Other engine problem on the 2006 Chrysler 300C
2 crashes 2 fires 1 injury 5 of the 146 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 2006 Chrysler 300C report other engine problem at a median of 86,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 60,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles, from 130 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 38,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 136,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 98,050 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.
8% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37,985 miles | 60,000 miles | 86,299 miles | 105,000 miles | 136,035 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, 2 a crash, 2 a fire and 1 an injury 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 5 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2009, at a median of 60,000 miles, and latest on the 2005 at 95,000 miles.
By volume the 2006 is the worst of them, which makes this a problem of this specific year rather than of the model as a whole.
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.
2006 chrysler 300 engine died after cold start up. As of 05/14/07 it has been in the dealer's shop fpr 40 days with 5 attempts to fix it. No codes, no diagnosis.this was the third repair order for the same defect. *ak
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chrysler 300c. While driving 15 MPH, the vehicle shook and came to a complete stop. The dealer stated that cylinder number six failed and was causing the engine to lose compression. The dealer will repair the vehicle in approximately two weeks. The contact stated that the vehicle has been properly maintained. The current and failure mileages were 46,900. Updated 01/17/08 *bf the dealer stated door to vehicle came off. Updated 01/17/08 *tr
Intermittent stalling - repetitive issue intermittent stalling of my vehicle while in park or while stopped at a light. I've had the vehicle in for service 3x's for the same issue; 3/21, 4/17 and 6/23. Since the problem occurs so infrequently, the dealers (berlin chrysler & mt. Ephraim chrysler) have been unable to diagnose the issue. I've had no problems with the car stalling since 6/23, now it has happened again and with my car being 41,000 miles it's out of warranty. There is no reason why I should have to pay for diagnosis and repair (if they can even diagnosis it) considering I've had the vehicle in for the same issues 3 other times which chrysler has documented. I did speak to a representative @ 1-800-992-1997 who was very friendly but who could not give me a definitive answer. The service records are impeccable on this vehicle I should not be concerned while driving the vehicle that it's going to stall and causing a dangerous situation to my well being. Three days business days after my phone call and e-mail to chrysler they responded with a generic lack of responsibility response. There are various forums on the internet…
Also reported on the 2006 Chrysler 300C
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Other fuel system problem
Stalling while driving
Other powertrain problem
Other electrical problem
Shifter, linkage or stuck-in-park failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 146 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 2006 Chrysler 300C?
Across 130 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 86,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 60,000 miles and a quarter after 105,000 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 2006 Chrysler 300C?
146 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 2.5 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