NHTSA Complaint #10786569 — 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING. THIS ONLY LASTED A BRIEF SECOND, BUT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND DROVE OVER A PARKING BLOCK AND OFF THE CURB. SOON THEREAFTER, I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. I WOULD TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH TO ON. THE LIGHTS FLICKERED FOR A SECOND, THEN SHUT OFF. I WOULD TOGGLE THE LIGHT SWITCH AND WOULD EVENTUALLY WOULD GET THE HEADLIGHTS TO TURN ON. THIS ISSUE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS PRESENTED A SAFETY ISSUE. THANKFULLY, I LIVE ONLY 10 MINUTES FROM WHERE I WORK, AND USE THE FOG LIGHTS ON WELL LIT ROADWAYS TO GET BACK AND FORTH, BUT OBVIOUSLY CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR LONG DISTANCES OR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES DURING NIGHT TIME HOURS. WHILE THIS ISSUE GOT WORSE, THE RADIO IN THE VEHICLE WOULD UNEXPLAINABLE SHUT DOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I HEAR A SOUND LIKE WIRES SHORT CIRCUITING FROM SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE DASH. THE SAME TIME THE RADIO GOES OUT, I NOTICED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING, POWER WINDOWS, AND DOOR LOCKS WOULD ALSO LOSE POWER. AFTER RESEARCHING ALL THESE ISSUES THROUGH THE INTERNET AND CHRYSLER FORUMS, IT SEEMS THE LOGICAL ISSUE WOULD BE THE T.I.P.M. ( TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE). I AM HAVING THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MY ONLY CONCERN IS ALL THE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS MODULE ON CHRYSLER, DODGE AND JEEP VEHICLES, AND NO SAFETY RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED. THUS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT.