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2012 Chrysler 300 exterior lighting problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2012 Chrysler 3003% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Exterior Lighting complaints
3%
share of all complaints
32,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Car was stalling and had electrical issues. I paid to get it fixed but never knew there was a recall for my vehicles alternator. The vehicle battery dies fairly quickly from time to time still and every know and then I have to call AAA to jump my car and they say my battery is good. Chrysler's…

    filed Oct 6, 2022

  • This vehicle has very poor lighting output from the headlights. The projector lamps are terrible. There are no high beams. There is some type of shutter that moves to redirect the light. The high beams are worse than the low beams. Worse headlights I have ever had on a car I owned. This car is…

    filed Dec 26, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Exterior Lighting problems in other 300 years

YearReportsShare
2021 30015%
2019 30058%
2018 30085%
2017 30045%
2016 30023%
2015 30066%
2014 300177%
2013 300176%
2011 30074%
2010 30043%
2008 30051%
2007 30061%
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Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.