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Chrysler Pacifica Engine problems by year

2,463 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Chrysler Pacifica's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Engine complaints by model year

YearEngine complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
20271000
20263000
20256000
20249000
202347000
202269100
2021144230
202056000
201999000
2018383520
2017539710
20161000
200833000
2007134100
2006247430
2005434230
2004258400

Latest Pacifica engine complaints

2017 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & cooling

The crank shaft sensor has gone bad. There is a known recall on other vehicles and I believe mine should be included in this. It has rough idling, when driving it is hard to start and the engine light will flash. The acceleration is poor as well. This has caused slow downs randomly on the highway and to pull over when it is unsafe conditions for my family and I. This has been inspected by an mechanic, the oil housing and valve covers were all changed as well as the spark plugs last week. The misfiring and the rough...

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idling as well as the acceleration happened today taking my kids to school. This vehicle should be included on the CDJR XD1 recall. This is also showing in my car overview online, but does not pull up when I called the dealership.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11776952
2018 Chrysler PacificaEngine & cooling

The check engine light came on, and the codes indicated a cylinder 5 misfire. We replaced the spark plugs and coils. Codes went away for a short time, a couple of days. Then it was noticed that the coolant was leaking somewhere. Nothing on the ground. The mechanic confirmed that coolant is in cylinder 5 and that a head gasket is leaking. The cost to replace the head gasket is $6500, plus car rental fees of $450/week. The head gasket is on backorder and was supposed to come in on October 30th. There is no word and when and if it will arrive. This is an obvious issue since there are a shortage of head gaskets available! We have all of the other parts except the head gasket.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11776712
2018 Chrysler PacificaSteeringEngine & cooling

This issues has been ongoing as the vehicle makes a loud clunking noise and the steering wheel shakes and its almost like it jumps while in a slow turn. The vehicle loses power steering while going down the rod and it's like the steering wheel gets stuck at the 11 and 2 position and you have to manually force it to come free then the power steering comes back. during low-speed turns is when you feel the vibrating and clunking. I have checked all of the steering components and the only thing i cannot physically...

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check is the Rack and Pinion. I believe the vehicle is doing two different things as the steering comes back so that is possibly a dead spot in the pinion or the rack gears. or most likely it's a sensor issue like the sensor is being told to not sense or not reading the correct values. either way it is unsafe for this issue as I have almost hit vehicles head on because you have to physically move the steering without any assist in an instant causing an almost over reaction when the power assist kicks back on. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION I HAVE PUT MY KIDS THROUGH AND NO LONG FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I will be driving my other vehicle until this is resolved.

Filed Incident Steering · EngineNHTSA 11776635
2008 Chrysler PacificaTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Car suddenly stuck in park for no reason. Everything in car works but suddenly unable to shift out of park (while garaged). Popped bezel off gear shifter to use pink emergency release but not only didn't that work, the cheap pink plastic release tab broke off. Had to get special tow truck to get car out of garage w/o dragging it (cost $385). Towed to Chrysler dealer who ID'd cause as being a broken 'pink thingy' spring which prevents car from shifting. I'm in shock that to have this cheap plastic ($20) part repaired it cost $699 & this isn't covered under my lifetime powertrain warranty which I've been diligent in maintaining.

Filed Incident Power train · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11776413
2021 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

We drive an 2021 Pasifica hybrid crysler van. We got a recall card for the hybrid battery. We took it into the dealership they installed the software, said it passed, then a month later engine light came on. We took it back to the dealership they scanned it and done a soak test and everything else to go with it and the code was POBBE and battery has failed. They opened a star case because Stellantis / Chrysler said our milage was to high at 159000 for the recall to cover it. Star case manger called us to let us...

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know that it falls under the warranty and they ordered a battery should arrive Dec 15 2026 at the earliest. Called the dealership to verify. They said yes its ordered. 2 days later Stellantis called us and said they canceled the order and it will not be covered under the warranty recall because of our van is over the milage for the recall. She told us to take it to another dealership to see what they say. That would be the 3rd time we done that and this is what they keep telling us. Our van is at the dealership off road because its a fire hazard and can not be driven and they will not honor the recall 52d, Id-25-13 for unlimited miles. Were stuck with no recall getting taking care of. The only option we have is to contact our lawyer and he will be handling this moving forward. Hopefully Stellantis and Chrysler will be 100% held accountable for there actions. I really dont understand how some people can sleep at night knowing they put people at such a high risk of dieing from their vehicle catching fire and expecting people to accept that as its ok. Big safety issue!!!

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11776096
2017 Chrysler PacificaEngine & cooling

I experienced the red turtle light on a trip to [[redacted]] two weeks ago. It was intermittent, it would come on and go off within about 5 seconds total. I realized the fire hazard risk recall had not been completed. Upon returning home I took my vehicle to the dealer. At that point I did not have a cel illuminated just the red turtle light intermittently. They had returned the van to my possession saying it was fixed. I drove the vehicle for about an hour and once again got the red turtle light and no Cel. I...

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immediately texted the service manager at the dealership with a video of what it was doing. No Cel light only intermittent red turtle. Now fast forward to today. The dealership says the van needs a HV battery heater to the tune of over $2,000. It now has the red turtle and and the cel illuminated. This battery heater has been an extremely common issue for the pacificas and the jeeps with the hybrid drivetrain (essentially the same). There needs to be some sort of recall for this issue as the problem is common among pacifica and jeep owners with the hybrid drivetrain. P0E15 code is active currently. I have attached pictures showing the red turtle and no cel. Service manager says the cel is currently active on the vehicle along with the red turtle. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11776056
2025 Chrysler PacificaTransmission & drivetrainElectrical systemEngine & cooling

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.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11775780
2021 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

We took our van in for the 52d recall of the battery being defective and can catch on fire!! for our 2021 crysler pasifica hybrid van for them to update the software for the hybrid battery and to monitor it. Not even a month later we had to take it back to the dealership mechanic because the check engine light came on. They said the hybrid battery is bad and its under the recall 52d. We reached out to Stellantis and went back and forth because they didnt want to honor it. In the mean time we have been out of a...

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primary vehicle. Stellantis has finally agreed to order a new hybrid battery and cover our vehicle under the recall 52 and have the dealership mechanic install it 100% free. That was Monday. We have tried to reach out to our star case person Mariah, which she had a lady named Monica call us and we were not able to speak to her, she left a voice mail saying only on the message the part has been ordered? We reached out to the dealership mechanic and he has been more than helpful by letting us know the battery was ordered which he had to look it up when we called because Stellantis didnt not reach out to Auto Nation about our van being approved for the battery recall 52d replacement. Mariah told us last week that when we get approved for the battery that we would need to call her for them to get us a rental. We have been calling leaving messages and no response. Its now week 3 without a vehicle and we have children that have to go to school and the adults have to go to work. But have to ask other people to give us a ride and somtimes are not able to find a ride. When clearly the recall paper states that a loaner vehicle will be provided 100% and we will be takin care of. Please help with them honoring this recall all the way through until it is completed. This has become an inconvenience for our family of 8, because of their mistakes. Were asking you to look into this matter to help us and other people that are dealing with the same recall 52d on their pasific

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11775682
2020 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & cooling

Over the past couple of years the auto start-stop system has progressively gotten worse with erratic issues. I've been to the dealership, and have replaced the main and aux batteries multiple times to reset the system and fix the problem. New batteries do not fix the problem. The vehicle's electrical system has turned off the engine and stalled multiple times in the middle of intersections. The vehicle has shut down twice while attempting left turns across lanes of oncoming traffic and three times pulling from a...

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side street onto a major road. This has started to happen everyday and is posing a safety issue for my two young children, family, and other motorists. This electrical issue is a well known problem of this model and multiple calls to the manufacturer and the dealership leaves me in the middle where neither want to provide a path for assistance as the dealership explains my issue as a manufacturer problem. In the past 3 weeks the electrical issue has impacted the vehicles ability to consistently start, sometimes the engine won't turn over and I have to jump the vehicle on an increasing basis. The start-stop system has created further electrical problems where the start-stop dash signal is on constantly, the dashboard lights up sporadically, and today the vehicle would not unlock by using the key fobs and with no physical key I am not able to access the vehicle.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11775305
2018 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & cooling

I originally took my car to Reedman toll in 2021 due to frequent issues with the batteries needing to be replaced and the car not starting. At the time I was told it was related to a recall, and they fixed it. However, over the last year I have continued to have various problems with the car. The batteries were replaced numerous times. The check engine light and stop start unavailable light going on randomly. The car also started having electrical issues like the radio would just turn off on its own, or the...

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automatic car doors would not open. The car also started feeling jumpy and shaky upon starting, and when the car is off there is a thumping noise. This thumping noise is still heard when the car has been off and parked for hours. The car will be off and I will get in it and hear the thumping before the car starts. Over the summer the problems became more frequent, and on August 31st it would not start, and I had to have it towed to Reedman. Reedman said my started was bad and also the fuse box shorted. They had my car for 10 days, and during this time I paid $500 out of pocket for a rental. I paid $2000 to Reedman for these repairs. I got the car back, and immediately (same day) experienced the exact same problems, and then my car would not start again. When I did get it started I kept getting warnings that the engine might overheat. I got it back to Reedman and they then said it was a bad alternator and some wires were bad as well. They had my car for 2 months. I picked it up 9/30/26 and within less than 6 hours the check engine light and start stop unavailable light came on. The car started feeling jumpy again upon starting, and the thumping noise returned. This car was purchased brand new in 2018 and only has about 51,000 miles on it. I do not understand why this is all happening to a car that has such low mileage. My 2014 Nissan has never had a single problem.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11775135
2021 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

We received a recall paper in the mail to stop driving our vehicle, and take it to the nearest Chrysler dealership to have our 2021 hybrid pacifica van hybrid battery for a software update and monitor of the hybrid battery replacement for a recall 52D. Because the hybrid battery will catch fire. We took it in, they updated the software and said it passed. We drove it not even a month and the check engine light came on. We took it back and they said our hybrid battery needs replaced, a code POBBE that ties to recall...

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52d but said its not covered under the recall, and we will have to pay out of pocket. We have been back and forth for over 3 to 4 months because Chrysler, Stellantis, & Mopar keeps denying the replacement of the hybrid battery because they say it passed after the check for the recall, our vin does not match for the recall, our van is over the warranty miles. The last call they gave us a new case # which this is our 4th one and told us to go take it back to the dealership and have them run a diagnosis again to see what it says. We did that and the same code comes back. The dealership opened a STAR case and told us to call Chrysler recall division. We did, she gave us a new case number and told us that a case manager will call us. In the mean time the dealership is waiting and has our van because its a fire recall and hoping that all of the above companies that are responsible for this recall make this right. Please help with this serious matter. Thank you

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11774175
2017 Chrysler PacificaElectrical systemEngine & cooling

While driving and accelerating in the Walmart parking lot, the van immediately locked up, slammed myself and my kids forward, and was locked where it would not engage any gear other than park.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11773335
2020 Chrysler PacificaTransmission & drivetrainElectrical systemEngine & cooling

File an Immediate NHTSA Safety Complaint (Do This Tonight) The vehicle intermittently stalls completely while decelerating or braking at low speeds when the engine is warm. The dashboard flashes an ACC/FCW warning as the engine dies. This requires a full shift into Park to restart in active traffic, creating an imminent crash hazard. The vehicle has only 26,000 miles. Chrysler Case #98023933 is refusing to authorize diagnostic flight data logging or precautionary repairs because the dealer cannot immediately replicate it." •

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11773331
2017 Chrysler PacificaTransmission & drivetrainEngine & coolingDriver assistance

The contact owns a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated that while in reverse(R), the rear-view camera displayed a black or distorted image. The contact stated that the vehicle occasionally shut off while driving at various speeds. The "Check Engine" and "Shift to Park" messages were displayed with an audible chime. Due to the failure, the contact was forced to pull over and restart the vehicle to resume normal driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where a code for an unknown sensor was retrieved. The contact reset the computer; however, the failure returned several days later. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000.

Filed Incident Power train · Engine · Back over preventionNHTSA 11772991
2018 Chrysler PacificaEngine & cooling

Blown Head Gasket. Having the unknown blown head gasket issue may have caused extreme damage to other engine components. Vehicle has less than 145,000 miles.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11772196

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