2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Power Train Problems

HARD (SLAMMING) SHIFTING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. FEELS EXACTLY LIKE BEING HIT IN THE REAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ROLLED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A CLICKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE CHANGING GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RUST TO THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND THE VEHICLE WAS PROVIDED A RUST TREATMENT HOWEVER, THE RUST SPOT INCREASED IN SIZE AFTER THE TREATMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VICTORY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (45 NABER DR, SHALLOTTE, NC 28470, (910) 356-9867) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE...

WHILE PRESSING THE GAS GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE VEHICLE MAKES A SUDDEN JERKING MOTION ALMOST STALLING, TRANSMISSION ISSUES SINCE PURCHASED. BACK PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HAS NOT ALWAYS CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY, SINCE PURCHASE, CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS. VEHICLE WILL NOT START ALL THE TIME WITHOUT UNPLUGGING THE "BRAIN". GEAR SHIFT LIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS ON. BRAKES HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AN AIR INTAKE ISSUE. *TR

ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 17 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WE HAVE BEEN EXHIBITING MULTIPLE HARD SHIFTS WHILE IN MOTION\DRIVING IN BOTH CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, DELAYS IN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IN AN INTERSECTION, UP TO A FORWARD LUNGE WHILE COMPLETING A STOP AT A CITY STREET LIGHT. I'VE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES TO CHRYSLER AND HAVE RECEIVED THE SAME EXPERIENCE MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED FROM "RESETTING THE TRANSMISSION LEARNING MODULE" TO THE MOST RIDICULOUS "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION". I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A WELL REPORTED ISSUE ACROSS MULTIPLE FORUMS AND TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS.THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY AND QUALITY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER.

HARD SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS. LOUD CLUNKING SOUND AS IF SOMEONE HAS RUN INTO THE BACK OF YOU. HAVE HAD INTO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THEY'VE REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER AND REPLACE VALVES IN TRANSMISSION AND NO CHANGE. ALWAYS GET A RUN AROUND AND ACT LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER SHOWN MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE.VERY ALARMING AND DANGEROUS.

WHEN BRAKING WITH LEFT FOOT TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP... IF RIGHT FOOT IS ON ACCELERATOR THE CAR LOSES POWER (ENGINE KEEPS RUNNING THOUGH) AND CANNOT ACCELERATE AND MUST STOP ENGINE AND RESTART TO REGAIN CONTROL. RELATIVE HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS 2017 PACIFICA AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX MINE EITHER. CHRYSLER CLOSED MY CASE BASICALLY SAYING TAKE IT IN TO BE REPAIRED...THERE IS NO FIX. HAPPENING WHEN CAR NEW TO PRESENT.

WE BOUGHT OUR 2017 PACIFICA WITH AROUND 30K MILES ON IT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT VERY HARD WHILE AT A SLOW SPEED. IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT, HOWEVER IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES IT WILL REV LIKE IT HAS BEEN THROWN INTO NEUTRAL, THEN WILL FINALLY HIT A GEAR AND SHIFT HARD WITH A JOLT AND LOUD BANG. IT DID THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TRANSMISSION ADAPTS TO EACH PERSON, SO DIFFERENT DRIVERS COULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MY WIFE DRIVES THE VAN 99% OF THE TIME AND SHE HAS THE PROBLEM EVEN IF I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT IN A LONG TIME. THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPRODUCED AS IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY. OUR VAN NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 50K MILES ON IT AND...

JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR USED A FEW DAYS AGO WITH JUST OVER 40K MILES ON IT. OCCASIONALLY AFTER COMING TO A STOP AS I EXCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO MISS A GEAR, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV THE CAR TO COAST AND THEN EVENTUALLY CATCHES A GEAR AS THE CAR IS REV'D AND THEN LUNGES FORWARD. AGAIN THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, JUST RANDOMLY.

THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WILL POP BACK OPEN ONCE IT CLOSES. AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND IT IS SOUNDS LIKE A POPPING NOISE.

LIKE OTHER COMPLAINTS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH OUR VEHICLE: DRIVING AT LOW SPEED (10MPH OR LESS) TRANSMISSION DOES A HARD SHIFT AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE 2ND OR 3RD SHIFT. CAR DOES A HUGE BUMP WHEN THE SHIFT IS ENGAGED.

THE CAR HAS ROUGH SHIFTING

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SKIP A GEAR OR TWO CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY JERK THE OCCUPANTS FORWARD. AT TIMES, IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE PAST A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN LURCH FORWARD. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN ACCELERATING IN VARIOUS SETTINGS.

MANY OTHER DRIVERS COMPLAINING ABOUT SAME ISSUE: 1. DRIVING AT LOW SPEED (10MPH OR LESS) TRANSMISSION DOES A HARD SHIFT AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE 2ND OR 3RD SHIFT. CAR DOES A HUGE BUMP WHEN THE SHIFT IS ENGAGED. 2. AT HIGH SPEED (65MPH ~) IS POSSIBLE TO HEAR A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE PANEL / DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING FOR US. ALREADY HAVE DEALER CHECK THE VEHICLE BUT THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. THIS IS HAPPENING SINCE THE VERY FIRST RECALL FOR THIS CAR. BEFORE THE FIRST RECALL, NO ISSUE.

WHEN PASSING A FARM TRACTOR CAR WENT IN TO THE PASSING GEAR AND THEN THERE WAS NO ACCELARTION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR COULD NOT SHUT CAR OFF AFTER AWHILE SIDE DOORS WOULDN'T OPEN AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS CAR FINALLY STARTED AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL

AT 10MPH DECELERATING TO STOP LIGHT. ENGINE SHUTOFF. ON RESTART ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED _SERVICE SHIFTER. NO LIGHTS ON SHIFTER DESIGNATING GEAR IN USE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO CHRYSLER SERVICE. REPLACING SHIFTER. PREVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHEN DOORS OPENED WHILE CAR WAS AT 30 MPH. THAT WAS CORRECTED WITH NEW LOCKING COMPUTER. SEVERAL TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. IGNITION HAD TO BE SWITCHED OFF THEN ON A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE THE SHIFTER WOULD WORK PROPERLY. THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN CAR STARTED AND BRAKE CONTROL BUTTON WAS PRESSEED. IGNITION HAD TO BE CYCLED COUPLE OF TIMES . NOT SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND FAILURE TO DISENGAGE BRAKE OCCURRED TOGETHER FREQUENTLY BUT NOT EVERY TIME ON DOWNHILL ROADS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 45 TO 55 MPH , TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS SO RPM WOULD EXCEED 3000 AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY UPSHIFT WHEN...

WHEN MAKING A SLOW TURN (15 MPH) THE TRANSMISSION FIRST LURCHED THEN BANGED INTO NEXT GEAR. THE FRONT WHEELS SLIPPED AND LOST TRACTION SENDING THE CAR OUT OF THE PAVEMENT. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. THEN WHEN MERGING INTO THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO REACH HIGHER GEARS LEAVING US RUNNING AT JUST 30 MPH AND ALMOST BEING REAR ENDED SEVERAL TIMES JUST THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT IS THE 3RD TIME THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE HAS HAPPENED. CHRYSLER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BODY VALVE THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BOTH TIMES IT TOOK ABOUT 30 DAYS TO PERFORM THE REPAIR.

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, JAN. 13, 2020 MY 3.5 YO DAUGHTER AND I WERE ON A SLIGHT HILL AND THE CAR SEIZED UP AND LOST ALL FUNCTION. I SLIDE (I WAS ON A DIRT ROAD WITH SOME SNOW) INTO A DITCH AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF RED FLUID ON THE GROUND. WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE DISTINCT SMELL OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE STUCK FOR HOURS DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VAN. I AM CONCERNED IF THEY TRY TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM I WILL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN.

HAS A HARD SHIFT WHEN SWITCHING GEAR. FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET FIXED, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE ONLY...THIS HASN'T FIXED THE ISSUE. NOW IT SHIFTS HARD AND IS SLIPPING CONSTANTLY ANYTIME THE VEHICLE REACHES ABOVE 30MPH. THE HARD SHIFTS CAUSE WHIPLASH TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY JERKS VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM AROUND 10-20 MPH. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN WHEN WE SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND ARE NOT COMING TO A FULL STOP. SO WHEN WE BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE TURN, THE VAN LOSES ALL FORWARD MOMENTUM AND FEELS LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS AND THEN SUDDENLY LUNGES FORWARD THROWING OUR HEADS BACK INTO THE HEADREST PRETTY HARD. WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY CLOSE TO BEING REAR ENDED TWICE THE PAST MONTH. THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE HAS HAPPENED ROUGHLY 25 TIMES SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VAN IN OCT. 2019.

WHILE IN MOTION AT LOWER SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JERKS BETWEEN GEARS GIVING THE FEELING THE CAR IS OUT OF CONTROL.

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND WOULDN'T SHIFT. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET. THIS COMES AFTER NUMEROUS ROUGH SHIFTS THAT I WAS TOLD WAS A COMPUTER ISSUE ON THE TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY,ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET. I TRIED TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE DIAL TO PARK BUT THE P DID NOT LIGHT UP. WHILE IN PARK THE CAR WAS JERKING FORWARD AND I COULD NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE. I TURNED IT OFF AT THAT POINT AND TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN SOLVED.

THE VAN WILL SPORADICALLY NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION BETWEEN 15-20 MPH AND WILL SUDDENLY JERK RATHER VIGOROUSLY. IT FEELS VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN REAR TRAFFIC IS FAST APPROACHING. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THIS VAN IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT FORUMS AND WEBSITES. OWNERS CONTACTING CHRYSLER AND DEALERSHIPS WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. WE JUSTLY NEED AN INVESTIGATION.

WHILE IN MOTION AT LOWER SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JERKS BETWEEN GEARS GIVING THE FEELING THE CAR IS OUT OF CONTROL.

VAN STALLS AND JERKS

THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHERE MY CAR WOULD SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL OR EVEN STALLS COMPLETELY. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE DECELERATES ON ITS ON AND WHEN IT LOCKS UP FROM THE PARKING GEAR WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT TO DRIVE. MOST RECENT OCCURRANCE OF THIS WAS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019. ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION ALWAYS FEELS LIKE I WAS REAR-ENDED EVERYTIME. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE SAFETY RECALLS AND THE 2 TIMES I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FIXING, I REPORTED THIS CONCERN. DEALERSHIP REPORTED FINDING NO ISSUE AS REPORTED. I HAVE RECEIVED OF YET ANOTHER RECALL IN 2018 BUT HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE IT IN. I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN AND I AS THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE. BUT THESE DEFECTS THAT DEALERSHIP REPORTS AS "FINDING NO ISSUE" IS NOT FAIR. ITS A DEATH TRAP....

2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA, 33'400 MILES- HESITATION AFTER PLACED INTO/ SHIFTING GEARS FROM A STOPPED POSITION, 5-10 SECONDS UNTIL THE CAR JERKS INTO GEAR FROM RELEASE OF BREAK PEDAL TO ENGAGING IN SELECTED GEAR. HEATED STEERING WHEEL FEATURE ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, WHETHER SELECTED FROM SETTINGS WITH START OR MANUALLY SELECTED, ALL CONTROLS FROM STEERING WHEEL GO OUT PERIODICALLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, WILL NOT WORK AT ALL, INCLUDING RADIO CONTROLS, CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON, U-CONNECT BUTTON, VR BUTTON- NOT EVEN THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CONTROLS WORKS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. USUALLY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN IN MOTION FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT COMES BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS WHILE DRIVING. HAS ONLY HAPPENED ON SHORT TRIPS. UNKNOWN CAUSE. PURCHASED VEHICLE USED WITH 20K ON IT MAY 30,2019.

WHEN GOING ABOUT 10-15 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY LUNGE FORWARD AND MAKE A TREMENDOUS CLUNKING SOUND LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT A FEW TIMES A MONTH. IT CAN BE REPLICATED BY BARELY PRESSING DOWN THE GAS PEDAL, USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN NAVIGATING THROUGH PARKING LOTS. VERY SCARY.

AUTOMATIC ENGINE SHUTOFF SYSTEM SHUTS OFF VEHICLE ON HILLS CAUSING A ROLLBACK ISSUE, SAFETY PROBLEM. IT ALSO SHUTS OFF DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC HEATING UP VEHICLE CONSIDERABLY. SO FAR TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT FIND ANY ISSUES. 3 BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN 2 YEARS TIME. TRANSMISSION POPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD DURING CITY DRIVING. NO SPARE TIRE!! PATCH KIT, GOOD LUCK USING IT IF YOU HAVE A FLAT.

MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND SUDDENLY, ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY CAR SHIFTED ITSELF INTO PARK. I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK DESPITE MULTIPLE TRIES. I SHUT THE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO BE DISABLED AND NOT DRIVEABLE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC.*DT*JB *DT*JB

WHILE COMING TO A STOP ON A CITY STREET VAN LOSES ALL POWER AND STALLS AFTER MAKING A CLICKING NOISE. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK AND START THE CAR AGAIN.*DT*JB

WE ARE ON OUR SECOND PACIFICA AFTER THE FIRST WAS BOUGHT BACK BY CHRYSLER DUE TO MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES (VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR FUNCTION CORRECTLY, DEALER COULDN'T FIX IT). NOW ON OUR SECOND PACIFICA WE HAVE HAD CONSTANT TRANSMISSION ISSUES...FIRST TRANSMISSION STARTED SLAMMING INTO GEAR (FEELS LIKE YOU ARE BEING REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, THIS CAN BE AT SLOWER SPEEDS < 20 MPH WHILE GOING STRAIGHT OR TURNING), THEY RESET COMPUTER, THAT DIDN'T FIX IT, SO THEN THEY REPLACED THE VALVE BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION (2 SEPERATE SHOP TRIPS). A COUPLE MONTHS LATER IT STARTED SLAMMING INTO GEAR AGAIN (SLOW SPEEDS < 20, TURNING AND GOING STRAIGHT), SO THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AFTER PUTTING US IN A RENTAL FOR ANOTHER MONTH, ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER THIS TRANSMISSION HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUE, SLAMMING INTO GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS (< 20, TURNING OR GOING STRAIGHT). SO WE ARE ON...

MY CAR STALLS AND JERKS WHEN I'M GOING AROUND 16 MPH. LOSSES POWER. IT CLUNKS AND SHIFTS HARD LIKE YOU'RE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. MY CAR HAS HAD ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT A FEW MONTHS BACK. TODAY THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 30 DAYS WITH ITS SECOND TRANSMISSION ISSUE. CHRYSLER CAN"T SEEM TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT'S A VERY SCARY FEELING TO LOSS POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY OR ANYWHERE. PLEASE HELP. MY SLIDDING DOORS HAD AN ISSUE THAT THEY WILL OPEN AND CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY EVEN IF I WAS DRIVING. VERY SCARY. SO MANY MORE ISSUES. THE ISSUES STARTED MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE.

CONTINUING TO HAVE ISSUES WITH VERY HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND CAUSES TO VAN TO LURCH WHEN IT SLAMS INTO 2ND GEAR. IT WILL HESITATE THEN SLAM INTO GEAR HARD. THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS DURING SLOW SPEED TURNS OR TURNS FROM A FULL STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED ON OCCASION FROM FULL STOP GOING STRAIGHT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. I'M TAKING IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME TO FIGURE OUT.

WHEN DRIVING AN TURNING MAKES CLANKING NOISE UNDER CAR, CAR GET STUCK IN CARS AN THEN JERKS WHEN CHANGES, BEEN TELLING CHRYSLER DEALER WHERE I GET MY REPAIRS AN TUNE UPS I'M TOLD IT ALL PART OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BEEN TELLING THEM THIS SINCE I GOT THE CAR NEW 2017

IN THE PAST WEEK ON 3 SEPARATE DAYS, WHEN MAKING A SLOW TURN ON A CITY STREET, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN SUDDENLY SLAMS VERY HARD INTO GEAR. IT CAUSED MY CHILDREN TO SCREAM WHEN IT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT'S SO JARRING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AS THE PERSON BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME EACH TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS! IT IS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A 2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH ONLY 15K MILES! I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW. I'M BRINGING IT IN TO THE DEALER NEXT WEEK BUT I'VE ALREADY READ OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND THE DEALER SAYING "SORRY WE CAN'T RECREATE IT SO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON". CHRYSLER NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE ASAP. IT'S A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A NEW CAR!

WE APPARENTLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY OTHER CHRYSLER PACIFICA OWNERS. THE VAN HARD SHIFTS INTO GEAR AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS RUN INTO THE BACK OF OUR VAN. (IT SERIOUSLY HURTS YOUR BACK AND NECK.) THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE RESET THE COMPUTERS, ETC BUT IT HASN'T SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGERS THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS COMPLAINT BUT THAT CHRYSLER HAS TOLD THEM THAT THE VAN IS SHIFTING CORRECTLY, THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING MORE AND THEIR HANDS ARE TIED UNTIL CHRYSLER COMES UP WITH A DIFFERENT SOLUTION.

THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND THEN HARD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. WE INITIALLY NOTICED THE HARD SHIFTING WHEN WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE AUTO STOP/START SYSTEM. WE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT UNTIL IT STARTED SHIFTING HARDER WHEN WE WOULD STOP OR BE DRIVING. THIS, AT TIMES, CAUSED ISSUES WHEN TURNING OR ACCELERATING TO GO THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE STALLING CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD AND PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR DUE TO THE DELAYED RESPONSE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CARS FOLLOWING BEHIND COULD POTENTIALLY REAR END THE VEHICLE. THE HARD-SHIFTING FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HIT YOU FROM BEHIND AND CAUSES BACK AND NECK PAIN FROM THE SUDDEN JERKING MOVEMENT. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO COMPLETELY STOPPED WHEN BEING DRIVEN CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. IT STARTED UP AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT INCIDENT ONLY TO NOT START AT ALL A FEW MONTHS...

WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THERE IS A LARGE SHUDDER AND THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD AND SLAMS INTO GEAR VERY ROUGHLY. THIS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING.

UPON A START FROM A START, THE CAR BUCKS BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 14-17 MPH WHILE ACCELERATING. THE REACTION FROM THE CAR FEELS LIKE THE CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. IT IS RANDOM AND I NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRELATE THE ACTION WITH ANY PARTICULAR DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC SUCH AS A SLOW OR FAST START. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 30,000 MILES AS OF THIS WRITING AND HAS ABOUT 25,000 AS OF THE DATE OF FIRST OCCURRENCE.

POWER TRAIN INTERMITTENTLY SHIFTS HARD AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER ABOUT 20 MPH) IN STOP AND GO TYPE TRAFFIC CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO UNEXPECTEDLY LUNGE FORWARD. IT IS BELIEVED THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE LOCAL FICA DEALER (POMOCO NN) IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER MFGR WARRANTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE START AND STOP FEATURE WAS INOPERABLE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED ROUGHLY AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEW HANSEN DODGE RAM CHRYSLER JEEP (2103 HICKMAN RD, URBANDALE, IA 50323, (877) 841-4585 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. *BF *TP

THE CAR MISSES DIFFERENT GEARS AS YOU ACCELERATE. FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING UPON ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WITH ACCELERATION WHILE THESE ISSUES HAPPEN. IT WILL HAPPEN ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH OUR 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE FIRST ISSUE IS WHEN WE ACCELERATE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH OUR VEHICLE REVS UP AND JERKS REALLY BAD. LITERALLY FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT IS LIKE THE GEAR IS SLIPPING OR IT CAN'T FIND THE NEXT YEAR TO GO INTO. ANOTHER ISSUE WE ARE HAVING IS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. I USUALLY HAVE TO TRY TO SHUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES FOR IT TO STAY SHUT. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO HIT THE BUTTON 3-4 TIMES FOR IT TO STOP POPPING BACK OPEN. THE LAST ISSUE IS OUR START/STOP FEATURE. IT HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND IT SHOWS A CODE ON THE DASH. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR MONTHS.

WHILE DRIVING, HAVING REDUCED SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 45 MPH, EXPERIENCED ENGINE SHUT DOWN. NO POWER - COASTING TO STOP, NO POWER STEERING. WARNING ON DASH SAID, "PUT SHIFTER IN P TO START." WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF ROAD AND RESTART. CONTINUED ON TRIP AND SAME SITUATION HAPPENED ANOTHER 10-15 TIMES. SOMETIMES THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND I HAD TO COME TO A FULL STOP IN TRAFFIC TO RESTART THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE VEHICLE MADE A HARD SHIFT WHILE THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO LARRY H. MILLER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM ALBUQUERQUE (8528 LOMAS BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110, 505-404-0108) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAULT CODE COULD NOT BE RETRIEVED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW DEC 2, 2016 AND IT HAD PROBLEMS WITH JERKING WHEN SHIFTING AND SOMETIMES NOT WANTING TO SPEED UP. COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING ON COMPUTER READOUT BUT DID MENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO ADJUST TO MY DRIVING. THIS CONTINUED AND I CONTINUED TO MENTION IT WHENEVER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING OR RECALLS. ON RECALL WAS TO REPLACE A CONTROL MODULE OF SOME SORT------NOW AFTER THIS MODULE WAS CHANGED THE JERKING WAS LESS FREQUENT AND SO I LIVED WITH IT. NOW SEPT 21, 2019, I HAD JUST STARTED CAR AND WAS STARTED DOWN A SIDE STREET IN GRANT PARK, IL. WHEN CAR STARTED JERKING REAL BAD AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, A RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND A ALARM LIKE THE "SEAT BELT NOT HOOKEDUP" CAME ON. I QUICKLY STOPPED TURNED CAR OFF AND WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. STARTED CAR BACK UP, RED...

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY PASSENGER WINDOW SUDDENLY ROLLED DOWN THEN MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKED ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. THE BATTERY LIGHT AND NO TRACTION LIGHT BLINKED, TOO. AS I WENT TO PULL OVER TO STOP, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ONCE I BRAKED. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE DRIVING AT THAT TIME. I WAS GOING ROUGHLY 65 MPH WHEN THE INITIAL PROBLEM BEGAN.

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT SPONTANEOUSLY BECAME EXTREMELY LOWER ON POWER AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING ALONG WITH NUMEROUS ERROR MESSAGES AND DASH LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED. THE VAN WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN THROUGH THE LOT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS THE VAN HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE BUT THIS TIME WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. MARTINS CHRYSLER OF UNTION GROVE WISCONSIN CAME AND PICKED UP THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER OF MARTINS SAID THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT THEN HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD. ASIDE FROM SOME START/STOP AND ELECTRICAL/CHARGING SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGES PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO WARNING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. WE'VE HAD THE VAN IN BEFORE FOR THESE ERROR MESSAGES BUT THE DEALER NEVER FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE.

VEHICLE WILL CONSTANTLY HARD SHIFT. EITHER FROM A COMPLETE STOP, WHERE IT WILL THEN HARD SHIFT AND JERK YOU FORWARD. SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN A ROW. HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL IN A INTERSECTION AND NOTHING. WILL NOT GO AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN DOES A HARD SHIFT AND WILL ACCELERATE. THIS HAS BEEN ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY. MANY TIMES IT WILL BE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 YEAR AGO. FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. NEVER TAKEN IT IN FOR ANY OTHER ISSUE.