NHTSA Complaint #11405469 — 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA

I WAS DRIVING IN STOP-N-GO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 0-25 MPH FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, WHEN THE CAR STOP RESPONDING TO ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE LEFT SHOULDER, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, AND COULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED WITH MY FAMILY INSIDE THE VEHICLE. ONCE I PULLED OVER, I SAW THAT THE "ENGINE FAULT", "PARKING BRAKE FAULT" LIGHTS HAD COME ON, AND THE DASH DISPLAYED "TRACTION CONTROL DISABLE". THERE WERE OTHER MESSAGES THAT CAME UP. I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN "PARK", BUT THE SHIFTER DIDN'T RESPOND. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED IT BACK UP. ALL THE FAULT LIGHTS WERE STILL ON, AND THE SHIFTER WAS BLINKING BETWEEN "P" AND "L" FOR NO REASON. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN, AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART A SECOND TIME, WITH THE SAME RESULT. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN AND WAITED FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO D, AND GO TO THE DEALER TO CHECK UP. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS, NOT KNOWING IF THE CAR COULD MALFUNCTION AGAIN AND IF I WOULD LOSE CONTROL AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES BEFORE REGARDING A ROUGH GEAR CHANGE AT LOW SPEED. EACH TIME THE DEALER UPDATED THE PROGRAM ON THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) PER CHRYSLER FACTORY BULLETIN, AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AND EVENTUALLY THE COMPUTER WILL "LEARN" MY DRIVING HABIT (AS IF SOMEHOW I AM AT FAULT FOR ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE). ON THIS OCCASION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TCM, BUT GAVE ME NO ASSURANCES THAT THESE PROBLEMS WOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN WITH THE NEW TCM. UNLESS CHRYSLER CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM, AND WHAT THEY DID TO FIX IT WITH THE NEW TCM, I FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN/RISK WITH THIS VEHICLE.