NHTSA Complaint #11057483 — 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I GAVE MY DAUGHTER MY 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA SO SHE WOULD HAVE A VEHICLE THAT WOULD TRANSPORT HER, HER TWO CHILDREN AGES 7 AND 2, HER HUSBAND AND FRIENDS, PETS AND/OR OTHERS. HER HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC AND AS SOON AS SHE GOT IT HOME HE LOOKED IT OVER AND REFUSED TO LET HER DRIVE IT. HE SAID THAT THE SUB-FRAME WAS RUSTED-OUT AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH INTO THE MATTER I DISCOVERED THAT WHAT HE REFERRED TO AS A SUB-FRAME WAS CALLED THE "ENGINE CRADLE" AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE PACIFICA(S). THERE WERE SERVICE BULLETINS SENT TO SERVICE CENTERS AND THAT CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM FOR THE PACIFICA BUILT FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MANY OTHER MONTHS AND YEARS. THE POTENTIAL FOR DEATHS AND INJURIES IS A REALITY! IF THIS ENGINE CRADLE WERE TO GIVE WAY AT SLOW SPEEDS THERE WOULD PROBABLY ONLY BE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS, UNLESS ANOTHER VEHICLE WERE INVOLVED IN WHICH CASE MORE INJURIES AND DEATH COULD OCCUR. IF THE ENGINE CRADLE WERE TO FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE ENGINE HIT THE HIGHWAY I CAN ENVISION AN END-OVER-END CRASH THAT WOULD LIKELY KILL THE OCCUPANTS. IF THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED THERE IS NO TELLING HOW MANY INJURIES AND DEATHS THERE MAY BE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED YET AND IF SO HOW MANY TIMES AND TO WHAT SEVERITIES, BUT MY DAUGHTER, MY GRANDCHILDREN AND SON-IN-LAW ARE NOT GOING TO BE VICTIMS. I SERIOUSLY HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE THE LOSS OF LIFE OR LIVES TO HAVE THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS HIGHER THAN THE WORTH OF THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER MUST ABSORB THE COST THE REPAIR.