Other engine problem on the 2016 Chrysler 200
1 crash 4 fires 5 of the 89 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2016 Chrysler 200 report other engine problem at a median of 40,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 27,500 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles, from 64 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 17,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 80,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 62,373 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
41% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,634 miles | 27,915 miles | 40,732 miles | 66,000 miles | 80,007 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
Of these reports, 1 a crash and 4 a fire are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 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 7 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2011, at a median of 17,500 miles, and latest on the 2014 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2015 carries the most reports, with 370; the 2016 has 89. 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.
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.
My car will die while driving or puts itself in neutral while on the hwy. We have almost been in 5 or more accidents becasue the car behind us has no idea my car has stopped while going 65 MPH and car just dies. We have been in touch with the dealer they have tried fixing this car at least 5 times as of now we have has their rental for car for over 35 days my vehicle has 19,000 we bought it brand new. Also would like to go on record if anything happens to me or my children because of this defect I gave the dealership many chances to fix they have even called someone from out of town to fix and I'm still waiting I do not want to die or get injured due to this problem also the problem started at 306 miles and has not been fixed yet
My vehicle completely shuts off while in motion. Not while at a stop or while slowing. I am literally driving along and the car shuts off. I was nearly rear-ended because of this. I this has happened multiple times and each time I have been in motion on a city street in forward motion. It has happened once in mid turn. This issue started on 1/24/2017 and has occurred each day 2-3 times a day. *tr
Purchased car brand new may 2016 september 2016 driving on a city street my car turners off with a flashing shift in to park on the dash board. December 2016 2nd time doing the shift into park upon entering highway 16 steering wheel locks up making it difficult to move out of harms way to shift into park. February same incident on highway 16 right before merging on to interstate 5 south. Car doesn't restart when pressing engine start. I have to sit for 5-6 minutes before car turns on and the. Drive until it attempts again. I e taking it to the dealer they don't see the problem after resetting the computer and getting an oil change car still turns off while driving. I've taking it back on may 2017 car still doing the shift into park locking wheel and turning engine off. After being with the dealer again not only does it shift into park it's now over heating. I bought the car as the first owner with 10 miles
Also reported on the 2016 Chrysler 200
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Parking brake failure
No-start or intermittent start failure
Excessive oil consumption
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 89 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 engine problem happen on the 2016 Chrysler 200?
Across 64 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 40,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 27,500 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2016 Chrysler 200?
89 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.2 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