2005 Chrysler Pacifica: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Oct 1, 2019 · 150,000 miles · IL

The vehicle is stuck in park. The transmission shifter interlock lever is broken (small pink plastic piece that attaches to a spring). The vehicle will not shift from park to reverse, neutral, drive, etc.

Filed Jul 10, 2018 · Transmission · 101,000 miles · CA

Car was stationary in residential driveway. Transmision would not shift out of park. The simple release mechanism did not help. Took consol apart. As described on youtube videos, could see that the pink plastic part was broken so spring did not operate. Found opening so I could rotate the pink part with finger and get out of park. This problem sounds exactly like problems covered by recall k39, but my model is apparently not covered. Why is it not covered? Should chrysler cover the repair?

Filed Feb 21, 2014 · Transmission · 39,000 miles · NY

I purchased a 2005 chrysler pacifica in 2007 and it had 25,000 miles on it. When the vehicle had 39,000 miles on it I started having issues with the transmission. While driving, the check engine light came on and the car would get stuck in gear (stuck between 1st and 2nd gears). After I shut the car off and restarted it, I could drive it by using the tiptronic shifting system (manually shifting gears). The problem is a sensor on the transmission that costs over $2000 between parts and labor. At 72,000 miles I had to replace the catalytic converter and the front end components I.e control arms,tie rods,etc. After contacting chrysler about the catalytic converter which has a gov't mandated warranty of 80,000 mile warranty, they did give me the money I spent on the catalytic converter part only). Well, the chrysler now has 104,000 miles on it and it needs another catalytic converter and all the front end parts that were previously repaired need to be replaced again! That is insane! I looked on the internet and chrysler knows this is a huge issue because their are companies selling this front end repair kit. But since I need the car I guess I have to eat these costs yet again. At 68,000 I replaced a hdmi headlight that costs over $160.00 per bulb. Soon after I began to smell something burning, and the new head light burned out. I had to replace the bulb again at an additional $160.00 and this little silver box that the light sits in for $80.00. Now at 104,00 miles both parts need to be replaced again, and according to chrysler dealer, this issue has nothing to do with electrical harness, it is not under warranty, and I have to eat this cost too. In my opinion the tickets are cheaper than the part. Many of the chrysler dealers do not try to help diagnose problem and they remind me everything is out of warranty - great job!

Filed Sep 20, 2011 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler pacifica touring. The contact stated that the gear shifter would become stuck in park. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission air lock lever was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.

Filed Jul 29, 2010 · Transmission · 59,000 miles · NC

I own a 2005 chrysler pacifica and it is stuck in park, and has been for a week now. It will start up, and you can hear the shifter click when you step on the brake, but you cannot move the shifter stick to put it in another gear. It will go over to park, but cannot get the shifter to come down to put it in gear. I have told the chrysler company about the defect, but they are not willing to do anything about it. I have went online and read numerous complaints about chrysler vehicles getting stuck in park, and people are manually going under the hood to pull the brake out of park. This is a safety feature that in order to move the vehicle, you have to have your foot on the brake to put it in gear. Without this safety feature in place, a vehicle could roll into the street, or if a child is left alone in the vehicle, they could easily put it in gear. This is dangerous because I am more than sure, people are not taking the vehicle to a dealer to have this safety feature put back in place, once they get it unstuck. People have been stranded because their vehicle got stuck in park. This is something that should have a recall and chrysler needs to fix this problem. To see the complaints, google this ' my chrysler is stuck in park.

Filed Dec 14, 2007 · Transmission · 47,200 miles · LA

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chrysler pacifica. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle stalled, but did not shut off. The transmission took two seconds to operate, but would not shift into reverse. There were no warning indicator lights. The dealer stated that the failure was caused by a transmission line leak. The dealer cut and replaced the line. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v432000 (power train:automatic transmission:control module (TCM, PCM)). The failure mileage was 47,200 and current mileage was 47,322.