NHTSA Complaint #10627293 — 2005 CHRYSLER 300

ON MANY OCCASIONS, MY CAR HAS BEEN STUCK IN PARK. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS, AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER 300'S. SOME OF THE CARS WERE RECALLED, BUT OF COURSE, MINE WAS NOT. HOWEVER, I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE CARS THAT WERE RECALLED. SOMETHING UNDER THE GEAR SHIFTER BETWEEN THE FRONT SEATS IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IN THE PAST, IT WOULD COME UNSTUCK AFTER A FEW MINUTES, BUT NOW, I THINK IT IS FINALLY FULLY MESSED UP! I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS. I'VE TRIED PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT APPLIED), I'VE TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RE-CRANKING IT, I'VE TRIED PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, I'VE TRIED SHIFTING THE GEAR WHILE ON ACCESSORY, WITH IT RUNNING, WITH IT IN THE ON POSITION... NOTHING HAS WORKED. I'VE EVEN TRIED TALKING TO IT NICELY! THE SHIFTER JUST WON'T MOVE. :( AFTER READING ONLINE FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THE PART THAT MESSES UP IS PLASTIC. SOMETHING THAT GETS MOVED AS MUCH AS A GEAR SHIFTER DOES SHOULD NOT BE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC! I'M HOPING MANY OTHER PEOPLE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THE CARS WITH THIS SAME PLASTIC (OR FAULTY) PART!!!!! *TR