2005 Chrysler Pacifica Other / unspecified Problems

TOOK TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACKED FRAMED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON SAYING A FUSE

NHTSA ID

11193423

Incident

Mar 9, 2019

A CRACKED RIGHT REAR WHEEL, AND AM UNABLE TO REPLACE IT DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY. WHERE DO I GET A REPLACEMENT? *TR

NHTSA ID

10691885

Incident

Dec 1, 2014

Mileage

65,000 mi

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FROM 2011 TILL CURRENT AND REPLACED THE FRONT AXLES/TIE RODS AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES A YEAR. LAST INCIDENT IT BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND I LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL INTO 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC NARROWLY MISSING THE GAS PUMPS AT THE STATION ACROSS THE 4 LANE THANK GOODNESS NO ONE HIT ME WITH MY YOUNG CHILD IN THE CAR. WHEN I FIRST HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO GET THEM CHANGED 2 OTHER CARS IN THIS SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN WERE THERE ALSO HAVING THERE'S REPLACED. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL EVERY PERSON I TALK TO STATES THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS ARISING FROM A RUSTED CRADLE PROBLEM WHEN MANUFACTURING THE CAR. I WOULD LIKE MY CAR REPAIRED WHERE THIS WILL NO LONGER HAPPEN AND IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME TO FIX. I HAVE DECIDED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS ISSUE AND MAYBE COME TOGETHER WITH OTHER WITH THIS ISSUE. THERE SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL BY NOW. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AND WAS TOLD THAT MY BOOT IS BUSTED AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE YET AGAIN AND I DO NOT HAVE 119.00 TO PAY MY LOCAL DODGE FOR THIS YET AGAIN! *TR

NHTSA ID

10679739

Incident

Aug 25, 2011

JUST TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO MY MECHANIC TODAY, 08/19/2014, AND FOUND MY UNDERCARRIAGE TO BE RUSTING. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD LAST ONLY ABOUT 1 MORE YEAR. OUR CHRYSLER PACIFICA ONLY HAS ABOUT 109,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS GOING TO COST WELL OVER $3500.00 TO REPLACE THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN, AND AM ON A FIXED BUDGET. THESE COSTS ARE TAXING MYSELF AND MY WIFE, AND EATING UP OUR SAVINGS. WE NEED HELP TO FIND OUT IF CHRYSLER WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP US OUT WITH THE COST OF FIXING OUR VEHICLE, OR AT LEAST MEETING US HALF WAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10626281

Incident

Aug 19, 2014

Mileage

109,000 mi

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SHAKES ON PASSENGER SIDE SOME AWFUL, SCARY TOO FEELS LIKE ITS GONNA FALL DOWN ON THE STREET OR THE TIRE IS GONNA FALL OFF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10552506

Incident

Nov 15, 2013

Mileage

162,929 mi

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND HAVE IT REG. SERVICE I WAS LOOKING TO HAVE A OIL CHANGE AND A STICKER. THEY CHANGED MY OIL 29.00 AND REJECTED MY CAR FOR A ROTTED FRAME AND TOLD I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT. SERVICE MANAGER ALSO TOLD ME THEY CHRYSLER WOULD PAY FOR THE PART $4500.00 AND LABOR BUT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR $300.00 DED. AND ALL THE PARTS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IF ANY WERE DAMAGED, MOTOR MOUNTS ETC. NO LOANER OR RENTAL THIS WAS NOT MY BAD THE CAR WAS GREAT TILL THAT DAY I HAVE A $5000.00 LOAN AND OVER $5000.00 WORTH OF WORK TO GET A STICKER. WHEN I WENT IN TO SCH. WORK THEY SAID DEAL OFF, PART WAS SENT BACK I CRIED FOR REAL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10509595

Incident

Dec 26, 2012

Mileage

129,000 mi

MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR! I WILL START WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT DIDN'T ALMOST KILL MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN. THE ABS LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AND THE DEALER HAD NO RESOLUTION. THE CAR WOULD STALL WHILE TURNING. I REPLACED THE BATTERY FIVE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS. WHILE IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINED BY ITSELF, WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE CONTROLS AND STARTED SMOKING! THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM! LASTLY, WHILE DRIVING MY SONS TO SCHOOL, THE CAR WAS HANDLING POORLY AND BECAUSE IT WAS DARK AND RAINING, INITIALLY I BELIEVED THAT IT WAS WET ROAD CONDITIONS. TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR, I WAS TRAVELING IN THE SLOW LANE AND MY SPEED WAS APPROX. 30 MPH. UPON APPROACHING THE TOP OF A SMALL HILL, THE STEERING BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, AT THIS TIME I BELIEVED THAT THE CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE AND THAT WAS WHAT HAD CAUSED THE POOR HANDLING WHILE DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BUTTON FOR MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND BEGAN TO TRY TO EASE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND ATTEMPT TO STOP THE CAR. IT WAS INSTANTLY APPARENT THAT THE CAR BRAKES AND POWER STEERING WERE NOT WORKING, WHICH LEFT ME STRUGGLING AT 30 MPH AND ACCELERATING BECAUSE OF THE I WAS NOW ON THE DOWNWARD SIDE OF THE HILL, TO TRY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR! I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM COMPLETELY VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND ULTIMATELY HIT A 5 INCH CONCRETE CURB THAT IS A TURN OUT FOR THE CORNER GAS STATION. UPON HITTING THE CURB THE CAR THEN SPRANG TO THE LEFT BACK INTO THE HIGHWAY LANE. MIRACULOUSLY, NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING IN THAT LANE AT THAT MOMENT! ONCE, WE WERE OUT OF THE CAR, I LEARNED THAT THE CAR DID NOT HAVE A FLAT TIRE BUT A PART OF THE FRONT END HAD BROKEN AND CAUSED THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE TO COLLAPSE INTO THE WHEEL WELL...UNBELIEVABLE! I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DEFECT OF THE CAR, IN ADDITION TO HE MULTITUDE OF OTHER DEFECTS OF THIS CAR!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10482621

Incident

Oct 15, 2012

Mileage

92,000 mi

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING WITH 36,200 MILES HAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES THAT HAVE AN AIR LOSE FROM THE FRONT TIRES OF OVER 5 POUNDS EACH WEEK OF AIR PRESSURE. CAUSE IS BELIEVED TO BE CORROSION OF THE WHEELS RESULTING FROM ELECTROLYSIS DUE TO CONTACT FROM THE CHROME WHEEL COVERS. THIS MUCH AIR LOSE COULD RESULT IN A DRIVING HAZARD IF TIRES ARE NOT CHECKED WEEKLY. IT WILL ALSO SHORTEN THE TIRE LIFE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10406040

Incident

Jun 12, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS LOOSING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE WHEEL WASN'T REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. THE VIN WASN'T AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 139,000.

NHTSA ID

10361776

Incident

Oct 19, 2010

Mileage

139,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL DISENGAGED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND PROCEEDED TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BROKEN WHEEL STUDS. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 69,000. BL

NHTSA ID

10281749

Incident

Aug 25, 2009

Mileage

69,000 mi

ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA, THE MOTOR MOUNTS SEEM TO BE SUBSTANDARD AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT A HIGHER INTERVAL THAN NORMAL. WHILE THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A HUGE ISSUE INITIALLY, A FAILED MOTOR MOUNT IS A REASON TO REJECT A VEHICLE INSPECTION IN THE STATE OF VA. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR USED 2 YEARS AGO, I NEEDED TO REPLACE A FAILED MOTOR MOUNT, NOW, 2 YEARS LATER AND WITH THE CAR HAVING LESS THAN 65,000 MILES I AM HAVING TO REPLACE A MOTOR MOUNT AGAIN. THE REAL ISSUE NOW SEEMS TO BE THAT CHRYSLER AS A WHOLE IS OUT OF STOCK AS THERE IS A NATIONAL BACKORDER IN EFFECT AT THE MOMENT. THE FACT THAT THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER MAKES ME FEEL AS IF THEY ARE BEING REPLACED BY MANY OTHER PACIFICA OWNERS. RESEARCH ONLINE HAS SHOWN THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS FAIL ON THE PACIFICA APPROXIMATELY EVERY 30,000 MILES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10258579

Incident

Feb 12, 2009

Mileage

63,000 mi

I NOTICED A STRANGE ODOR WHEN I DROVE THE CAR FROM THE LOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE NEW THE LEATHER SMELL, BUT LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR WAS LEAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE LEAK FOUR (4) TIME. IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. NOW OTHER THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN, THE PASSENGERS POWER SEAT NO LONGER RECLINES, THE RADIO WILL JUST QUIT WORKING AND SO DOES THE A/C. *JB

NHTSA ID

10093123

Incident

Jul 7, 2004

Mileage

18 mi