2017 Chrysler Pacifica complaints

A/C AND HEAT FAN WILL SPONTANEOUSLY INCREASE AND DECREASED POWER, DASH LIGHTS WILL PULSE BRIGHTNESS, DASH WILL FLASH "ELECTRICAL FAILURE" "PARKING BRAKE FAILURE", AND POWER STEERING STARTS TO FAIL. FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE

YESTERDAY MORNING MY BATTERY VOLTAGE WHILE DRIVING WAS FLUCTUATING TO LOW ERRATICALLY. WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE LEFT TURN THE BATTERY VOLTAGE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED DOWN DRASTICALLY TO POINT OR CUTOFF AND NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION. IT THEN JUMPED BACK UP TO 14.4V AND HELD THAT CONSISTENTLY. A FEW HOURS LATER IT DROPPED DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE DASHBOARD DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS LIT AND THE BATTERY STRENGTH WAS FINE OTHER THAN THE ERRATIC FLUCTUATIONS. I GOOGLED AND SAW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON MY VEHICLE TYPE AND YEAR. PHONE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM MY CAR WAS UNSAFE AND PERFORMED ERRATICALLY BECAUSE OF BATTERY ISSUE. DESPITE THE ARTICLE FROM MAY 2019 PERTAINING TO THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE, THEY SAID I DIDN'T HAVE A RECALL ON MY CAR. I DID RESEARCH AND IT SHOWED THE STALLING I'VE EXPERIENCED WAS DUE TO BATTERY CONNECTOR ISSUES. THIS MORNING I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE JUST FINE. TURNED ON CAR AND IMMEDIATELY THE BATTERY VOLTAGE GAUGE ON DASH WAS ERRATICALLY FLUCTUATING NON STOP FORN10 MINS AND THE CAR WAS SOUNDING LIKE IT WAS SHUTTING ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN. THE DASH LIT UP AND NOW A ICON FOR EMERGENCY STEERING POPS UP AND STAYS LIT. ALL OF THIS RELATES TO THE MANDATORY RECALL ARTICLE IN MAY 2019 BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS OTHERWISE. NOT FEELING LIKE DEALER IS BEING HONEST AND HAS BEST INTEREST OF MY SAFETY. I ATTACHED PIC IN UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE EMERGENCY STEERING ICON THAT STAYED ON AS WELL AS SHOWS MY BATTERY CHARGE AS FINE AT THAT MOMENT BUT WAS ERRATICALLY FLUCTUATING WHEN I TOO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE START AND STOP FEATURE WAS INOPERABLE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED ROUGHLY AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEW HANSEN DODGE RAM CHRYSLER JEEP (2103 HICKMAN RD, URBANDALE, IA 50323, (877) 841-4585 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. *BF *TP

STOPPED VEHICLE AND VAN AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO PARK. OCCASIONALLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHEN BRAKE/BUTTON PRESSED. RADIO GOES ON BY ITSELF FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING, PARKING ASSIST WENT OFF BY ITSELF.

THE CAR MISSES DIFFERENT GEARS AS YOU ACCELERATE. FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING UPON ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WITH ACCELERATION WHILE THESE ISSUES HAPPEN. IT WILL HAPPEN ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH OUR 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE FIRST ISSUE IS WHEN WE ACCELERATE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH OUR VEHICLE REVS UP AND JERKS REALLY BAD. LITERALLY FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT IS LIKE THE GEAR IS SLIPPING OR IT CAN'T FIND THE NEXT YEAR TO GO INTO. ANOTHER ISSUE WE ARE HAVING IS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. I USUALLY HAVE TO TRY TO SHUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES FOR IT TO STAY SHUT. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO HIT THE BUTTON 3-4 TIMES FOR IT TO STOP POPPING BACK OPEN. THE LAST ISSUE IS OUR START/STOP FEATURE. IT HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND IT SHOWS A CODE ON THE DASH. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR MONTHS.

WHILE DRIVING, HAVING REDUCED SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 45 MPH, EXPERIENCED ENGINE SHUT DOWN. NO POWER - COASTING TO STOP, NO POWER STEERING. WARNING ON DASH SAID, "PUT SHIFTER IN P TO START." WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF ROAD AND RESTART. CONTINUED ON TRIP AND SAME SITUATION HAPPENED ANOTHER 10-15 TIMES. SOMETIMES THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND I HAD TO COME TO A FULL STOP IN TRAFFIC TO RESTART THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR PUSH BUTTON FAILED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN, AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS TURNED ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V348000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, INDICATING TO PARK AND START ENGINE. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LONE STAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (8811 INTERSTATE 35 ACCESS RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78211, (210) 828-1515) WHERE MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 63275357. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE VEHICLE MADE A HARD SHIFT WHILE THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM ALBUQUERQUE (8528 LOMAS BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110, 505-404-0108) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAULT CODE COULD NOT BE RETRIEVED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WORK UP ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2019. I WAS REPORTING ROUGH TRANSMISSION WHEN SWITCHING GEARS BUT OTHER THAN THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEY RAN UPDATES ON MY CRUISE CONTROL AND THE LIKE AND OFF WE WENT. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS DRIVING IN A FLAT AREA OUT OF STATE WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70. I WAS PULLED OVER FOR A SPEEDING TICKET WHERE THE DEPUTY REPORTED I WAS GOING NOT 70 BUT 84 MPH!! IN THE COURSE OF THE 13 HOUR DRIVE WE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL ROUGH AND THE ENGINE WAS REVVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. UPON RETURNING HOME, ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT WHERE I WAS AGAIN STOPPED FOR SPEEDING. THE TROOPER SAID I WAS GOING 55 IN A 45 WHEN I AGAIN HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET. I AM NOW THINKING THE FIRST TICKET WAS A WARNING AND NOT A FLUKE SO I PARKED MY VAN UNTIL MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW ME HOME TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY. ON THE DRIVE HOME, AGAIN A LEVEL SURFACE, I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AND NOTICED THE VAN HAD ACCELERATED TO 55 MPH! I HAVE CAUGHT IT ON ONE OTHER OCCASION AT 10-12 MPH OVER WHERE THE CRUISE WAS SET AND MANAGED TO GET A PICTURE OF THE DASH WERE IT CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN THE ENGINE IS REVVING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT MATCH THE SPEEDOMETER.

WHEN STARTING THE CAR THE ENGINE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OVER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ALL THE SENSORS GO DOWN AND IT TELLS ME I AM NOT IN PARK. THE CAR WON'T TURN OFF OR ON AND MUST TRY IT MANY TIMES BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE WITH HAPPEN. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON A COOLER MORNING

THE AUXILIARY BATTERY FAILED WHICH CAUSED MY START/STOP SYSTEM TO DISABLE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL DISABLE ALSO. I HAVE HAD THE CAR JUST OVER A YEAR WITH 55,000 MILES ON IT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND THE CAR WILL "BUCK". IT WILL SLOW SO HARD THAT IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN REAR ENDED. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CAR WILL ALSO LOSE POWER AT LOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS ACCELERATING THROUGH A TURN. THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER, AND PRESSING HARDER ON THE GAS PEDAL DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. ITS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS SOMETIMES I'M TURNING INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR JUST WON'T RESPOND. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO DEALER 3 DOCUMENTED TIMES, AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME ITS A SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT'S NEEDED. THEY SUPPOSEDLY DO THE SOFTWARE UPDATE, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. ITS NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON 9/9/2019 AROUND AN S TURN WHEN SUDDENLY THE VAN LOST ITS POWER STEERING. HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. HE COULDN'T BREAK AND THE VAN HIT A CURB WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BLOW OUT BOTH DRIVER SIDE TIRES AND RIP THE DRIVERS FRONT STRUT APART. IN JUNE OF 2019 AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE OF RECALL V53, I TOOK MY VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THAT RECALL AND ANY OTHER RECALLS IT MAY HAVE. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY AND 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS BEING FIXED. I WAS TOLD THAT ALL WERE COMPLETED AND WAS HANDED THE KEYS. RIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THE RECALL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T FIX RECALL NUMBER V53. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR OUT TO INSPECT THE VAN. IN RETURN I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FCA SAYING THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ISSUES. I FORMALLY BELIEVE A MALFUNCTION HAPPENED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE IT HAD SHOWED SIGNS OF AN EXISTING PROBLEM WHICH WE MADE COMPLAINTS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND. WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP OR SLOW DOWN TO COME TO A STOP/YIELD AND ACCELERATE THE VAN WOULD BUCK AND OR JERK AS IF IT WERE TO LOOSE POWER AND SHUT OFF. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE VAN WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO RECALL V53 OR AN UN-IDENTIFIED PROBLEM.

FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING IN CURVES THE STEERING WHEEL IS STICKING. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. I FEEL LIKE I COULD WRECK MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO THE STEERING. THIS IS OCCURRING WHEN THE VAN IS IN MOTION, ACCELERATING, WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE WHEEL BACK STRAIGHT

TRANSMISSIONS JERKS HARD WHEN YOU GO FROM A LOW SPEED TO A HIGHER SPEED. PLUS IT WON'T RESPND WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE GAS. TRIED CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE FOR A FEW SECONDS WITH CARA COMING AT ME BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT GO. WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS BUT NO RESPONSE. NOW THE PAINT IS AL BUBBLING UP AROUND THE EDGE OF MY HOOD. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I GOT THE CAR. CHRYSLER WILL DO NOTHING. THE PAINT STARTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW DEC 2, 2016 AND IT HAD PROBLEMS WITH JERKING WHEN SHIFTING AND SOMETIMES NOT WANTING TO SPEED UP. COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING ON COMPUTER READOUT BUT DID MENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO ADJUST TO MY DRIVING. THIS CONTINUED AND I CONTINUED TO MENTION IT WHENEVER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING OR RECALLS. ON RECALL WAS TO REPLACE A CONTROL MODULE OF SOME SORT------NOW AFTER THIS MODULE WAS CHANGED THE JERKING WAS LESS FREQUENT AND SO I LIVED WITH IT. NOW SEPT 21, 2019, I HAD JUST STARTED CAR AND WAS STARTED DOWN A SIDE STREET IN GRANT PARK, IL. WHEN CAR STARTED JERKING REAL BAD AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, A RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND A ALARM LIKE THE "SEAT BELT NOT HOOKEDUP" CAME ON. I QUICKLY STOPPED TURNED CAR OFF AND WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. STARTED CAR BACK UP, RED WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON, THE WARNING ALARM DID NOT COME ON, BUT THE ENGINE LIT STAYED ON. SEPT 23, 2019 TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHERE SERVICE MANAGER PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER BUT IT DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM MESSAGES AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TURN OFF. SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WOULD HAVE ME BRING IT BACK IN LATER THIS WEEK SO IT CAN BE LOOKED AT. SERVICE MANAGER WHO I KNOW WELL DID MENTIONED AS WE WERE TALKING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION LIKE I HAVE. I HAVE OVER 45000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND SHOULD THIS TRANSMISSION LATER BE DEEMED BAD, I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY PASSENGER WINDOW SUDDENLY ROLLED DOWN THEN MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKED ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. THE BATTERY LIGHT AND NO TRACTION LIGHT BLINKED, TOO. AS I WENT TO PULL OVER TO STOP, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ONCE I BRAKED. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE DRIVING AT THAT TIME. I WAS GOING ROUGHLY 65 MPH WHEN THE INITIAL PROBLEM BEGAN.

WITH JUST OVER 45,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE VAN DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE VACUUM BOOSTER. THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE VAN WOULD CONTINUE TO ROLL FORWARD UNTIL WE PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, THEY VERIFIED THAT IT WAS A LEAK IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE MILES WE HAD ON THE VAN. THEY ALSO VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS.

THE BRAKES ROUTINELY ARE SLOW OR STIFF TO ENGAGE. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE IS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE STARTS SLOWING DOWN; THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE BRAKES QUIT WORKING. IT IS VERY UNSETTLING. I PRESSED DOWN HARD(ER) ON THE BRAKES AND THEY ENGAGED. MULTIPLE TIMES THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST CRASH. ON ONE INSTANCE (WHILE IN MOTION), I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT -- ROLLING STRAIGHT THROUGH. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I WAS ABLE TO SLOW AT A STOP SIGN, BUT NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE FOR THREE WEEKS AND INITIALLY STATED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER, BUT LATER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE, SO THEY RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO US WITHOUT ANY REPAIR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR SECONDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTO PLAZA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FARMINGTON (970 E WOODLAWN DR, FARMINGTON, MO 63640, (573) 431-7800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION MODULE DEFAULTED AND THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,300.

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 NEAR 10 AM MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WAS PARKED IN FAMILY GARAGE SINCE THE 13TH WITHOUT BEING DRIVEN. THE KEY FOB DIDN'T WORK AND NO POWER WAS AVAILABLE TO START OR ACCESSORIES. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO JUMP IT WITH CABLES FROM MY WIFE'S CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. TOW WAS REQUEST TO NEAR BY DODGE DEALER JACK PHELAN IN COUNTRYSIDE, ILL. EARLY AFTERNOON TWO DIFFERENT TOW TRUCK COMPANIES WERE SUMMONED AND THEY BOTH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN JUMPING IT.AFTER TWO DAYS THEY STATED THE BATTERIES WERE DEFECTIVE AND BOTH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. STILL UNDER WARRANTY OTHERWISE COST WAS GIVEN AS OVER $600.00.

DRIVING VEHICLE AND IT JUST TURNS OFF. I AM 80 AND IT TURNED OFF IN TRAFFIC CIRCLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE AND IS EXACTLY DESCRIBED IN JUNE RECALL. VEHICLE HAS NO OPEN RECALLS AND HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN LAST WEEK.

WHILE LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CAME TO A STOP, AUTO STOP/START ENGAGED, RELEASED BRAKE TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE DIED. MOVED SHIFTER TO PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. ODD STUTTERING SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE CAN'T TURN OVER. REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN CALLED FOR A TOW TO DEALER. RADIO STILL WORKED AND BOTH BATTERIES HAD BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. DEALER SAYS ABS ERROR LIGHT IS ON BUT VEHICLE STARTED. AWAITING DIAGNOSIS.

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT SPONTANEOUSLY BECAME EXTREMELY LOWER ON POWER AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING ALONG WITH NUMEROUS ERROR MESSAGES AND DASH LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED. THE VAN WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN THROUGH THE LOT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS THE VAN HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE BUT THIS TIME WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. MARTINS CHRYSLER OF UNTION GROVE WISCONSIN CAME AND PICKED UP THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER OF MARTINS SAID THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT THEN HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD. ASIDE FROM SOME START/STOP AND ELECTRICAL/CHARGING SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGES PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO WARNING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. WE'VE HAD THE VAN IN BEFORE FOR THESE ERROR MESSAGES BUT THE DEALER NEVER FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE.

VEHICLE WILL CONSTANTLY HARD SHIFT. EITHER FROM A COMPLETE STOP, WHERE IT WILL THEN HARD SHIFT AND JERK YOU FORWARD. SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW. HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL IN A INTERSECTION AND NOTHING. WILL NOT GO AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN DOES A HARD SHIFT AND WILL ACCELERATE. THIS HAS BEEN ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY. MANY TIMES IT WILL BE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 YEAR AGO. FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. NEVER TAKEN IT IN FOR ANY OTHER ISSUE.

AFTER SEVERAL STOPS FOR SHOPPING THE VAN WOULD CRANK OVER BUT NOT START, REPEATEDLY. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF TRYING AND A 5 MINUTE COOLDOWN THE VAN STARTED.

THE 2ND AND 3RD ROW ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PROPER CAR SEAT INSTALLATION.

WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPT 2017. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER WE PURCHASE THE BRAND NEW VAN, WE STARTED HAVING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMING IN TO GEAR. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, WE LITERALLY THOUGHT THE PERSON BEHIND US AT REAR ENDED UP THE JOLT WAS THAT BAD. UPON PULLING OVER AND INSPECTING, WE DISCOVERED WE WERENT. OVER THE LAST 23 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT SHIFTS SO AT TIMES IT MAKES YOU DIZZY. THIS TAKES PLACE BETWEEN 10-17 MPH. IN AUGUST 2018, OUR FAMILY WAS ON OUR WAY TO A FUN DAY WHEN AT 10MPH THE VAN SLAMMED SO HARD ALL 5 OF US IN THE VAN FELT OUR NECKS CRACK AND WE GOT DIZZY INSTANTLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I COULDNT SEE STRAIGHT TO DRIVE AND MY ELDERLY MOTHER HURT FOR 3 DAYS. I TOLD HER TO GO TO THE ER FOR PROOF THAT THE VAN IS HURTING THE PEOPLE DRIVING IT. WE HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY WONT DO ANYTHING. TELLING US THEY CAN REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION. GIVE IT TIME, THE TRANNY NEEDS TO ADJUST HOW WE DRIVE NEVER FIXES THE ISSUE AT ALL. WE HAVE AN ALMOST 2 YEAR OLD TODDLER AND WE ARE PETRIFIED TO TURN HER TO FORWARD FACING IN FEAR IF THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS, IT WOULD BREAK HER NECK. YES, THE VAN HAD 32,000 MILES OR SO ON IT BUT ITS OUR PRIMARY VEHICLE. WE CANT SIT HOME AND TWIDDLE OUR THUMBS. SO, YES UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO STILL DRIVE THIS VAN, EVEN IF IT KILLS US.

VEHICLE STALLING DUE TO DEAD BATTERY ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN AFTER COMING TO A STOP, BUT IT TOOK 3 TIMES PUSHING THE START BUTTON BEFORE IT TURNED OVER. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY CONCLUDED THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND NO OTHER MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED.

I WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY A DRIVER TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSITE LANE WHO WENT OVER A MEDIAN ON A 45 MPH CITY STREET. I HAD A SPLIT SECOND TO START BRAKING BUT THE OTHER DRIVER DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO STOP. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE VAN DEPLOYED. I WAS INJURED AND THE VAN HAD EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE.

VEHICLE IS SLAMMING INTO GEAR GENERALLY IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR.. WE HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATE AS WELL AS THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES HOWEVER WE ARE TOLD THEY CANNOT REPLICATE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO WORSEN

FIRST TIME APEX AUGUST 6, 2019 - STARTED CAR IN DRIVEWAY. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. SECOND TIME WAS SEPTEMBER 7, 2019. IN A PARKING LOT AT STORE STARTED CAR. PROCEEDED OUT OF PARKING LOT ONTO A SMALL STREET TO A STOP SIGN AT END OF STREET. PULLED OUT OF STREET ONTO 4 LANE HIGHWAY WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. WERE ABLE TO JUST MAKE IT TO THE CENTER TURNING LANE TO STOP AND RESTART CAR. CAR WAS PURCHASED AT A CHRYSLER DEALER USED ON JULY 5, 2019. NO NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO US REGARDING ISSUES WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL.

BACK UP CAMERA HAS START TO MALFUNCTION. MORE TIMES THAN NOT WHEN YOU GO INTO REVERSE THE CAMERA EITHER COMES UP BLACK, BLACK WITH WARNING LINES, BLUE SCREEN, FUZZY PICTURES, GREAT PICTURES THEN YOU MOVE AND IT FREEZES. THIS IS BECOMING RIDICULOUS WITH A PRETTY MUCH BRAND NEW VEHICLE. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED PROPERLY.

OUR PACIFICA HAS A PROBLEM WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, ACCELERATING, USUALLY AROUND A TURN. EXACTLY AT 15-18 MPH (FIRST TO SECOND OR SECOND TO THIRD GEARS), THE VAN WILL HAVE A VERY LARGE JERK, THE GAS PEDAL MUST BE RELEASED, LOSING ACCELERATION. ONCE THIS HAS PASSED, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH ACCELERATING AS NORMAL. THE JOLT FROM THE SHIFT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED, CAUSING SLIGHT WHIPLASH IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT. THIS PROBLEM USUALLY COME IN SPURTS, NOT HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN 1 OR 2 A DAY FOR A FEW DAYS. THE DEALER REVIEWED THE PROBLEM AND "WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE" SO NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THEM. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED SINCE ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING- VEHICLE DECIDES TO GIVE THIS WARNING WHICH CAUSES VAN TO LOCK TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND ENGAGES E-BRAKE. LUCKILY THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, BUT HAS OCCURRED ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, IN RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU, IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND IN PARKING LOTS. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE EVEN AFTER DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY CONTROL THAT WAS EXPECTED TO FIX THE ONGOING PROBLEM. VAN HAS BEEN TOWED OR OUT OF SERVICE 4 TIMES NOW FOR SAME ISSUE.

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE NOTIFICATION STATED, "YOUR VEHICLE'S AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT RECENTLY INDICATED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM MAY NOT BE WORKING PROPERLY. THE AIR BAGS IN YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT NOT INFLATE IN A COLLISION, OR THEY COULD INFLATE WITHOUT A COLLISION IF YOU DO NOT GET THE REQUIRED SERVICE. HAVE YOUR VEHICLE CHECKED AT YOUR DEALERSHIP." THE REPLACEMENT WOULD COST OVER $300. OUR CHRYSLER PACIFICA IS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AS IT IS A 2017 WITH 43,000 MILES ON IT, SO THIS SENSOR ISSUE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS SEEMS LIKE A POSSIBLE RECALL CONSIDERING IT HAPPENED IN A VEHICLE ONLY 2.5 YEARS OLD.

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. STARTING GEAR SHIFTER PROBLEM. NOTE THAT VEHICLE IS IN PARK, VEHICLE NOT READING SHIFTER LOCATION. VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE THE DAY PRIOR TO INCIDENT WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY ISSUE PRESENTED ITSELF THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN TRYING TO START.

WE TOOK A 7 HR TRIP IN OUR 2017 PACIFICA ON SAT BACK HOME FROM VACATION. THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE TO A LOCAL MOVIE THEATER. WE OBSERVED SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR FOR NO REASON. THE NEXT DAY THE VAN WOULD NOT START. BOTH BATTERIES ARE DEAD. WE USED A BATTERY CHARGE TO CHARGE MAIN BATTERY BUT IT WOULD ONLY CHARGE TO 11,6 AND WILL NOT START THE VAN. WE TRIED JUMPER CABLES. NOTHING WILL START THE VAN. WHEN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME TO TOW THE VAN TO THE SHOP THE MANUAL PARK RELEASE DID NOT WORK AND THE REAR TIRES WERE LOCKED. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY DRAINING THE BATTERY AS SOON AS YOU TAKE IT OFF THE BATTERY CHARGER. SOMETHING IN THE COMPUTER IS SUCKING ALL THE LIFE FROM THE BATTERY. VERY FRUSTRATING SINCE I JUST TOOK THE VAN INTO THE SHOP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO GET THE FOURTH RECALL ISSUE FIXED.

THE CAR SIMPLYWONT START. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, SERVICE ABS, SERVICE ESC, PARKING BRAKE UNAVAILABLE, POWER STEERING UNAVAILABLE. THE POWER DOORS DONT WORK. SHIFTER IS LOCKEDAND THE AUTO PARK BRAKE WAS LOCKED. THE CAR WONT EVEN SHIFT TO NEUTRAL SO IT CAN BE TOWED.

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A GARAGE TO HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LOOKED AT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE ACTIVE GRILL SHUTTER SWITCH. THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART AND DO SOME REWIRING. IF THERE IS NO RECALL, WHY WOULD REWIRING OF ANYTHING BE NEED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE, AND NOT JUST REPLACING THE PART.

WHEN LEAVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AT AROUND 20 MPH THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. AT LEAST 2 TO 4 TIMES A DAY. THERE ARE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT COME ON WHEN THE HAPPENS. I HAVE HAD IT TO MULTIPLE DEALER SHOPS TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT IT DOESNT DO IT WHEN SOME TEST DRIVES THE VEHICLE. I HAVE PAID FOR MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND NOTHING SHOWS AS BEING WRONG. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE BUT NEVER FOUND ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THE CAUSE COULD BE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY.

DRIVING MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF BRIEF LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT SPEED IN MOTION. HESITATION, DIFFICULT, HARD TO TURN. GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AN OBSERVED A FCA RECALL. I CALLED FCA CUSTOMER SERVICES AND THEY STATED MY VEHICLE IS NOT IN THE RECALL BY VIN. HOWEVER IT IS AN EARLY 2017 MODEL.. I AM FILING THIS AS MY WIFE REPORTED THIS TO ME FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAD OCCURRED TO HER RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING. AFTER SHE TOLD ME 3 MILES LATER WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED OFT 45MPH IN A WIDE SWEEPING TURN THE STEERING RESISTED INPUT ON ME TO RETURN TO CENTER AND CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE FOR A BRIEF SECOND THEN RESUMED BACK TO NORMAL. AT THAT MOMENT I MYSELF HAD JUST WHAT SHE TOLD ME HAPPENED TO HER MULTIPLE TIMES RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING. WE NO LONGER WANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND DEEM IT A SAFETY RISK DUE TO THIS STEERING ISSUE.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES SHIFTS VERY HARD, CAUSING A JERKING TO PASSENGERS. BROUGHT TO DEALER. THEY SAID NO CODE AND THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE SO NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR IN BETWEEN 5-10 MPH THERE IS NO FORWARD MOVEMENT BUT AS THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED THE RPM'S GO UP UNTIL THERE IS A REAR IMPACT TYPE FEELING THAT OCCURS AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES FORWARD. IN THE INSTANCES WHERE IT HAPPENS AT THE 5-10 MPH AREA, IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND 'COAST' THEN PUSH THE ACCELERATOR TO GO CONTINUE FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2017 AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS BEHAVIOR FROM THE VEHICLE IS A 'CHARACTERISTIC' OF THE VAN. I HAVE FILED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH CHRYSLER AND EVERYTIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIPS I COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS AS WELL. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS REPLACED AND EVEN AFTER FIXING THOSE THE VEHICLE STILL CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. IT IS NOT HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY BUT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 TIMES A WEEK. L

WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL I HAD TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO HIGHER GEAR; FELT LIKE TRANSMISSION COMING OUT OF VEHICLE. ALSO SLAMS WHEN AT A STOP AND PEDAL PUSHED DOWN FAST. ALSO WHILE MOVING AND PEDAL PUSHED DOWN FAST AS WHEN NEEDED TO PASS A VEHICLE. SLAMMING CAN OCCUR WHETHER ON CITY STREETS AT SLOWER SPEEDS OR HIGHWAYS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WHEN I GO TO A DEALER AND ASK ABOUT RECALLS OR REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUES THEY SAY NO AND MOVE ON WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 3 YEAR/36000 MILES WARRANTY COVERS ONLY THROUGH THE EXPECTED/PREDICTED FACTORY LIFE OF THE PARTS. AFTERWARDS, THEY KNOW PARTS WILL FAIL AND CONSUMERS MUST PAY FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH HAS A DEDUCTIBLE, WHEN PARTS FAIL IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIR DUE TO FACTORY FAILURES OF NOT BUILDING A QUALITY ORIENTED VEHICLE, THAT SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 200,00 MILES WITHOUT FAILURES. MY CURRENT MILEAGE IS 38974.

WHEN PARKED, THE CAR WOULD NOT INITIALLY "PUSH TO START" AND WHEN IT DID START IT DISPLAYED ERRORS TO "SERVICE SHIFTER, " "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE, " "PARKING BREAK UNAVAILABLE." VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE.

IN THE FIRST 500 MILES OF DRIVING MY NEW PACIFICA ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS I HAVE USED THE TURN SIGNAL AND WHILE PUSHING THE ARM TO SIGNAL I ALSO MANAGE TO PUSH IT FORWARD. I HAVE DONE THIS DURING THE DAY AND THEN WHEN NIGHT COMES I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS TO FIND THAT THEY START WITH HIGH BEAMS. AS I NEVER USE HIGH BEAMS THIS COMES AS A SURPRISE AND I DON'T EVEN THINK TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS UNTIL SOMEONE FLASHES THEIR LIGHTS AT ME. HAVING THE HIGH BEAMS ON UNEXPECTEDLY IS NOT SAFE. IT SHOULD BE MUCH HARDER TO ACCIDENTALLY (OR ON PURPOSE) TURN ON THE HIGH BEAMS. OR THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO DISABLE THE [XXX] THINGS SO THEY NEVER GO ON. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING THE CONCERNS OF HER 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED RANDOMLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO RESTART. *JS