NHTSA Complaint #10224778 — 2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

2005 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER TOURING ED. - PURCHASED AT DODGE DEALERSHIP, EXTENDED WARRANTY CONTRACT PURCHASED, AND VEH. WAS A CERTIFIED VEH. AT TIME OF PURCHASE, WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS VEH. WAS IN FOR A NEW HEADGASKET, LESS THAN 13K MILES, REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND SHOES WITHIN THE FIRST 15K MILES, NOW DRIVING TO WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND AS I WAS COMING TO A CONGESTED INTERSECTION, THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD, TOTAL LOSS OF PWR, CARS WERE SLAMMING ON BRAKES SWERVING TO NOT REAREND MY VEH. THAT WAS PWR LESS. NO BRAKE LIGHTS, NO HAZZ. LIGHTS, AND NOWHERE TO GO BUT SIT FRANTICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF CARS NEAR MISSING ME AS EACH ONE PASSED BY, IT MUST HAVE BEEN 3 MIN. AS I CONTINUALLY TRIED TO START THE VEH, AND NOW POWER AT ALL, NOT A SOUND, THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT STARTED UP AS IF THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM AT ALL, 73K MILES AND NOW THIS. WHAT NEXT, AM I GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE OTHER 10 INCIDENTS THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THIS PWR FAILURE SITUATION THAT THERE IS NO MECHANICAL RESOLUTION TO THIS AT ALL, AND I WILL JUST HAVE TO TAKE MY CHANCES EVERY TIME I GET IN AND DRIVE HOPING THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY, IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE CHRYSLER ACK. THAT THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM? *TR