2017 Chrysler Pacifica Exterior lighting Problems

Like many other Pacifica owners, my LED light on the passenger side flickers repeatedly when the vehicle is first started and then turns off.

NHTSA ID

11553626

Incident

Nov 2, 2022

This week was the SECOND time our van lost both low beam headlights at the same time while driving at night. Both times the dealership wanted over $500 to replace them. Our drive train will catch while driving. We took our van in for this problem and were told by the dealership that "its just the way the transmission is made" When we bought the vehicle it was two years old and had rust spots on the hood. We had it repaired. Now, two years later the same rust bubbles are starting to appear on the hood.

NHTSA ID

11536549

Incident

Aug 2, 2023

I was stopped at a light and the car flashed all its lights and shifted me into park. After it started right back up but the check engine light came on and stayed on. It did this another two times as well and is very dangerous for me driving with my kids. prior to this issue I had to replace shutter and head gasket (Coolant leak). This car has so far cost 6K in repairs.

NHTSA ID

11534742

Incident

Jul 23, 2023

This vehicle like so many others have many problems with low miles! My van less than 70k mile and has a major oil leak! Chrysler will just give you the run around and you are stuck fixing it !! They know these split engine cars are junk and they left it to us consumer to fix it ! This should be a class action lawsuit because it’s way too many of us owners out here experiencing the same problems

NHTSA ID

11504435

Incident

Jan 1, 2023

The LED strip/portion of my driver-side headlight has stopped functioning. It is all inside a closed headlight unit. When starting the vehicle, the LED strip will pulse about 11 times quickly, then remain off. This has been an unsafe defect, because if I am in a lane that is for "Left Turn OR Keep Straight", a vehicle in the intersection across from me could look briefly, see my left LED strip out*, and assume I am turning left -- while in actuality I am keeping straight. This could lead to a head-on collision. *There are many newer vehicles where the LED strip temporarily turns off when that side's turn signal is flashing. Additionally, this can cause a small percentage of uneven brightness. I have not found a way to turn off the working LED Strip on the passenger side without turning ALL the headlights off. It is always on (and always uneven) whenever the vehicle is running. The cost of the repair was quoted by the dealership I bought the van at - an unavoidable $180 diagnostic fee, plus $1,300+ to replace the whole unit, with no other options given. Furthermore, the expensive, "comprehensive wrap" extended vehicle plan the Chrysler dealership sold me refuses to cover the defect. Lastly, the service technician at both Chrysler Dealerships' advise was to "just live with it". This is completely unjust and should be covered by Chrysler, as LEDs should certainly have thousands of working hours left past 5 years, let alone the short 3 years the factory warranty covers. There were no messages or warning signs before this defect was noticed, and there is no information on the defect provided by the manufacturer anywhere I have looked online or on the MOPAR website.

NHTSA ID

11490083

Incident

Aug 1, 2022

STEERING WHEEL GETS STUCK ON TURNS EVEN SLIGHT ONES HAVE TO PULL IT IN CORRECT DIRECTION. LIGHTS ON DASH GO OFF AS I DRIVE AT NIGHT IS TERRIBLE. SIDE SLIDING DOORS, BACK DOOR HAVE OPENED BY SELF AS I APPROACHED VEHICLE. RADIO VOLUME USED TO GO UP AND DOWN, SAME FOR THE PARKING BRAKE AS I PARKED, IT ALSO WHILE DRIVING MAKES LOUD BUNK NOISE AND AS IT SHOLTS LIKE WHIP LASH TO MY NECK AND SPINE. THE TIRES LOOSE AIR RIGHT AWAY. MOST IMPORTANT IS STEERING AND SHOLT. I DRIVE FOR A LIVING AND THESE ARE SO DANGEROUS. DEALER IN HOMESTEAD ACKNOWLEDGED ISSUES, BUT STILL SAME WAS TOLD WAS FIXED, YET I WAS TO BE CHARGED TO JYST HAVE IT CHECKED $120, WORST SERVICE EVER AT ALL 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TERRIBLE WAIT TIME FOR OUL CHANGE IS OVER 2 HRS ONE TIME. AM TOTALLY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THE DROP SESTS BUT I ALMOST GOT SQUEEZED IN WHILE MOVING ABOUT NO SENSOR STOPS IT.

NHTSA ID

11396623

Incident

Feb 16, 2021

THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT I HAVE FILED IN 24 HOURS. I BELIEVE I AM HAVING A KNOWN PROBLEM/RECALL IN MY VEHICLE: ENGINE STALL DUE TO SOFTWARE ISSUE AN ENGINE STALL CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V049000 I DROVE ABOUT 3 MILES. PARKED MY VEHICLE AND PUSHED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE SLIDING BACK DOOR. WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TURNED OFF INCLUDING THE ENGINE AND ALL THE LIGHTS. NOTHING ON THE DASH REMAINED LIT. I TRIED TO RESTART IT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. NO SOUNDS, CLICK OR LIGHTS APPEARED. I OPENED MY DOOR AND WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE THEN THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNED ON. THE SLIDING BACK DOOR HAD TO BE MANUALLY PULLED SHUT AT THIS POINT. I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT HESITATED, THEN STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 10 MILES TO WORK AFTER THAT.

NHTSA ID

11299682

Incident

Jan 16, 2020

Mileage

80,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 66 MILES AN HOUR THE ESS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON BUT NOTHING ELSE OCCURRED. STOPPED AT REST AREA, TURNED VEHICLE OFF. LET VEHICLE SIT FEW MINUTES RESTARTED VEHICLE BUT THE ESS STAYED ON WITH NO OTHER EFFECTS.

NHTSA ID

11279427

Incident

Nov 11, 2019

Mileage

50,709 mi

SINCE PURCHASING OUR PACIFICA, WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES THAT SEEM TO NOT BE GETTING RESOLVED WITH CHRYSLER BESIDES CONTINUOUSLY IN THE SHOP. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE HASSLE OF AN UNRELIABLE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS LEFT US STRANDED WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THE BACK HATCH CAME OPEN. AFTER PULLING OVER TO FIX THIS, AS I HAD KIDS IN THE CAR, THE VEHICLE KEPT OPENING. THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND FIXED THE ISSUE.CHRYSLER WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH THROUGH THE FIRST ISSUE. THE CASE MANAGER SAID THAT I WAS EXAGGERATED OVER THE ISSUES.WE THEN HAD THE AUTOMATIC START/STOP GO OUT, THIS CAUSED OUR DISPLAY SCREEN TO FREEZE UP AS WELL TO WHERE WE COULD NOT USE OUR CONTROLS. AT THIS TIME WE AGAIN BEGIN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE BACK HATCH AGAIN. UPON CONTACTING CHRYSLER A NEW CASE NUMBER WAS GIVEN AND WE WERE ONCE AGAIN SENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. SHORTLY AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP, I DROPPED MY CHILD OFF AT SOCCER PRACTICE. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE THE WHOLE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND DOORS OPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE ALL ELECTRICAL WAS SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND WAS IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR A WEEK. WE WERE LEFT WITH ONE VEHICLE TRYING TO HAUL OUR 5 CHILDREN AROUND WITH WORK AS WELL. RECENTLY THE 9-1-1 IS STUCK ON AND FREEZES THE DISPLAY SCREEN, ALONG WITH THE DRIVER PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENING WITHOUT COMMAND OF THE BUTTON. THE VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED TO BE SERVICED....AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE TO THE POINT WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE HAULING OUR FAMILY BUT FINANCIALLY ARE UNABLE TO TRADE IN, LEAVING US STUCK WITH A HEFTY CAR PAYMENT AND UNRELIABLE VEHICLE. WE WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TRADING THIS CAR IN FOR ANOTHER FAMILY AS WELL.

NHTSA ID

11270098

Incident

Sep 26, 2019

I PURCHASED A 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN OCTOBER 2016 AND IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE THEN. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIME FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES 1. THE MAIN ISSUE WAS A HESITATION IN ACCELERATION (THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING) EACH TIME WE TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSE IT, BUT WHEN WE GOT IT HOME THE PROBLEM ALWAYS CAME BACK. IT JUST CONTINUED TO GET WORSE, THE WARRANTY WE PURCHASED RAN OUT AND THE VEHICLE ENDED UP GETTING TOWED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR REPAIRS FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP (BECAUSE I LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE). THE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT STALLS, STOPS, AND SHUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC. 2.THE PASSENGER (RIGHT-REAR) TURN SIGNAL AND REVERSE LIGHT (RIGHT) WIRING HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND IS NOW OUT AGAIN ALSO VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU'RE TURNING RIGHT, WE'VE ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO NOT HAVING A WORKING REAR SIGNAL. 3.THE LIFT GATE STOPPED WORKING 4.THE ENGINE SOUNDS ROUGH LIKE ITS READY TO SHUT OFF. MOST OF THESE ISSUES WERE REPORTED AND/OR REPAIRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED ALL OF THE COST ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY. A LOANER CAR IS NO LONGER AN OPTION SO I HAVE TO PAY FOR RENTALS OR MISS WORK. COPIES OF THE MANY ROADSIDE CALLS AND TOWS ATTACHED.

NHTSA ID

11268169

Incident

Jan 1, 2017

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

NHTSA ID

11268062

Incident

Oct 11, 2019

Mileage

64,000 mi

IN THE FIRST 500 MILES OF DRIVING MY NEW PACIFICA ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS I HAVE USED THE TURN SIGNAL AND WHILE PUSHING THE ARM TO SIGNAL I ALSO MANAGE TO PUSH IT FORWARD. I HAVE DONE THIS DURING THE DAY AND THEN WHEN NIGHT COMES I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS TO FIND THAT THEY START WITH HIGH BEAMS. AS I NEVER USE HIGH BEAMS THIS COMES AS A SURPRISE AND I DON'T EVEN THINK TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS UNTIL SOMEONE FLASHES THEIR LIGHTS AT ME. HAVING THE HIGH BEAMS ON UNEXPECTEDLY IS NOT SAFE. IT SHOULD BE MUCH HARDER TO ACCIDENTALLY (OR ON PURPOSE) TURN ON THE HIGH BEAMS. OR THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO DISABLE THE [XXX] THINGS SO THEY NEVER GO ON. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

11244462

Incident

Jul 23, 2019

Mileage

21,500 mi

AUTO HEADLIGHT DIMMERS STOPPED WORKING

NHTSA ID

11103104

Incident

Jun 21, 2018

Mileage

18,995 mi