was sold and Chrysler never got the new address of the new owner, it wouldn't get the form mailed out. Technically every time you bring your vehicle into the dealer the vin# is supposed to be checked for any outstanding recalls.......if the second owner doesn't bring the vehicle to the dealer the recall never gets done

Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech

That is wrong. 3/36 follows the car, not the owner. a used car at the dealer can have repairs made and Chrysler will fix it. the same goes with a recall

The LH car seat belt release can be like that. It was like that on my '99 Concorde (for some reason some excess friction between seat belt tab and latch), and I've read on LH forums of others complaining of same. I shot some spray lubricant (lithium grease, not WD-40) into the assembly (into the end that the seat belt inserts into) over a year ago (wiping off any excess and overspray), and it has worked very smoothly ever since. No recall on that.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Any idea why the seat bolts are not on that list? (The seat thing is the only item I was ever notified via letter about my 300m).

What is the "reprogram PCM" thing about?

How can I get details on those TSB's without paying alldata?

It is standard procedure for the industry. A recall is a recall no matter how old the car. Both items were fixed on my 99 300M.

Thank you all, I feel better now! What a great forum, I will be back with a lot of stupid questions when I get the car.

I am so exited, can't wait to get it. I drive a Citroen Berlingo ('children transporter') and after owning a '66 Plymouth Fury two years ago nothing less than a Mopar will do this time :-D

You will fall from you chairs when I tell you that a '99 300M cost $ 45000 in Denmark...

JimR

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Thats a TSB not a recall.

To find out about recalls which affect at least some cars built during your model year, you can go to

To find out about recalls specfic to your own car and have not yet been performed you can go to dodge.com, click on Contact Us at the bottom of the homepage, and then click the link for Recall or Customer Notifcation Info. You will be prompted to enter the last digits of your VIN. It will have information for Chrysler models as well--although I think Chrysler.com has something similar there too.

Sounds normal.

You can pay up front to AllData or you can pay later. Either way you pay:

1 Searching on the internet, you can probably find the TSB discussed somewhere, maybe quoted in its entirety. I used this approach for a TSB and found it in about ~three different places. But this took me several hours on the computer and the headache and eye strain, again we all pay one way or another. 2 A large, main library might have an automotive section where they collect TSB's. I found one but the cost of driving to the library and parking and time? Alldata was beginning to look pretty good at that point + a year's access to their info. 3 You can ask a dealer. I just don't know if they would help out or not. Maybe if the info was handy. A dealer mechanic would know so get an oil change at the dealer and ask?

The government has a respository for recalls. I went to the dealer who, without my asking, fixed thing that were on the recall from years and years ago. An outstanding dealer and one I chose because of an outstanding rep unlike the dealer much closer to me.

??? Was it worth my posting this or should I keep quiet ???

Look at it as a software upgrade to the computer but it's firmware [instead of replacing the chip, an EEPROM is reprogrammed] so most likely something only a dealer can do and do for free since it's a recall according to the TSB above, yes? Ask the dealer when you bring it in for the other recalls.

See my other post.