NHTSA Complaint #10747579 — 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I HAD BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE SPUTTERING WHILE DRIVING ON AND OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS. I HAD A TUNE- UP DONE WHICH WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS UNTIL IT STARTED UP AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO JERK FRONT AND BACK AND THE ENGINE WOULD ALTERNATE BETWEEN REVING UP AND SPUTTERING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE OUT. I MANAGED TO DROP MY KIDS OF AT SCHOOL AND GET BACK HOME. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR IN AND THEY SERVICE GUY SAID THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $5000.00 TO REPAIR. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS CRACKED AND THE FRAME WAS RUSTED WHICH HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE VEHICLE WIRING. WE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER SHOP AND THE SERVICE GUY AT THIS SHOP SAID THE SAME. HE TOLD US THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THAT THE ENGINE COULD ESSENTIALLY FALL RIGHT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DECIDED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN. I USED THIS VEHICLE TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I AM THANKFUL THAT NOTHING HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN; BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW MAY OTHER PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DRIVING AROUND IN THIS VEHICLE NOT KNOWING WHAT COULD HAPPEN. MY HUSBAND CONTACTED CHRYLSER WHICH WAS A WASTE OF TIME. I WONDER HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. NOT ONLY AM I OUT OF A CAR BUT I CANT GET MUCH ON A TRADE IN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE.