2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Engine Problems

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AT STOP LIGHTS/SIGNS.THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES WHILE STATIONARY.HAD TO PLACE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND RESTART.

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY, INCLUDING THREE SMALL CHILDREN, THE VEHICLE SHUT ITSELF OFF. NO ELECTRICAL, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES OR ENGINE. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AFTER COMING TO A STOP. AFTERWARDS THE SCREEN SAID THAT THE START/STOP SYSTEM WAS DISABLED.

CAR HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES.....UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF *JS

THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. DISPLAY SAYS ENGINE START/STOP UNAVAILABLE. ENGINE WONT RESTART UNTIL START/STOP SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE AGAIN. ENGINE SHUTS OFF RANDOMLY, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DID IT ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING DOWN CITY STREETS AT 30MPH, AND EVEN DID IT BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.

MY PACIFICA HAS BEEN STALLING OUT WHEN I BACK OUT OR PULL FORWARD AT TIMES. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IT HAD BEEN IDLING THE CAR SHUT OFF. THE CAR HAS STARTED UP ON IT OWN SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ONE IN THE CAR.

MY PACIFICA HAS BEEN STALLING OUT WHEN I BACK OUT OR PULL FORWARD AT TIMES.. IT HAS ALSO SHUT OFF WHEN IT WAS IDLING SEVERAL TIMES. THE PACIFICA HAS ALSO STARTED UP ON ITS OWN SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ONE IN THE CAR.

ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OUR CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS "STALLED OUT" WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. BOTH INSTANCES OCCURED WHILE WE WERE ON A HILL. THE FIRST WAS PULLING UP INTO A DRIVEWAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND WE TRIED TO PULL FORWARD. THE SECOND HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE ON THE ROAD AT A STOP SIGN FACING UPHILL. AS WE STARTED TO TRY AND DRIVE FORWARD FROM THE STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE CAR HAD TO PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED. WE HAVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHSAND THERE WERE LESS THEN 2,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

WITH ONLY 7300 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, AS OF THIS WRITING 11-21-17, MY PACIFICA HAS FAILED TO START ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS. WITH EACH EVENT, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE MAIN AND RADIO DASH LIT UP AND FLASHED ON AND OFF. ALSO, THE WIPER BLADES CAME ON AND STAYED ON, NOT BEING ABLE TO SHUT OFF WITH THE DESIGNATED SWITCH. AS WELL, NUMEROUS "WARNING WINDOWS" POPPED UP ON THE CENTER DASH INFO SCREEN...SERVICE ELECTRONIC STABILITY, PARK BRAKE UNAVAILABLE, BLIND SPOT ALERT UNAVAILABLE SERVICE REQUIRED, SERVICE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM, PARK SENSE UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM, WARNING BELLS CONSTANTLY CHIMING, ENTIRE DASH GOES COMPLETELY DARK AND RADIO TURNS OFF AND ON BY ITSELF. THE LAST ATTEMPT TO START, 11-20-17, AFTER NUMEROUS TIMES IN AN HOURS TIME, THE ENGINE DID START ONLY TO SHUT DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW AND IS...

THE FIRST TIME I DROVE THE VEHICLE IT ALMOST STALLED MAKING A LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE AUTO START STOP WAS SHUT DOWN BY ME AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION. THEN THE START STOP LIGHT CAME ON THE WARNING SYSTEM DISPLAY. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTO START STOP SYSTEM FROM FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH ABOUT 350 MILES ON IT. ANOTHER TIME THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AS IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND THE DASH SAID SERVICE SHIFTER. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE CAR AND THEY SAID THEY WILL ASK CHRYSLER, AS I BOUGHT IT FOR MY WIFE AND SHE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT IS THE TOURING L MODEL. I HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT LOANER PACIFICAS WITHOUT AUTO START STOP, WITH NO ISSUES. I REQUESTED THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE CALL ME...

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ESS FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE TYPICALLY STOPS THE ENGINE TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS AND SUPPOSEDLY SAVE ON GAS. AS SOON AS I RELEASE THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE RE-STARTS AND OFF I GO. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, AFTER I LET GO OF THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS, WHICH CAUSED ME TO STEP ON THE BRAKES RIGHT AWAY OR I WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME. I LET GO OF THE BRAKES AGAIN, THEN THE ENGINE RESTARTED AS USUAL. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AND A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE HAD OUR VAN TO VANCE CDJR IN MIAMI OK. SEVERAL TIMES BEGINNING BEFORE IT HAD 1000 MILES. THE VAN NOW HAS 15000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN IN WITH NO REPAIR OTHER THAN A COMPUTER UPDATE. THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STUDDERS ON TAKE OFF AND SOMETIMES THE THROTTLE PEDAL IS DEAD. MY WIFE WAS ALMOST HIT PULLING OUT ONTO HWY 69 WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST DECIDED IT WANTED TO STAY AT AN IDOL WHEN STEPPING ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THIS WAS BY FAR THE CLOSEST CALL. MANY TIMES EVEN AT ROAD SPEED THE THROTTLE IS SIMPLY NONREACTIVE. EVERY TIME WE TAKE IT IN THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR JUST TELL US IT NEEDED A COMPUTER UPDATE, STILL WITH NO HELP.

I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO MY DEALER 8/21/17 AND HAVE THE EMAIL CHAIN SAVED. THE DEALER COULDN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE. WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH ON 5 LANE HIGHWAY, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY, I WAS IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND LANE AND WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE MY VEHICLE OVER TO THE BURM (THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING). MESSAGE ON DASH SAID 'SHIFT TO P TO PARK' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MY VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND I COULDN'T SHIFT IT TO PARK. EVENTUALLY IT BEGAN WORKING. I HAVE 6 KIDS AND DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THEM IN THE VEHICLE. HAPPENED A FEW THOUSAND MILES AGO; VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 10,500 MILES. HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY IT COULD. HAVE ALSO DEALT WITH THUMPING UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR, A NEW PAUSE BETWEEN PARK OR REVERSE AND SHIFTING TO DRIVE, AND THE VEHICLE RECENTLY GOT STUCK IN A GEAR...

DRIVING IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC (CITY SIDE STREET) THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. NO ENGINE, NO ELECTRONICS, NOTHING. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OUT OF GAS. HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE WHILE TRAFFIC CONTINUED AROUND ME. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A ONE-OFF PROBLEM, BUT AFTER READING A NY TIMES ARTICLE, I BECAME CONCERNED. WE HAVE ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (REAR TRUNK DOOR WILL SOMETIMES NOT OPEN, TV'S DID NOT FUNCTION FOR SOME TIME).

MY WIFE AND I WERE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO AN APPOINTMENT AROUND 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE JUST EXITED OFF INTERSTATE 395 AND WERE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC HEADING EAST ON DUKE STREET. THE LIGHT CHANGED TO YELLOW AND REQUIRED US TO STOP MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN I TYPICALLY WOULD. WE WERE TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND HAD TO DECELERATE FROM 20 MPH TO COMPLETE STOP WITHIN A MATTER OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. ONCE OUR VAN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR SHUT OFF. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN, BUT WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN. AFTERWARDS, I THOUGHT BACK TO THE PREVIOUS STOP AND THOUGHT I NOTICED SOME HESITATION IN ACCELERATION, BUT DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL AFTERWARDS. THE CAR WAS ONLY PURCHASED A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE ANY PHOTO EVIDENCE OF...

ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DECELERATING FOR A STOP SIGN ON A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE, A BLOCK AFTER TURNING ONTO A SIDE STREET. THERE WAS NO DRAMA; IT JUST SHUT OFF. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYED A MESSAGE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO SHIFT TO PARK BEFORE PRESSING THE START BUTTON. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES OVER THE SPAN OF 10 MINUTES BEFOREHAND, AT BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SPEED BEFORE BRAKING FOR THE STOP SIGN WAS UNDER 20 MPH, AS IT WAS MAYBE 100 FEET UP THE BLOCK AFTER A TURN. AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE ENGINE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE DRIVEN NORMALLY, WITH NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED....UPDATED 11/14/17 *BF UPDATED 11/16/2017*JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND SLOWING DOWN TO APPROACH A RED LIGHT. AS SHE WAS SLOWING, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TOTAL SYSTEMS FAILURE. THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY BECAME SCRAMBLED, STEERING WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP. MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, SHIFT GEARS OR TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THREE POLICE OFFICERS PUSHED THE VAN INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. DURING THIS TIME NO ONE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF OR SHIFT GEARS. FINALLY, THE CAR ESSENTIALLY REBOOTED ITSELF AND ALL SYSTEMS SEEMED TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 10-27-17, 12 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE WITH APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 6 DAYS NOW AND NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND NO ERROR CODES WERE FOUND. THIS MEANS THE CAR HAS NOW BEEN...

MY PACIFICA SLIPS OUT OF GEAR ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 MPH AND 20 MPH WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY AND/OR TURNING. IT FEELS AS IF IT'S COMING OUT OF GEAR, IDLES FOR 2 SECONDS OR SOMETIMES MORE, THEN SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR CAUSING IT TO FEEL AS IF I WERE REAR ENDED. COMPUTERS HAVE BEEN RESET MULTIPLE TIMES BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT STARTS IT AGAIN AFTER 2 HOURS. THIS HAS BEEN REOCCURRING SINCE 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE.UPDATED 11/08/17 *BF UPDATED 11/13/2017*JS

VAN WAS IN DRIVE, BUT STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION ON A CITY STREET WAITING TO TURN LEFT. WHEN LIGHT CHANGED I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND ENGINE DID NOT ENGAGE. BLUE LIGHT ON GEAR INDICATOR STARTED FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN PARK THEN SHIFT INTO DRIVE AGAIN, BUT THERE WAS LAG WHEN ACCELERATING. I DROVE OUT OF INTERSECTION AND INTO PARKING LOT. SHUT OFF CAR THEN RESTARTED AND DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO DEALER. STILL WAITING FOR PROBLEM TO BE ASSESSED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON ONE DAY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. ..UPDATED 11/08/17 *BF UPDATED 11/13/2017*JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STALLED OUT. SHE LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING. SHE HAD TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY AND PUT IT IN PARK BEFORE BEING ABLE TO RESTART. THE PROBLEM KEPT RECURRING AND SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO A SHORT DISTANCE EACH TIME. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO NURSE THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO A SIDE STREET TO PARK IT. I WENT BACK TO THE CAR THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER IT WAS PARKED AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY IT SEEMED EVEN WORSE. I WOULD START THE CAR, IT WOULD DRIVE ONLY A FEW FEET AND SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY (MAYBE 5 TIMES) UNTIL I DECIDED TO PARK IT AND CALL CHRYSLER. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. IT WAS PICKED UP...

MINIVAN WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNINGS. THIS JUST HAPPENED 30 MINS AGO. VEHICLE ASKED TO BE PUT IN PARK AND HIT BRAKE TO START ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED PARKED AT NEAREST PARKING LOT AND CALLED DEALER. DEALER 2 MILES AWAY NO CODES CAME UP ON SCAN THAT WAS DONE. ..UPDATED 11/07/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE STOPS AND THE DASHBOARD AND SHIFTER LIGHTS START BLINKING. THE MESSAGE "VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO SHIFT GEARS" DISPLAYS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW. OUR FAMILY WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. UPDATED 11/9/2017*JS

SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE AND POWER LOSS WHILE DRIVING. ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED ON DASH INDICATING FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND TRANSMISSION, ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS ISSUE STARTED INTERMITTENTLY, BUT BECAME SO SEVERE THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN A SHORT <10 MILE TRIP. TO RECOVER, THE CAR MUST BE STOPPED, TURNED OFF, AND THEN RESTARTED....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF. UPDATED 11/9/2017*JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A CITY HIGHWAY AT A NORMAL RATE OF SPEED DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SLOWED. THE DASH BOARD THEN SHOWED A MESSAGE THAT READ "SHIFT TO P TO START." THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER. AS SOON AS THE CAR CAME TO A FULL STOP SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE ELECTRONIC SHIFTER TO PARK AND RESTART THE CAR.

ON 6 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND THE ENGINE TURNS OFF. THE SCREEN DISPLAYS "PUT CAR IN PARK AND PRESS START BUTTON". AT THIS POINT THE CAR IS COASTING ALONG THE ROAD. YOU HAVE TO ATTEMPT TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO RESTART. THE CAR DOES RESTART, BUT THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER WHERE I AM BEING TOLD THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. ...UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/27/2017*JS

ALL WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON THE DASH. ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. STARTED UP CAR AGAIN AND DROVE FOR A MILE THEN ENGINE CUT OFF AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. TURNED IT ON ONE MORE TIME AND IT WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 5 MPH WITH THROTTLE ALL THE WAY DOWN. ..UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/27/2017*JS

ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING AT 15,197 MILES WHILE PULLING OFF THE FREE-WAY. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT DEALER AND THEY REPLACED PART NUMBER 68277373AF WITH NEW PART NUMBER 68303489AM AND FLASHED NEW PART. AT 16,068 MILES ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING DOWN CITY STREET. RETURNED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NO ISSUE WAS RECORDED ON THE VEHICLE MODULE OF THE SHUT DOWN. THEY KEPT IT SEVERAL DAYS AND STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY IT SHUT DOWN. SO FAR IT HAS ONLY SHUT DOWN WHEN I HAVE BEEN ON A CITY STREET. I'M VERY CONCERNED AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT IN PARK TO RESTART. PLEASE RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED ON THE HIGHWAY. .UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/27/2017*JS

2017 PACIFICA TOURING-L ENGINE SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY WHEN DRIVING AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN I SLOWED DOWN FROM 45 MPH. THE VAN IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND HAS ABOUT 10000 MILES ON IT. SCREEN DISPLAYED MESSAGE 'SHIFT TO PARK AND RESTART VEHICLE'. I TRIED RESTARTING WITHOUT STOPPING THE CAR AS THERE WERE CARS BEHIND ME AND I SAW THE MESSAGE "TOO FAST TO SHIFT TO PARK" AND THE POWER STEERING WAS ALSO CUT OFF BECAUSE IT IS ELECTRONIC. I HAD TO PARK ON THE SHOULDER AND RESTART AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. CONTACTED MY CHRYSLER DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT UNLESS THERE IS A CODE NO DIAGNOSIS IS POSSIBLE. I'VE DROPPED MY CAR TODAY MORNING - NO UPDATES AS YET. UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/27/2017*JS UPDATED 12/04/17*BF UPDATED 7/20/18*JB *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS, THIS VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HAVE NO ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE, ACCELERATE, OR BRAKE UNTIL IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED UNDER A RANGE OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES - WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT AND ALSO WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON ONLINE FORUMS (E.G., PACIFICAFORUMS.COM), AND SOME OF THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. EACH TIME WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO A CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER, MECHANICS HAVE ADVISED THAT ALL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS DO NOT REVEAL ANY ISSUES AND EFFORTS AT DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE SIMILARLY COME BACK NEGATIVE. ALL OTHERS WHO CLAIM TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PACIFICA HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS, WITH NO REMEDIATION PROPOSED. THIS...

THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO RESTART. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SMALL ROAD AND ONLY GOING ABOUT 15MPH. ..UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/27/2017*JS

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND WAS HAD 309 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I HAD THIS INCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH IN THE LEFT MOST LANE WHEN I SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE, STEERING, AND BRAKES AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR BRAKE NORMALLY. I USED QUITE A BIT OF STRENGTH TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NEARLY WAS REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK IN DOING SO AS THERE WAS NO SHOULDER ON THE LEFT HANDS SIDE. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, ALL OF THE LIGHTS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WERE FLASHING VARIOUS WARNINGS AND FAILURE SYMBOLS. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT AT WHICH POINT THE CAR WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND AGAIN GIVING MANY FLASHING WARNINGS. I DROVE AT A MAX SPEED OF 16MPH TO A SAFER LOCATION OFF THE...

VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION/SHUDDER THAT CHRYSLER CONSIDERS "NORMAL." HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERSHIPS A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES, WITH NO RESOLUTION. ENGINE VIBRATION CONTINUES TO WORSEN, AND HAVE DRIVEN OTHER VEHICLES WITHOUT SIMILAR VIBRATION. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, RENDERING NO STEERING OR BRAKES. I DO NOT CARE TO HAVE A VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR THAT CAN/WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN ZERO HELP, AND WILL BE PURSUING BUYBACK PROCESS IMMEDIATELY...UPDATED 10/30/17*BF UPDATED 11/13/2017*JS

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT ABOUT 35MPH THE ENGINE STALLED . THE DASHBOARD ALARM WAS BEEPING AND "D" WAS FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP AND THE DASH DISPLAYED THE MESSAGE - PUT IN "P" TO START ENGINE -. CAR DID NOT START THE FIRST TIME I TRIED, THE SECOND TIME IT STARTED. THANKFUL THIS DANGEROUS INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A INTERSTATE....UPDATED 10/30/17 *BF UPDATED 11/06/2017*JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER CAR DROPPING OUR DAUGHTERS OFF AT SOFTBALL PRACTICE AND HER SHUT OFF WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. SHE HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER AND SHIFT BACK INTO PARK TO RESTART THE CAR...UPDATED 10/30/17 *BF UPDATED 11/9/2017*JS

VEHICLE SHUTDOWN: AS I APPROACHED A YIELD SIGN ON A SUBDIVISON STREET, I SLOWED TO A FEW MPH BEFORE ACCELERATING SLOWLY AGAIN. THE VEHICLE THEN LOST POWER AND STEERING (IT SHUTDOWN). I LOOKED AT MY DASH AND IT READ "VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO START." I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND STOPPED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO STEER. I THEN TURNED THE GEAR KNOB TO PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WENT ON MY WAY. I AM THANKFUL THEIR WAS NO TRAFFIC AS THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT...UPDATED 10/30/17 *BF UPDATED 11/13/217*JS

SO MANY THINGS ARE DEFECTIVE ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. YESTERDAY THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING!..UPDATED 10/30/17 *BF UPDATED 11/13/2017*JS

THIS CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE STALLS, WHEREAS WHEN DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN AND STEERING BE AFFECTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THERE ARE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY BECOMES INOPERABLE. YOU HAVE TO PLACE IN PARK FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN RESTART THE CAR. THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE DIAGNOSTIC IS A FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR, BUT FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER MAY BE AWARE OF. ..UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A STEADY SPEED OF 40 MPH. THE ENGINE DIED, AND THE MESSAGE CONSOLE INDICATED THE VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO START. THE GEARSHIFT WAS STILL IN DRIVE, BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWING IT IN D WAS NOW FAST BLINKING. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND COASTED AS SAFELY AS I COULD OUT OF TRAFFIC AND TO A SIDE ROAD. ONCE STOPPED, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STARTED IT. IT IDLED VERY ROUGHLY FOR 2-3 SECONDS AND DIED. I THEN WAITED ABOUT 10 SECONDS, STARTED IT AGAIN, AND THIS TIME IT SOUNDED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. NO ERROR INDICATORS DISPLAYED, AND THE DEALER SAID NO ERROR CODES REGISTERED. THIS SAME BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN REPORTED ON A MESSAGE FORUM BY DOZENS OF PACIFICA OWNERS. THE PROBLEM IS NOT RELIABLY REPRODUCIBLE AND PRODUCES NO SYSTEM ERRORS. A NUMBER OF REPORTS INDICATE MULTIPLE "GUESSES" FROM...

WHILE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DISPLAYED A MESSAGE "VEHICLE MUST BE IN PARK TO SHIFT" OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND NOT MOVING WHEN IT LOST POWER. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE ALL PROPULSION FROM THE VEHICLE WAS LOST. THE CAR DID RESTART AFTER IT WAS SHIFTED INTO P AND THE START BUTTON WAS PUSHED (WITH A FOOT ON THE BRAKE). CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR MONTHS NOW VIA THE ONLINE FORUM DISCUSSING THE ISSUE AND APPEARS TO BE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT PROACTIVELY AND IS CERTAINLY NOT COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH ITS CUSTOMERS. ....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED 11/07/2017*JS

HIGHWAY SPEED, HEAVY TRAFFIC, ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. WARNING SOUNDS AND LIGHTS ON DASH. LOSS OF POWER STEERING. HAD TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, PLACE IN PARK, DEPRESS BRAKE, PUSH START BUTTON. OCCURRED JUNE 22, 2017 ABOUT 3200 MILES ON NEW VEHICLE. NO RESOLUTION FROM DEALERSHIP OR CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER INSTRUCTED DEALERSHIP TO REPORT LOANER CAR AS STOLEN. ALSO REQUESTED DATA RECORDER BE INSTALLED AND I CONTINUE TO DRIVE UNTIL OCCURS AGAIN. I REFUSED TO PLACE MY FAMILY AT RISK. HAVE SINCE PURCHASED OTHER BRAND REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND AM TRYING TO ARRANGE BUY-BACK...UPDATED 11/07/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE IN DRIVE, 5300 CURRENT MILES. I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN NYC AND CAR SHUT DOWN, EARLIER IN THE DAY I WAS AT A DEALERSHIP IN SAFFORD VA AND THEY PERFORMED SOFTWARE UPDATES BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE IN FLORIDA WINDOWS OPENED AND CLOSED ON THEIR OWN IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, CLUSTER PANEL WENT ON AND OFF AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. BATTERY MAINTAINED ITS 14 AMP CHARGE FOR THE NEXT 90 MILES I NEEDED TO REACH AUTOTRAIN IN SANFORD FLORIDA. I IMMIEDIATELY WENT TO SERVICE IN SAFFORD VIRGINIA AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN UP[DATE ISSUE. DROVE THE NEXT 260 MILES WITH NO ISSUE UNTIL IT SHUT OFF????..UPDATED 11/07/17 *BF UPDATED 11/9/2017*JS

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY (WITH MY KIDS IN THE BACKSEATS) AND SUDDENLY (FOR NO REASON) THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICITY (INCLUDING, POWER STEERING, ENGINE, HEADLIGHTS, DASHBOARD LIGHTING). THE DASHBOARD ONLY SAID "PUT CAR INTO PARK AND RESTART." THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER PARTIALLY ONTO THE SIDE AND RESTART THE CAR AFTER IT WAS IN PARK. (THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME A FEW MINUTES LATER BUT IN THAT CASE THE ELECTRICITY CAME BACK ON ITSELF AFTER A FEW MOMENTS.) THIS WAS A SCARY AND DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE.....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE "SHIFT INTO PARK AND RESTART VEHICLE" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (PARKWAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 21560 HALL RD CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI 48038), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,900. ...UPDATED 11/13/2017 *BF UPDATED 11/16/2017*JS

THE VAN HAS LESS THAN 200 MILES IN IT WHEN IT STATED STALLING. IT NOW HAS 205 MILES, AND IT HAS STALLED(ENGINE STOPPED) 5 TIMES ALREADY. THIS OCCURED WHEN DECELERATING OR WHEN FULLY STOPPED WITH THE GEARS STILL IN DRIVE. THE ENGINE WILL STOP AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO START WILL APPEAR. RESTARTING THE ENGINE IS NORMAL WITH NO ISSUES....UPDATED 11/06/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

THE MINIVANS ENGINE AND ALL ELECTRONICS WILL SHUT OFF WHILE IN DRIVE, WE LOSE POWER STEERING AND ARE PROMPTED TO SHIFT TO PARK AND RESTART, IT'S HAPPENED 3 TIMES SO FAR ONCE DRIVING 45MPH ON A CITY STREET, ONCE AT A RED LIGHT IN DRIVE ON A LARGER HIGHWAY AND ONCE IN PARK IN A PARKING GARAGE.. ....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED11/09/2017*JS

WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES VEHICLE IN PARK. ONE TIME VEHICLE PLACES SELF IN PARK WHEN BRAKING PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. ONE OCCURRENCE, VEHICLE PLACED SELF IN PARK AND DIED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE. HEATED SEATS WIRED BACKWARD.....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

LAST NIGHT, WHILE DRIVING APPROX 40MPH, OUR BRAND NEW 2017 PACIFICA LTD SHUT DOWN. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, JUST STOPPED. THE DOT ABOVE THE 'D' (FOR DRIVE) STARTED FLASHING, AND A MESSAGE FLASHED: 'SHIFT TO P TO START.' WE CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN WAS ABLE TO TURN IT BACK ON. I HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL, SO I NEVER TOUCHED THE STARTER BUTTON. THE KEY FOB WAS IN MY PURSE, WHICH WAS NOT MOVED. THANKFULLY WE WERE NOT ON A HIGHWAY, SO NOBODY RAN INTO US. I DROPPED IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING, AND THEY JUST TOLD ME THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE ERROR. WE'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, AND WE'VE DRIVEN IT 1500 MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY.....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

VEHICLE RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AT 60MPH ON ROUTE 70 WITH LOSS OF STEERING WHILE DIVING THROUGH A TUNNEL IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. VAN HAD 7,500 MILES ON IT.....UPDATED 11/03/17 *BF UPDATED 11/09/2017*JS

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS AS THE CAR NEEDS TO COME TO A STOP TO RESTART. I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY WHICH MADE MATTERS WORSE. VAN DID A SIMILAR THING EARLIER IN THE DAYBUT I WAS IN PARK. JUST SHUT OFF, NO WARNING. AT DEALERSHIP NOW.

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW CHRYSLER PACIFICA VEHICLE 3 WKS AGO ON MAY 18 2017. WE HEADED OUT ON VACATION ON THE 20TH OF MAY. MAY 21 WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE IN CHICAGO WE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. MAY 27 WE PULLED UP TO A STOPLIGHT AND THE ENGINE STALLED OUT ON US THAT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES, THE SAME DAY AT A TOLLBOOTH WE STALLED OUT WHICH LASTED ABOUT 25 MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN WE ENDED UP CALLING FOR A TOWING SERVICE BUT THE CAR WE STARTED AND WE CANCELED THE TOW SERVICE. MAY 30 WE LEFT THE GROCERY STORE THE SCREEN SWITCH TO THE APP PAGE AND WOULD NOT SWITCH BACK, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND WE LOST ENGINE POWER. THAT LASTED 20 MINS BEFORE CAR WOULD START. JUNE 7 CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER COMING OUT OF...

THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CAR SHUDDERED AND MADE LOUD "CLUNKING" NOISES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. IT WOULD OFTEN QUIT RUNNING WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS AS IN PARKING LOTS. WHILE AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE INTERSTATE CAR JUST DIDN'T FEEL "RIGHT." WANTED TO QUIT. TOOK IT IN THE FIRST TIME AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION WHICH SEEMED TO HELP FOR A SHORT WHILE. THEN, IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN AND WHEN RETURNING TO THE DEALER THIS TIME THEY ADVISED A LUBRICANT WAS NEEDED. NOT SURE WHAT OR WHERE THIS WAS APPLIED.