2000 Chrysler 300M Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“This complaint has to do with what I believe is a defect on all Chrysler 300M 1999 thru 2004. My complaint is the defect in the window design that lets the window glass come in contact with just rubber. There is noting between the glass and the rubber. This is what happened to my car twice, and not the same window. My complaint is the glass sticks to the rubber and gets pulled out of its track. All I did was put the window down and it pulled out of the track. The first time that happened the cost to repair was $130. Now it has happened again. …”

“I was unaware until recently that my car had side mirrors that were to automatically swing down when car is placed in reverse. Whether they always did or it was not noticed because I didn't look into them while backing. About 5 months ago I occasionally noticed my side mirrors being misaimed. It was most disconcerting, to say the least to see the road surface when I looked in the side mirror. Apparently from time to time the mirrors swung down when I had put the car into reverse, as they should. Unfortunately, they did not swing back up when I put the car into forward. …”

“There have been repeated stress cracks in the windshield. I have on two occassion experienced the same crack. It starts under the seal on the drivers side about 4 off of the bottom, travells out about two inches, turns towards the top and travells to the sun visor area. It has not been caused by a strike to the window and each crack is almost identical in size and location. It looks like an l if viewed from the exterior. I suspect that the body lacks rigidity and is thus stressing the glass as it flexs. If the crack were to connect to the top portion of the window, the windshield could fail. …”

“Around 42000 the right rear passenger automatic door lock started making a loud buzzing noise and refused to unlock automatically. Now you must automatically unlock the door then manually release the lock. Now at 62000 the left rear passenger lock is making a loud buzzing noise but still will unlock. This could be very dangerous in a crash because you cannot unlock the right passenger door with out knowing to release the locks automatically and then manually unlocking the doors. …”

“My real concern is that I may have purchased a test car without knowledge of such. On the top of the windshield reads, Chrysler proving grounds visible only when the windshield is wet. Is this something that should be investigated further?”