The vehicle was purchased june 11, 2013 and had the rear passenger tire replaced due to unfix-able flat tire. The dealer had me take vehicle to peerless tires co. The tire was replaced with wrong size and different brand of tire. Traveling during thunderstorm approximately 3,5 weeks after purchasing vehicle; the computer appeared to lock when vehicle slipped on pavement as awd attempted to engage causing loss of steering and power then skidded off the road. I made claim through my insurance and had vehicle inspected by local shop, and I had my mechanic look to see if damage to vehicle was noticeable was not handling correctly after accident. When accelerates or decelerates the vehicle will lunge forward. Took vehicle to peerless tire co. After mechanic pointed out the wrong size and model of tire on rear passenger side of vehicle. After accepting fault wanted to take vehicle to [xxx] paint and body to pay for the repairs. When the estimate was being done and vehicle was on lift...[xxx] and mechanic pointed out the whole motor carriage had completely rusted out and corroded. They had not seen anything like it. Took vehicle back to dealer and explained this issue. Had to go ahead with insurance claim and wait for adjustors to determine fault of accident.the vehicle is totally unsafe to drive, feels like the engine is tipping forward when accelerating or decelerating. After researching this issue im shocked and appalled that 2 previous model years have same issues which are not being addressed for the 2006. I don't want this vehicle repaired I want out from under it, since it was sold unsafe and is a recurring problem even after having motor mounts replaced and undercarriage treated or replaced. I expect more from mopar period. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2006 Chrysler Pacifica transmission complaints
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After reading several recall on this issue. That you can find on this web site and automobilemag.com I contacted the chrysler corporation with even a recall id#38454 and recall # 06v43200 they are not willing to help me with the issue. They stated that there isn't a such recall. Who can I contact.
After starting the vehicle and placing into reverse the vehicle immediately stalls. Stalling has also occured while driving. In addition to this problem I have replaced the engine motor mounts 3 times.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that she heard a banging noise while the engine was running. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the transmission mounts had failed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 64,984.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was merged to the shoulder and the contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where a diagnostic test was performed and the mechanic stated that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact that there was a recall for the failure under the federal safety agency campaign number: 06v432000 (power train) however, the contact's VIN was not included. The failure mileage was 58,000.
Noticed a couple of times that the car hesitated when merging on to highway or accelerating on the highway. Today however, it did that in town, going about 35 MPH and then stalled, check engine light came on and smoke came out from under the hood. Now it won't even start.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, after accelerating the vehicle would shake and lunged forward before the vehicle stalled. The engine warning lights were illuminated at all the time. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure. The dealer was notified of the failure and offered no assistance. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 126,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power and stalled without warning while driving 40 MPH. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but was unable to shift the gear into drive or reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 70,000.
The gear shift on the center console will not come out of park. I went out to start the car to go to work and the car would start up, but I couldn't shift out of park. I removed the trim to expose the quick release button and that didn't work either. After researching the issue, I've found that a lot of people with chrysler pacifica's have experienced this issue. I called a couple of dealerships and they had just received cars that very day with the same issue. I also learned that dodge's have been experiencing this same issue and a recall has been issued on them. I am writing so that this issue can be investigated further and a recall issued.
While in reverse in parking lot, car stalled causing loss of braking power and vehicle rolled into another parked vehicle. Since incident, when vehicle is placed into reverse, vehicle immediately stalls. Also, motor mounts have broken and this appears to be a big issue with the pacificas.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that while driving 43 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the contact was advised that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06v432000 (power train: automatic transmission: control module -TCM, PCM). The contact stated the dealer was going to replace one part of the fuel pump module and requested that the contact cover the rest of parts of the module and labor costs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure however provided no additional assistance. The current and failure mileage was 73,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that the engine would not start. A mechanic was called and came to run a diagnostic test on the vehicle. The diagnostic displayed that the power train automatic control module failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised the contact of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06v432000(power train: automatic transmission: control module : TCM, PCM) but stated that the contact's vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 138,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that she could not shift out of park. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the transmission interlock lever failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure and current mileages were 27,900.
Front engine mount separates under heavy acceleration or towing causing engine to raise up and collide into firewall.
Vehicle gear shift stuck in park even though brake is depressed. Tried rocking the vehicle back and forth to see if it was stuck in gear, no change. I conducted an internet search for this problem and found that several chrysler and dodge products have this exact same problem. Cause: a small pink piece of plastic that has a spring attached to it, which is a gear locking mechanism, tends to break at about 40-60 thousand miles or sooner. There are no chrysler recalls for this item. The piece seems to cost about $2.00 for chrysler to make however, one will pay $300-$400 or more for the dealer to fix. Takes minutes to replace if you know what you are doing. One can find the part online and replace with metal so that it will not break again for about $50. Chrysler complaint line states that they will not fix unless nhtsb files a recall complaint. Then I may get reimbursed for my cost. The pink plastic piece can break at any time leaving the driver stranded anywhere at any time, e.g. The drive thru., parking structure at night, etc..
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure was experienced on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic to have the failure diagnosed. The manufacturer informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v432000 (power train: automatic transmission: control module (TCM, PCM)) and denied assistance with the repairs. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 95,000 and the current mileage was 100,000. Updated 12/12/11 *bf updated 12/14/11
This last friday, the 11/18/11, was the last incident where it finally stalls completely and I have to move out of traffic. For over a month now, the gas gauge has dropped to zero (when I know I have gas in there) so I have to keep up with that on the side, the electrical trip mileage gauge says gas cap, checked it, kind of jittery, where it would jerk and not accelerate on the road, until this last friday when I turned a corner, and it just stalled. Started it up, and went down the road and as soon as I accelerated in oncoming traffic, it stalled again, pulled off the road towards oncoming traffic and sat for a moment, gentleman stopped to help me, and said it might be overheating, to turn my heater on and leave it running since I still had several miles to go to get home and everyone was gone at the house. So I turned it back on and heated it up and away I went, got about a mile and it stalled again, so I went on the shoulder and coasted for about another mile and started it up and coasted it again, 'til I got to our small town and started it up, went to take a corner, and it stalled on the corner, so I coasted a bit again, and started up, and went down about a mile, put into neutral (so not to use gas and accelerate) around the corner and went down about another mile, put into neutral again, took the corner, back into drive and down the road to the house, took another turn in neutral, and coasted into the drive way. I've noticed that there is a recall with 2006 chrysler pacifica for the fuel pump and control module with power train. According to www.motortrend.com recall id#57629 powertrain:at:control module (TCM,PCM). It is sitting and want it fixed as soon as possible before me driving with the kids in the car and I can't make it out in an intersection because of a problem with chrysler and their parts/recall. Otherwise, I'll look into legal action.
While driving my pacifica at 60 MPH the vehicle suddenly jerked and the check engine light came on and the engine was revving high so I slowed down and it was tacking at 6000 RPM while only going 40 MPH. I stopped and turned the engine off. When I restarted it shifted normally. A few days later it did it again. Then it did it twice in one day. I took it to chrysler and they said there was internal damage and they wanted $1000 just to drop the transmission before they fixed anything.this occurred when the vehicle had 80000 miles on it. When it only had 36000 miles the engine threw a rod and I had to spend $3000 for a new engine. I've since learned that pacifica's burn a quart of oil about every 1000 miles. I would have checked the oil more often had I known this. I traded it in rather then replace the transmission. But not on a chrysler.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. While driving approximately 40 MPH the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated the engine control module failed. The engine control module was replaced. After the repair the transmission control module light illuminated on the instrument panel and the mechanic stated the transmission control module had to be replaced again. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06v432000 (power train:automatic transmission:control module (TCM, PCM)) that may be related to the failure. The dealer was made aware of the failure and stated the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000. Updated 09/28/11*lj updated 10/07/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle restarted after fifteen minutes. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 109,000 and the current mileage was 111,000. The VIN was unknown.
On april 13, 2011, while driving vehicle at approximately 10 MPH and while making a left turn, vehicle suddenly stopped abruptly resulting in a vehicle stall. All electrical power was lost, along with engine stalling. Restarted vehicle and proceeded to drive again when it then suddenly started to drive rough for approximately a couple of seconds, as if it again wanted to stall, but didn't. After this, the vehicle drove normal. Took vehicle to pepboys on the same day and they diagnosed a 420 and a 700 fault code. On thursday april 14, 2011 took vehicle to alliance chrysler dealer in ft. Worth, tx. I explained what had happened and mentioned that my vehicle experienced the same symptoms described in the PCM/fuel pump recall issued against 2006 pacificas. I also mentioned that this recall did not cover my vehicle which they confirmed. However, I raised concerns on whether the recall applicability needed to be expanded to cover other pacificas. The dealer has yet to figure out the problem besides telling me that they confirmed a 420 and 700 fault code which they stated would require me to replace the catalytic converter and the transmission shifting solenoid. I questioned whether the sudden stall of the vehicle could have resulted in a misleading fault code. Dealer technician mentioned that the stall could have been caused by a faulty transmission solenoid. I mentioned that my vehicle had shown no indication of a transmission problem with the gear shift. Besides, if a faulty transmission shift solenoid is capable of causing a vehicle stall, then this vehicle has a serious design flaw since a stall while driving could result in serious injury or a catastrophic accident. Dealer mentioned that mechanic was unable to replicate the failure and would continue to investigate the problem and get back to me. As of april 20, 2011, dealer has been unable to explained why the vehicle stalled. I suggested they perform the 2006 PCM/fuel pump recall fix.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chrysler pacifica. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and repaired according to recall 06v432000 (power train: automatic transmission: control module (TCM, PCM). However, when she received the vehicle back, the check engine light was still illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who stated that the purge valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint; she was awaiting a response. The current mileage was approximately 45,000. The failure mileage was approximately 44,800.
All motor mounts on our chrysler pacifica broken after only 60000 miles!!! This condition could cause an unknowing motorist an accident. Very dangerous condition. Also same vehicle had broken gear shift stranding my family for hours and could not be repaired without changing the unit. Poorly designed and a constant drain on our finances. Government owned???
Driving my car, no noticeable problems. I pulled into my driveway and I saw a lot of fluid on the driveway. I was extremely concerned, checked all my fluids which were ok. Took the car to the dealer and they couldn't find a problem. I then started noticing the car riding "rough" and idling rough along with a 'banging" when starting or stopping at redlights. Took the car to the local mechanic who was not told anything about these issues (there for unrelated item) and was informed I have a bad motor mount. He asked if I noticed 3 specific items.. Uh.. Yah... All the things I told the dealer! Waiting for him to check over the entire car right now to see if anything else is wrong. (problem with the heat and I think with my suspension). Also, the heat will not stop blowing on the windshield (defrost) barely gives off heat to feet etc. Got so hot it melted the plastic on the dashboard where the defrost emits from...dealer "can not duplicate the problem" but yet all I do is turn on the car, sit there 5 minutes and try to turn the heat to anywhere other than defrost and it's blatantly obvious as you can't breathe from the amount of hot air still blowing in your face off the windshield. Currently have local mechanic looking at it. Previous local mechanic found issue but wouldn't tear the dashboard apart to figure out how to fix it. Recommended dealer as I have an extended warranty. Dealer charged $88 dollars to look at car for all above issues and said nothing is wrong ... Rather "can not duplicate the problem". Bull!
2006 chrysler pacifica with less than 32,000 miles on it, had a stripped cv joint that caused the left front axle shaft/cv joint to fall of while I was making a left hand turn. Thankfully I was making a turn and not traveling on the interstate at 70 miles per hour. I was barely able to get the car off of the road and out of the way of on coming traffic.
Drove my 2006 chrysler pacifica to the convenience store drove normally went in did business came back out to leave and the shift lever would not move, had to be towed. Tow truck driver says he sees this 4 to 5 times daily with both pacificas and 300's, had to have car towed to dodge for repair of a plastic clip that broke, push key override would not work.
I have a 2006 chrysler pacifica that the gas pedal sticks. I have to stomp on it to get it loose which makes it excel at a unsafe speed when pulling out.
2006 chrysler pacifica -- axle clanks when I lift my foot off gas pedal when slowing down in traffic and then put foot on gas pedal at any speed.. Took in to chrysler dealer and they said need new axle which will cost $1000 plus tax approx. Said this is common to pacifica's and my problem was not as loud and as bad as other pacifica's they have seen and worked on. I don't see why I have to pay for this repair when this is "common to pacifica's". In fact my own mechanic looked at it and said the very same thing --- why wasn't vehicle recalled. What can I do? I don't have $1200 to fix this. And if chrysler mechanics say this is "quirk of the pacifica's" , then why is the repair on me? I'm worried this will get to the point where I cant drive the car.
I have a 2006 chrysler pacifica. Everyday it stalls on my wife and kids. It sounds like the recall they they have on the chrysler pacifica on the fuel pump module and power train module. I contacted the chrysler corporation on the issue and they said that the vehicle 's VIN number was not onthe recall list. I told them how can they control which vehicle fuel pump module and power train module is bad. I told them is going to cause a deadly crash one day. All they do is give me the run around.what can I do? Thanks for quick response.
One rocker arm (lifter) went out in july 09. We replaced the faulty rocker arm. Just two weeks ago, all rocker arms went out, including the one that was recently replaced. This has caused my 06 chrysler pacifica to not turn over and not start. Both the battery and starter have been tested and are fine. All rocker arms are now being replaced at a cost of over $1000 with only 43k miles on the vehicle. When we asked the dealership why the brand new rocker arm (lifter) had failed, they said it was because the entire mechanism with the rocker arms has a faulty design.
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