NHTSA Complaint #10178735 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

11/18/06 - CAR STALLED IN PARKING LOT IN OCEAN CITY, MD. WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT 8 HRS. LATER. 11/19/06 - CAR STALLED ON CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE (US 50) NEAR END HEADING WESTWARD. WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO SHOULDER. CAR TOWED TO DEALER TATE CHRYSLER JEEP, INC., GLEN BURNIE, MD. 11/22/06 - RECEIVED IN MAIL DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S SAFETY RECALL F44 --FUEL PUMP AND OR REPROGRAM PCM STATING THAT A PROBLEM COULD CAUSE ENGINE TO STALL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. I TOOK THE RECALL NOTICE TO THE DEALER. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE SAID HALF OF THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. FINAL COST --$4976 PARTS AND LABOR. WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 01/05/07. ON 01/11/07, AFTER ABOUT 300 MILES OF DRIVING, ENGINE STALLED ON BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY (MD295). I WAS AGAIN ABLE TO COAST OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO TATE CHRYSLER, WHERE IT IS NOW LOCATED. *JB