NHTSA Complaint #10468098 — 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

WE PURCHASED OUR 2006 PACIFICA USED IN THE SUMMER OF 2009.I HAD AN INSTANCE WHERE MY ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON RANDOMLY AND WHEN I WOULD BRAKE IT WOULD SKID. CHRYSLER DID FIX THAT PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 6 SITUATIONS SINCE 2010 WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED 25 MPH OR LESS WHILE TURNING LEFT, MY CAR STALLS AND I LOSE POWER AND STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. MAKING IT FEEL LIKE MY STEERING IS LOCKED, WHILE STUCK IN THE ROAD MOMENTARILY. AFTER EACH INCIDENT I AM ABLE TO TURN IGNITION OFF AND RESTART WITH NO PROBLEM. TWO OF THESE INCIDENTS I HAVE BEEN TURNING LEFT INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION JUST MISSED BEING HIT. THIS PROBLEM IS COMPLETELY RANDOM. IT HAPPENS IN ALL WEATHER. I AM TERRIFIED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 60,000 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AGE 7 1/2 AND 17 MONTHS OLD. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I REALIZED THIS WAS NOT A FLUKE, IT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ON JULY 24, 2012. I GET A CALL ON JULY 25TH AROUND 2PM, FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER STATING TO ME THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH MY PACIFICA!ON THE EVENING OF JULY 24TH, 2012 I GOOGLE "MY 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA STEERING LOCKS WHILE TURNING LEFT". I WAS HORRIFIED AT THE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY SAME SITUATION. I CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT KAHLO IMMEDIATELY. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME ON JULY 27TH, 2012 THAT CHRYSLER SAYS THAT UNLESS THEY CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY SHOW NO REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ANYWHERE. I REFUSE TO PUT MY CHILDREN BACK IN THIS CAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING ABOUT IDENTICAL EXPERIENCES. I HAD NOT READ ABOUT ANY ACTUAL ACCIDENTS WITH THIS HAPPENING. IS THAT WHAT CHRYSLER IS WAITING FOR? SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE THEY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR