Vehicle
Chrysler 300
The rear-driven saloon, and mechanically a Dodge Charger — the same platform, the same Pentastar V6 and Hemi V8, the same ZF eight-speed. Search under Charger, where far more is written. The Hemi's multi-displacement system is worth knowing before a misfire code is believed: the engine shuts down cylinders deliberately under light load, and a fault in that mechanism is neither ignition nor fuel.
Generations
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300M 1999–2004
The front-drive 300M that preceded the rear-drive LX car — a different layout entirely, so nothing from the later 300 applies to it.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Chrysler LH
- Engines
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- 3.5 V6 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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LX 2004–2010
The original; a Mercedes-derived rear-drive platform, and a V6 diesel in Europe.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Estate
- Platform
- Chrysler LX
- Engines
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- 2.7 V6 — petrol
- 3.5 V6 — petrol
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol
- 6.1 Hemi V8 — SRT8 · petrol
- 3.0 CRD V6 — OM642 · diesel · 510 Nm (376 lb-ft) · Europe
- Transmissions
- 5-speed automatic · 4-speed Ultradrive 42RLE automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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LD 2011–present
Pentastar V6 and the ZF eight-speed; a very long production run.
- A630 (3.0 V6 diesel) 3.0 L
- CRD (badge, not an engine)
- HEMI (third generation)
- Pentastar (3.2 and 3.6)
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Chrysler LD
- Engines
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- 3.6 V6 — PENTASTAR · petrol
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol
- 6.4 V8 — HEMI · petrol · SRT
- 3.0 CRD V6 — A630 · diesel · 155–160 kW (208–215 hp) · Europe
- 3.0 V6 — petrol · China
- Transmissions
- 5-speed automatic · 8-speed ZF 8HP45 automatic · 8-speed ZF 8HP70 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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