NHTSA Complaint #10512584 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2011. WHEN I BROUGHT TO MY MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE HE TOLD ME MY SUBFRAME (ENGINE CRADLE) WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED AND THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER...THE PART COST AROUND $1200. ALONE WITHOUT LABOR. I TRIED TO SAVE UP THE MONEY BUT WE JUST COULDN'T DO IT AND WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS MY MECHANIC HAS INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. HE ALSO ADVISE TO CHECK FOR A RECALL AND TO CALL CHRYSLER AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY TO DO. THEY SAY THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THAT MATTER OF THE DEFECTIVE PART BUT ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF FEB 04-MARCH 04 AND MINE WAS MADE IN JUNE 04 AND THAT MY CAR EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME ISSUE IS EXEMPT FROM THE REPLACEMENT PART. SO I AM PAYING FOR A CAR THAT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PART THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO HELP ME WITH. IT IS NOT FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THIS CAR ONLY HAD 62K MILES ON IT WHEN I HAD PURCHASED IT AND MY FIRST OIL CHANGE CAME AT 65K MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT SAME THING. I CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO HELP BUT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS 7 YEARS OLD IT WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY TECHNICALLY EVEN THOUGH I STILL HAVE ONLY ABOUT 80K MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD TO MAKE A COMPLAINT ON HERE IN HOPES OF POSSIBLY JOINING OTHERS TO WHERE THERE MAY END UP HAVING A RECALL ON THIS PART SEEING MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT ALL. *TR