FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler 200

Owners have filed 6,952 complaints about the Chrysler 200 with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2018. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2015 Chrysler 200

3,411 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2010 Chrysler 200

23 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler 200 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2018 1 1 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2017 A 77 4 0 44,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 C 593 32 16 41,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 D 3,411 195 36 45,000 Electrical System
2014 C 312 24 4 50,000 Airbags
2013 C 1,006 33 4 60,000 Airbags
2012 C 1,011 43 8 60,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 518 28 5 48,313 Engine & Cooling
2010 A 23 0 0 72,950 Airbags

What breaks on a Chrysler 200

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 1,253 18.0%

Worst in 2015

Electrical System 1,222 17.6%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Airbags 849 12.2%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Brakes 292 4.2%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Seat Belts 241 3.5%

Worst in 2013

Steering 232 3.3%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2012

Seats 134 1.9%

Worst in 2013

Lights 132 1.9%

Worst in 2012

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler 200

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 66 42.3%
Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System 23 14.7%
Head Restraint 22 14.1%
Heater Core 15 9.6%
Headlights 7 4.5%
Adaptive Cruise Control 5 3.2%
Control Module (Tcm/Pcm/Tecm) 5 3.2%
Door 5 3.2%
Automatic Emergency Braking 4 2.6%
AIR Conditioner 4 2.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler 200, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2011 peak 143 Aug 2026

Chrysler 200 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chrysler 200

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.