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Chrysler 300
Problems & Worst Years

Every reported problem for the Chrysler 300, model year by model year — ranked from 120 federal NHTSA complaints across 20172018.

2018
Worst year
2017
Fewest complaints
2
Model years covered

Screens, not mechanical failures, dominate the Chrysler 300's complaint file for these years. The 2018 — the busier year at 86 occurrences — leads with 47 reports of the touchscreen randomly malfunctioning, plus 12 more citing UConnect system malfunctions. The 2017 (47 occurrences) tells the same story from a different angle: its top complaint, at 23 reports, is the touchscreen display delaminating. When the center screen misbehaves on these cars, owners also reported knock-on problems like backup camera failures, which appear in both years' top five.

The interior theme extends beyond electronics. The 2017 logged repeated complaints about door panels detaching or warping — two separate problem titles covering 9 combined reports — which is worth a walk-around check of every door on any example you look at.

Safety-severity complaints are comparatively rare here: the 2018's airbag warning light illumination (8 reports) is the most notable, and the 2017 records two safety-severity problems among its seven total. Brake system malfunctions (5 reports, 2017) and unstable powertrain performance (4 reports, 2018) sit at the bottom of the lists — present, but thin compared with the electronics complaints above them.

Recall-wise, both years carry campaign 18V332, and the 2018 adds 18V280 and 18V524. Run the VIN through NHTSA's lookup and make sure all three show as completed on a 2018.

Shopping advice follows directly from the data: spend real time with the touchscreen. Cold-start the car and watch the display; look for bubbling, ghost touches, or delamination at the screen edges; test the backup camera repeatedly; and confirm the airbag light behaves normally through a key cycle. These are the failures owners actually reported, and most are easy to spot in ten minutes. Keep in mind that complaint tallies reflect what owners filed with NHTSA rather than measured failure rates, that the newer year has had less time to accumulate reports, and that a thorough pre-purchase inspection and a car-specific service history will always outweigh the model-year averages.

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Chrysler 300 problems by year

Complaint volume by model year (bar = relative to the worst year). Theworst yearsare the most-complained-about, weighted by safety-risk problems.

YearComplaint volumeProblemsSafety / HighMost common problem
2017worst
44
72/2Delamination of Touchscreen Display
Electrical · 23 complaints
2018worst
76
81/3Random Malfunction of Touchscreen
Electrical · 47 complaints
Years to avoid: 2018, 2017 — the most-complained-about 300 model years.
Cleanest year: 2017 drew the fewest complaints of the 2 years on record.

Data source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) owner complaints and recalls, 20172018. Problem clustering and year rankings are derived from the complaint record; complaint volume reflects reports filed, not total incidence or fault rate. Vehicle image is illustrative.

Chrysler 300 Problems & Worst Years (NHTSA Data)