2014 Chrysler 300 problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid

Is 2014 a good year for the Chrysler 300?

The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2014 draws 47 times the complaints of the 2022. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2014 sits near the top of it.

Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.

This retrieval holds 7 of the nameplate’s model years. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 are absent, which means no records came back for them — not that they were clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.

The 2014 accounts for 37% of every complaint filed against the Chrysler 300 in this retrieval, which works out to 19.8 complaints per year on the road across the 12 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.

Complaints rose sharply against the preceding year: the 2014 carries 1.7 times the reports of the 2010. A jump that size between consecutive years usually means something changed in the car rather than in how many were sold, and it is worth asking a seller what was done to this one.

Which recalls cover the 2014?

Take the campaign number to any franchised Chrysler dealer. Recall repairs are free with no mileage or ownership limit, and they follow the car rather than the owner, so a used 2014 with an unrepaired campaign is a free repair you can claim. How recalls work.

Recall text is abridged from the NHTSA record. Search the campaign number at nhtsa.gov/recalls for the full notice and affected VIN ranges.

What do owners report on the Chrysler 300?

Across every Chrysler 300 year, not the 2014 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.

• Electrical System — 163 reports
• Air Bags — 105 reports
• Power Train — 101 reports
• Unknown or Other — 65 reports

If your 2014 is doing something now, these are the guides for that system — each opens with whether it is safe to keep driving:

• Won't start — clicking
• Won't start — silence
• Battery light on

Which other Chrysler 300 years should you compare?

← 2010 Chrysler 300 · 2016 Chrysler 300 → · All Chrysler 300 years

If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Chrysler 300 page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.