NHTSA Complaint #10317385 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

THE CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE SHIFTER THEN THE CAR WILL LOCK UP, AND ONCE YOU PUT THE CAR INTO PARK IT WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. AFTER MUCH FRUSTRATION AND TRYING TO SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF PARK. THE LEVER THAT WAS HOLDING THE CAR IN PARK SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE AND ALLOWED ME TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND ME AND THE OFFICER HELPING ME WERE ABLE TO PUSH THE CAR TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. THIS OCCURS OFTEN AND HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES SINCE THAT TIME WHICH WAS THE FIRST. TO REPLACE THE PROBLEM IS TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER. THIS COST $270.00. THERE HAS BEEN MANY CASES THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. IT ALSO SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY AROUND 40,000 TO 50,000 MILES ON THE CAR. *TR