I was driving on the highway with congested traffic at around 10mph. Without any prior alert, the engine shut off by itself and the vehicle lost its power. I had to turn the transmission to p from d and restart the vehicle.
2017 Chrysler Pacifica fuel system complaints
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My car on occasion had been feeling like it was cutting out, I thought I got some bad gas so I switched stations and noticed it less. Then about a month later, it just turned off in route. I was at a four way stop accelerated to go and it started out, I made it into the middle of the intersection and the car turned off. It gave a notice by steering column that it needs to be in park to start engine or something. It did it with about 13,000 miles on it. I was able to start the van after I put it in park with foot on brake and continue on. It happened so fast I was not sure what went wrong? Now I read that many have had this happen as well. I am fearful now it will happen when I am going higher speeds, etc. This needs to be fixed!
While stopped at a traffic light, the ess feature of the vehicle typically stops the engine to reduce co2 emissions and supposedly save on gas. As soon as I release the brakes, the engine re-starts and off I go. However, in this instance, after I let go of the brakes, the vehicle began rolling backwards, which caused me to step on the brakes right away or I would have hit the car behind me. I let go of the brakes again, then the engine restarted as usual. This is very concerning and a potential safety issue.
My wife was driving the car in stop and go traffic on the highway when it stalled out. She lost all power steering and power braking. She had to stop the car completely and put it in park before being able to restart. The problem kept recurring and she was only able to go a short distance each time. Luckily she was able to nurse the car off the highway and onto a side street to park it. I went back to the car the following week after it was parked and had the same problem only it seemed even worse. I would start the car, it would drive only a few feet and shut down completely. This happened repeatedly (maybe 5 times) until I decided to park it and call chrysler. Called chrysler and they said it had to be towed to the nearest dealer. It was picked up about 3 hours later. They called me about 3 days later and told me that the gas tank had been overfilled and it caused something to malfunction. This seems very hard to believe would be the cause of such a catastrophic failure. They said they needed to replace the fuel tank. About 2 weeks later, they had replaced the fuel tank, canister, valve, fuel cover and fuel module. I picked the car up and had no incidents driving home. That said, I am scared to drive this car or put my family in this car - particularly on the highway. I want chrysler to buy this car back from me. I don?t want to be scared driving it every day...updated 11/07/17 *bf updated 11/13/2017*js updated 8/30/18
My wife was driving on a city highway at a normal rate of speed during rush hour and the vehicle's engine suddenly shut off and the vehicle abruptly slowed. The dash board then showed a message that read "shift to p to start." thankfully she was able to steer the car to the shoulder without being hit by another driver. As soon as the car came to a full stop she was able to turn the electronic shifter to park and restart the car.
The vehicle suddenly appeared to shift into neutral, while still in "drive", going approximately 40 MPH. The accelerator was completely unresponsive and driver was unable to shift into another gear. The vehicle repeatedly said "not in park" while in park, showed the reverse camera while in drive, and would not accelerate when in drive. Fortunately the driver noticed the check engine light had come on and was pulling into a gas station when the unresponsive accelerator occurred, otherwise a collision would most definitely have happened. .updated 10/25/17
The van has less than 200 miles in it when it stated stalling. It now has 205 miles, and it has stalled(engine stopped) 5 times already. This occured when decelerating or when fully stopped with the gears still in drive. The engine will stop and a message on the dashboard to put the vehicle in park to start will appear. Restarting the engine is normal with no issues....updated 11/06/17 *bf updated 11/09/2017
Windows roll down by themselves vehicle in park. One time vehicle places self in park when braking pulling into a parking lot. One occurrence, vehicle placed self in park and died in stop and go traffic on interstate. Heated seats wired backward.....updated 11/03/17 *bf updated 11/09/2017
While driving on a busy street, my 2017 chrysler pacifica suddenly lost the ability to accelerate. I was in an intersection pumping the gas pedal with nothing happening. The warning message on the dash read "shift vehicle to park" (or similar). I coasted to a stop with cars nearly missing me, shifted to park, turned the car off, then turned it back on, shifted to drive and pulled directly into a parking lot. I called chrysler roadside and was towed to the dealership where my car is now. According to what I'm seeing on chrysler forums, this is beginning to happen across the country & chrysler is not addressing this extremely serious situation. Thank you for your time and I look forward to a response.
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