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2016 Chrysler 200 steering problems

23 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2016 Chrysler 200, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
23 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
45,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2016 Chrysler 200 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 45,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 45,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 81% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 44,000 miles, and 81% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2016 chrysler 200. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle shook and the tie rod fractured. The failure caused the contact to crash into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact suffered muscle spasms and back pain, which required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was

Reported at 31,000 miles, February 2017 CrashInjury

Since I've bought the car, upon accelerating, stopping, pretty much doing any driving the car will bubble under and jerk as if you're manually switching shifts. It has only gotten worse over the 2 years I've owned this car and no one can seem to help because there's no "code" that finds the problem. My car also, will lock the wheel while I'm driving, lock the brake and gas and turn completely off as if the battery died and I can't put the car in neutral or anything since it is locked.

Reported at 57,000 miles, January 2018

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