2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS NEEDED TO ADJUST THE POWER STEERING AFTER MAKING RIGHT TURN, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO LENOIR CITY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1206 E BROADWAY ST, LENOIR CITY, TN 37772) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS THEN REFERRED TO NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

DROVE TOP SPEED OF 20 MPH BECAUSE I WAS ON BASE. CAME TO STOP AT STOP SIGN TO TURN ONTO MARYLAND AVE TO EXIT THE BASE. STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO TURN LEFT, MID TURN, VAN SHUT OFF/DIED, ERROR MESSAGE OF PUT CAR INTO PARK AND THEN VEHICLE SPEED TOO HIGH(SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES) FLASHED. WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. NOTE: 2 CHILDREN AS PASSENGERS AT THE TIME BATTERY REPLACED NOV 2019-DUE TO SAME PROBLEM/ELECTRICAL ISSUES TRANSMISSION REPLACED JAN 2020 DUE TO ONGOING ISSUE (WARRANTY COVERED)

ELECTRIC PANEL FRIED. DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN ON HIGHWAY MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON JERKED ME TO THE RIGHT VERY HARD AND THE IN LANE LIGHT POP ON THAT'S TURNED OFF IN MY VAN. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JERKED ME EXTREMLY TO THE LEFT. GOOD THING TRAFFIC WASN'T GOING TO FAST I WOULD OF BEEN DEAD. WHEN EVER YOU WOULD ACCELERATE IT WOULD DO IT AGAIN. I WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE SLOW LANE TO PULL OVER. FIGURE THE CAR NEEDED TO BE TURNED OFF AND REBOOT COMPUTER. THAT DIDN'T HELP AS IT PROCEEDED TO DO IT. SO GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. CAR ONLY HAS LITTLE OVER 28,000 MILE S IN IT.

THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND IT'S HARD TO GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD, THERE IS A RECALL V053 TO ADDRESS A POWER STEERING ISSUE, BUT THE DEALER STATES THAT RECALL IS NOT CAUSING MY PROBLEM AND TO FIX THE ISSUE WILL COST $3400.00. HOW DO I KNOW IF THE RECALL IS THE PROBLEM OR TRONCALLI'S DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTS?

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL STICK LIKE THE POWER STEERING IS FAILING. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. IF YOU TURN SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL THEN STICK AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE A JERK TO THE LEFT TO GET IT BACK TO CENTER. IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE VAN FOR THE POWER STEERING ON SOME MODELS BUT WHEN I CHECKED THE VIN ON MINE IT SAID IT WASN'T INCLUDED. I'M CONCERNED THAT MY VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE BUT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

ACCELERATING FROM STOP. VEHICLE WILL STALL/LOOSE SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN ENGINE POWER/TRANSMISSION. MULTIPLE EVENTS FROM BOTH STRAIGHT/TURNING SITUATIONS. FOLLOWING LOSE OF ACCELERATION, TRANSMISSION SLAMS BACK INTO ACCELERATING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. STEERING IS AFFECTED DURING EVENT(S).

THE STEERING IS STICKING. I HAVE NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL GET STUCK WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT AND WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS. WE HAVE A 2017 PACIFICA.

THE STEERING "STICKS" WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE TO THE RIGHT. I'VE HAD THE TIRES ALIGNED, IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

THE POWER STEERING ABRUPTLY STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING MAKING TURNING THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ME AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR MY SPOUSE. THEN, WHILE I AM USING ALL MY MIGHT TO TURN IT AROUND A CORNER, IT RESUMES AND CAUSES ME TO JERK THE WHEEL. THESE ISSUES HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, IN PARKING LOTS, AND SIDE ROADS, THE POWER STEERING JUST STOPS AND STARTS WITHOUT CAUSE. I ALMOST HIT A GUARD RAIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLEANED THE WIRES BUT IT'S STILL HAPPENING. NOW, THEY WANT ME TO PAY $3,500 TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT I DIDN'T CAUSE.

MY VAN IS CONSTANTLY STALLING... WEATHER ITS ME TAKING OFF AFTER A STOP OR DRIVING THROUGH TOWN MY VAN IS ALWAYS JERKING ME AROUND. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. NOW MY VAN WONT START AND MULTIPLE CODES CAME ON WHEN TRYING TO START MY VAN. SOMETHING WITH MY POWERSTEERING BEING LOCKED, SERVICE ELECTRONIC STABILITI CONTROL, SERVICE ANTILOCK BREAK SYSTEM, PARK BRAKE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE AND POWERSTEERING UNAVAILABLE. *TR

WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2018. THE VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING ALWAYS STARTS TO LOCK/STICK INTO ONE DIRECTION AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR 45 MINUTES OR SO. IT IS MOST NOTICABLE ON THE HWY AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH OR ABOVE, BUT ON LONGER TRIP AS THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING LONGER, THE POWER STERRING LOCKING/STICKING TAKES PLACE LOWER SPEEDS AS WELL. WHEN THW POWER STEERING STARTS TO LOCK/STICK, IT REQUIRES A JERK FORCE ON THE STERRING WHEEL TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT AND THIS CAN EASILY CAUSE OVERSTEERING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ONCE THE PROBLEM STARTS IT IS CONSTANT AND YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS FIGHT AGAINST THE POWER STEERING. IT IS DANGEROUS AND WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE CAR. WE HAVE TAKEN IT SEVERAL TIMES TO THE CHRYSLER DEALESHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT (MOPAR) AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME THE POWER STEERING NEEDS AN UPDATE AND HAVE NEVER RESOLVED...

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...

I BOUGHT 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING L 3 WEEKS AGO USED FROM A DODGE DEALERSHIP. THIS PAST WEEK MY WIFE AND I TOOK A LONG ROAD TRIP OVER 1000 MILES.THE CAR DROVE JUST FINE AND WHEN WE ARRIVED I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS. WHEN I WENT TO START IT BACK UP, IT SENT A MESSAGE SAYING ITS LOST COMMUNICATION TO POWER STEERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I'M AT A LOSS BECAUSE THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FOR THREE WEEKS THEN SAT FOR TWO DAYS AND JUST STOPPED. I CAN'T DRIVE IT. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO REPLACE STEERING RACK.

I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS HAVE THE ISSUE OF A KNOWN RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE: ENGINE STALL OR LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST OR A STALL CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF CRASH. I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. I WAS INSTRUCTED ON THE SCREEN TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. ONCE I PUT IT IN PARK THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. I TRIED RESTARTING IT. THE BRAKE WAS STIFF AND WOULD NOT PUSH IN. WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON IT WENT TO "ACC" THEN WHEN I PUSHED IT AGAIN IT WENT TO "RUN" BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON AND I COULD NOT CHANGE THE SHIFTER OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLES WERE DRIVING BEHIND ME CAUSING PEOPLE TO SUDDENLY COME TO A STOP.

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.

STEERING STICKS IN CURVES. IT STARTED ON TRIP TO FL IN EARLY NOVEMBER AND HAS CONTINUED WE HAD IT LINED UP AND TIRES ROTATED WHEN WE GOT BACK BUT IT CONTINUES AND IS GETTING WORSE.

WHEN MAKING A SLIGHT RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING DOES NOT NATURALLY RETURN TO THE CENTER POSITION, AND MUST BE PHYSICALLY FORCED TO RETURN TO THE CENTER POSITION

WHEN MAKING A SLIGHT RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING DOES NOT NATURALLY RETURN TO THE CENTER POSITION, AND MUST BE PHYSICALLY FORCED TO RETURN TO THE CENTER POSITION. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS

THE STEERING IS LOOSE. WHILE TURNING THERE IS A KNOCK, TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE OR BACKING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY, WHILE IN PARK AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK MY VAN IN 1 AND A HALF WEEKS AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW RACK AND PINION WHICH WAS GOING TO BE OVER $4000,00! THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME TO CALL CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER IT, THEY DID NOT. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, IT IS SHOWN THAT IF A RACK AND PINION IS BAD, THE FRONT END COULD FALL APART AT ANY TIME. I ONLY HAVE 36K MILES ON MY VAN THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD. THAT IS RIDICULOUS TO ME, AND THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. ESPECIALLY IN A FAMILY VEHICLE SUCH AS A VAN.

I WAS TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION AND MY PACIFICA STALLED AND WOULD NOT GO UNTIL I SLAMMED ON THE GAS BECAUSE A CAR WAS COMING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT. IT'S VERY UNSAFE FOR MY KIDS TO BE IN THE VAN IF IT'S GOING TO STALL WHEN TURNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL NEEDED EXTRA STRENGTH TO STEER AND THE ENGINE AND POWER STEERING ASSIST INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V348000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENBRIER MOTOR COMPANY (9841 SENECA TRAIL, LEWISBURG, WV 24901, (304) 645-1010), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,900.

A/C AND HEAT FAN WILL SPONTANEOUSLY INCREASE AND DECREASED POWER, DASH LIGHTS WILL PULSE BRIGHTNESS, DASH WILL FLASH "ELECTRICAL FAILURE" "PARKING BRAKE FAILURE", AND POWER STEERING STARTS TO FAIL. FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR PUSH BUTTON FAILED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN, AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS TURNED ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V348000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, INDICATING TO PARK AND START ENGINE. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LONE STAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (8811 INTERSTATE 35 ACCESS RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78211, (210) 828-1515) WHERE MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF...

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON 9/9/2019 AROUND AN S TURN WHEN SUDDENLY THE VAN LOST ITS POWER STEERING. HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. HE COULDN'T BREAK AND THE VAN HIT A CURB WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BLOW OUT BOTH DRIVER SIDE TIRES AND RIP THE DRIVERS FRONT STRUT APART. IN JUNE OF 2019 AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE OF RECALL V53, I TOOK MY VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THAT RECALL AND ANY OTHER RECALLS IT MAY HAVE. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY AND 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS BEING FIXED. I WAS TOLD THAT ALL WERE COMPLETED AND WAS HANDED THE KEYS. RIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THE RECALL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T FIX RECALL NUMBER V53. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND THEY...

FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING IN CURVES THE STEERING WHEEL IS STICKING. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. I FEEL LIKE I COULD WRECK MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO THE STEERING. THIS IS OCCURRING WHEN THE VAN IS IN MOTION, ACCELERATING, WHEN I TRY TO TURN THE WHEEL BACK STRAIGHT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR SECONDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTO PLAZA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FARMINGTON (970 E WOODLAWN DR, FARMINGTON, MO 63640, (573) 431-7800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION MODULE DEFAULTED AND THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,300.

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.

DRIVING MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF BRIEF LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT SPEED IN MOTION. HESITATION, DIFFICULT, HARD TO TURN. GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AN OBSERVED A FCA RECALL. I CALLED FCA CUSTOMER SERVICES AND THEY STATED MY VEHICLE IS NOT IN THE RECALL BY VIN. HOWEVER IT IS AN EARLY 2017 MODEL.. I AM FILING THIS AS MY WIFE REPORTED THIS TO ME FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAD OCCURRED TO HER RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING. AFTER SHE TOLD ME 3 MILES LATER WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED OFT 45MPH IN A WIDE SWEEPING TURN THE STEERING RESISTED INPUT ON ME TO RETURN TO CENTER AND CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE FOR A BRIEF SECOND THEN RESUMED BACK TO NORMAL. AT THAT MOMENT I MYSELF HAD JUST WHAT SHE TOLD ME HAPPENED TO HER MULTIPLE TIMES RECENTLY WHEN DRIVING. WE NO LONGER WANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND DEEM IT A SAFETY...

I TOOK MY CAR 2 TIMES ALREADY TO THE CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER TO INVESTIGATE STEERING WHEEL PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDNT FIND OUT ANY PROBLEM. IT FEELS LIKE LOCKING WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND TURN TO OTHER WAY. MY 3 BABIES ARE RIDING IN THIS CAR AND I WORRY SO MUCH. IT HAPPENS LOW SPEED AND HIGH SPEED ALSO (30 - 70 MPH)

I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH "JERKING" WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 PACIFICA. THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT AS THE CAR "JERKS" FORWARD VERY FORCEFULLY. I HAVE HAD IT IN 6 TIMES FOR THE SAME "JERKING" MOTION. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT JERKS AND COMPLETELY STOPS. THE "JERKING" HAPPENS AT VERY RANDOM TIMES, ACCELERATION, COASTING, CRUISE CONTROL USE, AND SLOWING DOWN. SOME DAYS IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, AND OTHERS IT CAN GO A WEEK OR TWO WITHOUT HAPPENING. CHRYSLER HAS REPLACED VALVES AND THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION UNIT, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. FOR THE PAST MONTH, WHEN THE JERKING HAPPENS, THE STEERING WHEEL NOW ATTEMPTS TO LOCK AND THIS DIDN'T START HAPPENING UNTIL CHRYSLER STARTED "MESSING" WITH PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 18K MILES ON IT AS A "CHRYSLER CERTIFIED VEHICLE." I HAVE FILED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER AND...

INITIALLY, WHILE DRIVING, A BRIEF WARNING MESSAGE WOULD FLASH ON THE DRIVER'S INFO CLUSTER THAT THE "POWER STEERING WAS UNAVAILABLE" AND THEN THE WARNING WOULD GO AWAY VERY QUICKLY. HOWEVER, THE WARNING BEGAN COMING ON MORE FREQUENTLY, ALWAYS WHILE DRIVING, AND IT WOULD STAY ON, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS WAS VERY FRIGHTENING SINCE IN THE LARGE VAN IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING AT BOTH HIGHWAY AND SIDE-STREET SPEEDS. WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD BE TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED, THE MALFUNCTION WOULD RESOLVE, HOWEVER, IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A SHORT DRIVE. IT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THE POWER STEERING COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY GONE OUT AT ANY TIME, SUCH AS A HIGHWAY CORNER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. THE CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A REPAIR FOR THE PROBLEM...

MY ISSUES STARTED WHEN MY AUTO START/STOP STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE ACCESSORY BATTERY WAS DEAD AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT IN. THAT IT WAS IN BACKORDER. THEN MY MAIN BATTERY WENT DEAD. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED MY MAIN BATTERY AND AGAIN THEY MADE MENTIONED THAT THE AUTO START/STOP DIDN'T WORK. I SAID I KNOW THE ACCESSORY BATTERY IS DEAD AND THAT IT WAS ON BACKORDER. I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VAN BACK IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEY WOULD TEST THE ACCESSORY BATTERY AGAIN AND REPLACE IT IF WAS BAD. TOOK THE VAN BACK. THEY SAID IT WASN'T THE BATTERY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG ELECTRICAL BECAUSE TOO MANY VOLTS WAS BEING OUTPUTTED. AT THIS TIME I MADE MENTION OF THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. I GOT A WARNING LIGHT SAYING IT WASN'T...

POWER STEERING FAILING COMPLETELY. STARTED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS FIRST ADVISED THAT A 'LOW BATTERY' CAUSED A POWER SPIKE IN THE POWER STEERING UNIT AND THEY CHARGED THE BATTERY. THEN IT HAPPENED MORE FREQUENT AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT TO THE POWER STEERING UNIT ITSELF WHICH TOOK A WEEK TO REPLACE. THEN TWO DAYS LATER THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE ENTERING A 90 DEGREE CURVE AT 35 MPH. AFTERWARDS I COULD SIT IDLING, WATCHING THE VOLTAGE WANDER BETWEEN 11 VOLTS AND 15 VOLTS, AND HAVE POWER STEERING, BUT AS SOON AS I TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS OR FOGLIGHTS OR PUT IT IN GEAR, THE VOLTAGE WOULD STABILIZE AT 14.6-14.8 VOLTS AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD TURN OFF. IT'S BEEN A WEEK AND THEY JUST CONTACTED CHRYSLER. I'M AT 15 DAYS IN THE SHOP BETWEEN FAILED SECONDARY BATTERY, AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING AND NO END IN SITE....

CODE PCM P258B ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP = PRESS ON BRAKES AND VAN DOES NOT STOP MUST KEEP TRYING TO PRESS ON BRAKES TO STOP THIS IS NOT SAFE. CODE ABS C1252-92 VACUUM PUMP CONTROL CIRCUIT CODE SCCM B2225-00 (SCM) STEERING COLUMN MODULE INTERNAL

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR OR SECOND GEAR, STALLING IN INTERSECTION OR WHEN ACCELERATION ON FREEWAY.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET JUST DRIVING STRAIGHT. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE DISPLAY INDICATED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO START THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF. I WAS NOT GOING FAST AT THE TIME AND WAS ABLE TO STOP, PUT IT IN PARK, PRESS THE BRAKE, START THE VEHICLE, AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE. HOWEVER, I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THIS ISSUE AFFECTS THE BRAKES, ENGINE, STEERING, POWER TRAIN AND ALL AROUND SAFETY. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS DRIVING AND THAT MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR. I WAS GOING TO PICK THEM UP.

REAR DOOR AND SIDE DOORS OPEN UP WHILE DRIVING. VAN STALLS AND SPUTTERS WHEN TAKING OFF. WHEN DRIVING AND TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE THE WHEEL IS RUBBING IN THE WHEEL WELL.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN TOLD ME TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. AS I'M SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND CARS FLYING PAST ME I DISCOVER I'M LOCKED OUT OF MY OWN ENGINE. THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED, I COULDN'T RESTART THE VEHICLE, I TRIED OPENING MY DOOR, AFTER THE VAN CAME TO A STOP, TO GET THE VAN TO RESET BUT NOTHING WORKED. FINALLY THE VAN ALLOWED ME TO START THE VEHICLE BACK UP AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF BEING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I HAD LOST POWER STEERING AND WASN'T ABLE TO PULL OVER ALONGSIDE THE SHOULDER NOR COULD I BRAKE OR ACCELERATE! I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO COME TO A STOP AND THEN HAD TO TROUBLESHOOT WHY MY ENGINE LOCKED ME OUT IN...

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT A LOW SPEED (10-15 MPH) AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, INCLUDING STEERING, AND ACCELERATION. THE RADIO AND ACCESSORIES WERE STILL WORKING. ALL THE GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND A BEEPING NOISE OCCURRED. ON THE DASH A DISPLAY SAID "CHANGE GEARS TO START". I TRIED NEUTRAL AND OTHER GEARS, BEFORE GOING BACK TO DRIVE AND IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND IT GOT STUCK IN PARK. I COULDN'T CHANGE THE GEAR AFTER THAT. I THEN PRESSED THE ON/OFF START BUTTON AND IT RESTARTED AND POWERED UP THE ENGINE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL. THE FIRST APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE WAS JUNE 27TH, 2018 AT 0830. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SAID THERE WAS NO LOG/WARNING OR NOTIFICATION RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP...

2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REFUNDED THE FULL PRICE OF THE VEHICLE AND OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO THE DEFECT. *JS

MY GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING MY PACIFICA. SHE EXPERIENCED THE CAR JUMP AND SHE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VEHICLE FORCED ITSELF TO TURN HARD LEFT AND CAUSE HER TO HIT A BOX TRUCK. SHE THEN BOUNCED OFF THAT CAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE SAID THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING TO GOOD EITHER. THIS CAR ONLY HAD 11,186 MILES ON IT. I HAVE REPORTED A SIMILAR ISSUE OF MY VEHICLE JUMPING LIKE IT WAS PUSHED FROM BEHIND OR A JOLT OF POWER LIKE THE TRANS WAS SLIPPING, ONLY MONTHS INTO OWNING THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN IN AND LOOKED AT MORE THAN ONCE BY MY DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, THERE WERE NO CODES, AND THEREFORE THEY COULDN'T FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW THE PROBLEM CAUSED A CAR ACCIDENT AND LUCKILY MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE. THE...

AT A STOP LIGHT IN THE TURN LANE I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO DRIVE AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I HIT THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I LOOKED AND THE SCREEN SAID TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN THE SCREEN SAID THAT I NEEDED TO STOP/START RESTART THE CAR. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START BUT EVERYTHING ELSE POWERED BACK ON. I DID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND EVERY TIME I TRIED STARTING THE CAR THERE WAS JUST CLICKING AND IT WOULD NOT START. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN, OPENED THE CAR DOOR SO THAT EVERYTHING WOULD POWER OFF. I THEN CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT STARTED BACK UP.

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO THE SECOND GEAR OR FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. AFTER IT STALLS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS THE VEHICLE JUMPS. IT IS NOT SOMETHING CONSTANT THAT WILL OCCUR, ONLY SOMETIMES AND THE DEALER CANNOT REPRODUCE THE OCCURRENCE AND THEY CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO FIX IT (AT LEAST THIS IS THEIR RESPONSE). THE COMPUTER IS NOT RECORDING ANY MALFUNCTION. WHEN THIS OCCURS BUT YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE, OR DO ANYTHING TO AVOID ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. I SUBMITTED THE VEHICLE TO TWO CHRYSLER DEALERS FOR A CHECK AND BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE INCIDENT THEY TOLD ME TO WAIT UNTIL SUCH ISSUE OCCURS MORE CONSTANT. THIS IS A VERY DISTURBING APPROACH BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND CAN PROVOKE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND I USE THE VAN TO DRIVE MY FAMILY...

THE LANE KEEP ASSISTANT (LANESENSE) SYSTEM WENT OFFLINE AND STATED IT NEEDED SERVICE. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE LOWER FRONT CAMERA NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE DEALER WAS ASKED IF THE PROBLEM IS COMMON, THEY COULD NOT ANSWER. THIS IS THE SAME PART ON EVERY FIAT CHRYSLER OF AMERICA VEHICLE WITH THIS FEATURE. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVER AND DIRECT THE VEHICLE IN THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION. IF THIS ITEM IS FUNCTIONING INCORRECTLY, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO OTHER VEHICLES AND ON COMING TRAFFIC. THIS FEATURE FAILED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT NEAR HIGHWAY SPEEDS (55 MPH) IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

THIS VAN HAS STALED ON ME 4 SEPARATE TIMES NOW, TWICE PUTTING ME IN A VERY BAD AREA FOR A HEAD ON CRASH AND 1 SEVERE READ END CRASH. I HAVE HAD THE VAN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES, THIS LAST TIME SINCE 4TH OF MARCH TO CURRENT. 1ST TIME I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON A MAIN CITY STREET, PULLED OUT OF SIDE STREET AND THE VAN JUST STALLED. I HAVE NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES, NOTHING, BY THE TIME IT STOPPED ROLLING I WAS IN THE ONCOMING LANE OF A VERY BUSY STREET. 2ND TIME I WAS DEAD STOP AT A LIGHT, THE LIGHT CHANGED AND THEY VAN DIDNT MOVE, HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING. 3RD TIME I WAS LEAVING MY HOME, PULLED OUT ONTO THE COUNTRY ROAD ON WHICH WE LIVE, STARTED UP THE HILL, LOST POWER AGAIN, TOOK ME IN THE ONCOMING LANE,...

I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE SHOP ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2, BECAUSE I HAD EXPERIENCED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS A STALL. ONCE WHEN I WAS TURNING OUT OF MY SUBDIVISION, SO THANKFULLY AT A SLOW SPEED, HOWEVER, THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD THAT I WAS TURNING ONTO. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS PULLING INTO THE GAS STATION, DECELLERATING AT ABOUT 30MPH. I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS RECALL, I JUST KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO GET IT FIXED, AS I HAVE 3 CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN MY CAR EVERY DAY. ONCE I ARRIVED TO THE DEALER, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WERE 2 RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE, AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIX EITHER OF THEM UNTIL APRIL. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, AND AM TERRIFIED TO PUT MY CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE. CHRYSLER HAS INFORMED ME THERE...

I PURCHASED MY 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING L ON 7/22/2017, EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT UNTIL MID AUGUST. MY UCONNECT RADIO KEPT FREEZING, THE ENGINE TICKED (STOPPED ITSELF WITHIN A FEW WEEKS), THE TAILGATE GOT STUCK HALF WAY A FEW TIMES TRYING TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE. IT'S JUST STOP MIDWAY AND I'LL HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH IT SHUT CLOSE. WITHIN LATER MONTHS (BEGINNING AROUND OCTOBER) MY BEGAN TO JERK BACK EVERY SO OFTEN (ABOUT TWICE A WEEK) WHILE DRIVING. IT'S HAPPENED AT BOTH HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I'VE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION OR 'FIX' FOR THE PROBLEM. SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. RECENT MONTH (DECEMBER/JANUARY) THE JERKING IS GETTING WORSE. IT'S BEGINNING TO JERK ALMOST EVERYDAY, SOMETIMES MORE THAN THREE TIMES A DAY! I'VE BEEN CONTINUING...

BACK IN NOVEMBER 2017, MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR'S DASHBOARD LIGHT ALL TURNED ON AND STARTED BLINKING. THE CAR LOST POWER FORCING ME TO QUICKLY PULL OVER AND AVOIDED ANOTHER CAR FROM COLLIDING. THE SERVICE LIGHTS TURNED ON. I TURNED OF THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT BACK ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT COULD NOT PULL ANY CODES OF THE INCIDENT. I SAW THE RECALL ANNOUNCED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FIX FOR THIS RECALL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 2ND QUARTER OF 2018. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR, ESPECIALLY WITH MY KIDS ON BOARD. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR ITS SAFETY RATING, NOW WE ARE DRIVING A DEATH TRAP.

VEHICLE STALLED ON FREEWAY, GRADUAL LOST OF POWER AND CAME TO A STOP. TRIED TO INCH VEHICLE TO THE SIDE SHOULDER TO AVOID TRAFFIC. CALLED ASSIST AND WAS ABLE TO RE-START VAN AFTER A FEW TIMES TRYING THE PUSH START BUTTON. DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALER BUT THEY GAVE NO EXPLANATION. BOUGHT VEHICLE LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE INCIDENT OCCURRED.