Chrysler Pacifica

Which Chrysler Pacifica years should you avoid?

Going by 7,063 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chrysler Pacifica years to avoid are 2017, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2018.

• 20171,543 complaints, 4.7× a typical Pacifica year, most often about the engine.
• 2006726 complaints, 2.2× a typical Pacifica year, most often about the engine; and 2.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (7 fires, 20 crashes, 10 deaths).
• 20051,244 complaints, 3.8× a typical Pacifica year, most often about the engine.
• 2004896 complaints, 2.7× a typical Pacifica year, most often about the body and frame.
• 2018891 complaints, 2.7× a typical Pacifica year, most often about the engine.

Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →