2025 Chrysler Pacifica

I was driving at highway speeds when the vehicle issued a warning to immediately stop before vehicle shuts down in 2 minutes. This presented a very dangerous situation trying to get off of highway surrounded in traffic quickly, and being stuck on a highway shoulder with trucks passing us at 70mph. An emergency roadside technician checked the engine light code to be POA43. Chrysler will not fix the car however because they state that the code didn’t come from their dealership technician.

NHTSA ID

11775780

Incident

Oct 24, 2026

While driving a 2025 Chrysler Pacifica rental vehicle at highway speeds on the interstate, the vehicle experienced a catastrophic electronic throttle/cruise control failure resulting in sudden, violent, and sustained unintended acceleration. The cruise control system completely locked up and would not disengage. When the accelerator stuck, I heavily depressed the service brakes, but the braking system was completely unable to overcome the wide-open throttle of the engine. The vehicle refused to decelerate. To prevent a catastrophic high-speed collision, I was forced to shift the transmission into Neutral while traveling at highway speeds to disconnect the engine from the drivetrain. The incident lasted continuously for over 30 minutes on the interstate as I managed the runaway vehicle. Post-Incident Behavior and Diagnostics: Upon bringing the vehicle to a stop on the shoulder of the highway, the transmission locked and the engine continued to race wildly, pinned at a constant 3,200 RPMs while in stationary Neutral. Tapping or shifting the transmission was impossible. The vehicle refused to shut down normally, forcing me to repeatedly cycle the electronic ignition button under extreme duress before the engine completely turned off. Upon restarting the vehicle, the electronic glitch reset itself and did not immediately replicate. There were 3 passengers inside the vehicle and 2 trailing eyewitnesses in a separate vehicle who observed the illuminated brake lights during the uncontrolled acceleration. This vehicle is a severe public safety hazard and represents a failure of the brake-override safety logic. I have preserved hard video evidence of the dashboard diagnostics and the 3,200 RPM engine racing while stopped.

NHTSA ID

11772152

Incident

Oct 17, 2026

Vehicle unexpectedly disengage, adaptive, cruise control, and accelerated without driver input to the accelerator pedal. After applying break, vehicle continued to accelerate without driver input to the gas pedal. Vehicle accelerated from approximately 65 mph to over 80 mph.Brake had to be applied to bring vehicle to a full stop, even though engine continued to rev. After releasing break pedal, vehical lunged forward and accelerated to 18 mph unexpectedly. After stopping the vehicle again the only way to control the vehicle was to turn off the automatic start button. After restarting the vehicle, the problem seems to have gone away on its own.

NHTSA ID

11770255

Incident

Oct 9, 2026

The contact owns a 2025 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V189000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.

NHTSA ID

11764749

Incident

Sep 16, 2026

The contact owns a 2025 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact received a notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V189000 (Air bags); however, the part to perform the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

NHTSA ID

11760090

Incident

Aug 27, 2026

See attached document for complaint.

NHTSA ID

11758312

Incident

Jun 9, 2026

Three times the back hatch has opened on its own within minutes after parking it, and car off.Last time I feared I was going to be crushed against garage door. The hatch continues to open even after hitting me. Last time was very hard to stop it. I no longer walk behind the van if garage door has been closed.

NHTSA ID

11758054

Incident

Aug 6, 2026

On Saturday July 25th, while driving at 70 mph on the highway, my van lost the ability to accelerate or maintain velocity. There was no warning or indication that this was going to happen. There was a beep and the screen flashed to a screen that said to pull over immediately and safely. Surprised and scared, I had to cut across 3 lanes of traffic while losing velocity cutting off a tractor trailer because my velocity dropped quickly. After restarting, the vehicle ran normally. I drove in the slow lane for a mile an it happened again. I was able to get the vehicle off the highway and drive slowly and safely on backroads to get the van to a Ourisman Chrysler in Clarksville, MD. The check engine light was on when I arrived at the dealer. Immediately upon arrival I was told by a service representative that it will most likely need a new transmission. On Tuesday he told me a tech verified it needs a new transmission. He told me the vehicle was classified as VOR (Vehicle Off Road) meaning it was unsafe or unable to be driven on the road and that parts were ordered and expedited. I did not hear back from the dealership until Friday at which point they surprisingly told me my vehicle was ready to pick up. In an email I was told: "what was found was a stored fault code P0A43-00 Drive motor "A" position sensor circuit intermittent. There is a TSB 21-037-26 for that fault code and vehicle going into limp mode and the repair is a rebuild kit for the transmission. " Despite this they also said in an email: "cleared codes and perform test drive. Code never came back and it states in the procedure you must verify the problem meaning it happened or is happening via active fault code which it is not." They refuse to fix the problem, despite acknowledging it happened. I was told to take the vehicle back and drive it as normal until it happens again, which I refused due to safety concerns. The vehicle currently has a bumper-to-bumper warranty.

NHTSA ID

11754164

Incident

Jul 25, 2026

Rear View Camera This part requires manual claim review. If a DID-I of the failure condition is not uploaded, even for claims falling outside of 3 months in service, then the claim will be rejected. For claims related to blurry or poor image quality refer to SOL S2208000045, the content of which has also been added to the service manual, needs to be followed to generate the DID-I for review.

FUSE BLOCK UNDERHOOD - PWR DIS A/C Blowing hot air or not working. A/C relay clutch not operating, dealers are unnecessary replacing PDCs. Battery disconnection is required to reset PCM. Please follow SOL S2624000004.

DIFFERENTIAL Rear Axle Some AWD Chrysler Pacificas are exhibiting a grinding noise coming from the PTU when it's shifting from 2WD to AWD. C1477-48 may also be present. To engage AWD, the DTCM energizes the hydraulic pump inside the RDM to apply the torque transfer clutch. This allows the propeller shaft to spin up to speed and match the front axle speed allowing the shift fork in the PTU to engage without clashing. The DTCM utilizes the pressure sensor on the RDM to determine the amount of hydraulic pressure applied to the clutches. If that pressure sensor fails, there can be inadequate pressure, preventing the driveshaft from coming up to speed when going into AWD. This will cause a grinding noise in the PTU. If the vehicle comes in with a grinding noise coming from the PTU, prior to replacing the PTU or RDM, replace the RDM pressure sensor 68227790AD and verify whether the concern has been resolved.

Inspect wiring harnesses, connectors, terminals, power and ground circuits, and verify proper system signals before replacing RU Blower motor, with PN#68308952AD

Shifter/ESM PRNDL Indicators Remain Off After Drained Battery Event And Jump Start

Note: Document released 10/2/2026. Multiple Warning Indicators On In The IPC. ESM - PRNDL Flashing. And The Vehicle Will Not Shift Into Gear. The Wipers May Be On, With An Electric Parking Brake Unavailable.