NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chrysler 300 Recalls
The 2016 Chrysler 300 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 17, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chrysler 300. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 76
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Chrysler 300, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Chrysler 300
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 300, 14 other models
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 17V097000
- Reported
- February 14, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,298
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 300, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 18E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 300, 2 other models
2016 Chrysler 300 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 76 owner complaints about the 2016 Chrysler 300, the newest on July 2, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (12%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Chrysler 300, the component group named most often is the air bags (20%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the power train (18%).
1 of the 2016 Chrysler 300's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Chrysler 300 owners gave the mileage (46 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags15
- Electrical System15
- Power Train14
- Unknown Or Other14
- Structure10
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chrysler 300 peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 14. 36% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chrysler 300 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chrysler 300 year in the same window: 12th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 76 complaints about the 2016 Chrysler 300 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chrysler 300 by model year
Other 2016 Chrysler models
Newest record on this page: July 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted