2005 Chrysler Pacifica: multiple warning lights

Filed May 21, 2016 · Electrical · 84,298 miles · MA

2005 chrysler pacifica I purchased from original owner with only 63000 miles. Car while driving, car just accelerates to high speed on its own for no reason. Have to put it in neutral to avoid death or injury. Today while driving normally, all warning lights came on & we ended up stranded due to weird electrical failure where we can't even get car out of park. Passenger headlamp has gone out several times, now drive fog lamp out. There appears to be many mechanical & electrical failures with this car. It's truly horrifying how poorly engineered and dangerous these cars are & I'm forced to drive this wagon with my family as we can't afford to replace it. Would like to start a class action lawsuit against chrysler for endangering the public with their dangerous cars. How many people need to die before all these pacifica's are recalled and repurchased by chrysler for book value?

Filed Jul 8, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · IA

Purchased the car aug, 2014. Previous owner also had same issues. Has been in shop several times, unable to pinpoint cause/remedy situation. Seat controls do not work, remote keyfobs do not work, interior lights, head lamps, no electrical function present unless key is in ignition, in the "on" position. When shutting off the car, all lights on the dashboard light up and the only way to shut them off is to push on and then off the hazard lights. This will cause all electrical to go out, including the head lamps and all interior lights. If you do not turn them off by using the hazard lights, it will kill the battery. We have replaced the fuses in for the seats several times. They work for a bit and then blow out again. The mechanics have gone as far as to replace the wiring assembly and still no remedy. I don't know how there is not a recall on this vehicle.

Filed Aug 5, 2014 · 156,465 miles · NJ

My car was running great, suddenly all the warning lights on the dash came on- car still ran fine until I parked it, and couldn't get it to come out of gear. Finally was able to put in drive, took it to the dodge/chrysler/jeep dealer and told them the problem and I had looked on line and many other vehicles like mine were having the same problem, several suggested it to be the starter switch even though it would be suggested it was the computer (bcm). Dealer told me that very thing, it was the bcm and on top of that they tell me my engine cradle was "severely cracked causing the vehicle to be unsafe to drive" cost $5298.00 to fix. Needless to say I tried to find out if there was a recall- there must be, my car is only 9yrs old and shouldn't be ready for the scrap yard. Well it turns out there was a recall for the engine cradle but only for a select number of pacifica's which of course did not include mine. I would like chrysler to voluntarily recall these cars for the cracked engine cradle, there could be hundreds of people driving out there that don't know they risk their engines falling out while they drive. This could cause serious accidents which no doubt could lead to fatalities.

Filed Mar 31, 2014 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · MI

I was driving along returning from the market and I was approaching a redlight. I applied the brakes and all the lights begin to flicker and the car stalled. I started the car back up and the dashboard lights or cluster instrument panel was black. The headlights still work, but no brake lights. Before that my driver seat power went out and my headlight bulbs keep blowing. I don't know what to do. Im a single mom, full time worker, full time student on a very tight budget, im too scared to check if my engine cradle is rusted. I don't need anymore bad news about this car. I changed the fuse for the cluster panel and it works fine for awhile (*couple of hours) and then its back to black when I apply the brakes. What is going on? Chrysler needs to setup and fix our cars because they had no problems accepting our bailout.

Filed Oct 29, 2005 · Engine · 8,012 miles · PA

While making a left turn, the engine stalled on my vehicle, leaving me stuck with oncoming traffic approaching. This occurred at night and the shut down caused all lights to go off, steering and braking were reduced. I was able to restart only after putting the car in park and turning the key to off. This failure put me in a seriously unsafe position. I have read reports online from other owners of the chrysler pacifica experiencing this same problem. I had a half tank of gas, the engine was warmed up and I made no maneuver out of the ordinary.