2013 Chrysler 300C

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2013 Chrysler 300C arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2013 vehicle, but with only 44 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is electrical system (23 complaints), typically at 5.0 yr or about 67,000 miles.

Complaints: 44
Median age at failure: 5.1 yr
Median mileage: 67,000 n=31
Crash / fire / tow: 34.1% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Electrical system 36,500 mi 4.8 yr in service

I OWN A 2013 CHRYSLER 300 C WITH THE 5.7 HEMI. I WAS PULLING OUT MY CAR OF THE GARAGE TO PARK IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHEN I WAS PULLING IT OUT IT BEGAN TO MAKE HUMMING NOISES UNDER THE HOOD AND THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH ABS,BATTERY SAVER ECT.I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS SMOKING, I RAN IN THE GARAGE AND GOT A BUCKET OF WATER AND POURED IT ON THE SMOKING ALTERNATOR. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT AND DAMAGED THE BATTERY. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THESE ALTERNATORS IN THERE CARS, 300,CHALLENGER,CHARGERS,JEEPS..ECT.

Electrical system 42,000 mi 4.8 yr in service crash / fire / tow

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 300C. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO WEAVER BROTHERS MOTORS (LOCATED AT 2035 S WHEELER ST, JASPER, TX 75951) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 09/06/17*LJ *CN

Electrical system mileage not reported 4.9 yr in service crash / fire / tow

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHRYSLER 300C. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SMOKE FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED FIELDS CHRYSLER (LOCATED ON 750 TOWNE CENTER BLVD, SANFORD, FL 32771), BUT NO APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT HER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

Other 300C model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2013 Chrysler 300C

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other 300C model years

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