NHTSA Complaint #10162480 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

DURING THE SHORT TIME I HAVE OWNED MY PACIFICA IT HAS STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY TO THE OCCURRENCES EITHER - ONCE WHILE MAKING A SLOW, SHARP LEFT TURN WHILE TURNING AROUND A CUL-DE-SAC, ANOTHER TIME WHILE MAKING A SLOW, SHARP RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPOT, ALSO WHILE SITTING IDLE IN A PARKING LOT...THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS SAFETY STANDARDS, BUT IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE TO BUY A "SAFER" CAR WHEN IT PUTS YOU IN A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION WITHOUT WARNING WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. I AM A REALTOR AND DRIVE CLIENTS AROUND ALL THE TIME - ENDANGERING THEM AS WELL AS MYSELF IS A HUGE LIABILITY I DON'T CARE TO TAKE, AS I'M SURE CHRYSLER DOES NOT EITHER. WHEN I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR, THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM & SAY IT DOES NOT GIVE AN ERROR CODE ON THEIR COMPUTER READOUT - THEREFORE ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXABLE UNTIL IT CAN BE REPRODUCED WHILE IN THEIR HANDS & HOOKED UP TO A MACHINE - HIGHLY UNLIKELY. THEY SAY THAT IT COULD BE CAUSED BY A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START, SO THEREFORE THEY WILL DO NOTHING UNTIL IT IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER TO ME. *JB