NHTSA Complaint #10452595 — 2008 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, AND CROSSING A BRIDGE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER WITH NO SHOULDER, THE CARS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT HAYWIRE. ALL THE GAUGES STARTED TO CUT IN AND OUT (GAS, SPEED AND RPM ALL THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON), AND THEN THE CAR STALLED AND DIED. THERE WAS AN 18 WHEELER DIRECTLY BEHIND ME AND HE SAW MY FLASHERS AND I WAS FRANTICALLY HONKING MY HORN BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO DIE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER 18 WHEELER DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM AND THAT ONE NEARLY HIT US. THIS WOULD HAVE EASILY KILLED ME AND MY FAMILY ( A BEAUTIFUL 16 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND A BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO IS A NEWLY GRADUATED DVM. MIRACULOUSLY THE CAR RESTARTED DURING MY PANIC, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP , AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY RAN EXHAUSTIVE TESTS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM EITHER, WHICH IS ODD BECAUSE I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AS WELL: HTTP://WWW.PTCRUISERLINKS.COM/FORUM/TECH-PERFORMANCE-FORUM/33457-FLASHING-ICONS-GAUGES-GO-UP-DOWN-THEN-CAR-DIES.HTML THEN I FOUND THIS SITE AND FOUND EVEN MORE PROBLEMS THAT ARE EARILY SIMILAR. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE! PLEASE INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION!!!! *JS