NHTSA Complaint #10839208 — 2006 CHRYSLER 300C

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER 300C. AFTER DRIVING 55 MPH AND PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO RESTART. ONCE THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, THE ENGINE IDLED LOW AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A PIECE OF PISTON THAT FRACTURED AND WAS RATTLING AROUND IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,342.