NHTSA Complaint #10193926 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE AIR JAM DROPPED OFF OF THE VEHICLE AND I RAN OVER IT. AT THIS TIME I WAS GOING THE POSTED SPEED AND THERE WAS NO WEATHER CONDITIONS (HEAVY SNOW OR RAIN) WHICH COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THE AIR JAM TO DROP. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO HARM DONE TO EITHER MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS OR THE OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY. A COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HAD FOUND THE PART ON THE HIGHWAY AND REMOVED IT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT WAS TECHNICALLY IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, THEN THE PART WAS DISPOSED. MY CONCERN IS OF THE AIR JAM/GUARD COMING OFF WITHOUT THE VEHICLE HAVING BEEN HIT OR AFFECTED BY ANY OTHER TRAUMA. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER THIS UNDER THE VEHICLE WARANTY BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE THE PART WHICH WAS DISPOSED OF, WHICH - THEY CLAIM - MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A DEFECT, OR NOT. THE DEALER ALSO MADE NO ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT, ASSUMING I WAS AT FAULT. I EVENTUALLY BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO A BODY SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED A GREAT DEAL OF THE OF PARTS TO THE VEHICLE. THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS; ONE FRONT BUMPER COVER, ONE RET. BUMPER COVER, ONE LICENSE BRACKET, ONE FOG LAMP HARNESS, TWO FOG LAMPS, TWO FOG LAMP CLIPS, TWO INNER FENDERS. ALTHOUGH ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS WERE EVENTUALLY LOCATED, SOME PARTS WERE OBSOLETE WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENTS.