NHTSA Complaint #11152589 — 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

MY VAN WILL JERK, VIOLENTLY, WHILE I'M TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I SAY "VIOLENTLY," I MEAN WHEN IT JERKS, IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN REAR-ENDED. IT HAPPENS WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING UNDER TWENTY MILES AN HOUR AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENED SO VIOLENTLY, A WHILE BACK, THAT THE VAN SEEMED TO STALL AND I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED, BY A PICK-UP TRUCK, WHEN I PULLED OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY. THIS PROMPTED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP ON OCTOBER 29TH. THEY KEPT IT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND. THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER'S PROGRAM AND SAID THAT SEEMED TO FIX THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, IT IS NOW JERKING AGAIN. IT HAPPENED TWICE, YESTERDAY, AS I WAS TURNING AND THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE. IT THEN HAPPENED ONCE, TODAY, AS I WAS DRIVING UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A SCHOOL'S DRIVE. TODAY, IT ALSO STARTED TO HAVE A VIBRATION-TYPE FEEL, WHILE DRIVING, UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR, ON A STRAIGHT WAY, WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE, AND THEN IT DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE, AT ALL, AFTER I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AT A RED LIGHT, AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I HAVE A AN APPOINTMENT, AT 9:00 AM, NEXT MONDAY (11-19-18), WHERE THEY'RE WANTING ME TO DRIVE THEM AROUND IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET THESE SAME ISSUES TO HAPPEN, WHILE THEY'RE IN THE VAN, WITH ME. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN AND I'M NOT CERTAIN I WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO HAPPEN WHILE THE TECHNICIANS ARE IN THE VAN, WITH ME. MEANWHILE, I'M DRIVING AROUND WORRIED ABOUT GETTING HIT, FROM BEHIND, IF/WHEN MY VAN VIOLENTLY JERKS OR DECIDES TO STALL. THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE. I DRIVE MY 10 AND 7 YEAR OLD SONS IN THIS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY RIDE IN THE MIDDLE SEATS, AS I'M FEARFUL OF BEING REAR-ENDED AND DON'T WANT THEM IN THE THIRD-ROW BACK SEAT.