Buyer Research

2023 Chrysler 300 — Should You Buy One?

Typical asking price: $28,000–$45,000. There is 1 high-severity known issue you need to know before handing over a check.

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The last 300 ever built, and the record is six complaints and one recall. Half the complaints are Brembo rotors warping early on the sportier trims, one is a driver whose park sensors did not beep before a pole, and the recall (24V112) is a parking brake that may have left the factory misadjusted and can let the car roll away — a free adjustment, and the one thing on this page that must be shown closed before you drive it. Six filings cannot tell you how the 2023 holds up; the honest reading is that few people have written to NHTSA about a car that is still mostly under factory warranty. The drivetrain is the same 3.6L, 5.7L and, on the send-off 300C, the 6.4L Hemi behind the ZF eight-speed that the 2018–2022 cars use, so the checks that matter come from those pages. Confirm the recall, feel for a pulsing pedal from 60 mph, and buy the rest on the warranty and the paperwork.

What we checked

Checked against public records, 2026-09-25

NHTSA holds 6 owner complaints for the 2023 Chrysler 300, and 1 recall campaign.

That is too small a record to read a pattern from, so we are not going to pretend otherwise — with numbers this low one owner moves the percentage by a lot. What has been filed is grouped under the brakes (3), lane departure (1), back over prevention (1). Treat those as things to look at, not as the vehicle's known weaknesses. A thin file usually means few of these were sold or few owners filed. It is not evidence the vehicle is trouble-free, and the issues below are our own research rather than a reading of this record.

One recall campaign covers this model year. Recalls are repaired free, for any owner, with no time limit on most safety campaigns — but only if someone books it in. Ask the seller to show it was done, or have any dealer check the VIN; it takes them a couple of minutes and costs nothing.

Counts come from the NHTSA complaint and recall database — free, public, and worth checking yourself.

Known Issues for the 2023 Chrysler 300

Ranked by wallet impact. These are documented, recurring problems — not freak accidents. How we decide that.

Parking brake may be misadjusted from the factory — car can roll away when parked (recall)High — wallet impact

Recall 24V112 covers 2023 300s: the parking brake may not have been adjusted correctly, so a car left in Park on a slope with the parking brake set can still roll, which fails the federal standard for parking-brake performance. Dealers adjust it free; letters were mailed February 29, 2024. On a car this new the recall is the one hard safety item on the page, and it is a two-minute VIN check on NHTSA's lookup. Then test it: park on a real incline, put the lever in Neutral with your foot ready on the brake, set the parking brake and release the pedal — the car should not move an inch.

Repair cost: $0 with the recall — verify it was performed

Source: 1 NHTSA recall campaign on this model year.

Brembo front rotors warp early on 300S and 300C trims — pulsing pedal and a warranty refusalMedium

Three brake complaints, and two are the same: the factory Brembo four-piston brakes on the performance trims warping their rotors at 5,000 and 25,000 miles, felt as a pulsing pedal and a shudder through the wheel on a normal stop, with the dealer calling it wear and tear and declining to cover it. Big calipers on a two-ton car run hot, and the rotors are the expensive kind. The third filing is a steering complaint on a Touring in its first week, resolved by the dealer. On the test drive brake firmly from 60 mph and feel for a pulse; if there is one, price a set of quality rotors and pads into your offer — a Brembo-equipped car costs roughly double a base 300 to re-rotor.

Repair cost (estimate): $600–$1,300 per axle for Brembo rotors and pads; $300–$600 on a base car

Source: NHTSA complaints filed under the brakes (3).

Rear park sensors that did not warn before a low-speed reversing crashLow

One owner, filed under two headings, backed into a pole and says the ParkSense sensors never beeped. One event is not a pattern, and the driver admits to not looking, but the check is free: with the car in Reverse, walk a friend slowly toward the rear bumper and listen for the tone to start and quicken, then confirm the backup camera picture is clear and the guide lines move with the wheel. A sensor that is painted over, cracked or full of road grime will stay silent, and each one is a modest part.

Repair cost (estimate): $80–$250 per sensor

Source: NHTSA complaints filed under back over prevention (1), lane departure (1).

Uconnect 8.4 screen delamination and ghost touches — the platform's known fault, unfiled on this year so farMedium

Nothing is on the 2023 record about it, but the 2018 300's record is nearly half this one part and the 2019 carries it too: the touchscreen's top layer lifts from the glass and the unit begins registering presses nobody made — heat changing, radio hopping, calls hung up, camera blanking. A 2023 is young enough that most are still under the 3-year bumper-to-bumper warranty or just out of it, so check where it stands. In daylight look for bubbles or a rainbow edge, then let the car idle with your hands off for a minute and watch the screen.

Repair cost (estimate): $400–$1,800 for a replacement head unit

Source: not yet checked against public records.

Pentastar 3.6L oil-filter housing leak — a lifetime-of-the-engine weak point to look under the intake forMedium

On every 3.6L Pentastar the plastic oil-filter housing and cooler at the top of the engine can crack with heat and drip oil down the back of the block. A 2023 is young for it, and it is not on this year's record, so treat it as a place to look rather than a finding: a hot-oil smell after the drive, or a shine of fresh oil under the intake manifold on a flashlight check, is the sign. Hemi cars do not have this part. If it ever needs doing, the aluminium aftermarket housing is the permanent fix.

Repair cost (estimate): $500–$1,200 for the housing and gaskets

Source: not yet checked against public records.

Walk-Away Red Flags

✗Parking-brake recall 24V112 still open on the VIN
✗Car that creeps on a slope with the parking brake set and the lever in Neutral
✗Pulse through the pedal or a shudder through the wheel braking from 60 mph
✗Park sensors silent as someone walks toward the rear bumper in Reverse
✗Touchscreen with a bubbled or rainbow-edged surface, or settings that change by themselves

Good Signs

✓Recall 24V112 shown complete on the NHTSA VIN lookup
✓Car holds still on an incline with the parking brake set and the lever in Neutral
✓Firm, steady pedal braking from 60 mph, or new rotors and pads with the receipt
✓Factory bumper-to-bumper or powertrain warranty still in force, with the in-service date on the paperwork
✓Park-assist tone that starts and quickens as someone approaches the rear bumper
✓Touchscreen that sits still through a full minute at idle with hands off