| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005003713 | Incident Date: Jan, 06 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PORT MATILDA | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: LAREDO | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1J4GW48S11C | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 24 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was backing my car out of my garage when i realized that i forgot something. i went to put the car in park and it was still moving forward. i tried to put it in reverse and it continued to move forward. after trying to put in different gears, i realized that it was not going to go into any gear. i was forced to turn off the engine and put the parking break on. fortunately, i was not on a hill since the car would not go into park. since it would not go into gear, the car's safety feature kicked in and would not allow me to re-start it. i had to have it towed to a garage and it was determined that the gear shift cable had broken. the charge was $200.00, which included the towing. my car has 69,000 miles on it, but it is mostly highway miles. i am not hard on this car and no one else drives it. i have never heard of this happening to a car of this age. in fact, no one i know has ever heard of this happening to any car. i feel this part must have been defective. the mechanic said "it just broke". i asked if it looked like something could have happened, like a foreign object breaking it. he said "no". had i been in a situation where i was on a steep hill i would have been very concerned about whether or not the parking break alone would have held since i could not get it to go into park or any other gear to move it. what would i have done? i believe this could be a dangerous situation if in the wrong place at the wrong time. the part was replaced and seems to be working fine. i do not have the old part. *nm |
