NHTSA Complaint #11231227 — 2018 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

WE HAVE RENTED A CHRYSLER CAR FOR 1 DAY FROM BUDGET RENTALS TO TAKE US FROM RALEIGH, NC TO DULLES AIRPORT, VA. WE DROVE THE CAR TO DC. WE DID SETUP THE CRUISE CONTROL ON 76 SPEED IN 70 MPH ZONE. THE POLICE STOPPED US ON THE I-95 IN VA AND GAVE US A SPEEDING TICKET, ACCORDING TO HIM, WE ARE DRIVING IN 86 MPH. WE DID NOT REALIZE THE SPEED BECAUSE NOT TOO MANY CARS AROUND, DRIVING AROUND 3AM. WE WERE SO SURPRISED ABOUT THAT TICKET AND HOW COULD THIS EVEN HAPPEN. WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE MISTAKENLY READING THE ODOMETER READINGS. WE RECEIVED THE TICKET WITH RECKLESS DRIVING OF 86/70 MPH. WE TOOK DEEP BREATH AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. WE SAID OK LET'S SETUP THE CRUISE CONTROL THIS TIME TO 75 AND WATCH IT CAREFULLY. WITHIN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS FROM SETTING UP THE CRUISE CONTROL, ANOTHER POLICE STOPPED US WITH SPEED OF 85/70 MPH, RECKLESS DRIVING. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON. THE TWO TICKETS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES APART ON THE I-95, VA. WE DECIDED THIS TIME NOT TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND FOLLOW THE CARS FLOW AROUND US. WE DID THAT FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP, DRIVING WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL. ALL OF THE PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WERE NOTHING IN COMPARISON TO THE FOLLOWING. AS WE DRIVING IN VA, AROUND 7AM WHERE MANY CARS ON THE I-95 TO FOLLOW THEIR PATTERN. WE SAID LET'S JUST SETUP THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR FEW SECONDS AND COMPARE IT TO THE CARS BESIDE US. WE SETUP THE CRUISE ON 75, WE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT SPEED INCREASE. I PUSHED THE BRAKES, IT DID NOT STOP THIS TIME. THE CAR WAS DRIVING IN HIGHER SPEED. WHILE I WAS TRYING TO ACT AS FAST AS I COULD, I PUSHED THE BRAKES AND SWITCHED THE STICK FROM D TO N. I TRIED TO DISABLE THE CRUISE CONTROL THIS TIME, IT DID NOT WORK. WE PARKED IN A NEAR GAS STATION, TOOK DEEP BREATH, TURNED OFF THE CAR, WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND GOT BACK ON THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISABLED.