What 1,983 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Chrysler 200

BRAKES, FRONT WHEEL BAR OR SOMETHING, THERMOSTAT, BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2017. HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT VERY MUCH AT ALL. NOW ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND I PAID A GREAT DEAL FOR THIS CAR . THE TRANSMISSION ALSO ACTS FUNNY AT TIMES. NOT WANTED TO SHIFT OR SHIFTS HARD. THE CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE THERMOSTAT WENT OUT. EVERYTHING DROPPED ON THE SCREEN AND RED THERMOSTAT CAME ON AND RED LETTERS ABOUT SOMETHING HOT STABILIZER, THROTTLE BODY, SOMETHING.

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DRIVING TO WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT TWO ALERTS ON MY DASHBOARD SIGNALING ENGINE TEMPERATURE HOT AND TO SERVICE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL. THE CARS PERFORMANCE AFTER THESE ALERTS WAS POOR AND IT WAS VERY LOUD. IT WAS STRUGGLING TO GET PAST 40MPH. TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND FOUND MY THERMOSTAT, THE HOUSING, AND SENSOR NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO FOUND OUT THE MEMORY OF THE CONTROLLER NEEDED TO GO BACK TO A DEALER TO BE ERASED AND RE PROGRAMMED WHICH IS NOT MY FAULT.

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THE VEHICLE HAS BEGUN THROWING AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE ENGINE IS RUNNING HOT AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDS SERVICED. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING FINE AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RUNNING HOT. THE LIGHTS GO OFF WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND COME BACK ON ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE NEXT TRIP. THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND QUOTED ALMOST $700 TO REPLACE THE SENSORS. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LESS THAN ONE YEAR (2ND OWNER) AND JUST ROLLED OVER 60,000 MILES.

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A FEW DAYS AGO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL IT WAS NOT SERIOUS BUT IF CONTINUED, TO HAVE THE CODE CHECKED. I HAD NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, BUT ALL SEEMED TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LAST NIGHT AND THE THERMOSTAT LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID SOMETHING REGARDING THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CAME ACROSS THE MESSAGES. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, AND THE ENGINE SEEMED FINE...NOT VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH SO I DECIDED TO TRY AND TAKE IT TO PEP BOYS TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED AND THE MESSAGE WAS GONE, HOWEVER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE PEP BOYS TECHNICIAN CHECKED THE CODE, THE CODE THAT WAS READ WAS P0128. I SPOKE WITH THE TECHNICIAN AND HE HAD SAID HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE 200 MODELS AND ADVISED ME TO CHECK THE RECALL...WHICH DOES NOT HAVE MY VEHICLE FOR ANY.

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MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON AFTER HAVING MY OIL CHANGED AND IT WON'T GO OFF 5/6/2017. THEN YESTERDAY 11/6/2017 MY CAR WOULD NOT START BECAUSE MY BATTERY WAS DEAD BUT I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN MARCH AND THE BATTERY SHOULD BE DEAD AFTER 2 YEARS. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ENDED UP COMING ON AFTER HAVING AAA JUMP START MY VEHICLE AND I'M JUST HAVING ISSUES THAT I SHOULDN'T BE EXPERIENCING AND I'D THINK MY AIRBAG SHOULD STILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

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CAR SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING. CAR FREQUENTLY RESETS ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY WITHOUT REASON. DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. GEAR SWITCH HAS LOW VOLTAGE, SHUTS OFF CAR.

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DASH LIGHTS COME ON, ELECTRIC BOLT LIGHT SHOWS, AND CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE. CAR IS PARKED IN DRIVE WAY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME A MONTH BEFORE, THEY FIXED THE RECALL AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. I WILL HAVE TO TRY TO TAKE IT IN FOR A SECOND TIME.

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ON OCTOBER 2, 2017, AS I WAS PREPARING TO START THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT THE BELL KEPT RINGING. AND WHEN TRIED TO START THE CAR, IT WOULDN'T START. SO AFTER SITTING IN THE CAR FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES, IT STARTED, BUT HESITANTLY. ALSO, THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON SINCE LAST WEEK. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE AIRBAGS CAME ON.

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MOSTLY HWY DRIVING~ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TRANSMISSION LIGHT IS ON AND VEHICLE SPEED DECREASES, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, MOST TIMES THE SCREEN WILL RESET, THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO OFF WITH IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. STORED CODES HAVE BEEN P1DA9, P073E. I'VE TAKEN THE CARE TO THE DEALER, SOFTWARE RESET-ONLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME. SEARCHED FOR RECALL BY VEHICLE AND THERE ARE AT LEAST 7, BUT WHEN SEARCHING BY VIN # STATES NONE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIME BUT I WILL ENTER MOST RECENT DATE WITH COMPLAINT

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THE CAR WILL NOT CRANK EVEN THOUGH THE KEY FOB IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. IT CAN TAKE UP TO 1 HOUR (SOMETIMES MORE, SOMETIMES LESS) TO GET THE CAR CRANKED. THE CAR STARTS AT RANDOM...NO SPECIAL TECHNIQUE CAN BE USED TO GET THIS CAR TO CRANK AS IT SHOULD. THE KEY FOB WORKS FOR LOCKING, UNLOCKING DOORS; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT WORK TO START IGNITION. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY IN THE FOB, HAD THE CAR'S BATTERY TESTED (IT'S IN GOOD WORKING ORDER), TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE TWICE. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW IN UPPER 90 DEGREE WEATHER IN FLORIDA. THE VEHICLE IS IMMOBILE/STATIONARY. THE OCCURRENCES HAVE HAPPENED AT HOME, WORK, GROCERY STORE, RESTAURANT. ADDITIONALLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CAR SKIPS WHILE IN MOTION. IT FEELS AS IF SOMETHING GETS HUNG UP AND THEN RELEASES. THIS IS UNSAFE AND FRUSTRATING. THIS CAR IS CRAP!

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VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD. ON 7/28/2017 I ALMOST AT A FATAL ACCIDENT AND ALMOST RAN OFF OF THE ROAD DUE TO IMPAIR VISION. 1 OF MY COMPLAINTS TO DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER WAS THAT MY FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER IS NOT WORKING. I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN AND FEAR TO BOTH PARTIES. ALSO, I HAVE OTHER ON GOING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, STALLING, HESITATING, PULLING SIDE TO SIDE, CONSUMING GAS, JERKING, MAKING A CLUCKING NOISE, HVAC ISSUES, DRIVE SHAFT AND SHIFTING GEARS.

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I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROMA LOCAL CERTIFIED DEALER IN THE END OF APRIL 2017 IN MAY I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THERE LOCATION BECASUE THE VEHICLE WOULDNT TURN ON OR RESPOND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS THE BATTERY BUT EVER SINCE THEN THE CAR BEEN SHIFTING WEIRD THE TOLD ME IT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. JUST LAST WEEK (JULY 4TH WEEKEND) I WAS DRIVING TO A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN THE CAR WOULDNT GO PAST 35MPH AS SOON AS I STOPED THE VEHICLE STALLED. ITRIED TO TURN IT ON BUT IT WONT AND IT KEPT THE STARTER EVEN THO I LET OFF THE START BUTTON. I WAS SCARED TO THINK IT MAY CAUSE A FIRE. 2 DAYS AFTER THAT I GOT THE SAMA SITUATION BUT THIS TIME THE DISPLAY WOULD NOT WORK AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN RESULTING ME TO APPLY THE HAZARDS AND TRY TO AVOID TO GET HIT BY VEHICLES. I HAVE A CURRENT VEDEO THAT SHOW WHAT IT WAS DOING

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TAMARA INFLATORS: I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I NOTICE THAT IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO NO MORE THEN 20 MILES PER HOUR SO I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THEN I TRY TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WOULDN'T TURN ON LIKE IF MY BATTERY WAS DEAD TOOK THE BATTERY TO GET IT CHECK AND IT WAS CHARGED SO IT WASN'T MY BATTERY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON MY CAR SOMETIMES IT JERK SOMETIME IT WOULD TAKE OFF FAST AND I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS AND IT WOULDN'T GO ... RIGHT NOW I HAVE THE CAR AT THE DEALER SHIP CAUSE IT LOST POWER... NOTE: I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME MY CAR WOULD ONLY GO 20 MILES PER HOUR I WAS ON A BUSY STREET I HAD TO PULL MY CAR TO THE SIDE AND DRIVE IT TO THE CLOSES PLACE TO STOP AND CHECK IT OUT...I HAD CAR BEHIND ME HONKING IT WAS A NIGHTMARE

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SERVICE ELEC THROTTLE CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND MOVING, AS WERE WE RETURNING HOME VIA THE HIGHWAY. CAR KEEP JERKING. WOULD NOT SHIFT DOWN FROM "7TH" GEAR.

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THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR HAS BEEN A HEADACHE SINCE THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP. I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT INTO A BRAND NEW CAR, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO RE-CALLS FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CAR AND I'M TIRED OF SPENDING MONEY ON A CAR THAT IS A LEMON!!!

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VEHICLE ENGINE CYLINDER WALLS SUFFERED FROM EXCESSIVE SCORING DURING THE TIME IT WAS MANUFACTURED. THE CAR CONSTANTLY STALLS, SHAKES, AND JERKS WHEN DRIVING AND DURING IDLE PERIODS. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE IS LIMITED BECAUSE OF THECONSTANT SHAKING AND RUMBLING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CHRYSLER CAR ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE ALMOST SHUT OFF COMPLETELY, SUBSEQUENTLY PUTTING ME AND MY NEWBORN BABY AT RISK OF A FATAL ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THE POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS OF THE ENGINE. ONE MORNING IN MY GARAGE, THE 200 WOULD NOT CRANK WHEN PRESSING THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION AND AFTER THIS, THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO BE TOWED. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2015, AND CHRYSLER HAS FAILED TO FIX OR ACKNOWLEDGE THESE ISSUES.

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TAKATA RECALL .. THE CAR WOULD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF .. THE LIGHTS WOULD START FLICKERING AND GOING CRAZY ... MESSAGES WOULD RANDOMLY POP UP SAYING KEY FOB NOT DETECTED ... IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I WOULD TRY AND START IT THE GEAR SHIFT SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD GO CRAZY .. THE MORNING IT DIED ON ME I TRIED TO START IT THE CAR WAS COMPLETE SHUT DOWN MODE ROADSIDE CAME IT TOOK US 45 MINS TO START IT WHEN IT STARTED THE CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT SWITCH OUT THE CAR LIGHTS LOCKS EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL STARTED FLICKERING LIKE CRAZY TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD THREE OTHER IDENTICAL CARS TO MINE THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT IN WITH EXACT ISSUE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH AND IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY I PAID 400$ PICKED IT UP AND TWO HOURS LATER THE CAR STARTED DOING EXACT SAME THING THEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY IN MIDDLE HIGHWAY GOT IT PUSHED TO GAS STATION AND THE BATTERY WAS CRACKED IN HALF LEAKING ACID AND THE CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL AGAIN AND COMPLETELY LOCKED DOWN.

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THE VEHICLE IS CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE DEFAULTS AS SHOWN IN PICTURES I'M EXPERIENCING MORE DEFAULTS IN THIS VEHICLE AND THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR CHRYLSER CARS AND THAT I'M AFRAID OF EITHER GETTING HURT OR SOMEONE ELSE GETTING HURT MAYBE EVEN KILLED DUE TO THESE FAULTY ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKING AND THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE.

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MY CAR DOESN'T WANT TO COME OUT OF NEUTRAL. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T START AND WHEN IT DOES THE PERFORMANCE SHIFTING IS NOT AVAILABLE. ALSO MY PASSENGER AIR BAG NEEDS TO BE SERVICE. AND EVERY THING THAT'S WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED.

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DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR COMPLETELY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, IT WAS DARK ON THE ROAD AND I BECAME SCARED, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, THEN THE NEXT DAY THE CAR DID THE SAME THING WHILE I WAS DRIVING SPEED OF 63. THIS COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND MY SISTERS. *TR

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PURCHASES CAR ON AUG 4, 2015 SINCE DAY I PURCHASED CAR IT HAS HAD A HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AT INITIAL START. YOU START CAR AND TURN DIAL TO DRIVE BUT IF U IMMEDIATELY TRY TO TAKE OFF THE ENGINE WILL JUST REV AS IF YOUR IN NEUTRAL IT TAKES ABOUT 15-30 SECONDS ONCE YOU TURN THE DIAL BEFORE CAR IS IN GEAR. AFTER ABOUT MAYBE 10,000 MILES I NOTICED CAR WOULD SOMETIMES JERK AS IF IT HAD BEEN STUCK IN A GEAR MAYBE THIS HAS RANDOMLY HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND 60+ MPH BRAKES HARD AND DIFFICULT TO PUSH DOWN HAD TO STAND ON THEM AND STILL BARELY STOPPED. SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED 20 MIN LATER AND THEY WERE FINE. SERVICE AWD LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES AFTER PURCHASE AND INSTALL OF BRAND NEW TIRES. WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON ABOUT A WEEK LATER AND CAR BEGAN MAKING A HIGH PITCED WINDING SOUND (SORT OF LIKE AN OPEN FACED FISHING REEL WHEN YOU CAST OR REEL IT IN) THEN ALL THE SUDDEN HEARD A BIG CLUNK WHEN SIT RING AT STOP SIGN IT WAS LOUD AND JOGGED THE CAR TO THE POINT I THOUGH MAYBE A DEER RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE CAR. I TOOK OFF BUT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVERY AND WALKED AROUND THE END CAR TO CHECK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. NOTICED WHEN I TOOK OFF THE WINDING HAD QUIT. BUT THE NEXT DAY IT BEGAN AGAIN TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE WINDING NOISE HAD GOTTEN SO LOUD THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T CHECK IT WHILE DOING OIL CHANGE HAD TO BE SCHEDULED. I RAISED HELL UNTIL SOMEONE CAME OUT FROM SERVICE WHEN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE AND WENT FOR A RIDE WITH ME. NOISE WAS COMPLETELY GONE SERV AWD LIGHT STILL ON THO SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT TO HAVE LIGHT TURNED OFF FOR 4 DAYS LATER. DROVE 30 MILES WHEN I LEFT DEALERSHIP AND IT BEGAN AGAIN STOPPED TO DROP KID OFF AND WAS HEADED BACK TO DEALERSHIP BUT WHEN I RESTARTED CAR NOISE GONE AND AWD LIGHT WAS OFF. NOISE COMES AND GOES OVER NEXT 2,000 MI NOW AWD LIGHT BACK ON AND CAR IS HORRIBLE IN SNOW WITHOUT AWD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHRYSLER 200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

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IN JUNE 2016 THE AWD LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY. A CALL TO THE SERVICE DEPT. SAID IT COULD BE A GLITCH IN THE COMPUTER, TURN IT OFF FOR A WHILE AND RESTART. THE AWD LIGHT CONTINUED TO LIGHT UP. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER CHIP PROBLEM (PTU MODULE WAS BAD) THAT TOOK 4 DAYS TWO FIX.TWO WEEKS LATER ON 7/18/16 AFTER NOTICING DARK SPOTS ON MY DRIVEWAY I TOOK THE CAR IN, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A LEAK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE BELL HOUSING CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION IN A 2 YEAR OLD CAR TO BE REPLACED. AN HOUR AGO, (7/28/18 9:30P) I WAS DRIVING 60 MILES AN HOUR ON THE GSP WHEN THE BATTERY LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON AND "SHIFT TO P" MESSAGE CAME ON IN THE DASH. THE "D" ON THE GEAR SHIFT PANEL STARTED FLASHING ABOUT A MIN LATER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED UP I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A DARK HIGHWAY WITH LOTS OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS A CATASTROPHE IN THE MAKING! THIS IS THE 3RD MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS NEW VEHICLE.

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ENGINE STALLS OUT.

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THE VEHICLE HAS JUST SHUT DOWN IN MIDST OF DRIVING NO WARNING NEARLY REAR ENDED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THEN WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR IT HAS BEEN SENT FOR REPAIR TWICE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN IN FEAR OF BEING IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN WITH NO WARNING. VEHICLE IS ALWAYS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON BUSY CITY STREETS, WHEN DRIVING OR TURNING. PLEASE HELP! THIS IS THE 3RD EPISODE 3/24/16, 4/16/16, 4/23/16

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