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Total NHTSA Complaints
10
Owner filings recorded
#1 Reported Problem
Air Bags & Restraints
4 reports (40%)
Crash Incident Reports
2
Filings citing a crash
Fire & Injury Reports
3
1 fire • 2 injury filings
Defect Investigation Analysis

Executive Problem Findings

AutoUtility currently tracks 10 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2020 Chrysler 300. Air Bags & Restraints issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (40% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 1 cites a fire, 2 report one or more injuries.

Methodology Notice: Consumer complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Filings are not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and do not constitute an audited component failure rate.
Incident & Severity Profile
  • • Total Owner Reports: 10 complaints submitted under federal penalty.
  • • Primary Subsystem: Air Bags & Restraints accounts for 40% of submissions (4 reports).
  • • Secondary Systems: Powertrain & Transmission (1), Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (1).
  • • Crash Incidents: 2 filings cite an impact or collision.
  • • Thermal Incidents: 1 filings cite smoke or fire.
  • • Reported Casualties: 2 injury filings • 0 fatality filings.
Category Distribution

Reported Defect Categories for 2020 Chrysler 300

Factual proportion of owner complaints categorized by automotive subsystem in NHTSA records

Air Bags & Restraints
4
40%
Powertrain & Transmission
1
10%
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
1
10%
Visibility, Wipers & Glass
1
10%
#1 40% SHARE

Air Bags & Restraints

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

⚠️ 2 Crash 🩹 3 Injury
⚠️ 1 Associated Recall Campaign
#2 10% SHARE

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#3 10% SHARE

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#4 10% SHARE

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
⚠️ 2 Associated Recall Campaigns
Consumer Filings

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2020 Chrysler 300

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11680974
Filed: 08/15/2025
🔥 Fire Cited

"The contact owns a 2020 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, The contact stated the sun visor of the vehicle had caught on fire. The vehicle was extinguished by the Fire Department. A fire report was filed, and a fire report number was not provided; however, the cause of..."

Air Bags & Restraints ODI #11631614
Filed: 12/19/2024
Defect Report

"The contact owns a 2020 Chrysler 300. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle, the contact later discovered that the front passenger’s side curtain air bag had erroneously deployed. The contact stated that there was no collision or visible damage to the vehicle to cause the air bag to..."

Air Bags & Restraints ODI #11607180
Filed: 08/08/2024
Defect Report

"Drivers airbag bursted when I wasn’t in my car, and the passenger airbag has a hole in it."

Air Bags & Restraints ODI #11559918
Filed: 12/13/2023
⚠️ Crash Cited 🩹 1 Injury

"The contact owned a 2020 Chrysler 300 AWD. The contact stated while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed on the highway and attempting to merge onto the right lane, another vehicle suddenly drove in front of his vehicle. The contact stated that her husband attempted to readjust the..."

Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11521184
Filed: 05/09/2023
Defect Report

"The vehicle's LCD screen has become delaminated which causes the control of the radio, air conditioning, navigation, and other features controlled by the "radio" portion of the car to become dysfunctional. The car will randomly beep, change air temperatures, start navigation, cause the loss of..."

Multi-Year Trend

Complaint History for Chrysler 300

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2023)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Chrysler 300 97 9 5 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Chrysler 300 76 9 3 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Chrysler 300 82 2 2 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Chrysler 300 153 6 4 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Chrysler 300 60 5 2 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Chrysler 300 Current Page 10 2 2 Current
2021 Chrysler 300 20 0 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Chrysler 300 5 2 2 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Chrysler 300 6 2 1 View 2023 Problems →
Exhaustive System Audit

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2020 Chrysler 300

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 6 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Injury Entries Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 3 1 0 1 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 3 0 1 0 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 2 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Search Intelligence

Quick Answers: Common Problems & Reliability Questions for the 2020 Chrysler 300

Direct, deterministic answers synthesized from verified United States government databases for the 2020 Chrysler 300

What are the most common reported problems with the 2020 Chrysler 300?

In official NHTSA consumer records, the most frequently cited issue area for the 2020 Chrysler 300 is Air Bags & Restraints, appearing in 4 records (40% of submitted filings).

Secondary reported categories include Powertrain & Transmission (1) and Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (1).

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Is the 2020 Chrysler 300 a reliable vehicle?

AutoUtility does not issue subjective reliability scores or commercial ratings. In official United States government records, NHTSA tracks 10 consumer defect complaints and 2 safety recall campaigns for the 2020 Chrysler 300.

Reviewing documented component complaint distributions, recall remedy notices, and active federal investigations provides an objective, evidence-based view of the vehicle's historical safety and defect record.

Source: NHTSA ODI & Safety Recalls Databases

Are there crash, fire, or injury reports associated with the 2020 Chrysler 300?

Among consumer complaint records on file with NHTSA for the 2020 Chrysler 300, 2 filings cite a crash, 1 cite smoke or fire, and 2 report one or more injuries.

Incident entries represent consumer descriptions at the time of submission to federal authorities and do not establish mechanical causation or legal liability.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Consumer Logs
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database under 49 CFR Part 576.

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