NHTSA Complaint #11143318 — 2018 CHRYSLER PACIFICA PLUG-IN HYBRID

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70MPH, WE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, WITH CARS PASSING AT 60+ MPH ON BOTH SIDES. ONCE STOPPED, WE NOTICED THE SMELL OF FIRE AND EVACUATED THE VECHICLE. CAR IS AT DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIR, TECHNICIAN STATED VECHICLE STILL SMELLED LIKE FIRE WHEN THEY PULLED IT INTO THE SHOP THE MORNING AFTER THE INCIDENT. TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE RELATED TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.