NHTSA Complaint #10368698 — 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT FROM INTERMITTENTLY FEELING STIFF TO BECOMING INTERMITTENTLY STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS WORKING FINE. ON THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS BROKEN AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PART FOR THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY DAYS BEFORE INFORMING THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.