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Other visibility problem on the 2013 Chrysler 200

Reports of this failure 16
With an odometer reading 12
Reports per 1,000 built 0.3 per 1,000
Filed below 36,000 miles 25%
Mention a crash, fire or injury 0
Typical repair $150–$1,400
What it means when it happens Moderate
Rank among this year's problems 17th

When other visibility problem gets reported

Owners of the 2013 Chrysler 200 report other visibility problem at a median of 55,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles, from 12 reports that carried an odometer reading.

A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 17th most-reported problem on this model year.

The mileage distribution

The reported range runs from 30,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 125,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 93,470 miles across the middle 80% of reports.

A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.

25% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.

The whole distribution

Percentiles of the 12 odometer readings owners gave.
10th25thMedian 75th90th
30,500 miles 35,900 miles 54,000 miles 95,250 miles 123,970 miles

Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.

What a percentile can and cannot tell you here

These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.

What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.

Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.

What happens, and what it costs

Putting it right typically runs $150–$1,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.

The same failure on other years

The same failure is reported on 5 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2015, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2011 at 75,000 miles.

By volume the 2012 carries the most reports, with 33; the 2013 has 16. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.

If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.

Median
  1. 2011 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 76k
  2. 2012 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 74k
  3. 2013 (this one) 54k
  4. 2014 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 62k
  5. 2015 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 3k
  6. 2016 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 49k
  7. 2017 Chrysler 200 other visibility problem 700

Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens

What owners wrote

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.

This vehicle does not drive properly. The rpms run high and many times does not shift out of 5 gear while driving at high speeds. I have complained about this since I bought the vehicle, however have been told "that is how this car drives", "it is ok to red line your car". After several complaints the dealership gm finally agreed there was something wrong and the "flashed" my car. After that I was getting 30 mpg highway and it was shifting without me having to take my foot of the gas. Less then 5,000 miles later it is back to the way it was. Dealership now says it is fine, yet I am averaging on the interstate 22 - 25 mpgs. I am so frustrated with the service I am receiving. *tr

10,000 miles NHTSA complaint 1026579 filed 2013-12-12

Turn on heater get clicking noise for about 30 seconds, then stops. You would think that after all this time chrysler, would be smart enough to fix the problem. This car has 36200 miles and is a 2013. No car should start having these issues at this stage. I have never owned a chrysler, before and probably never will again. I would like to know how many others have this problem. *tr

36,200 miles NHTSA complaint 1156818 filed 2015-02-12

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 chrysler 200. The contact stated that the front passenger side window activated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be determined.the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 42,000.

42,000 miles NHTSA complaint 1178360 filed 2015-04-28

Also reported on the 2013 Chrysler 200

Other engine problem

96 reports median 62k

Other body or interior problem

69 reports median 61k

Airbag inflator rupture

57 reports median 83k

Other electrical problem

57 reports median 77k

Other powertrain problem

46 reports median 25k

Seat belt or retractor failure

37 reports median 45k

How far this goes

Complaints are voluntary, so 16 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.

Questions this page answers

At what mileage does other visibility problem happen on the 2013 Chrysler 200?

Across 12 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 55,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.

How common is other visibility problem on the 2013 Chrysler 200?

16 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.

What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars

Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed