NHTSA Complaint #11057171 — 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

PACIFICA STALLING RECALL I AM WRITING THIS EMAIL TO INFORM YOU OF AN ISSUE WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR BRAND NEW 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING. LEAVING OUR IN-LAWS THE OTHER DAY, WHICH MIND YOU IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, WE GOT TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY TO STOP AND LOOK BOTH WAYS ;) AND THE AUTO SHUT OFF ENGAGED. WHEN WE RELEASED THE BREAK THE CAR NEVER TURNED BACK ON AND BUT STALLED AND ROLLED INTO THE STREET, PARK BREAK ENGAGED AND LEFT US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE TRIED PUSHING THE BUTTON TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND NOTHING... THE CAR WAS STILL ON BUT NOT RUNNING AND WOULDN'T START. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY AND RECONNECTING WE WERE ABLE TO START THE CAR BUT NONE OF THE GEARS WORKED... NO GEAR WOULD ENGAGE WHEN TURNING THE KNOB, THE EMERGENCY PARK BRAKE WOULD NOT DIS-ENGAGE. WE DISCONNECTED HE BATTERY ONE MORE TIME... MEANWHILE STILL SITTING T-BONED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND RECONNECTED AT WHICH TIME WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART AND TURN THE KNOB TO LOW (NO OTHER GEAR WOULD WORK AND THE PARK BRAKE WAS STILL ENGAGED, BUT IT MOVED ENOUGH TO GET US OUT OF THE ROAD AND INTO OUR OWN DRIVEWAY. WE SHUT IT OFF AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOWED IT TO THEIR GARAGE.THEY SAID THEY FLASHED THE AUTO SHUT OFF FEATURE AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I FEEL IT NECESSARY TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AS IT SEEMS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS VEHICLE STALLING WITH NO RECALL. I AM CONCERN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND MAYBE NEXT TIME I WON'T BE SO LUCK TO BE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON A SLOW CHRISTMAS MORNING. PLEASE ADVISE ME AS TO WHERE AND WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. I WILL BE PICKING UP THE VEHICLE (WHICH I LOVE BY THE WAY) TOMORROW AND CROSSING MY FINGERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. SINCERELY, [XXX] VIN# [XXX] MILEAGE 1200 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR