2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and lost motive power in the middle of the road. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure reoccurred consistently. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V284000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The approximate failure mileage was 195,000.

I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CAGE IS SEVERELY ROTTING AWAY AND DRIVING MY CAR IS A ROAD HAZARD. I ONLY HAVE 138,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DIES...BUT RIGHT NOW I WAS TOLD THE REPLACEMENT PART IS NO LONGER MADE AND I WOULD HAVE TO FIND A SALVAGE CAR TO FIND A REPLACEMENT PART. THE QUADRANT REMAINS THAT I BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM A CHRYSLER DEALER THAT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE RECALL ON THIS PART DUE TO IT NOT BEING MANUFACTURED CORRECTLY FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IF I WERE TO SELL IT I WOULD BE PASSING A DANGEROUS CAR ON TO SOMEONE ELSE...I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR AND IT IS WORTH LESS THAN WHAT I OWE LET ALONE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE TO WORK 75...

MY ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED/ROTTED OUT AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I WAS TOLD IT CAN'T PASS INSPECTION AND WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $2,000 TO FIX. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE, SINCE THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT.AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 PACIFICAS. WILL THERE BE A RECALL? WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK TO ME ASAP, SINCE I NEED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND THE MECHANIC WAS ALARMED TO FIND THAT THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED UNDER THE ENGINE THAT HE DEEMED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. MY CAR HAS 185,000 MILES ON IT, AND IS IN OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS THE ENGINE COULD FALL TO THE GROUND, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ADVISED TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT SELL IT. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT CHRYSLER KNEW THE PROBLEM EXISTED. *TR

WE TOOK OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA INTO LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO FIND SOURCE OF OIL LEAK. UPON EXAMINATION WE ARE TOLD THAT A MOTOR MOUNT IS LEAKING AND THAT THE SUPPORTING FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THRU AND SAID THEY WONT REPAIR THE MOTOR MOUNT WITHOUT REPLACING THE SUB FRAME. THEY TELL US THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS THEY HAVE A ISSUE BUT ONLY WILL REPAIR A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE AFFECTED. PEOPLE WONDER WHY PEOPLE DON'T BUY AMERICAN PRODUCTS WHEN THEY WONT STAND BEHIND THEIR SHODDY PRODUCTS. IT IS THE LAST CHRYSLER THAT I WILL PURCHASE. IF THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT WHAT'S THE SENSE IN HAVING THEM. *TR

I TOOK OUR 2005 PACIFICA INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR A OIL LEAK. FINDING THE MOTOR MOUNT LEAKING WE ALSO DISCOVERED THE SUBFRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION WE FIND OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THESE CARS AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ... TWO DAYS LATER WE BROUGTH IT INTO THE SHOP TO GET A MYSTERIOUS CLUNK CHECKED OUT AND FOUND THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS ALMOST ROTTED AWAY. AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR NOT EVEN 48 HOURS IT IS NOW UNSAFE TO DRIVE, I CALLED INTO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE BECAUSE I SAW A RECALL THAT AT ONE POINT COVERED THIS MODEL AND I WAS TOLD, " I APLOGIZE BUT THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO". MY QUESTION IS ... IF AT ONE POINT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO OPPERATE BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE RUST PROBLEM, WHAT CHANGED TO EXCLUDE THIS MODEL? I HAVE PLENTY OF PICTURES THAT SHOW I SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT. *TR

I WAS JUST INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC TODAY THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE IN MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IS CORRODING. THE CRADLE HAS TO BE REPLACED. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT CHRYSLER ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR SOME 2005 PACIFICAS, BUT NOT OTHERS. APPARENTLY, THE PROCESS USED TO COAT THE PIECE WAS INSUFFICIENT, WHICH HAS LEAD TO CORROSION PROBLEMS IN AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I FEEL IT SHOULD BE, BECAUSE WE ARE CLEARLY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN COVERED. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS, IF NOT FATAL, ACCIDENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT FILING THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT CAN ACCOMPLISH, BUT I WOULD HOPE...

TOOK OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE IS ROTTING OUT AND THAT OUR ENGINE COULD FALL OUT AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN A BAD ACCIDENT. WE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING!!! WE FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS SAME CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER OF THIS CAR DID NOT COAT THE FRAME CORRECTLY WHEN IT WAS BUILT. THIS WAS CHRYSLERS MISTAKE WHEN THIS CAR WAS MADE AND IT IS NO FAULT OF THE OWNERS THAT PURCHASED THESE CARS TO HAVE THIS TERRIBLE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL BUT IT IS "NOT" AND NOW IT WILL COST US $3000.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED TO MAKE OUR CAR SAFE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS CAR AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEEP IN A...

BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO MY TRUSTED LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR A REVIEW AND TUNE UP AND REQUEST TO REVIEW ROTORS DUE TO VEHICLE SHAKE. WHEN ON THE LIFT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS BARELY ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. INITIAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS PUBLISHED (12-001-10 IN OCT 2010) STATE THAT THIS CONDITION COULD AFFECT ALL 2004 - 05 PACIFICAS. IT WAS LATER SUPERCEDED BY THE CURRENT BULLETIN 13-001-12 DATED MARCH 16, 2012 WHICH LIMITS AFFECTED POPULATION TO AN ~6 WEEK RANGE OF VINS, WHICH MY CAR DOES NOT FALL UNDER AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY. COMPARING PHOTOS TO OTHER COMPLAINTS AS WELL AS THE STORY ON NBCCHICAGO.COM (SEE REFERENCE STORY BELOW), MY VEHICLE CONDITION AND THE MATERIAL DEFECT IS UNDENIABLY THE SAME AS WHAT CHRYSLER IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING AS THE "AFFECTED POPULATION" AND...

I'M WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY CAR HAD BEEN SHAKING , I BROUGHT IT TO A INDEPENDENT AUTOMOTIVE SHOP , THE PROBLEM THE MECHANIC STATED WAS THAT THE SUB-FRAME/ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTED WITH RUST , AND WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE , BC THE ENGINE COULD LITERALLY FALL OUT , I DID SOME QUICK RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE , AND TO MY FINDINGS THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE , WITH 04-05 PACIFICAS , I FOUND A LETTER THAT OTHER PEOPLE POSTED FROM CHRYSLER ONLINE THAT STATED ,THAT 04-05 PACIFICAS WARRANTY WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 10 YEAR OR 150,000 MILES WHICH EVER CAME FIRST , I CONTACTED CHRYSLER IN REFERENCE TO THIS LETTER , THEY RECOGNIZED THE LETTER , BUT CLAIMED MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T QUALIFY, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE DATES FROM 2/23/04-3/31/04 OF MANUFACTURED, THERE ARE THOUSAND OF COMPLAINTS THAT...

THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMON ENGINE CRADLE RUST ISSUE OF THE 2004-2005 PACIFICAS. I JUST HAD THE ENGINE CRADLE ON MY 2005 PACIFICA REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. A MICROMETER ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMATIC AREA OF THE ENGINE CRADLE REVEALS THAT IT RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT, INDICATING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INDEED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE RUST-PROOFING PROCESS AT MANUFACTURE, AND NOT DUE DO RUSTING WHICH OCCURS THROUGH THE NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION, WHICH WOULD DEVELOP FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WORK ITS WAY INWARD. CHRYSLER HAS ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH FRAME MANUFACTURE, BUT SINCE THERE IS NO DATE OF MANUFACTURE STAMPED ON THE FRAMES THEY ARE VISUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ANY OTHERS, MEANING THAT THEY DO NOT BECOME INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE UNTIL ASSEMBLY OCCURS, AND THAT CAN (EITHER PURPOSEFULLY OR INADVERTENTLY) BE MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS AFTER THE FRAME MANUFACTURING OCCURS. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS ENTIRELY...

RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR A OIL CHANGE. THE TECH TOLD ME AND SHOWED ME THE RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE. HE ALSO INFORMED ME NOT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANY WHERE BUT HOME.SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS A FEW MILES AWAY I DROVE IT THERE FOR AN INSPECTION. AFTER A DAY WITHOUT A VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP CALLED TO TELL ME IT WOULD COST AROUND $2700.00 OR MORE TO REPLACE THE RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE. NO WHY AM I GOING TO PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY ON A VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT.I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION. THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THIS DUE TO I AM THE 3RD OWNER( WHATEVER THAT HAS TO DO WITH IT!) AND ITS OUT OF WARRANTY! THE SECOND OWNER WAS MY STEP DAD WHO BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIPS USED CAR...

I WAS DOING MY OIL CHANGE, WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTING THROUGH. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED, BOTH LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERS, WAS TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM I WAS NOT COVERED. I CALLED CHRYSLER DIRECTLY, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH MY STATE IS LISTED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN A STATE NOT LISTED, I WAS NOT COVERED. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN 2005. IT HAS 140,00 MILES ON IT. THIS WEEK MY WIFE TOOK IT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND THEY SAID THE MOTOR IS READY TO FALL OUT AS THE ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED OUT. THEY SAID THE COST TO FIX THIS WAS $3-$4 THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY AND IT'S THE CAR MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVES 22 MILES TO SCHOOL. I HAVE RESURCHED THIS ISSUE AND IT'S ONE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF AND DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT. AFTER THE GM ISSUES I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU HAVE NOT MADE OWNERS LIKE ME AWARE OF THIS. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO GET KILLED BEFORE YOU FORCE CHRYSLER TO RECALL THESE? *TR

RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE. KNOWN ISSUE BY MANY PACIFICA OWNERS. ALOT OF OWNERS COMPLAINING VIA INTERNET. AM SURE YOU HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS RUSTED FRAME ISSUE WHERE THE ENGINE CAN FALL OUT WHILE DRIVING AND KILLING PASSENGERS. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUES AND NEVER NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE AND THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEMS. *TR

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTING OUT ON PASSENGER SIDE. NO HELP FROM DEALER OR CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME. SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THEY ARE DRIVING A DEATH TRAP. CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT 70 MPH AND THE ENGINE FALLS OUT. *TR

IN JULY 2009, DURING THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION, THE FIRST SIGNS THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED AND EVEN PERFORATED IN SOME PLACES WERE REPORTED. NOW, IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE,VIBRATIONS CAN BE FELT WHEN DRIVING AND GREAT CONCERNS ARE MADE ON THIS VEHICLE SAFETY. UPDATED 12/08/14

ENGINE CRADLE/FRAME ASSEMBLY IS SEVERLEY RUSTED. THIS WAS DETECTED BY CONRAD'S LOCATED IN GREEN, OHIO 10/23/14 WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE. IT IS VERIFIED BY DUANNE'S AUTOMOTIVE CENTER, NORTH CANTON, OHIO 10/25/14. CHRYSLER NEVER SENT ME A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE RUST CONDITION. IT WAS A RECALL ITEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS COSTING ME IN EXCESS OF $1200.00 (PARTS AND LABOR TO INSTALL USED CRADLE ASSEMBLY - NEW IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE) TO REPLACE. *TR

AFTER GETTING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE CRADLE (SUBFRAME) HAD A HOLE IN IT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT. IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH. THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CAR DRIVES TERRIBLY. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

BROUGHT TO GARAGE DUE TO CONSTANT STALLING. MECHANIC ADVISED SUBFRAME WAS ROTTING OUT. CAR ONLY HAS 83,600 MILES. THIS DEFINITELY IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR - DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. *TR

I HAVE JUST PERFORMED ROUTINE (10/03/20014) MAINTENANCE ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE MECHANIC CALLED TO INFORM ME OF SIGNIFICANT CORROSION PROBLEM WITH THE CROSS MEMBER (CRADLE) THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING. HIS VISUAL INSPECTION, AS WELL AS MINE, SHOWED MORE THEN 75% OF THE PASSENGER SIDE CRADLE RUSTED AWAY. AN OPEN CASE # 25736224 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SUPPORT. MY PACIFICA WAS PRODUCED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE ASSEMBLY DATES ESTABLISHED BY CHRYSLER FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. FAILURE OF THE CROSS MEMBER (CRADLE) WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND SEVERED BRAKE LINES. BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *TR

CAR FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE OF RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE (UNDEMEMBER), *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TODAY FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $2700. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ASSISTANCE HOWEVER MY CAR WAS BUILT AUGUST 18, 2004 AND NOT DURING THE TIME OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED FOR CARS BUILT FEB 23 - MAR 31, 2004. I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE CARS BUILT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HOWEVER, I AM OUT $2700. WHY ISN'T THIS EXTENDED TO OTHER PACIFICA'S BUILT IN 2004 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM? *TR

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED THROUGH. STILL HOLDING ENGINE HOWEVER, HEARING A POPPING NOISE WHEN PLACED IN GEAR. MECHANIC STATED VEHICLE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. HAVE OWNED SINCE 2005 AND NOW NOT ABLE TO DRIVE IT. *TR

ENGINE CRADLE. *TR

MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE FRONT SUB-FRAME/ENGINE CRADLE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO SEVERAL PACIFICA OWNERS ALL OVER. THIS IS TRULEY A FAULTY DEVICE WHICH CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ON AND FIX OR COVER THE COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER TAKING OUR 2005 PACIFICA TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT FOR RATTLING AND KNOCKING NOISES IN THE FRONT END AND COMPLAINTS OF THE CAR SOUNDING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS; I WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE, SUBFRAME, SWAY BAR LINKS AND FRAME BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. THE COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $3000.00 AND $4500.00. WE WERE ADVISED THE CAR WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE FRONT END WHEN THEY PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT. WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PICTURES VIA EMAIL, WE WERE HORRIFIED BY WHAT WE SAW. WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAD WE NOT TAKEN THE CAR IN TO BE LOOKED AT. WE WONDERED WHY THIS HAPPENED AS WE HAVE...

I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY CHRYSLER DEALER TELLING ME MY ENGINE CRADLE HAS ROTTED OUT AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUILD DATES COVERED BY THE RECALL. IN EXPLORING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEB I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY DRIVING AROUND IN TIME BOMBS. CAN YOU HELP ME HERE AND GET CHRYSLER TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM? THE COST TO ME OUT-OF-POCKET WILL BE $4500. *TR

DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, DISCOVERED SEVERE CORROSION TO ENGINE CRADLE. POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE, CAUSING A COLLAPSE. TECHNICIAN AT DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED NO LONGER DRIVING VEHICLE, STATING IT WAS UNSAFE. CAR IS OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, HAVING BEEN GARAGED AND CAREFULLY MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. NO NOTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY CHRYSLER THAT THIS SHOULD BE CHECKED. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHRYSLER HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS BUT THEY ARE REFUSING TO ASSIST WITH REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE CRADLE. A LETTER WAS DRAFTED BY CHRYSLER COVERING CERTAIN 2004-2005 PACIFICAS WITHIN 10 YEARS OF PURCHASE OR 150,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY, SINCE IT IS LESS THAN 9 YEARS OLD, AND HAD 100,000 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF DISCOVERY OF CORROSION. CHRYSLER STATES MY VIN DOES NOT FALL INTO THE RANGE OF VEHICLES THAT...

WHILE GETTING OIL CHANGED, MECHANIC NOTICED PERFORATION RUST AND CRACKING DUE TO CORROSION ON THE ENGINE CRADLE. WHILE CHRYSLER HAD A RECALL ON SELECTED 2005 PACIFICA FOR THIS ISSUE, I CONTACTED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. WITH MINE BEING THE SAME YEAR AND SHOWING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS WAS COVERED IN THE RECALL, I THINK THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL RECALL. *TR

RETURNED FROM MECHANIC ON A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED TO REPLACE MY "K FRAME" , THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE- UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE FOR SAME ISSUE. I HOLD A COPY OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH ONLY COVERS VEHICLES MADE IN A 6 WEEK TIME PERIOD FOR THE SAME ISSUE, MY PACIFICA WAS MADE 8/16/04 HAS BECOME INELIGIBLE. I WAS LUCKY MY GARAGE TOLD ME OTHERS MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY, AN INFERIOR PRODUCT THAT WAS USED MORE THAN JUST IN A 6 WEEK TIME FRAME. *TR

MY MECHANIC HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE SUB FRAME THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS EXTENSIVE CORROSION AND HAS A HOLE IN IT THE SIZE OF A PERSON'S FIST. HE SAID THAT THE CORROSION PROTECTION WAS OBVIOUSLY INADEQUATE AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT. HE SAID I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE IT AND IT WILL NOT BE AN INEXPENSIVE JOB. HE SAID THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. APPARENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL. *TR

FRONT ENGINE CRADLE THERE WAS A LETTER SENT BY CHRYSLER BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 THAT "WE ARE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON YOUR FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BECAUSE SOME VEHICLES OPERATED IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USAGE, MAY EXPERIENCE ENGINE CRADLE CORROSION RESULTING IN A DRIVEABILITY VIBRATION AND OR SHAKE. THIS ENGINE CRADLE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE APPLIES TO CHRYSLER PACIFICA MODEL YEARS 2004-2005." I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT IN THE SERIAL NUMBER RANGE AND I JUST PAID OVER $2450 TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED. *TR

I TOOK MY 2005 PACIFICA FOR A OIL CHANGE IN NOV.2013 MECHANIC CALLED ME OVER TO SHOW ME THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS DANGEROUSLY ROTTED AND I WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO REPLACE IT BEFORE THE ENGINE FELL OUT! IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS RUSTY UNDER THE CAR. I BELIEVE THE METAL IT WAS MADE OF WAS DEFECTIVE, OR LOW QUALITY. *TR

WHILE GETTING A SAFETY INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE RUST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE CRADLE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND THEN CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS BUILT OUTSIDE OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS GIVEN TO OTHER 2004 & 2005 PACIFICAS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. AFTER MUCH CHECKING I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 55 (MPH) WHEN I WENT OVER A POTHOLE. AFTER THAT MY CAR STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE. MY MECHANIC CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION BUT THEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE WHOLE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND TOLD ME IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I MADE THE PROPER REPAIRED WHICH IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE. *TR

STICKY GAS PEDAL; A/CWATER DRAINS INSIDE PASSENGER CABIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED ON ME CAUSING THE CAR TO TURN OFF WHEN OPENED THE HOOD THE HOSE CONNECTING TO THE RADIATOR WAS COMPLETELY OFF , THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF ON ME WHEN DRIVING. *TR

ENGINE CRADLE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. DISCOVERED DURING INSPECTION. MECHANIC SAYS THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THE CURRENT CONDITION AND THE ENGINE COULD POSSIBLY FALL OUT! *TR

OWN A 2005CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED FULLY LOADED WHICHWAS PURCHASED NEW. THE CAR WAS BUILT IN AUGUST 2004. I TOOK IT IN FOR INSPECTION IN DECEMBER 2013 AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE CRADLE SUPPORTING THE ENGINE WAS BADLY CORRODED AND WOULD NEED REPLACED TO PASS INSPECTION AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS DEFECT IN CARS MADE IN A 6 WK PERIOD AND AWARDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO THESE VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE.. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CHEAP MATERIAL USED IN PRODUCTION AND I SHOULD GIVEN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY WIFE AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE AT RISK WHILE DRIVING IT AND DIDN'T KNOW IT I AM A DECORATED VETERAN AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE PRESIDENT, MRS OBAMA AND INITIATING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND THE LOCAL NEWSCHANNEL.. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FIX IT BUT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.CHRYSLER NEEDS TO OWN UP...

MY VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY FOUND TO HAVE A RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. MY MECHANIC HAS TRIED TO FIND ONE IN A JUNK YARD TO REPLACE IT, BUT EVERY PACIFICA IN THE JUNK YARD HAS A RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE. THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. MY STATE HAS MANDATORY INSPECTIONS. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN SOMEONE IS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD UNAWARE AND THEIR ENGINE FALLS OUT. *TR

THE ENGINE CRADLE OR SUBFRAME IS ENTIRELY RUSTED THROUGH, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THEY ENGINE COULD LIKELY FALL THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. THE HOLE IN THE SUBFRAME IS LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR HAND THROUGH ON ONE SIDE AND CRACKING ON THE OTHER. *TR

WHILE GETTING ROUTINE SERVICE THE MECHANIC NOTICED BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE CRADLE WERE ROTTED. THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN TILL REPAIRS ARE MADE. SEEMS THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF THESE CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. A TOTAL RECALL IS NEEDED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES... *TR

WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE CENTER THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTING THRU. SVC CENTER ADVISED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. CONTACTED DEALER WHO LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE AND SAID IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST DAMAGE. DEALER ADVISED THAT CHRYSLER EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 04 & 05 PACIFICA'S FOR 10 YEARS OR 150000 MILES. CHRYSLER SENT A LETTER TO AFFECTED PEOPLE ON NOV 9, 2010. ( WE ARE NOT PART OF THE AFFECTED CARS ACCORDING TO CHRYSLER) THE DEALER ADVISED THAT OUR CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT TOTALED OUT AT 1329.55 PLUS TAX AND LABOR. DEALER SAID TO CONTACT CHYRSLER CUST SVC TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY THING THEY CAN DO. CONTACTED CUSTOMER SVC AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE CAR DOES NOT FALL IN THE AFFECTED CARS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. HAVE...

I TOOK MY CAR INTO GET THE POWER STEERING FIXED AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTING OUT AND I WOULD HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS, AT BEST, BEFORE IT COULD BECOME VERY DANGEROUS AND EVEN DEADLY. *TR

MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE CRADLE AND/OR SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY CORRODED AND RUSTED. I HAVE ONE VERY LARGE CRACK IN THE ENGINE CRADLE AND ANOTHER FORMING. THE BOLTS AND MANY OTHER PARTS ARE RUSTED AND ROTTED THROUGH. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME BUT, SINCE MY CAR WAS MADE 6-8 WEEKS OUTSIDE OF THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD, THEY HAVE REFUSED TO HELP ME (WHILE AT THE SAME TIME OFFERING RELIEF TO OTHERS IN MY EXACT SITUATION). DURING MY INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, A SUPERVISOR TOLD ME NOT TO CALL AGAIN AND, DESPITE NOT KNOWING THE FULL EXTENT OF MY PARTICULAR PROBLEM, TOLD ME THAT CHRYSLER WOULD "ABSOLUTELY" NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. CHRYSLER HAS ALSO REFUSED TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAS DONE DIFFERENTLY TO MY ENGINE CRADLE AND SUBFRAME COMPARED TO VEHICLES MADE ON MARCH 31, 2004, THE DAY THE EXTENDED...

WE BOUGHT OUR 05 PACIFICA A COUPLE MONTHS AGO USED WE WERE AWARE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE BEING LOSE WE THEN FOUND OUT IT WAS CORRODE OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOTOR AND STEERING RACK PROBLEM AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A RECALL ON EITHER OF THESE ITEMS WE SEE THAT ALOT OF 05 HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WERE CAN I TAKE MY CAR TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

FRONT ENGINE CRADLE ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION COULD FALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT HAVE NO PLANS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR SUCH A CONDITION. *TR I CALLED CHRYSLER AT 1-800-CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. THE VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND HAS 109,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE MY MECHANIC NOTICE A DANGEROUS RUST THROUGH SITUATION IN MY ENGINE SUB FRAME. WITHOUT REPAIR HE TOLD ME THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER GAVE NO RESULTS. *TR