NHTSA Complaint #10346172 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I OWN A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND IT IS STUCK IN PARK, AND HAS BEEN FOR A WEEK NOW. IT WILL START UP, AND YOU CAN HEAR THE SHIFTER CLICK WHEN YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE, BUT YOU CANNOT MOVE THE SHIFTER STICK TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER GEAR. IT WILL GO OVER TO PARK, BUT CANNOT GET THE SHIFTER TO COME DOWN TO PUT IT IN GEAR. I HAVE TOLD THE CHRYSLER COMPANY ABOUT THE DEFECT, BUT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE WENT ONLINE AND READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT CHRYSLER VEHICLES GETTING STUCK IN PARK, AND PEOPLE ARE MANUALLY GOING UNDER THE HOOD TO PULL THE BRAKE OUT OF PARK. THIS IS A SAFETY FEATURE THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT IT IN GEAR. WITHOUT THIS SAFETY FEATURE IN PLACE, A VEHICLE COULD ROLL INTO THE STREET, OR IF A CHILD IS LEFT ALONE IN THE VEHICLE, THEY COULD EASILY PUT IT IN GEAR. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I AM MORE THAN SURE, PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO HAVE THIS SAFETY FEATURE PUT BACK IN PLACE, ONCE THEY GET IT UNSTUCK. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRANDED BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN PARK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE A RECALL AND CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. TO SEE THE COMPLAINTS, GOOGLE THIS ' MY CHRYSLER IS STUCK IN PARK. *TR