FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler 300M

Owners have filed 1,130 complaints about the Chrysler 300M with NHTSA across model years 1993 to 2004. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

1999 Chrysler 300M

440 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2003 Chrysler 300M

44 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler 300M 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
2004 C 117 7 0 44,364 Engine & Cooling
2003 B 44 2 1 64,518 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 104 17 3 71,934 Electrical System
2001 B 122 5 4 67,250 Steering
2000 D 294 19 6 59,082 Steering
1999 D 440 43 7 69,686 Steering
1994 4 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 5 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Chrysler 300M

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

Steering 161 14.2%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 117 10.4%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 108 9.6%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 106 9.4%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Brakes 65 5.8%

Worst in 1999

Wheels 53 4.7%

Worst in 1999

Seats 52 4.6%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 48 4.2%

Worst in 1999

Tires 43 3.8%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Lights 32 2.8%

Worst in 1999

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler 300M

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

Frontal 56 19.7%
Rack AND Pinion 45 15.8%
Automatic Transmission 45 15.8%
Engine 29 10.2%
RIM 25 8.8%
Recliner 19 6.7%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 18 6.3%
TIE ROD Assembly 16 5.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 16 5.6%
Front 15 5.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler 300M, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 1998 peak 31 Jul 2025

Chrysler 300M 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 300M

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