2014 Chrysler 300C: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2014 Chrysler 300C
On the 2014 Chrysler 300C, the failure owners report most often is other powertrain problem, with 3 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 65,000 miles.
What owners report breaking
Owners have reported 8 named failure modes on the 2014 Chrysler 300C, and the three most-reported carry 50% of everything filed.
Other powertrain problem leads with 3 reports and about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles.
Backup camera failure follows with 2 reports, median 65,000 miles.
Other brake problem follows with 2 reports, median 70,000 miles.
By system, the reports fall mostly into transmission (3), infotainment (2) and brakes (2).
When these failures get reported
13 of the reports on the 2014 Chrysler 300C came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 65,000 miles.
Cumulatively, 23% by 50,000 miles, 92% by 100,000 miles and 92% by 150,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.
The busiest stretch is between 50,000 and 60,000 miles, which alone holds 23% of the dated reports.
8% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles, so this is mostly a story about older, higher-mileage cars.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the median reported mileage
What happens when these parts fail
Nothing in the reports on the 2014 Chrysler 300C mentions a crash, a fire or an injury. That is the ordinary case and it is worth stating: most defect complaints are about a car that stopped working, not one that hurt somebody.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 3.29, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500, backup camera failure at $250–$1,200, other brake problem at $300–$1,800 and fuel pump failure at $600–$2,600. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
29% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 3 | 3 | — | 55k | — | 0.1 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Backup camera failure | infotainment | 2 | 2 | — | 66k | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,200 | Moderate |
| Other brake problem | brakes | 2 | 2 | — | 70k | — | 0.0 | $300–$1,800 | High |
| Fuel pump failure | fuel | 1 | 1 | — | 190k | — | 0.0 | $600–$2,600 | High |
| Other engine problem | engine | 1 | 1 | — | 41k | — | 0.0 | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 1 | 1 | — | 53k | — | 0.0 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other fuel system problem | fuel | 1 | 1 | — | 41k | — | 0.0 | $300–$2,200 | High |
| Other wheel or tire problem | wheels | 1 | 1 | — | 73k | — | 0.0 | $200–$1,500 | High |
| Unclassified problem | other | 2 | 1 | — | 57k | — | 0.0 | — | Moderate |
This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
How often, against how many were built
Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2014 Chrysler 300C draws about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 70th percentile of complaint rates among 2014 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model.
The working figure is 57,424 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2014 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.
Other powertrain problem
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chrysler 300c. While reversing, the vehicle independently shifted into park without warning. On another occasion, while the vehicle was at a complete stop, the vehicle independently shifted into park when the accelerator pedal was depressed. As a result, the vehicle jerked violently and stalled without warning. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (grogan's towne chrysler jeep dodge ram located at 6100 telegraph rd toledo, ohio 43612) more than twice, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent out engineers who could not duplicate the failure and determined that the vehicle was fine. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.
Better and worse years of the same car
Across the 9 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2008 comes out best at 53 and 2006 worst at 67.
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
What this page cannot tell you
14 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 14 reports, 13 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 93% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2014 Chrysler 300C?
The most-reported failures are other powertrain problem (3 reports, median 55,000 miles), backup camera failure (2 reports, median 65,000 miles) and other brake problem (2 reports, median 70,000 miles). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
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