NHTSA Complaint #11079464 — 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

MY NEW PACIFICA SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM. THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED WITH NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME THE CAR MADE A LOUD ALARM AND BIG RED LETTERS "BRAKE!" APPEARED ON MY DASH. THIS OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED ON SUBURBAN ROADS (20-40 MPH). IT WAS STARTLING. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. THEN I STARTED GETTING A NOTICE ON MY DASH THAT WOULD SAY "ACC/FCW SENSOR IS DIRTY AND NEEDS TO BE WIPED OFF AND THAT THE "ACC/FCW SYSTEM WAS DISABLED". I THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM HOWEVER, THIS HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY EVEN WHEN THE SENSORS ARE WIPED OFF. FINALLY, WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE, WE WERE NEARLY IN A COLLISION ONLY AVOIDED BY SWERVING INTO THE NEXT LANE. ALTHOUGH WE ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US, THE PACIFICA HAD NO REACTION: NO ALARM, NO "BRAKE!" LIGHT, NO BRAKING, NOTHING. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I SHOWED THEM ON THEIR OWN FORUM THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING THE SAFETY FEATURES FOR WHICH I PAID. I AM DISGUSTED BY THE LACK OF CONCERN FROM DICK HANNAH CHRYSLER IN VANCOUVER WA.