I was driving at highway speeds when the vehicle issued a warning to immediately stop before vehicle shuts down in 2 minutes. This presented a very dangerous situation trying to get off of highway surrounded in traffic quickly, and being stuck on a highway shoulder with trucks passing us at 70mph. An emergency roadside technician checked the engine light code to be POA43. Chrysler will not fix the car however because they state that the code didn't come from their dealership technician.
Engine & cooling
2025 Chrysler Pacifica Engine problems
Owners have filed 6 complaints about the 2025 Chrysler Pacifica's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 19% of all its complaints, most recently on November 4, 2026. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 6
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
My van has been in the shop for 22 days. They have replaced the engine 1 time and I had the van back 2 more times for check engine light issues and now the engine is being replaced for a a second time, so this is the 3rd engine in my 2025 Chrysler Pacifica that has 9100 miles on it.
At 9,000 miles the check engine light came on. We took the van to the dealership and there was metal in the engine and the engine needs to be replaced.
While driving off from an intersection, the van abruptly stalled forcing other cars to honk at me as I rolled from 45 mph to a stop at a curb. 5 minutes of panic, the van restarted and I was on my way home with no further issues.
After not driving the car for a full day or so, when I drive down my street about 1/4 of a mile to a stop sign and stop the vehicle will not accelerate from the stop. I press on the gas but the car goes around 5 MPH for the next 50-100 feet or so and will not accelerate before finally kicking in and accelerating normally. This has happened over 20 times since purchasing the vehicle as new in late March of 2025.
[[redacted]]- bought new 2025 Chrysler Pacifica w/ 29 mi at Troncalli Chrysler Dodge Jeep (TCDJ). [[redacted]]- 1st time -I was driving the car when it made a "clunk" sound when turning left. All the lights on the dashboard came on and the ABS system turned off.The car safety features disabled and it did not recognize we were in the seats (seat belt lights came on).I was able to drive into a parking lot.Turned the car off and then restarted it after a few min and the lights on the dash were gone. Decided to cont...
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driving, figured it was a computer error.Went 2 mi and had to turn left again. All dash lights came on including engine, ABS.Pulled over and lights turned off after car was turned off/on again. Tried to get the car home.Turned it on and no alerts.Drove <1mi and the car began to stutter and dash lit up.Lost the ability to accelerate, and the steering seemed stiff and hard to control.Lost ABS system.Pulled over into parking lot barely moving.Had to leave the car in the lot and have it towed to TCDJ 3/29- Towed to TCDJ service depart..Total miles on car:283. 3/31- TCDJ states it's the batteries that caused the malfxn. Explained I did't think the batteries were the issue.They replaced both batteries. [[redacted]]-Serious safety issue. Picked up car @ TCDJ.We did not make it home from TCDJ.Trip from TCDJ to home is ~27 mi. At mile 22, turned left and ~0.5 mi later, while driving ~ 15-20mph, the car shifted on its own, throwing itself into park at a major intersection.All of the dash lights came on.The Emergency VAS, ABS system and Shifter Disabled displayed on the dash.The windshield wipers turned on at high speed.The head and tail lights began to flash.The car shifted so abruptly w/o warning we were almost hit from behind.It did not slow to a stop or brake it just threw itself into park.Police were called. Car wouldn't turn off or move. Could not put in neutral manually. Still @ TCDJ now >30days. Alternator and ABS replaced. Continues to break and need a tow when TCDJ test drive it. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Chrysler Pacifica engine complaints by year
Pacifica engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data