AT ABOUT 10:15 PM EDT, JULY 31, 2015, I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 CHRYSLER PROWLER EAST ON INTERSTATE 64 IN VIRGINIA. I WAS BETWEEN EXIT 167 AND EXIT 171. I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND NOTICED THAT THE GREEN "CRUISE CONTROL ON" LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD WAS ON. I HAD NOT TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT TURN OFF...IT ALSO WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO REDUCE MY SPEED. USING MY BRAKES, I SLOWED THE CAR, LEFT THE HIGHWAY AT EXIT 171, PULLED INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT, AND TURNED THE CAR OFF WITH THE IGNITION KEY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN GEAR. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK POSITION. WHEN I HAD CALMED DOWN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NO LONGER ON AND DROVE TO MY DESTINATION. I FOUND THIS SITUATION TO BE BOTH FRIGHTENING AND ANNOYING.
2001 Chrysler Prowler
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsUnknown or Other
Filed Aug 26, 2015119,000 milesVA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.