NHTSA Complaint #10692160 — 2006 CHRYSLER 300C

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. I MADE AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A SMOOTH MERGE INTO TRAFFIC BUT MY CAR MADE LITTLE EFFORT TO MOVE. I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND IT STRUGGLED TO SPEED FORWARD AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR. IN ORDER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT AGAIN, I HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF MY VEHICLE, AND TURN IT BACK ON. AFTER WORK, A SIMILAR ISSUE ROSE. I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND WHEN I HIT THE GAS TO MOVE FORWARD, IT STRUGGLED UNTIL THE VEHICLE GAINED SPEED OF ABOUT 10MPH, THEN IT PICKED UP SPEED AS NORMAL AS IF IT WAS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. WHEN I GOT HOME, MY ENGINE TEMPERATURE REACHED 217 WHICH IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THE CAR ISN'T GIVING ME A CODE SO I CAN KNOW WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR