NHTSA Complaint #10228583 — 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SENSORS. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS USING EXCESSIVE FUEL AT LOW MILEAGES AND SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE WIRES IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WERE DAMAGED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $3,000; HOWEVER, THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE PERTAINING TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. WEEKS LATER, THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP FAILED, REDUCING ALL VISIBILITY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE ABNORMALLY AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED ANOTHER SENSOR. DAYS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK IN A FIXATED POSITION, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. LASTLY, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.