NHTSA Complaint #10206292 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I WAS DRIVING ME CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND NOTICED A SMELL OF FUMES AND WHEN I STOPPED FOR A LIGHT AND PROCEEDED THE CAR MADE A RUMBLING NOISE AS IF I WAS GOING OVER GRATING WHICH I WASN'T. THEN I NOTICED S,OKE COMIN OUT OF THE HOOD. I AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS OVERHEATING BUT MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NOT ON HOT. I WENT TO A GAS STATION AND THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE OIL SPILLED AND THAT WAS IT. IT HAD STOPPED. I WENT TO MY DESTINATION, TURNED CAR OFF AND CAME BACK 5 MINUTED LATER AND CAR STARTED UP FINE. PROCEEDED BACK ON HIGHWAY AND AGAIN SMELLED FUMES. SUDDENLY CAR JUST CEASES ON HIGHWAY. THANK GOD I HAD MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND I WAS IN THE RIGTH LANE GOING VERY SLOW. I PULLED OVER AT WHICH TIME SMOKE WAS BILLOWING OUT OF THE HOOD AND FIRE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR. I CALLED 911 AND CAR BURST INTO FLAMES! AUGUST OF 2007 I BROUGHT MY CAR TO DEALER BECAUSE I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND THEY FIXED IT. THANK GOD I WASN'T IN THE LEFT LANE OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SEVERE ACCIDENT AND MY DAUGHTER AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN OUT IN TIME.