2015 Chrysler 200 · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 180owner reports
- 33,000median miles
- 8involved a crash
Newest report Feb 16, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
686 of the 1,976 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 180 of those describe transmission shudder.
Narrower sheets: Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear (125 reports) · Transmission hesitates when accelerating (43 reports) · Transmission slips (30 reports)
Tick what matches of 180 reports
Transmission shudder on other 200 years
No other 200 model year has enough reports of transmission shudder for a sheet of its own. See every 200 year.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the transmission (10 reports) and the clutch (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the transmission and drivetrain cover the 2015 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The transmission sensor clusters may have insufficient crimps in the transmission wire harness, and as a result, the transmission may unexpectedly shift to neutral.
The automatic transmission parking pawl may become contaminated or the park rod may become dislodged or broken. This may prevent the transmission from shifting into the Park position.
All 8 recalls on the 2015 Chrysler 200, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 10,000 and 56,000 miles, from the 137 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2015 Chrysler 200 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Gear Ratio DTC?s, Transmission Shift Concerns, Does Not Shift At Times, Shudders
What owners wrote
“Iâm not sure but it will randomly die and have to be restarted there are times it does it more than others but every time is extremely dangerous because you essentially lose control of the car until it is restarted and it shift extremely hard sometimes like it feels like the transmission is going to fall out it jerks the entire car violently and there are numerous low voltage codes as well”
Filed Feb 16, 2026
“Multiple times, regardless of repairs done. The transmission keeps hard shifting in and out of 5th gear. One time to the point where I couldn't shifts gears (stuck in 4th) and was stuck at speeds under 45 mph on a busy freeway.”
Filed Oct 22, 2022
“Unknown. When stopped or while slow down to turn out after trarrfic is clear when I put my foot on the gas it doesnât go, like the transmission is slipping. then after a while it allows me to put my foot on the gas and proceed driving”
Filed Aug 15, 2022
“There were no warning lamps but my transmission shift very hard and is very jerky. Also my parking break keeps engaging on its own. Im afraid that im going to be driving and it will engage itsself. It hasnt happened while driving yet but it had many times while setting still and in gear”
Filed Jul 12, 2021
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 8 of 180 reports involved a crash and 4 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 617 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 327 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 159 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 139 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 124 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 113 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 111 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 109 reports
- "Service Transmission" message or wrench light comes on 102 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 59 reports
- Transmission drops into neutral or downshifts on its own 57 reports
- Transmission fails or needs replacement 40 reports
- Loses power when accelerating 38 reports
- Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 34 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 33 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 28 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 25 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 25 reports