2017 Chrysler Pacifica complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. AFTER ACCELERATING INTO AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND "SHIFT TO PARK" DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND WAS LATER TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

INITIALLY, WHILE DRIVING, A BRIEF WARNING MESSAGE WOULD FLASH ON THE DRIVER'S INFO CLUSTER THAT THE "POWER STEERING WAS UNAVAILABLE" AND THEN THE WARNING WOULD GO AWAY VERY QUICKLY. HOWEVER, THE WARNING BEGAN COMING ON MORE FREQUENTLY, ALWAYS WHILE DRIVING, AND IT WOULD STAY ON, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS WAS VERY FRIGHTENING SINCE IN THE LARGE VAN IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AT BOTH HIGHWAY AND SIDE-STREET SPEEDS. WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD BE TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED, THE MALFUNCTION WOULD RESOLVE, HOWEVER, IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A SHORT DRIVE. IT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THE POWER STEERING COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY GONE OUT AT ANY TIME, SUCH AS A HIGHWAY CORNER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. THE CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A REPAIR FOR THE PROBLEM BUT AS OF NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT IS ELECTRONIC AND NOT MECHANICAL.

THERE WAS A RECALL DUE TO THIS VEHICLE HARD SHIFTING. I HAVE HAD THIS FIXED THREE TIMES AND IT IS HARD SHIFTING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL STALL OUT COMPLETELY. IT OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY AFTER STOPPING. IT IS WORSE WHEN SHIFTING FROM THE LOWER GEARS WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST BEGINS TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER IT ALSO OCCURS WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT MONITORS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT OFTEN SHOWS TO BE IN THE NEGATIVE DEGREES. THIS CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN FIXED BY MY DEALERSHIP BUT IT HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR.

SUSPENSION BROKE, WHILE DRIVING ON I 75 IN LONDON KY; AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED; VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE! CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY ANSWERS FROM CHRYSLER?? ...*BF.. *TR ..*BF. *JB

THE VEHICLE ELECTRONICS MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN ON THERE OWN. FOLLOWING THAT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN AT AROUND 40 MPH LOCKING UP THE STEERING, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, ENGINE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED. THE KEY FOB WILL NOT WORK AND THE CAR WILL NOT START AGAIN. I CAN'T EVEN LOCK THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY WE HAD STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND DID NOT HAVE TO TURN OR THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. I WILL NOT BE PUTTING MY FAMILY IN THIS VAN AGAIN.

WHEN JUST STARTING TO DRIVE FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE CAR WILL MAKE A LURCH AND THERE IS USUALLY A NOISE WITH THAT LURCH. THIS OCCURS WHEREVER AND OFTEN WHEN JUST STARTING TO DRIVE FROM A STOPPED POSITION.

I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN ON A FRONTAGE ROAD WAITING TO TURN RIGHT ONTO HIGHWAY 122 IN MASON CITY IOWA. I THEN ACCELERATED AND TURNED RIGHT. AS THE VAN REACHED 17 MPH, THE VAN ACTED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS, AND THEN VIOLENTLY SLAMMED BACK INTO GEAR. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, ANOTHER VEHICLE APPROACHED RAPIDLY FROM BEHIND AND ALMOST COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF OUR VAN. OUR VAN HAD ALSO HAD THIS SAME OCCURRENCE AT 36 MPH. OUR LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NORMAL OPERATIONS

WHILE DRIVING MY CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED 2017,I HEARD A JERKING SOUND INSIDE THE CAR ,THEN A SERIES OF LOUD NOISES,I NOTICED THER IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN STEERING AND WHHEL,CAR DRAGGED TO THE CURB,HIT THE CURB AND STOPPED,ON EXAMINATION I NOTICED FRONT RIGHT WHEEL HAS COME OUT HALF WAY,NOTICED SOME KIND OF METAL COME THROUGH THE WHEEL RIM,INCIDENT HAPPENED INFRONT OF SCHOOL AFTER I PICK UP MY KIDS,CAR WAS DRIVING AT 10-20 MILE PER HOUR, *DT*JB

ENGINE, LIGHTS, AND ALL ELECTRICAL SHUT OFF TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE STOPPED WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT RIGHT AWAY. THE SECOND TIME WE WERE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OFF OF A BUSY ROAD ONTO A SIDE STREET AND GOT ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE TURN WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT OFF AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RESTART IT.THIS WAS SCARY AND VERY DANGEROUS FORTUNATELY THE VAN ROLLED SUFFICIENTLY TO GET OFF THE MAIN RD. WE TRIED TO PUSH IT FURTHER BUT WITH OUT ELECTRIC WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE WHICH TURNS ON WHEN THE ENGINE STOPS. WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO START IT WITH THE HELP OF A PORTABLE JUMP STARTER THAT WE ALWAYS CARRY IN THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT IT INVOLVES A TOTAL ELECTRIC DISCONNECT THAT IS POSSIBLY RECONNECTED WHEN AN OUTSIDE POWER SOURCE IS INTRODUCED (JUMP STARTER) . I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I NOTICE ONLINE SEVERAL MORE OF THE SAME TYPE COMPLAINTS. THE FIRST WAS 12/26/18. THE SECOND WAS 1/6/19.

TRANSMISSION - WHEN TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED AS IN TRAFFIC, ACCELERATING FROM A RED LIGHT/STOP SIGN ' WHEN THE VAN IS SHIFTING FROM 1ST OR 2ND TO HIGHER GEAR, THE CAR JERKS AND SOMETIMES MAKES A NOISE. OFTEN TIMES IT FEELS AS IF THE CAR HAS BEEN REAR ENDED FROM BEHIND.

MY ISSUES STARTED WHEN MY AUTO START/STOP STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE ACCESSORY BATTERY WAS DEAD AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT IN. THAT IT WAS IN BACKORDER. THEN MY MAIN BATTERY WENT DEAD. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED MY MAIN BATTERY AND AGAIN THEY MADE MENTIONED THAT THE AUTO START/STOP DIDN'T WORK. I SAID I KNOW THE ACCESSORY BATTERY IS DEAD AND THAT IT WAS ON BACKORDER. I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VAN BACK IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEY WOULD TEST THE ACCESSORY BATTERY AGAIN AND REPLACE IT IF WAS BAD. TOOK THE VAN BACK. THEY SAID IT WASN'T THE BATTERY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG ELECTRICAL BECAUSE TOO MANY VOLTS WAS BEING OUTPUTTED. AT THIS TIME I MADE MENTION OF THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. I GOT A WARNING LIGHT SAYING IT WASN'T WORKING. WAS TOLD NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER ABOUT THE POWER STEERING. TOOK VAN BACK IN FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO BE EVALUATED. MY HUSBAND DROVE THE VAN AND ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TJE POWER STEERING SYSTEM CUT OFF AND THEN IN MID TURN CUT BACK ON ALMOST CAUSING HIM TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. TOLD DEALERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM AND ALSO THE JERKING ISSUES WHEN SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS. DEALERSHIP ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE ACCESSORY BATTERY THAT WAS DEAD SO THEY REPLACED IT. THEN WHILE THEY HAD IT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING CUTTING ON/OFF. SO THEY SAID IT WAS THE RACK & PINION. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUES WITH THE VAN JERKING INTO LOWER GEA

VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES STARTING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONCE THE START BUTTON WAS PUSHED. ONCE IT DID START AND PUT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, AND ON AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD START. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND THEN TURN BACK ON WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE WHENEVER SPEED WAS REDUCED. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD SPONTANEOUSLY SHUT OFF AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING, AND COULD NOT BE TURNED BACK ON. THE INSIDE DASH LIGHTS WOULD ALSO TURN OFF MAKING FOR A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. THE AIR CONTROL ALSO DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WOULD BE VERY HOT AT 68 DEGREES, AND WOULD NOT BLOW A STEADY FLOW OF AIR. IT WILL SPEED UP THEN SLOW DOWN. *BF... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FORCEFULLY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VIDEON CHRYSLER (4951 WEST CHESTER PIKE, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

THIRD POST OF SAME COMPLAINT. COMING FROM TURNS OR WHEN SHIFTING IN LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLS UPON ACCELERATION THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO JOLT. HAVE TAKEN VAN TO ORIGINAL PURCHASING DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES (10+) IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS CATEGORY HAS THE MOST COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE ALL OF VERY SIMILAR ISSUE ' SOMETHING MUST BE DONE FROM CHRYSLER.

VEHICLE HAS GOTTEN THE UPDATE TO START. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A HARD SHIFT OR JERK AS IF GOTTEN HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE GOING ABOUT 25 ON A SIDE STREET AFTER TURNING ONTO STARTED TO PICK UP SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES. NO WARNING LIGHTS HAVE COME ON.

STARTED TO PULL ONTO WILLIARD NORRIS ROAD IN MILTON FLORIDA, WHEN I DEPRESSED FOOT PEDAL TO ACCELERATE NOTHING HAPPENED FOR 2-4 SECONDS AND TRANSMISSION KICKED IN TO GEAR VIOLENTLY @ 14 MPH, AND AGAIN AT 32 MPH. LOG TRUCK WAS BEHIND ME WHEN IT OCCURRED. CONTACTED DEALER AND TOOK FOR REPAIR .COULD NOT FIND ISSUES ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS. HAS HAPPENED FOR PAST 6 MONTHS, BUT TODAY WAS LIFE ENDANGERING AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE OPERATING VEHICLE

THIS IS MY SECOND, POSSIBLY THIRD TIME REPORTING A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THIS VAN. I HAVE LOST POWER WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE MULTIPLE TIMES. TODAY I LOST POWER WHILE ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE REVVED AND RPM WENT UP TO ABOUT 6000, NO POWER WAS GOING TO THE ENGINE AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, THEN FULL POWER WENT TO ENGINE AND THE VAN LUNGED FORWARD AND GAINED SPEED. THE ACC CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ALSO WENT ON. I DID NOT LOSE POWER STEERING AND I AM NOT SURE IF THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. DUE TO SO MANY PROBLEMS OCCURRING WHILE DRIVING, I FREQUENTLY RECORD MY DRIVES- I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS ON VIDEO. THE VIDEO ONLY SHOWS MY DASH AND DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE, BUT SHOWS THE RPM, VEHICLE SPEED SLOWING, AND THEN ACCELERATING. I HAVE A FEW MORE VIDEOS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE. MY CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF RIDING IN THIS CAR, WE HAVE HAS ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AND SIMPLY WANT TO BE SAFE WHILE DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING VAN EXPERIENCES A HARD SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS CAUSES A LOSE OF POWER AND THE A JERK. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS CAN HAPPEN ON THE ROAD, PARKING LOT AND GETTING ON INTERSTATE. VAN HAS BEEN IAT DEALER FOR ABOUT A MONTH, JUST RETURNED TO ME. CHRYSLER IS SAYING THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. COMPLETELY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE TO ME OR MY FAMILY. THIS HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM SINCE MARCH. ON MY WAY HOME FROM DEALER IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES.

HARSH SHIFTING DURING FORWARD MOTION BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS IN 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY REGARDLESS OF AMBIENT CONDITIONS OR DISTANCE DRIVEN. ENGINE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASE BEFORE ABRUPT AND JARRING SHIFTING OCCURS. HAS CURRENT SOFTWARE INSTALLED, NO CODES ARE GENERATED. OUR DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED INTO IT AND SUGGESTS A SOFTWARE UPDATE MAY BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT NOTHING AVAILABLE YET. MAY POTENTIALLY CAUSE LOSS OF TRACTION ON UNFAVORABLE ROADS. ACTUAL CAUSE IS UNKNOWN

VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON MY 7 TIMES ALREADY 2 ON HIGHWAY AND 5 ON STREETS. 2 ON HIGHWAY WAS DRIVING AROUND 65 MPH WHEN DASH WENT OFF ALL LIGHTS WENT OFF NO POWER STEERING OR HAZARD LIGHT FUNCTION. HAD TO PULL OVER TO MEDIAN AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE OTHERS WERE VARIANT FROM COMING TO A STOP ALL THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF THE GAUGE NEEDLES WENT CRAZY. AND THE OTHERS WERE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE WORSE IS TRYING TO MUSCLE ONTO A PARKING LOT OR MEDIAN WITH NO POWER STEERING OR LIGHTS

THE VEHICLE'S STOP/START SYSTEM SHUT DOWN THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A LEFT TURN AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS FIXED, THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER IT WAS UNDER A SEPARATE RECALL. RECENTLY THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN AND AGAIN DOES NOT WORK.

WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED THE AUTO DOOR BUTTON FAILED TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. WHEN MANUALLY TRYING TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR THE DOOR FELL OFF THE VEHICLE SMASHING THE REAR WINDOW.

IN JULY I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR DOWN SHIFTING ISSUES AND THE COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WHEN RUNNING A SYSTEM CHECK. PROBLEM CONTINUED AND 2 WEEKS AGO TOOK IT IN AGAIN FOR SHIFTING ISSUES. NOW EXPERIENCE SUSPENSION POPPING A NOISY SOUND. I'M TIRED OF HAVING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH UNDER 30,000 MILES HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SARASOTA SUNSHINE CHRYSLER(7745 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL) WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

FIRST THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT STRUT IS MAKING NOISE ALREADY HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR IT STILL DOING SAME THING. HATCH DOESN'T OPEN ALL THE TIME, PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR MAKING NOISE BOTH ISSUES TAKING TO DEALER STILL NOT RIGHT AND MAKING NOISE, DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR JUST CLOSED. WHILE DRIVING CAR CAR WILL JUST NOT GO AT ALL DEALER DID SOFTWARE ON IT AND IT'S STILL DOING SAME THING. DEALER HAD MY CAR FOR WELL OVER A WEEK FOR IT TO BE DOING THE SAME THING HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT MONDAY 12/10/18 . I HATE THIS CAR WISH I KEPT MY OTHER ONE.

POWER STEERING FAILING COMPLETELY. STARTED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS FIRST ADVISED THAT A 'LOW BATTERY' CAUSED A POWER SPIKE IN THE POWER STEERING UNIT AND THEY CHARGED THE BATTERY. THEN IT HAPPENED MORE FREQUENT AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT TO THE POWER STEERING UNIT ITSELF WHICH TOOK A WEEK TO REPLACE. THEN TWO DAYS LATER THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE ENTERING A 90 DEGREE CURVE AT 35 MPH. AFTERWARDS I COULD SIT IDLING, WATCHING THE VOLTAGE WANDER BETWEEN 11 VOLTS AND 15 VOLTS, AND HAVE POWER STEERING, BUT AS SOON AS I TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS OR FOGLIGHTS OR PUT IT IN GEAR, THE VOLTAGE WOULD STABILIZE AT 14.6-14.8 VOLTS AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD TURN OFF. IT'S BEEN A WEEK AND THEY JUST CONTACTED CHRYSLER. I'M AT 15 DAYS IN THE SHOP BETWEEN FAILED SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING AND NO END IN SITE. WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILS, THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO WAY TO TURN THE VEHICLE UNLESS YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH IN THE ARMS. A NORMAL SIZED WOMAN WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE RECOURSE AND THAT IS TO STOP ABRUPTLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON ME AT 35 MPH, I HAD NO ABILITY TO ABRUPTLY STOP AS I HAD A CAR IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME. THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN BEING REAR ENDED. IF I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO STEER IT BY SHEER BRUTE FORCE, WE WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THE TREES ALONG THE ROAD. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL WHILE SITTING STILL, MUCH LESS DRIVING LIKE IT DID WHEN IT FIRST

TAKARA RECALL. I WENT TO TURN MY VEHICAL ON AND THE SCREEN WOULDN'T. I THOUGHT IT COULD BE SCREEN OFF BUTTON BUT IT WASN'T. I THEN TOOK MY CAR INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE STEREO IS HEATING UP TO 180 DEGREES. WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN A YEAR OLD CAR.

WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING TURNS/ COMING OUT OF PARKING LOTS, OUR CHRYSLER PACIFICA WILL STALL. IT DOES A HARD SHIFT AND JOLTS FORWARD, AS IF A GEAR HAS SLIPPED OR WE HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT IN FOR THIS ISSUE WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017 WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 32,000 MILES. NUMEROUS 'SOFTWARE UPDATES' HAVE BEEN DONE AND A VALVE THROTTLE BODY WAS PUT ON IN JUNE 2018 TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE AFTER MANY FORMER ATTEMPTS. IT WORKED FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE STALL/ HARD SHIFT AGAIN. CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER CARE HAS BLANTANTLY DENIED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SUPERVISORS AND POINTS THE FINGER AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHILE THEY POINT FINGERS AR CHRYSLER. THE CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY HOPE OF EVER REALLY BEING FIXED. WE HAVE BEEN METICULOUS ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND HAVE ONLY TAKEN IT TO CERTIFIED CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS. OUR FIRST FAMILY CAR PURCHASED TOGETHER HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE WE DON'T WANT OTHERS TO GO THROUGH. CHRYSLER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCING UNSAFE VEHICLES.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED , ON ANY SURFACE, THE SENSATION OF SWAY AND BOBBING IS EXCESSIVE AND OF CONCERN. THE DEALER REPORTS THAT IT IS NORMAL. OUR 2005 MODEL WAS TOTALLY FREE OF ALL SWAY AND BOBBING THUS VERY COMFORTABLE FOR ALL PASSENGERS. (THE DEALER REPORTS THE SCRAPING IN THE FRONT WAS NORMAL. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE SPLASH SHIELD UP FRONT WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF.) THERE ARE SERVICE RECORDS I CAN FAX.

AFTER TAKING MY VAN, INTO THE SHOP, THIS MORNING, FOR A REPEAT COMPLAINT OF HARD SHIFTING (FEELS LIKE I'M BEING REAR-ENDED), AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 17-20 MPH, AND DRIVING THE SERVICE TECH AROUND, FOR 30 MINUTES, IN A FAILED ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GET THE VAN TO REPLICATE THE HARD SHIFT, WHILE THE TECH WAS NEXT TO ME, MY VAN SHIFTED HARD, ON MY WAY BACK INTO WORK, WHILE I WAS IN TRAFFIC, ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD STOPPED AT A LIGHT, BEHIND SEVERAL CARS, IN TRAFFIC. I WAS TOLD, AT THE SHOP, THAT SINCE THE TECH WAS NOT ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT, HIMSELF, THEY WOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO DIAGNOSE OR FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD CHECK THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. THEY SAID THEY EASILY COULD BUT DID NOT, AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT FELT THE HARD-SHIFT THEMSELVES. I GAVE THE SHOP THE NAME OF ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, WITH HER VAN, IN TROY, MICHIGAN, WAS GIVEN THE SAME 'UPDATES,' FOR HER VAN, AT SUBURBAN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF TROY THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM (BUT DID NOT) AND GAVE THEM THE SOLUTION (TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY REPLACEMENT) SHE STATED HAD FIXED, FOR NOW (HER VAN WAS FIXED IN JULY'18 AND HASN'T EXPERIENCED A HARD-SHIFT SINCE) HER ISSUE. I GAVE THEM THE NAME AND NUMBER OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT HAD SERVICED HER CAR. THEY DID NOT WANT THE INFORMATION AND TOLD ME THEY WORK THROUGH CHRYSLER ONLY. CHRYSLER KNOWS THE PROBLEM EXISTS, AS THE LADY WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY GOT THAT SOLUTION FROM A

ON MULTIPLE OCASIONS, THE ENGINE SHUTOFF FEATURE SHUT OFF JUST AS I WAS TRYING TO TURN LEFT ON A BUSY STREET. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL ABOUT TEN FEET INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN IT STALLES FOR AN UNSAFELY LONG DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. IT IS A PROBLEM WHEN IS DECIDES TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF JUST AS I DECIDE TO TURN LEFT. IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND THEN LURCH AS IT TRIED TO COME BACK ON. I USUALLY REMEMBER TO SHUT THIS FEATURE OFF BUT IT ALWAYS COMES BACK ON EVERY TIME YOU RESTART THE VEHICLE. KEN GARF CHYSTLER DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THIS FEATURE TURNED OFF BY DEFAULT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ENGINE SHUTOFF FEATURE INTENDED TO SAVE SOME FUEL. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH FUEL IT SAVES IF IT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT! THE AI FOR THIS NEEDS REFINEMENT AND IT NEEDS TO BE DISABLED WHEN LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS ENGAGED SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 1ST AND SECOND GEAR MOMENTARILY BEFORE SLAMMING BACK INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND EACH TIME HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CAN NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM OR THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FINE. THE MOMENTARY LOSS OF MOMENTUM IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS WHEN TURNING INTO ACTIVE TRAFFIC LANES. A CURSORY SEARCH OF THE INTERNET WILL SHOW THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RAMPANT AND THAT CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO FAIL TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

MY VAN WILL JERK, VIOLENTLY, WHILE I'M TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I SAY "VIOLENTLY," I MEAN WHEN IT JERKS, IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN REAR-ENDED. IT HAPPENS WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING UNDER TWENTY MILES AN HOUR AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENED SO VIOLENTLY, A WHILE BACK, THAT THE VAN SEEMED TO STALL AND I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED, BY A PICK-UP TRUCK, WHEN I PULLED OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY. THIS PROMPTED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP ON OCTOBER 29TH. THEY KEPT IT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND. THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER'S PROGRAM AND SAID THAT SEEMED TO FIX THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, IT IS NOW JERKING AGAIN. IT HAPPENED TWICE, YESTERDAY, AS I WAS TURNING AND THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE. IT THEN HAPPENED ONCE, TODAY, AS I WAS DRIVING UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A SCHOOL'S DRIVE. TODAY, IT ALSO STARTED TO HAVE A VIBRATION-TYPE FEEL, WHILE DRIVING, UNDER 20 MILES AN HOUR, ON A STRAIGHT WAY, WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE, AND THEN IT DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE, AT ALL, AFTER I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AT A RED LIGHT, AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I HAVE A AN APPOINTMENT, AT 9:00 AM, NEXT MONDAY (11-19-18), WHERE THEY'RE WANTING ME TO DRIVE THEM AROUND IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET THESE SAME ISSUES TO HAPPEN, WHILE THEY'RE IN THE VAN, WITH ME. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN AND I'M NOT CERTAIN I WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO HAPPEN WHILE THE TECHNICIANS ARE IN THE VAN, WIT

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, 60-70 MPH. THIS PROBLEM WAS SAID TO BE ADDRESSED IN A JANUARY 2018. ON NOVEMBER 9,2018 WHILE ON I75 NORTH BOUND LANE IN TOLEDO, OHIO, BY EXIT 200, IN THE LEFT HAND LANE AT ABOUT 1:00 PM, THE PACIFICA LOST ALL .POWER. WHEN I WENT TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF A WARNING CAME ON SAYING "CAR MUST BE IN PARK TO STOP. I THEN PUT THE SHIFT NOB TO DRIVE, THE CAR THEN TRIED TO BACKUP. I THEN PUT THE INDICATOR BACK TO PARK AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. WITH ROAD RANGERS ASSISTANCE, I THEN WENT TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER DEALER. THEY THEN CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT WITH THEIR COMPUTER. IT SHOWED PREVIOUS GLITCHES, BUT EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AS NORMAL. I THEN PROCEEDED ON MY JOURNEY. I CALLED CHRYSLER CAR AND DOCUMENTED THE PROBLEM.

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS INTO OWNERSHIP. THE CAR STARTED TO SHIFT HARD. SOMETIMES WHEN IT WOULD SHIFT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS BEING REAR ENDED. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND I WAS TOLD EACH TIME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL TIMES I WOULD BE PARKED AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND PRESS THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE RIGHT AWAY. IT WOULD HESITATE, SHIFT REALLY HARD LIKE I WAS BEING HIT AND THEN THE CAR WOULD MOVE. ONE DAY I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED THE GAS THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE. WHEN I GOT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION THE CAR WENT TO SHIFT AND IT FELT LIKE I GOT HIT IN THE REAR AND THE CAR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND SLOWED DOWN. I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE CAR. I TRIED TO PRESS ON THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THEN AGAIN, IT FELT LIKE I HAD GOTTEN HIT IN THE REAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE. I DROVE RIGHT TO THE DEALER. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR A MONTH. THEY SAY THEY REPLACED THE VALVE BODY AT THAT POINT AND MY CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND COMPLETELY FIXED. ONE WEEK LATER, I WAS PARKED AT A STORE. I WENT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD BATTERY POWER, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START, I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID A GROUND WIRE CAME LOOSE, AND MY CAR WAS FIXED AND SAFE TO DRIVE. THAT NIGHT MY FAMILY WAS GOING ON A LONG

CAR WAS MOVING. ENGINE SHUT OFF. ROLLED 20 FEET. ENGINE THEM RESTARTED. STOP/START FUNCTION NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WENT TO THE DEALER, THEIR SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WAS TO STOP USING THE AUTO START/STOP FUNCTION.

CODE PCM P258B ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP = PRESS ON BRAKES AND VAN DOES NOT STOP MUST KEEP TRYING TO PRESS ON BRAKES TO STOP THIS IS NOT SAFE. CODE ABS C1252-92 VACUUM PUMP CONTROL CIRCUIT CODE SCCM B2225-00 (SCM) STEERING COLUMN MODULE INTERNAL

HARD SHIFTING - GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR THE VAN FEELS LIKE IT WANTS STALL OUT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A HARD JERK(FEELS LIKE YOU WERE HIT FROM BEHIND) THEN A LOUD KNOCK AND IT DROPS INTO GEAR AND TAKES OFF. MOST OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. SOMETIME HAPPENS WHEN JUST TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VAN INTO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 8 TIMES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE MECHANIC AND CHRYSLER CARE FIRST TELLS ME IT IS THE ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL TRYING TO ADAPT TO MY DRIVING HABIT SO ITS THE WAY I DRIVE, THEN THEY TELL ME THAT IS THE WAY THE VAN WAS DESIGNED TO OPERATE SINCE WE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SAME VAN BUT A BRAND NEW MODEL THAT WAS ON THE LOT. THEN THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO KOONS AUTOMOTIVE OF CULPEPER (401 JAMES MADISON HWY, CULPEPER, VA 22701, (540)-812-2444) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, ROLLING FORWARD AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE OR THE ACCELERATOR. SUDDENLY, THE CAR ACCELERATED OVER 1 SECOND UP TO ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE ACCELERATION WAS SO RAPID AND SUDDEN THAT I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED. THE VEHICLE SLOWED WHEN I APPLIED THE BREAK. THE CAR THEN DID IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES OVER A FEW DAYS PERIOD. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAY THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTER HAS GENERATED MULTIPLE ERRORS, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO INTERPRET THE ERRORS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR A WEEK, WITH NO SUCCESS IN DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM OR THE FIX.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A INJURY CAUSING ACCIDENT IN MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. MY VAN WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE. THERE WAS NO FRONT IMPACT. MY FRONT AIRBAG AND SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS IN MOTION AND SO WAS THE OTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS A F150. I DO NOT KNOW THE SPEED OF THE OTHER VEHICLE BUT MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 15.WHY WOULDN'T MY AIRBAG DEPLOY?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HIS WIFE HAD STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE QUIT MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER HOLZHAUER AUTO AND MOTORSPORTS (17933 HOLZHAUER AUTOMALL DR, NASHVILLE, IL 62263, 866-570-9956) WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER: 57269348. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. *TR

THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 10MPH. JUST OUT OF BLUE THE ENGINE STOPPED AND I GET A MOVE SHIFTER TO PARK AND RESTART ENGINE MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN. (THAT ITSELF IS DANGEROUS TO MOVE THE SHIFTER TO PARK IN A MOVING CAR). THIS HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO AT A RED LIGHT AND I HAD REPORTED IT. CLEARLY CHRYSLER HASN'T FIXED THIS ISSUE AND IT'S CAUSING FOR VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE PEOPLE ONLY STARTED AFTER THE RECALL FROM CHRYSLER FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO FIX THIS ISSUE.

IN SEPT. 2018 I TOOK MY PACIFICA IN FOR CRUISE CONTROL RECALL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. RECALL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REPAIR COMPLETED. NEXT DAY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND HAS BEEN ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. IT SEEMS TO STAY ON ABOUT 4 DAYS AND THEN OFF FOR A DAY OR TWO. CRUISE CONTROL (IN MOTION) GOES OUT SPORADICALLY. POWER WINDOW- DRIVERS WINDOW- AUTO UP DOES NOT WORK. WINDOW(PARKED AND MOVING) GOES UP HALF WAY, STOPS AND GOES BACK DOWN. TRANSMISSION-NOT CONSISTENT ISSUE BUT LURCHING @ 10-15MPH ALSO AT 30MPH

THE VAN SHIFTS VERY HARD AND JERKS FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT EITHER A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. THE HARD SHIFT AND JERKING FORWARD HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW.

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR OR SECOND GEAR, STALLING IN INTERSECTION OR WHEN ACCELERATION ON FREEWAY.

DOORS OF VEHICLE POP BACK OPEN AFTER THEY CLOSE ALMOST EVERY TIME, AND UP TO 3 TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION THE DOOR CLOSED PN ITS OWN ALMOST INJURING MY DAUGHTER. DOORS HAVE RANDOMELY OPENED HOURS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN LATCHED AND LOCKED ON 3 OCCASIONS.

TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND THEN WHEN IT CATCHES, IT'S JERKS FORWARD. ALMOST ALWAYS FROM A STOP. BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AT A LOW SPEED ROLL TOO. HAPPENS OFTEN, SO I PUT THE LAST DATE IT HAPPENED BELOW. ..*BF. *DT *TR *JB *DT *JB

DRIVING AT 70 MPH, MY PACIFICA JUST SHUT OFF. HAD NO CONTROL, HAD NOTHING. MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN CALLED INTO THE BEAVER COUNTY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD, "WE JUST SELL THEM, WE DON'T MAKE THEM." HIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER. THE SLIDING DOORS NOT CLOSING, THE DVD PLAYER NOT WORKING, THE RADIO NOT WORKING, THE SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE STILL NOT WORKING AND THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE GAS TANK BECAUSE I COULDN'T EVEN PUT GAS IN THE TANK IT WOULD SHUT OFF AND WOULDN'T LET GAS GET INTO THE TANK. NOW THIS. WE WERE SCARED FOR OUR LIVES AND THEN TOLD, "WE JUST SELL THEM WE DON'T BUILD THEM." THIS IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE. ...*BF *TR *TT CONSUMER STATED PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. UPDATED 12/19/18*JB

THE MAIN PROBLEM IS, MY CAR DOES NOT START, THE BATTERY IS DEAD AND IF I JUMPSTART THEIR CAR IT DIES AS SOON AS I SHUT THE IGNITION, I SPOKE WITH A FEW PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I CALLED CHRYSLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THAT'S ON THE WARRANTY AND THEY SAVE THAT NO CHRYSLER DEALERS WILL ACCEPT MY CAR BEFORE TWO WEEKS, THE FIRST TIME IT BROKE DOWN I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET, I DROPPED OFF MY WIFE AND HELPED HER UNLOAD ONLOAD AND THEN THE CAR DID DOES NOT START SOME OF MY FRIENDS TOLD ME THEIR CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ALSO MY TRANSMISSION JUMPS GEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IT?S A NEW CAR WITH A WARRANTY BUT NO ONE TO TALK TO ..*BF. *TR