NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Chrysler 300m Recalls
The 2000 Chrysler 300m has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Chrysler 300m. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 242
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2000 Chrysler 300m, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Chrysler 300m
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 03V035000
- Reported
- February 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,066,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 300m, 3 other models
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 01V273000
- Reported
- August 2, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 282,470
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- also 2001 300m, 3 other models
Child seat
- Campaign
- 00V366000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,211,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 300m, 15 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 00V033000
- Reported
- February 4, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,580
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V034000
- Reported
- February 4, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 204,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 99V343000
- Reported
- December 2, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 350
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 300m, 57 other models
2000 Chrysler 300m complaints by year
NHTSA has received 242 owner complaints about the 2000 Chrysler 300m, the newest on April 26, 2023. Of these, 16 describe a crash (7%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Chrysler 300m, the component group named most often is the steering (22%), followed by the structure (16%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2000 Chrysler 300m's 7 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2000 Chrysler 300m owners gave the mileage (135 complaints), the median was 59,082 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering53
- Structure39
- Air Bags29
- Wheels21
- Latches/Locks/Linkages18
- Seats15
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 12 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 51 | |
| 2004 | 49 | |
| 2005 | 21 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Chrysler 300m peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 51. 38% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Chrysler 300m drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Chrysler 300m year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Chrysler 300m years to avoid by our method.
The 242 complaints about the 2000 Chrysler 300m are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler 300m by model year
Other 2000 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: April 26, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted