NHTSA Complaint #11072295 — 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASE NEW 10/1/16 AND HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY FORCEFULLY BUCK OR JERK DURING ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES FROM A STOPPED POSITION, OR WHILE ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS, WHILE TURNING OR DRIVING STRAIGHT. I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AFTER ACCELERATING FROM BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS THAT FORCEFUL, BUT I WAS NOT HIT. ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVED MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO HAS JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND I BELIEVE THE JERKINESS AGGRAVATED HER NECK AND UPPER BACK ISSUES THAT SHE WAS GOING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR. MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY OPENED A CLAIM WHICH I BELIEVE HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED. AFTER CONTACTING THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE# 32926365 WAS OPENED. I VOICED MY CONCERNS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF MY YOUNG DAUGHTER AS WELL AS MY ELDERLY MOTHER WHILE DRIVING IN THIS CAR TO BOTH THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CRYSTAL DEALERSHIP. I HAVE 5 SEPARATE INVOICES FROM THE DEALERSHIP DOCUMENTING MY ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP, CRYSTAL IN BROOKSVILLE, FL, (352) 597-1265, REPAIR THE PROBLEM. MY CUSTOMER # IS 68029 AND THESE INVOICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: INV# 588194 DATED 5/18/17 WITH MILEAGE 15143, INV# 592369 DATED 8/17/17 WITH MILEAGE 20275, INV# 596082 DATED 11/3/17 WITH MILEAGE 23572, INV# 597362 DATED 12/4/17 WITH MILEAGE 24545 & INV# 50047 DATED 12/14/17 - 12/22/17 WITH MILEAGE 25056. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE CORRECTING THIS ISSUE AND IT IS STILL ONGOING. I BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE PACIFICAS PRIOR TO SELLING ME MY VEHICLE ON 10/1/16 AND I WAS NOT INFORMED OF IT. HAD I BEEN INFORMED OF THIS ISSUE, I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT. I BELIEVE A NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE 2017 PACIFICA IS POSSIBLY THE PROBLEM, BUT AM NOT SURE SINCE THE DEALERSHIP REPEATEDLY DENIES BEING ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.