NHTSA Complaint #11396837 — 2013 DODGE CHALLENGER

I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND GETTING UP TO SPEED, WHEN I MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY MY CAR LOSS POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND DOING THE TIME IT WAS HIGH TRAFFIC TIME OF DAY, AND THERE WAS A BIG TRUCK COMING UP BEHIND ME AND THE DRIVER BLEW HIS HORN AND SLAMMED HIS BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME FROM BEHIND.I GAVE MY CAR MORE GAS AND THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION,WHEN I LIFTED MY FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE PEDAL AND PUSHED IT AGAIN THEN MY CAR ACCELERATED.IT WAS A REAL SCARY MOMENT NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT ALSO FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME.I MADE A APPOINTMENT TO BRING IT IN TO THE DODGE DEALER TO GET IT CHECKED,WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THE SERVICE WRITTER TOLD ME THAT IT DID THE SAME THING WITH THE TECH WHEN HE TOOK IT FOR A TEST RIDE, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER.I ASK IF THEY ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND HE SAID THAT THEY HAD HISTORY REPORTS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.I HAD ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND A PAGE CALLED CHALLENGER FORUM,AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER DODGE CHALLENGER OWNERS WHO IS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.