White lie, actually. It's a Dodge Magnum and I've got it on extended hire at the moment here in Pittsburgh but, same horse, different race.
The central locking is annoying the hell out of me. Basically, when I press the unlock button only the driver's door unlocks. In order to unlock the other doors I have to press the unlock key 3 times in quick succession otherwise it doesn't work. There must be some simple way of reprogramming it to unlock all the doors on one press of the button as this is how the last 300C I had worked. Any Chrysler 300 owners out there got any ideas?
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Hi Bagpuss
yep, there's a simple way to change it.
Put the transmission in park
Hit the EVIC button on your steering wheel (the icon that looks like 2 sets of paper), until the display says "Personal Settings", press the up/down arrows on the steering wheel until it says "remote unlock drivers door 1st", then press the function select button (a triangle icon on its side), until the message changes to "remote unlock all doors", then you should be sorted.
There are quite a few other things that you can change in that section as well if you have the inclination.
MTC
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Thanks for the reply MTC. No buttons on the steering wheel in this model though, unfortunately, and no multifunction display either. Looks like I'm stuck with it.
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A shame.
The cars that we get in the UK are all "C" spec, so we get all the goodies thrown in.
try this for plan B
Hold the LOCK part of the key down for between 4 & 10 seconds, whilst the LOCK is held down, hold down the UNLOCK key at the same time. Release both buttons at the same time.
Do a quick test from outside the vehicle and Bob should be your Uncle.
MTC
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Wow, Plan B worked!
Thanks for that MTC, that tiny detail makes the car considerably more usable for me.
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No worries mate. BTW have tiy got a HEMI to drive around in ?
MTC
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Hemi - I wish! It's the standard 3.5l V6, as far as I can tell anyway. To be honest it's adequate for pottering around the suburbs of Pittsburgh and the speed limit on the freeways here is 55mph with sometimes 25mph being the limit on normal roads, and there is a high police presence here to control it. I had a 4l Pacifica the other week and it was ridiculously easy to end up way over the urban limit when accelerating away from traffic lights.
The engine in this one is a lot quieter than I remember from Magnums/ Chargers/ 300s I've driven in the past and I generally like this particular vehicle as it looks great (in my opinion) and is far nicer to drive than any other US car I've tried, and I've tried a lot. Those old Mercedes bits in the chassis probably help here and it does a great job of absorbing the bumps and potholes on the winter battered roads here. You can also carry 4 people plus luggage in comfort, so I'll be happy to drive it for the next 5 weeks or so. I just wish Chrysler would screw them together a bit better:-(
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Snap. We hired a Pacifica in Nov last year - and very nice it was as well (in a NOT a HEMI 300C type way !).
AS regards build quality. UK 300C's are built at Graz in Austrai, and they either use bigger hammers, or the Austrians are stronger, because my car is very well banged together.
Enjoy Pittsburgh.
MTC
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