Model-year matrix

Chrysler 300
which year?

Compare every Chrysler 300 model year the EPA recorded, 1999 to 2023. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Chrysler 300 year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Chrysler 300?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Chrysler 300 years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2006

1,002 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2006 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2008

714 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2008 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2007

497 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2007 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Chrysler 300 model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2022 Chrysler 300

NHTSA complaint allegations: 5
Combined EPA economy: 19–23 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 3
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,650–3,700
Fuel labels: Midgrade Gasoline · Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsair bags 2electrical system 1power train 1

Open the 2022 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2023 Chrysler 300

NHTSA complaint allegations: 6
Combined EPA economy: 18–23 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,650–4,200
Fuel labels: Midgrade Gasoline · Premium Gasoline · Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsservice brakes 3unknown or other 2air bags 1

Open the 2023 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2023 has 1 more indexed complaint allegations than 2022.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Chrysler 300 by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Chrysler 300 model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2023	6	service brakes 3unknown or other 2air bags 1	18–23	4	$2,650–4,200	Dossier →
2022	5	air bags 2electrical system 1power train 1	19–23	3	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2021	20	air bags 8engine 4seat belts 3	19–23	3	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2020	9	unknown or other 4air bags 3forward collision avoidance 1	19–23	3	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2019	60	air bags 22electrical system 21unknown or other 12	19–23	5	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2018	152	electrical system 68unknown or other 52power train 17	19–23	5	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2017	82	electrical system 29unknown or other 22structure 11	19–23	5	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2016	76	air bags 15electrical system 15power train 14	19–23	5	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2015	97	power train 24unknown or other 21electrical system 14	19–23	5	$2,650–3,700	Dossier →
2014	236	electrical system 72power train 69engine 25	17–23	7	$2,650–4,450	Dossier →
2013	306	electrical system 131power train 58engine 36	17–23	7	$2,650–4,450	Dossier →
2012	425	electrical system 215air bags 82power train 78	17–23	6	$2,650–4,450	Dossier →
2011	200	electrical system 121air bags 27engine 18	18–21	4	$2,950–3,700	Dossier →
2010	123	air bags 57electrical system 23engine 11	15–21	6	$2,950–5,050	Dossier →
2009	83	air bags 38electrical system 25engine 8	15–21	6	$2,950–4,100	Dossier →
2008	714	electrical system 505air bags 185engine 53	15–21	7	$2,950–5,050	Dossier →
2007	497	power train 193air bags 132electrical system 59	15–21	6	$2,950–5,050	Dossier →
2006	1,002	power train 262air bags 258engine 166	18–21	4	$2,950–3,400	Dossier →
2004	2	air bags 1electrical system 1power train 1	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2003	0	—	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2002	0	—	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2001	0	—	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
2000	0	—	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →
1999	0	—	19	1	$3,250	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.