NHTSA Complaint #10582935 — 2013 DODGE CHALLENGER

WAS TRAVELLING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 55 TO 60 MPH, BEGAN TO GENTLY ACCELERATE TO PASS CAR GOING IN SAME DIRECTION ON FREEWAY. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED RAPIDLY, BUT CAR DID NOT SPEED UP, THEN SUDDENLY IT APPEARED TO SLAM INTO GEAR. PERSON TRAVELLING IN PASSENGER SEAT BEGAN TO LOOK ALL AROUND AS HE THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN HIT. AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT OCCUR WITH PEDAL TO THE FLOOR ACCELERATION, JUST NORMAL DRIVING. CAR HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE, IT SLAMS BACK INTO GEAR SO HARD IT STALLS THE ENGINE. ONCE IN A CURVE IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT.. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER TWICE BEFORE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROBLEM. ON LAST VISIT I TOOK TRANSMISSION GUY FROM DEALER WITH ME AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO DO A SLIGHT VERSION OF WHAT IT DOES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HE STATED THAT HE WANTED TO CHECK THE K2 VALVE. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD 5 VEHICLES THAT HE HAD FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE SEALS. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE DEALER HAVING THIS CHECKED. *TT