Fuel pump nozzles don't work with pacifica and auto shut off every second. There must be something wrong with design where nozzle senses fuel and shuts off. This is not only super annoying but a safety hazard. Since the fuel pump auto shuts off every two seconds, I have to keep pressing it and don't know when it is false and when it is really a full tank. This results in overflow (top off effect) which is hazardous!!! This is not isolated.... 4 out of 5 pumps do this! Please help as I know others have same issue from the online forums. I can provide video of this.
2017 Chrysler Pacifica fuel system complaints
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Purchased the vehcile in 2018 electric brake vacuum pump went out while driving no accident in 2019. ~ mileage 55,000 extended warranty covered. Air conditioning compressor pump out at 70k miles. December 2020. Driving, and I heard the air make a noise and realized it was warm air. Axle shaft out at 68k miles october 2020. Causing struts to go bad and leak. Parts on backorder. Car automatic transmission is rough changing gears. Told I need fuel injectors cleaned. My cost was over $400. I had it done at another service provider, no change. Advised by dealer they needed to clean fuel injections replaced 3 batteries in 3 years. Twice the vehicle died wile driving causing the power steering a brakes to tighten up. Mopar battery bought and instaled from dealership. Venginesmell like anit-freeze - dealership sadvised it past test and no issues
Fuel leak.. With gasoline odor and check engine light with canner code p0456, when I start up the car.
My 2017 pacifica has had many electrical problems with the windows, sunroof, sliding doors, navigation, electronic screen, and rear hatch which have been repaired except for the passenger window & sunroof. But the problem that I have told the dealership about repeatedly and they say they can never recreate is that the car doesn't accelerate often times until after the car glides into the intersection, and when it does it lurches forward. I drive cautiously because I know I am at risk of getting hit if the engine doesn't kick in the next time I turn in front of oncoming traffic! This has been going on since I bought the car.
Driving vehicle and it just turns off. I am 80 and it turned off in traffic circle. It has happened twice and is exactly described in june recall. Vehicle has no open recalls and has happened twice in last week.
Vehicle is slamming into gear generally in 2nd or 3rd gear.. We have contacted chrysler corporate as well as the dealer multiple times however we are told they cannot replicate. The problem continues to worsen
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 chrysler pacifica. After refueling the vehicle, the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. After several attempts, the vehicle restarted and unknown warning indicators remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to olathe dodge chrysler jeep ram (located at 15500 w 117th st, olathe, ks 66062, (913) 780-3700) to be diagnosed, which was still pending. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 38,508. Piir = y.
Leasing 2017 pacific touring l. Ever since it passed 8k miles, jerking movements after coming to a stop, like some body hit you from behind. Took it east hills chrysler and jeep dealer in long island, ny twice. The first time they updated the software they said. 2nd time they couldn't duplicate the problem. Ofcourse cuz this jerking movement happens. Sometimes. In june 2019 this is happening a lot everyday with the ny city traffic on the highway. May 2019, van stalled while stopped at red light. Screen said 'shift to park to drive....' had to do shift and press the start button twice to get the control back of the vehicle. This time wife and 2 children with me. Of course ppl started honking and yelling cuz it's nyc. Also most of the time while fueling, the fuel pump stops. Really scared to drive this van anymore.
Transmission shifting issue. Vehicle was at a complete stop. When acceleration from stop and making a right turn , the vehicle acted like it slipped out of gear and back into gear. This caused a violent motion in the car.at times when I step on the gas to accelerate the transmission does not always engage properly and it slips causing a delay in taking off. I have had it back to the dealer for all upgrades or reprograms for this problem and yet the problem still persists.
Transmission shifting issue. Vehicle was at a complete stop. When acceleration from stop and making a right turn , the vehicle acted like it slipped out of gear and back into gear. This caused a violent motion in the car. This is a repeated issue with this van. At times when I step on the gas to accelerate the transmission does not always engage properly and it slips causing a delay in taking off. I have had it back to the dealer for all upgrades or reprograms for this problem and yet the problem still persists
Fuel pressure sensor needs replacing. Car has 36,648 miles
Problema con en tapn de gasolina se activo la luz de check engine se detecto el problema de fuga de aire en la lneas de gasolina , tambin con lo elctrico marca que no est la llave dentro de la unidad cuando s est y no desaparece el mensaje an conduciendo el vehculo, esto pasa cada vez que se baja alguien de la unidad gracias
The vehicle electronics malfunctioned with the windows rolling down on there own. Following that the vehicle completely shutdown at around 40 MPH locking up the steering, loss of power steering, engine turned off and would not restart. This occurred on the highway and this is the second time this occurred. The key fob will not work and the car will not start again. I can't even lock the vehicle. Luckily we had started to slow down and did not have to turn or this would have resulted in an accident with my kids in the vehicle. I will not be putting my family in this van again.
The vehicle's stop/start system shut down the car unexpectedly while the car was in the process of making a left turn and could have caused an accident. It was fixed, then a few months later it was under a separate recall. Recently the system malfunctioned again and again does not work.
Loss of power while driving at a high speed, 60-70 MPH. This problem was said to be addressed in a january 2018. On november 9,2018 while on i75 north bound lane in toledo, ohio, by exit 200, in the left hand lane at about 1:00 pm, the pacifica lost all .power. When I went to shut the engine off a warning came on saying "car must be in park to stop. I then put the shift nob to drive, the car then tried to backup. I then put the indicator back to park and this time the engine shut off. I then restarted the car. Everything seemed normal. With road rangers assistance, I then went to the nearest chrysler dealer. They then checked everything out with their computer. It showed previous glitches, but everything was working as normal. I then proceeded on my journey. I called chrysler car and documented the problem.
Driving at 70 MPH, my pacifica just shut off. Had no control, had nothing. Managed to pull over to the side of the road. When called into the beaver county chrysler dealership I was told, "we just sell them, we don't make them." his vehicle has been one issue after another. The sliding doors not closing, the dvd player not working, the radio not working, the sliding door on driver's side still not working and they had to completely replace the gas tank because I couldn't even put gas in the tank it would shut off and wouldn't let gas get into the tank. Now this. We were scared for our lives and then told, "we just sell them we don't build them." this is not a safe vehicle. ...*bf *tr *tt consumer stated problem was solved. Updated 12/19/18
Car was in motion, in traffic, using cruise control on a two lane highway. An attempt was made to accelerate and pass the slower car ahead. When accelerating to override the cruise control, the car decelerated and felt as though the brakes were being engaged. Fortunately oncoming traffic did not approach before the car was able to limp back the lane. Mullane motors serviced the vehicle to fix the problem. Two days later the car again decelerated when applying gas to proceed, a warning flash appeared that said electronic throttle needs to be serviced. All this happened a few moths after we had our car to the dealership for the recall regarding the cruise control and two days after servicing to fix the deceleration happening as gas pedal is depressed.
Check engine light keeps coming on and when a service tech checks it, it is saying that the pressure is off in regards to the gas tank cap. They reset it and it comes back on 2 weeks later. They told me never to turn the car on while fueling, which I have never done. I believe this is a defective part or software and they need a fix for it.
The vehicle shut off as if the "key" had been turned off in the middle of traffic while moving, on the highway accompanied by the message "shift to park" my wife shifted to park then restarted it, the vehicle continued to repeat this multiple times until she was able to make it to an exit ramp and park in a safe area. This is the second time this has happened in the span of about 8 months. It has been to 2 dealers, both times we where told that no codes where stored internally therefor they didnt know what to repair. Our van has been modified for a wheelchair for our disabled teenager because of this we have no choice but to keep driving it in this condition. Not to mention how undependable it feels.
I was driving the car on a 5 lane highway going approx 50 MPH when the car shut off. The gas pedal stopped working and the car began to decelerate. On the console it told me to then put the car in p to start the car. I was able to pull over and restart the car however it happened again within 10 minutes of driving. It has proceeded to happen 10-20 times and cars is now in the shop. This is a very dangerous thing to have happen when you are driving.
Unable to gas up the vehicle pump keeps cutting off. Vehicle will not take the fuel every time I try to gas up
Driving, pulling out of driveway and vehicle shut off, would not shift or restart
Since 11/2017, have had ongoing issue with sensation of a very hard shift occurring when accelerating especially if I have been driving in heavy traffic for some time. This has been on both highways and on local streets. Sensation is so hard, it feels like vehicle has been rear ended. This has occurred both before and after recall work was done. Have requested evaluation twice at dealer and each time nothing able to be found as cause. The event does not occur all of the time so service techs most likely did not experience it. Starting the week of 4/30, van has started to be slow in acceleration when pulling away from red lights, intersections and merging onto highways. Feel van is becoming increasingly unsafe to drive. Also had check engine light come on and found to be fuel pressure sensor. When first replaced at dealer, fuel pressure sensor worked for a few days and then van would not start and approx. 1/4 tank of gas lost on parking lot surface. Required towing and when checked o-ring had crimped and burst on new sensor. *tt
As of today, my new van has been in service 13 of the 15 days I have owned it. Not even 12 hours after bringing my new van home, I noticed some lagging/slight jerk after braking going around 20 MPH. The next day, in a neighborhood (thank goodness) after turning right after a stop sign, the check engine light came on with a ding and blinking and I was unable to accelerate. I coasted into my friends driveway to put in park and the van began to shake. This went on a few min and because I was on my way to work, I left the driveway and continued on my way for 10 min. The check engine light came on two more times after that. After four days in service, they finally concluded it was the o2 sensors and replaced all of those. After it was fixed, my husband couldn't even make it home before the check engine light came back on. As of yesterday, computer modules have been updated and the check engine light still comes on and they can't pinpint where the misfire is happening.
The engine shuts off while driving causing the vehicle to come to a sudden stop because of loss of power. The vehicle had to be changed to park before it could be started. This issue happened would happen on a full tank of gas and continuously until the fuel level was ran down.
When trying to fill my gas tank the pump keeps shutting off. It takes a long time to fill my tank or to know when it is truly full. I asked the dealership about it and they told me there is a problem with the venting and that I need to turn the fuel nozzel 90 degrees when pumping fuel. This works sometimes but I donxt find it acceptable. I shouldn't have problems filling my gas tank.
Vehicle engine and electrical system shut down while driving 35 MPH in traffic. Total looks of power steering also occurred. Our family with small children also were in the car. This could have been much worse if it occurred at highway speeds on a busier road. Once stopped the dash alerted us to shift to park to restart vehicle. We did but car would not start. No attempt to turn over at all. Put flashers on and parts of dash, uconnect screen and interior lights flashed also. Car has 10,000 miles only and has been relatively trouble free to this point. I see many like complaints on this website and in online forums. To date it seems reading feedback from others affected, even after multiple occurrences and trips to the dealership, chrysler has not identified a root cause or been able to permanently resolve the issue. This is a huge safety issue and we will not drive this car again without a definite resolution.
I have two occasions where my vehicle stalled. 1. I was driving at 40 MPH on the highway and everything went dead, I coasted to a stop on the side and was able to put it in park and restart. The second time I was stopped at a light on a side street, and started to go from a stop to a left turn and the vehicle start to go and suddenly went dead. I put it in park and restarted. No engine lights, nothing to tell me where the problem was. I am taking it in for service.
Car shut off during driving and told me to shift into park and then restarted and took off fast for a few feet
I was driving in a neighborhood area approaching my community service event at a boys and girls club. Searching for street parking, I was about to slow down releasing my accelerator pedal and suddenly the car stalls. I safely steer to the right and make a stop in attempt to move out of the way in a busy street. The screen on my car instructs me to put my gear back to park in order to continue, I shift it to park as it says on the screen and the screen instruction remains the same. The start button light is indicating that my car is still on so I shift my gear to drive and stepped on my accelerator pedal. The engine revs, but it does not move. I put my gear back to park and pushed the button to turn the engine off. Then I push the start button again to turn it back on. This time I shift it to drive and I am finally able to drive forward. I was stuck in the stalled position for a few minutes in a panic trying to figure out what was going on. Imagine if this happened on a freeway or a very busy major street. It would be very dangerous to me and my family as well as other drivers around. I demand a safety recall for the safety of my family and others. *bf updated 8/16/18
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