NHTSA Complaint #10779431 — 2015 CHRYSLER 200

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I WILL BE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WAITING FOR TRAFFIC UNTIL I AM CLEAR TO ENTER INTO THE ROADWAY. UPON A SPACE OPENING FOR ME TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I HAVE PRESSED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GO AND THERE IS A DELAYED REACTION FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO AND YOU CAN AUDIBLY HEAR THE ENGINE WIND UP. AFTER A BRIEF WHILE I CAN FEEL THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFT AS IF IT WAS EITHER IN NEUTRAL OR STUCK ON A GEAR. THEN THE VEHICLE WILL LAUNCH YOU OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I'VE HAD CLOSE CALLS TO WHERE DUE TO THE DELAY I'VE ALMOST HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO PREVENT MYSELF FROM GOING INTO TRAFFIC AS THE DELAY PUT ME AT RISK. WHEN IT LAUNCHED ME INTO TRAFFIC I THEN HAD TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES AND SPEED AWAY. THERE ARE OTHER TIMES OF GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION IS LAGGING BEHIND THE ACCELERATOR. YOU CAN FEEL THE VEHICLE ALMOST SPUTTER SPORADICALLY WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE.