2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Power Train Problems

WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPT 2017. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER WE PURCHASE THE BRAND NEW VAN, WE STARTED HAVING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMING IN TO GEAR. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, WE LITERALLY THOUGHT THE PERSON BEHIND US AT REAR ENDED UP THE JOLT WAS THAT BAD. UPON PULLING OVER AND INSPECTING, WE DISCOVERED WE WERENT. OVER THE LAST 23 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT SHIFTS SO AT TIMES IT MAKES YOU DIZZY. THIS TAKES PLACE BETWEEN 10-17 MPH. IN AUGUST 2018, OUR FAMILY WAS ON OUR WAY TO A FUN DAY WHEN AT 10MPH THE VAN SLAMMED SO HARD ALL 5 OF US IN THE VAN FELT OUR NECKS CRACK AND WE GOT DIZZY INSTANTLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I COULDNT SEE STRAIGHT TO DRIVE AND MY ELDERLY MOTHER HURT FOR 3 DAYS. I TOLD HER...

VEHICLE IS SLAMMING INTO GEAR GENERALLY IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR.. WE HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATE AS WELL AS THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES HOWEVER WE ARE TOLD THEY CANNOT REPLICATE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO WORSEN

OUR PACIFICA HAS A PROBLEM WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, ACCELERATING, USUALLY AROUND A TURN. EXACTLY AT 15-18 MPH (FIRST TO SECOND OR SECOND TO THIRD GEARS), THE VAN WILL HAVE A VERY LARGE JERK, THE GAS PEDAL MUST BE RELEASED, LOSING ACCELERATION. ONCE THIS HAS PASSED, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH ACCELERATING AS NORMAL. THE JOLT FROM THE SHIFT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED, CAUSING SLIGHT WHIPLASH IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT. THIS PROBLEM USUALLY COME IN SPURTS, NOT HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN 1 OR 2 A DAY FOR A FEW DAYS. THE DEALER REVIEWED THE PROBLEM AND "WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE" SO NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THEM. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED SINCE ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING- VEHICLE DECIDES TO GIVE THIS WARNING WHICH CAUSES VAN TO LOCK TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND ENGAGES E-BRAKE. LUCKILY THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, BUT HAS OCCURRED ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, IN RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU, IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND IN PARKING LOTS. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE EVEN AFTER DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY CONTROL THAT WAS EXPECTED TO FIX THE ONGOING PROBLEM. VAN HAS BEEN TOWED OR OUT OF SERVICE 4 TIMES NOW FOR SAME ISSUE.

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. STARTING GEAR SHIFTER PROBLEM. NOTE THAT VEHICLE IS IN PARK, VEHICLE NOT READING SHIFTER LOCATION. VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE THE DAY PRIOR TO INCIDENT WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY ISSUE PRESENTED ITSELF THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN TRYING TO START.

WHEN LEAVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AT AROUND 20 MPH THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. AT LEAST 2 TO 4 TIMES A DAY. THERE ARE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT COME ON WHEN THE HAPPENS. I HAVE HAD IT TO MULTIPLE DEALER SHOPS TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT IT DOESNT DO IT WHEN SOME TEST DRIVES THE VEHICLE. I HAVE PAID FOR MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND NOTHING SHOWS AS BEING WRONG. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE BUT NEVER FOUND ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THE CAUSE COULD BE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES SHIFTS VERY HARD, CAUSING A JERKING TO PASSENGERS. BROUGHT TO DEALER. THEY SAID NO CODE AND THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE SO NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR IN BETWEEN 5-10 MPH THERE IS NO FORWARD MOVEMENT BUT AS THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED THE RPM'S GO UP UNTIL THERE IS A REAR IMPACT TYPE FEELING THAT OCCURS AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES FORWARD. IN THE INSTANCES WHERE IT HAPPENS AT THE 5-10 MPH AREA, IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND 'COAST' THEN PUSH THE ACCELERATOR TO GO CONTINUE FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2017 AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS BEHAVIOR FROM THE VEHICLE IS A 'CHARACTERISTIC' OF THE VAN. I HAVE FILED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH CHRYSLER AND EVERYTIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIPS I COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS AS WELL. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS REPLACED AND EVEN AFTER FIXING THOSE THE VEHICLE STILL CONTINUES TO HAVE...

WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL I HAD TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO HIGHER GEAR; FELT LIKE TRANSMISSION COMING OUT OF VEHICLE. ALSO SLAMS WHEN AT A STOP AND PEDAL PUSHED DOWN FAST. ALSO WHILE MOVING AND PEDAL PUSHED DOWN FAST AS WHEN NEEDED TO PASS A VEHICLE. SLAMMING CAN OCCUR WHETHER ON CITY STREETS AT SLOWER SPEEDS OR HIGHWAYS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WHEN I GO TO A DEALER AND ASK ABOUT RECALLS OR REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUES THEY SAY NO AND MOVE ON WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 3 YEAR/36000 MILES WARRANTY COVERS ONLY THROUGH THE EXPECTED/PREDICTED FACTORY LIFE OF THE PARTS. AFTERWARDS, THEY KNOW PARTS WILL FAIL AND CONSUMERS MUST PAY FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH HAS A DEDUCTIBLE, WHEN PARTS FAIL IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIR DUE TO FACTORY FAILURES OF NOT BUILDING A QUALITY ORIENTED VEHICLE, THAT SHOULD LAST AT LEAST...

INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING THE CONCERNS OF HER 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED RANDOMLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO RESTART. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED. ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND RESTART. IN ADDITION, THE "AUTO STOP" INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FOX HILLS CHRYSLER JEEP (734-892-2220, LOCATED AT 111 ANN ARBOR RD, PLYMOUTH, MI 48170) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,500.

WE WERE DRIVING IN MARRIETTA GA AROUND 11AM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHEN MY WIFE STARED TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD,(I THOUGHT WE GOT REAR ENDED),MY WIFE'S CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS,SO WE ARE DOING 30MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY WITH OUR KIDS IN THE CAR,SO WE FINALLY GOT OFF THE ROAD, GOT OUT TO CHECK THE CAR,IN CHRYSLER & DODGE NEWER MODELS YOU CANNOT CHECK TRANSMISSION LEVEL BECAUSE OF SEALED DIP STICK,SO I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM,THEIR WAS TONS OF REVIEWS OF THIS PROBLEM FROM CHRYSLER PACIFICA OWNERS, CHRYSLER SAID IT WAS NORMAL FROM THE REVIEWS,THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL,PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED ,(2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA) THANKS DAVID

VAN WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED IN HIGHWAY. PULLED OFF AT NEXT EXIT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF. THE SHUT OFF WAS ON A ROAD. HAD ONE FAILED START THE. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE OFF.

MY 2017 PACIFICA TOURING PLUS VAN SHUT OFF THREE TIMES. AFTER THE FIRST SHUT OFF I TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY COULD NOT ABLE TO RECREATE THE "SHUT OFF" , THEY SAID THEY FIXED SOMETHING FOR NOT TO SHUT OFF, BUT RECENTLY ON 7/29/19 AND 7/31/19 IT WAS AGAIN ASKED TO MOVE SHIFT TO P AND SHUT OFF, EVEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, IT DIDN'T AFTER 3 TO 4 TIMES TRY IT WAS STARTED AGAIN. I WAS MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH SPEED LIMIT 40MPH, LUCKY NONE OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT CLOSE. I SEE MANY CASES LIKE THIS WITH 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA, SO I REQUEST CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO FIX THIS ISSUE ASAP BY RECALLING THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. IT IS ALWAYS LIFE THREATENING DANGEROUS TO THE CUSTOMER. OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE (SHUT OFF) THE VEHICLE IS GOOD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARKWAY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (21560 HALL ROAD, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN 48038, (586)-800-3578) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE QUICK LEARN AND THE CLEAR SHIFT ADAPTER. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF THE PARTS THAT WERE REPROGRAMMED WERE FOR THE TRANSMISSION OR THE ENGINE; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT IS SCHEDULE FOR REPAIRS AGAIN THIS WEEK. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDING DOORS, ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE BATTERY SYSTEM IS GROUNDING OUT, ISSUES WITH THE RADIO SCREEN, AND NOW THE AUTO ON OFF SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. IN ADDITION, I HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE BALL JOINTS BOLTS COMING LOOSE THREE TIME AND THEY JUST USED LOCTITE TO MAKE THEM SAY ON . THEY NEVER REALIGNED THE VEHICLE AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE TIRES THAT ARE UNSAFE. CHRYSLER SHOULD OWN THIS AND I AM STILL CONVINCED THE BALL JOINTS COULD BE DAMAGED FROM THIS ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEM. HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSION. IT WILL BE GOING IN FOR THE FIFTH TIME THIS WEEK FOR THE SAME ISSUE THAT...

THE CAR WILL JOLT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. USUALLY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2MD FEAR, THE CAR WILL TEMPORARILY STOP ACCELERATING, WHILE THE RPMS HOLD, THEN JOLT FORWARD WHEN THE CAR FINALLY SHIFTS. IT FEELS AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT MOST OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN I AM TURNING, BUT ALSO HAPPENS GOING STRAIGHT FROM A STOP. PROBLEM STARTED AROUND D 20,000 MILES, HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES, WITH 2 SOFTWARE UPDATES AND NO SOLUTION.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR STALL, STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHILE IM DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN. IT SPENT OVER A MONTH AT SOUTH SHORE CHRYSLER IN NY BEFORE THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED, AND THE SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND STALLING ON THE ROAD. IT HAS BEEN AT SOUTH SHORE CHRYSLER IN INWOOD FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS CAR. IT IS A DANGER TO DRIVE. I KNOW NY HAS LEMON LAWS AND I WANT CHRYSLER TO BUY ME OUT OF THE REMAINING 6 MONTHS OF MY LEASE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DANGEROUS AND FAULTY CAR.

VERY HARD GEAR SHIFTS AT LOW SPEED - CITY DRIVING. JOLT TO PASSENGERS - FEELS LIKE A LOW SPEED REAR END BUMP. ALSO, VEHICLE TRANSMISSION MAY NOT ENGAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING 3 POINT TURN. UNABLE TO MOVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOW ON WITH CODE P0732 - GEAR 2 INCORRECT RATIO.

WHEN THE VAN REACHES SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 - 45 MILES PER HOUR, THE TRANSMISSION JERKS. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY OR STREETS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SHIFTING GEARS MANUALLY, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS NOT SHIFTING APPROPRIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BROWN'S JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (483 NY-112, PATCHOGUE, NY 11772, (631) 289-8500), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR DIAGNOSIS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP IT WAS TRANSMISSION AND WAITING FOR APPROVAL TO FIX VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT, BUT THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT A SLOW SPEED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALLACE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (LOCATED AT 2755 SE FEDERAL HWY, STUART, FL 34994, (772) 220-3600), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON 7/11/2017 THE MINIVAN COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION , I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK AND START THE VEHICLE AGAIN , HARD SHIFTING IS BEEN A COMMON ISSUE ON A DAILY BASIS .

HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR HARD SHIFTING,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT TIME A HARD JERK ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE RUNNING IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THEY CLAIMED ONCE IT WAS THAT THE OIL NEEDED CHANGING AND THIS LAST TIME THAT IT HAD THE WRONG OIL AND OIL FILTER ( WHICH THE DEALER HAD DONE). THEY CAN NEVER HAD THE JERKING ISSUE OR THE HARD SHIFTING ISSUE REPEATED. ALSO RECENTLY IT HESITATES LIKE NO POWER WHEN HITTING THE GAS. OVER HAVING IT IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS EACH TIME AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH UNDER 30,000 MILES..

WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ON GOING RANDOM PROBLEM CAR THAT FEELS LIKE A HARD JOLT, LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND, A LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND HESITATION WHEN IT IS SHIFTING GEARS. IT STARTED SHORTLY AFTER 10,000 MILES AND STILL CONTINUES AT 50,000 MILES. IT HAPPENS THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME AT 15MPH BUT HAS HAPPENED AT 35 MPH ALSO. WE HAVE HAD TO BE CHECKED BY THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON DEMAND. THEY HAVE UPDATED SOFTWARE AND REPLACED A MODULE BUT IT STILL OCCURS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AND COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FIVE TIMES WITHIN A TWO HOUR TIME PERIOD. WE DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT THE CAR EIGHT DAYS AND WERE NEVER ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE...

FIRST, THE TWO BATTERIES IN THE VEHICLES ARE FAILING PREMATURELY. OURS JUST FAILED ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE START/STOP SYSTEM LIGHT ACTIVATED ON DASH. OUR VAN WAS PARKED FOR 7 DAYS AT AN AIRPORT AND UPON RETURNING FROM VACATION THE BATTERIES WERE DEAD AND UNABLE TO BE RECHARGED. IRONICALLY, MY SISTER-IN LAW IN CALIFORNIA WHOM WE WERE VISITING, HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIRS WHILE WE WERE THERE. AGAIN, A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO GOOGLE RESEARCH AND CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR VAN DIE OR STALL WHILE IN MOTION. SECOND, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT BUBBLING UP AROUND THE HOOD EDGES. AGAIN, MY RESEARCH ON GOOGLE AND CARCOMPLAINTS.COM REVEALS MANY ARE SUFFERING THIS BUBBLING PAINT ISSUE. LAST, THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN EXTREMELY HARD SHIFT INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH. SO HARD IN...

FOR A YEAR NOW OUR TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VAN WILL COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING WHICH RESULTS IN A HARD JERK. IT WAS SO BAD ON A TRIP THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE COULD NOT GET THE VAN OUT OF FIRST GEAR. WE WERE EVEN TRYING TO DRIVE OVER THE OHIO RIVER AT THE TIME! WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP RESET THE VAN BUT THE ISSUES STILL OCCURRED. WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT CHYRSLER WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUES UNTIL OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE JERKING ISSUES AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO SLIP. NOW THE VAN WANTS TO EXCEL AT TIMES. WE ARE COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED WITH OUR VAN!! I AM THE PRIMARY DRIVER AND HAVE AN EXTREMELY BAD BACK! THE JERKING IS CAUSING ISSUES...

HARD SHIFTING IN LOW GEAR (AND NOW SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEED). THE PROBLEM BEGAN BEFORE 25,000 MILES. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A FIX. I'M ALWAYS TOLD THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE REPRODUCED. I'M NOW JUST WAITING FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AUG 2017 PURCHASED AT 14K MILES, THEN RATTLE NOISE ON START UP, THEN RATTLE NOISE UPON PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL WHILE ACCELERATING OR DE ACCELERATING, NOW DOWNSHIFTING HARD, SHIFTING HARD TO THE POINT IT GETS STUCK FOR A SECOND, PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED ME, I HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED PEOPLE PRESSING GAS TO GET IT TO GO AND IT STICKING THEN SUDDENLY SPEEDING UP

HARD SHIFT WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 15 MPH. IT FEELS LIKE HITTING BY ANOTHER CAR FROM BACK. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I SPEED UP SLOWLY AROUND 15 MPH. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE IT IS 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND THE SHIFT RANGE IS NARROW, AND THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. VERY DISAPPOINTING. AND NOT SURE IF IT WILL DAMAGE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 14-18 MPH, WHEN EITHER ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A HARD SHIFT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS OR SIGNALS ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SOUTHFIELD CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (28100 TELEGRAPH RD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034, 248-331-9937) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN UPDATE AND THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE BRAKES OR SHIFTER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULDNT UNTIL I HEARD AND FELT AN ENORMOUS BANG FROM THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY SHIFTING. HAD I NOT HAD A CENTER LANE I WOULDVE BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE IT SO NOTHING IS WRONG. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAMILY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER A COMPLETE STOP UNTIL IT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HANFORD CHRYSLER JEEP (369 N 11TH AVE, HANFORD, CA 93230) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BELOW 30 MPH. THE FAILURE BEGAN SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2018. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,008.

SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2018 WHEN MY CAR REACHED AROUND 15,000 MILES, IT BEGAN HESITATING, LOSING POWER, BEING UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, AND SHIFTING VERY HARD INTERMITTENTLY. IT SLAMS INTO GEAR SO HARD AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR HAS BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS MOST OFTEN WHEN TURNING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A COMPLETE STOP, OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN AS APPROACHING A TURN AND THEN ACCELERATING AFTER THE TURN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED, AND THEN A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, WORSE THAN BEFORE. THE HARD SHIFTING ALSO SOMETIMES HAPPENED WHILE ACCELERATING TO COME UP TO SPEED WHILE DRIVING ON THE THRUWAY. THE CAR HAS ALSO BEGUN REVVING ERRATICALLY. MOST RECENTLY, THE RPMS SHOT UP TO 5000 AND STAYED THERE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AT LESS THAN 30 MPH. MOST RECENTLY THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FROM 4/1-4/25 AND FROM 5/24 TO PRESENT.

SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2017, WE KEEP HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. IT WILL SHIFT SO HARD YOU FEEL AS IF YOU WERE HIT FROM BEHIND. ITS NOT ONLY NERVE WRECKING BUT SCARY. IT DOES THIS WITHOUT WARNING, USUALLY ABOUT 10 TO 25 MPH, THAT IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE WHIPLASH AT THAT RATE. ITS TO THE POINT, I M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. IT DOES THIS WHETHER YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS. WE HAVE SPOKE TO FIAT CHRYSLER AND GREVE DEALERSHIP WITH NO RESULTS.

LEASING 2017 PACIFIC TOURING L. EVER SINCE IT PASSED 8K MILES, JERKING MOVEMENTS AFTER COMING TO A STOP, LIKE SOME BODY HIT YOU FROM BEHIND. TOOK IT EAST HILLS CHRYSLER AND JEEP DEALER IN LONG ISLAND, NY TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE THEY SAID. 2ND TIME THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OFCOURSE CUZ THIS JERKING MOVEMENT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES. IN JUNE 2019 THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT EVERYDAY WITH THE NY CITY TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. MAY 2019, VAN STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. SCREEN SAID 'SHIFT TO PARK TO DRIVE....' HAD TO DO SHIFT AND PRESS THE START BUTTON TWICE TO GET THE CONTROL BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN WITH ME. OF COURSE PPL STARTED HONKING AND YELLING CUZ IT'S NYC. ALSO MOST OF THE TIME WHILE FUELING, THE FUEL PUMP STOPS. REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VAN ANYMORE.

OUR PACIFICA WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND A MESSAGE CAME UP THAT SAID TO SERVICE THE SHIFTER. WE WERE ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE PACIFICA TO SHIFT TO DRIVE OR TO GET THE PARKING BRAKE TO DISENGAGE. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WHO CAME AND REMAINED ON SCENE WITH US WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH CHRYSLER CARS WERE ALSO NOT ABLE TO GET OUR PACIFICA TO MOVE. THANKFULLY THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A SITUATION THAT WAS NOT TERRIBLY BUSY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF IT HAD OCCURRED ON A BUSY ROAD. THE DOCUMENT FROM THE REPAIR CITES TSB 18-002-19. THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WAS TO REPLACE THE SHIFTER. OUR VAN ONLY HAD 41962 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. IF THIS IS...

CAR JERKS WHILE DRIVING AND ACCELERATING ON THE ROAD. THE CAR JERKS WHILE IN MOTION CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ARE UNABLE TO FIX THIS ISSUE, THEY HAVE CHANGED BATTERY AND UPDATED SOFTWARE BUT CAR IS STILL JERKING WHILE IN MOTION.

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 30 MPH THE CAR ON ITS OWN SLIPPED OUT OF THE DRIVE GEAR AND THE DASHBOARD CHIMED AND REPORTED THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE, THE GEAR KNOB INDICATED THE SAME HOWEVER THE CAR WAS NOT IN REVERSE. AS I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC, I SWITCHED THE GEAR KNOB TO DRIVE AND ACCELERATED. THE CAR WAS SLUGGISH AND THE RPM WERE NOT REGISTERING. I DROVE HOME (5 MILES) SLOWLY BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SLUGGISH SEEMED TO ONLY BE IN FIRST GEAR. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

OVER A YEAR AGO OUR PACIFICA BEGAN HARD SHIFTING FROM A DEAD STOP AND IN LOWER SPEEDS. SOMETIMES IT IS SO BAD WE FEEL WE GOT REAR ENDED. IT IS VERY SPORADIC AND DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE. IT IS BECOMING VERY UNSAFE. MY FEAR IS THE HARD SHIFTING AND THE CAR STOPPING WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. IT SEEMS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAVE SEEN AT 30 COMPLAINTS ON ONE WEB SITE COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.

MY VAN HAS HAD THIS ISSUE SINCE AROUND 29,000 MILES AND I AM CURRENTLY AROUND 53,000. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 15 TIMES AND STILL HAVE NO SOLUTION BECAUSE THE PROBLEM DOESN'T SHOW ON A COMPUTER, NOR DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN A SERVICE TECH IS WITH ME. WHEN THE VAN IS SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND THERE IS A JOLT LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AND A NOISE. I HAVE THIS ON VIDEO 3 SEPARATE TIMES AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TELLS ME THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR A 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION TO DO THIS. THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS NORMAL, OTHERS HAVE BEEN WITH ME AND HAVE THOUGHT I HAVE SLAMMED ON BRAKES BECAUSE THE JOLT IS SO STRONG. THIS HAPPENS IN PARKING LOTS, TURNS AND FROM A COMPLETE STOP TO START. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS AT 14-15 MPH AND IS EXTREMELY SCARY AT TIMES AND THERE IS...

I PURCHASED A NEW 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA VAN IN NOVEMBER 2016. I STARTED TO NOTICE A HARD SHIFTING PATTERN, SO HARD THAT IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEING REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES WITH THIS COMPLAINT ON 9/13/17, 6/11/18, 2/27/19 AND 5/24/19. THE FIRST 3 VISITS I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE HARD SHIFTING WOULD BE FIXED FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK AND IT WOULD START BACK UP AGAIN. MY LAST VISIT ON 5/24/19 I WAS TOLD THAT NO SHIFTING ISSUES WERE APPEARING ON THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST. MY VAN CONTINUES TO HARD SHIFT ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS IS BECOMING A REAL SAFETY CONCERN AS ONE TIME IT SHIFTED SO HARD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT COMPLETELY JOLTED MY CAR. ANOTHER INSTANCE, WHILE DROPPING MY CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL AT THE...

AS WE ARE DRIVING ALONG, ESPECIALLY AFTER A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN FOR A TURN, THE CAR JERKS SUDDENLY AND THEN ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AT LOW SPEEDS (10MPH-20MPH) IT SEAMS TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND THEN SLAMS BACK IN STARTLING EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE FEELING LIKE WE WERE REAR ENDED. WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. AFTER THE UPDATE IT DRIVES OK FOR A WHILE THEN HAPPENS AGAIN. WHILE OPERATING THIS VEHICLE MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO A LANE WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC IT OCCURRED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING THEN SHIFTING HARD INTO GEAR. THE TIME BETWEEN SHIFTS IS SEVERAL SECONDS MAKING PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT LOW SPEED UNDER LOW TO MODERATE ENGINE LOAD.

CURRENTLY HAVE 53,078 MILES ON THIS VAN. IT IS SERVICED REGULARLY BY THE SAME DEALERSHIP WE BOUGHT IT FROM. TODAY AS I WAS PICKING UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL( SPEED LIMIT IS 15 MPH) VAN SUDDENLY LOST POWER, IT MADE BEEPING NOISE, AND DASH SAID TO SHIFT TO PARK. I SHIFTED TO PARK AND SHUT IT DOWN THEN RESTARTED. IT IS DRIVING NORMAL AGAIN BUT I'M STILL TAKING IT INTO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE EVER SINCE IT HAD A SOFTWARE UPDATE LAST YEAR, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AS I DRIVE ON HIGHWAY. IT SLOWS DOWN BY ITSELF AND JERKS VAN ROUGHLY AS IT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTS TO NEXT GEAR. ALSO THE TRUNK STOPPED MAKING BEEPING SOUND WHEN IT OPENS.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING A CORNER FROM A LOW SPEED (<20MPH) OR ACCELERATING AROUND A CORNER FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE JUST REVS AS IF IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE PLACED INTO PARKED AND RESTARTED TO BEGIN DRIVING AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH LESS THAN 24,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING AT TIMES, USUALLY AROUND 15 MPH. SOMETIMES IT JERKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN HIT IN THE REAR. WE'VE TAKEN IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE SHOP AND THEY HAVE REPLACED A VALVE BODY RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION, BUT CONTINUE TO STILL HAVE ISSUES.

VEHICLE "JERKS" WHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING. THIS HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS, WHILE IN MOTION, ON CITY STREETS. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON. PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL RETRACT AS IF SOMETHING IS BLOCKING ITS TRACK WHEN THERE IS NOTHING THERE. PAINT IS BUBBLING ON THE HOOD

I'VE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO OCALA NISSAN SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING AROUND 15 MPH. THEY TESTED IT AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE NEXT TIME I TOOK IT I DROVE WITH A SERVICE ADVISOR AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT DUPLICATE. HOWEVER ON THE WAY HOME IT DID. THE ADVISOR RECOMMENDED ME TAKE THE VEHICLE TO BE ASSESSED @ MY EXPENSE. I COULDN'T AFFORD IT AT THE TIME SO I WAITED UNTIL AN OIL CHANGE WAS DUE. ON MAY 15TH CHRYSTER DID AN ASSESSMENT AND DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THEY EVEN DROVE MY VEHICLE 19 MILES! THE ADVISOR EVEN MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE 'STORED CODES' ON MY VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT DO ANY REPAIR! TODAY MAY 19TH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND MY VEHICLE IS SLOW TO ACCELERATE!

SPORADICALLY WHEN SHIFTING AT AROUND 15 MPH VEHICLE JERKS SO HARD THAT IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE GOTTEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS HAS HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF TIMES SINCE AROUND 10K MILES AND NOW I AM AT 27K MILES. THE DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT I FEEL IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO TRY TO FIX THE VEHICLE IS PERFORM THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE UPDATE AND IT DID NOTHING. ALSO OPENED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING.