Chrysler Pacifica Transmission Problems
876 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 14 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2017. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
This vehicle quit driving and you can move it. Confirmed bad transmission. I bought it this way from the insurance company because it bounced off a concrete barrier. I suspect this happened when the transmission failed. Unsure of a polic...
The contact owned a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated that while in reverse(R) and reversing into a parking spot, it was difficult to accelerate over a patch of ice. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal, and the vehicle a...
Vehicle was put into reverse and did not stop, it hit a pole. Then the driver tried to put in drive to get it off of the pole and it accelerated quickly and the driver could not stop the vehicle. There was little time to react as it hit ...
STOP SAFELY vehicle will shut off Soon sign came while I was driver in 3rd lane on [XXX] in Virginia it shut off before I could pull to safety. Vehicle behind me slightly hit me on back. I got checked for dealer its fault in transmiss...
I stopped my 2021 Chrysler Pacifica, placed the transmission knob into park, opened the driver's door, leaving it opened with the engine running, and walked to the rear of the vehicle. I opened the tail gate and removed some boxes, thre...
The following has happened twice. Once with me and once with my wife. The van is in reverse. My foot is on the brake. I am getting ready to reverse the van to get out of a parking space. Suddenly, the van lurches forward when I take my ...
VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE (R), CHANGED TO DRIVE (D) IN "PRNDL" SELECTOR AND VEHICLE MOVED BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING CAUSING A COLLISION. POLICE INCIDENT REPORT WAS FILLED, AND CHRYSLER CORPORATION CONTACTED. VEHICLE ...
WE HAVE TAKEN OUR 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR A CONTINUOUS ISSUE OF HARD SHIFTING MOSTLY IN 1ST & 2ND GEARS. WE HAVE BEEN JOLTING AND HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON US.I WAS GOING ABOUT 12 MPH. ON MONDAY, ...
WHILE MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE CAR WITH THE CAR RUNNING IN PARK THE CAR BEGAN TO GO IN REVERSE AND IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND BRAKES DIDNT WORK AND CAR CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND SHED. MULTIPLE WITNESSES CONFIRMED HER ACCOUNT AS SHE H...
NOTES OF 2018 CHRYSLER PACIFICA : ON OCTOBER 24, I PURCHASED A 2018 PACIFICA LIMITED WITH 22,000 MILES. DROVE IT HOME .AND TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY JUST BEFORE MY GARAGE. MY WIFE (WHO WAS STILL IN THE VAN) SAID I WAS TOO FAR OVER AN...
THE VEHICLE HAS 950 MILES ON IT, A ROTATORY GEAR SHIFT KNOW, AND AN ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE. AT HOME I PARK THE VEHICLE ON A LEVEL SURFACE. I DO NOT ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE WHEN I LEAVE THE VEHICLE. ON QUITE A FEW OCCASIONS WHEN I ENTE...
MY WIFE WAS PARKED. WHEN SHE PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE LEVER DID NOT STAY IN DRIVE. IT BOUNCED INTO REVERSE AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO GO FORWARD THE FORCE OF THE REVERSE CAUSED HER TO PUSH HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR HITTING THE VEHICLE BEH...