NHTSA Complaint #10567058 — 2008 CHRYSLER 300

ON 2/27/2014 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREE WAY AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS POURING RAIN OUT, AND I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON TO THE SHOULDER, WHERE I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET MY WIPERS TO WORK AGAIN. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK LATER THAT DAY, AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ONCE AGAIN, MY CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREE WAY. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR STARTED AND GET HOME SAFELY , ALTHOUGH I WAS TERRIFIED. TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER ON 3/1/2014. TECH STATED IT WAS A BAD WIPER MOTOR, PART REPLACED AND STILL WIPERS WILL NOT WORK. REPLACED FUSES AND RELAYS AS RECOMMENDED PER DEALER TECH, STILL WIPERS WILL NOT WORK I HAVE SPENT OVER 500$ IN THESE REPAIRS AND STILL MY WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING. NOW THE DEALER IS SAYING THAT I HAVE A BAD TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). HOWEVER, I AM UNABLE TO GET MY CAR FIXED SINCE THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. APPARENTLY CHRSYLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE NOW SINCE THE PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH A DEFECTIVE TIPM. THE DEALER HAS GIVEN ME AN ESTIMATE OF 1200$ FOR REPLACING THE TIPM. IT'S VERY AGGRAVATING SINCE NOW I MUST PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG SINCE NOT EVEN DEALERS KNOW WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER, DODGE OR JEEP PRODUCT AGAIN. AFTER DOING SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT SEVERAL MODELS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR