NHTSA Complaint #10129806 — 2005 CHRYSLER 300

SOMETIMES, MY '300 TOURING' (3.5 LITER HO V6) JUST 'LUNGES' FORWARD WHILE I'M STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (ABOUT EIGHT TIMES NOW) WHETHER MY CAR IS 'COLD' AND/OR AFTER IT HAS 'WARMED-UP' FOR A WHILE. SOMETIMES, EVEN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL FIRMLY DEPRESSED, IT'LL STILL 'LUNGE' FORWARD...FEELING AS IF MY CAR WILL FLY RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. ON 04/04/05, WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER CAR, MY CAR 'LUNGED' FORWARD ONCE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME CAUSING ME TO REAR-END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME...CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY CAR, AS WELL AS TO THE REAR OF THE OTHER. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I WAS ACTUALLY ENROUTE TO MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER TO HAVE A 'RECALL NOTICE' TAKEN CARE OF (FOR INAPPROPRIATE GAUGE CLUSTER READINGS). PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, I HAD ADVISED MY DEALER ABOUT THE POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, BUT EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR'S COMPLICATED ELECTRONICS/COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS IN FACT ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE WAY THAT I DRIVE, AND THAT IT WOULD ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND DURING SUBSEQUENT VISITS, I ALSO HAD MY DEALER TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF AND RECTIFY THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM; HOWEVER, EACH TIME, I WAS ADVISED THAT EITHER THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM NOR HAVE THEY HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I HAVE READ ON SOME CHRYSLER 300 INTERNET FORUMS, THAT SOME OTHERS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM, SO, I'M NOW SURE THAT MY PROBLEM ISN'T JUST A UNIQUE INCIDENT AFTER ALL. IF ANYTHING, I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO RETRIEVE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION FROM CHRYSLER IDENTIFYING THE ACTUAL EXISTENCE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, SO THAT I CAN PRESENT THIS DOCUMENTATION TO MY AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. THIS INCIDENT HAS NOW TARNISHED MY PERFECT DRIVING RECORD, AS WELL AS ALSO FORCED ME TO NOW PAY A HIGHER INSURANCE PREMIUM.