NHTSA Complaint #10281526 — 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

MY DAUGHTER WAS ON HER WAY TO NURSING SCHOOL WHEN HER 2008 PT CRUISER ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, WITH HER FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL, TO APPROXIMATELY 85 MPH SHE HAD TO USE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES TO STOP IT. I ARRIVED ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, STARTED THE CAR, THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION. CHRYSLER TOWED THE AUTO TO OLATHE CHRYSLER, THEY SAID NO CODES WERE STORED AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AUTOMOBILE. AFTER A EXTENDED CONVERSATION, THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED TO REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THE THROTTLE BODY. BUT STATED HE DID NOT THINK THEY WERE THE PROBLEM BUT HAD NO OTHER IDEAS. WHEN I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE, HE SAID I SHOULD DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE IN CASE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY RESPONSE WAS IS IT SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE HE SAID BE CAREFUL. I ALSO CALLED CHRYSLER BUT GOT THE SAME RESPONSE, WITHOUT CODES STORED IT IS VERY HARD TO FIX. THEY WERE VERY NON-COMMITTAL WHEN ASKED WILL THE CAR BE SAFE TO DRIVE AFTER THE CABLE AND THROTTLE BODY ARE REPLACED? *TR