2005 Chrysler Pacifica Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and lost motive power in the middle of the road. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure reoccurred consistently. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V284000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The approximate failure mileage was 195,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CHRYSLER DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 157,000.

CRADLE UNDER CAR THAT HOLDS MOTOR IN IS ALL RUSTED OUT WE WERE TOLD NOT TO DRIVE CAR BECAUSE IT IS RUSTED OUT SO BAD THE MOTOR COULD FALL OUT AS I LOOK UP ON INTERNET I SEE OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM WHY DID THIS NOT CALL FOR A RECALL ON THESE CARS

THE MOTOR MINT BROKE OUT OF NOWHERE. NO EXPLANATION. THIS IS THE SECOND CHRYSLER THAT THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO. AND CAN'T FIND THE SCREWS TO FIX IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. HALL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM VIRGINIA BEACH (LOCATED AT 3152 VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452, (877) 475-0721) WAS CONTACTED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST HAD NOT YET BEEN PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF MY 2005 PACIFICA, BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND HAVE HAD IT SERVICED BY THE SAME CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON FEB. 19, 2019 AND WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED OUT AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT ASAP. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NEVER MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED OIL EVERY 3-4 MONTHS FOR 14 YEARS. AFTER RECEIVING THE NEWS, I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND CHRYSLER (AS WELL AS THE DEALERSHIP) HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING. REPAIR COST IS ESTIMATED AT $3,000. I HAVE GARAGE KEPT THIS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT AND IT LOOKS IS IN GREAT CONDITION, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT, UNTIL YOU LOOK UNDER THE CAR.

WE TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC NOTICED SEVERE RUSTING ALONG THE ENGINE CRADLE. THE MECHANIC SAID ITS ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THE ENGINE MAY DROP OUT OF IT. MY WIFE PURCHASED THIS CAR APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO FROM A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. AT THE TIME IT HAD 41,000 MILES ON IT. TODAY IT HAS 60,000 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED GRAVA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM SRT AT (781) 391-8950 (29 MYSTIC AVE, MEDFORD, MA 02155) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT NO RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THAT NO RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. *TT *AS

DANGEROUS...MY 05 PACIFICA ENGINE MOUNT AND SUBFRAME ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND THE ENGINE IS ON THE VERGE OF DROPPING OUT POTENTIALLY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH. I FOUND THIS OUT DURING AN OIL CHANGE. NOW AS I DRIVE THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MAKES KNOCKING NOISE. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT OR THE CREDIT TO GET A NEWER VEHICLE. MY ONLY CHOICE IS TO DRIVE IT UNTIL SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, THEN MAYBE CHRYSLER WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND SEND OUT A RECALL. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. I LOVED THIS VEHICLE, NOW I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT AT ALL.

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT ENGINE CAN DROPOUT OF CAR WHILE DRIVING CAR. DISCOVERED WHEN GETING NEW TIRES. NOT DRIVE CAR UNTIL I FINE OUT HOW BAD IT IS

WHILE DRIVING, THE FUEL GAUGE WILL FLUCTUATE ERRATICALLY AND, OCCASIONALLY, I WILL COMPLETELY LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING

I TOOK MY CAR TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER FOR A ROUTINE OIL AND MISC FILTER CHANGE ON OCTOBER 4, 2017. I WAS SHOWN THE DETERIORATION/DISINTEGRATION OF THE CROSS MEMBER/CRADLE ROT OF THE CAR. OF COURSE, THEY SHOWED ME THE CRADLE ROT ISSUE AFTER THE $334 OF WORK THEY'D DONE! I'D INQUIRED ABOUT A VIBRATION OR LOUD HUM SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY CAR ON MARCH 22, 2017 WHEN I HAD AN EARLIER OIL CHANGE. ON THE SERVICE ORDER, IT WAS NOTED AS "ENGINE PERFORMANCE CONCERN," BUT I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS WITH THE ACCELERATION OR ROTATION OF THE TIRES THAT WAS MAKING THE SOUND. "THE TECHNICIAN SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID IT WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY AT THIS TIME. THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY "TIRE NOISE." TODAY, I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY THE FRONT END OF MY CAR HAS BEEN LOUDER THAN WHAT I REMEMBERED IT. TODAY I JUST DISCOVERED THE ACTUAL ISSUE WITH MY CAR IS TYPICAL OF MANY 2005 PACIFICAS. I'M SURE I AM NOT THE FIRST 2005 PACIFICA OWNER THAT HAS HAD THEIR VEHICLE SERVICED AT THEIR FACILITY, AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF PACIFICAS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT OF TIME; I'M QUITE DISTURBED THAT THE DEALER'S NEGLIGENCE IN NOT INFORMING ME OF THIS PROBLEM MUCH EARLIER CAN OR COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY TO MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. I'M SURE I AM NOT THE FIRST 2005 PACIFICA OWNER THAT HAS HAD THEIR VEHICLE SERVICED AT THEIR FACILITY, AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF PACIFICAS. I STILL SEE SEVERAL 2005 PACIFICAS DRIVING ON THE STREETS, ROADS AND INTERSTATES. I JUST HOPE THESE PACIFICA OWNERS WILL BE MADE AWARE OF THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. I HAVE RELIGIOUSLY TAKEN CARE OF MY CAR BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE IT, AND I INTENDED TO KEEP IT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE MILES. I'M LOOKING FOR A CAR. NOW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE STATIONARY, THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED. RYAN AUTO MALL IN BUFFALO, MINNESOTA DIAGNOSED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS WITHIN THE ENGINE CRADLE WERE ROTTED AND RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000.

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERE CORROSION AND ENGINE CRACKS. *LD UPDATED 09/12/2017*JS

I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CAGE IS SEVERELY ROTTING AWAY AND DRIVING MY CAR IS A ROAD HAZARD. I ONLY HAVE 138,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DIES...BUT RIGHT NOW I WAS TOLD THE REPLACEMENT PART IS NO LONGER MADE AND I WOULD HAVE TO FIND A SALVAGE CAR TO FIND A REPLACEMENT PART. THE QUADRANT REMAINS THAT I BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM A CHRYSLER DEALER THAT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE RECALL ON THIS PART DUE TO IT NOT BEING MANUFACTURED CORRECTLY FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IF I WERE TO SELL IT I WOULD BE PASSING A DANGEROUS CAR ON TO SOMEONE ELSE...I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR AND IT IS WORTH LESS THAN WHAT I OWE LET ALONE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE TO WORK 75 MILES A DAY. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO MAKE AMENDS OR REPARATIONS FOR THE LACK OF ACTION REGARDING THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE...AND THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE AND THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000. UPDATED 10/26/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGES THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR HAD ROTTING ISSUES, BUT REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/22/2017*JS

WHEN CHANGING THE FRONT STRUTS FOUND THAT THE CRADLE IS RUSTED THROUGH IN SEVERAL SPOTS. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED. AT THIS TIME I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OR IF IT CAN EVEN BE REPAIRED. AT THIS TIME UNABLE TO UPLOAD PHOTOS AS THEY ARE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PHONE, NOT ON COMPUTER. WILL PROVIDE IF NEED BE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE ENGINE OIL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V32000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,404.

ENGINE CRADLE ROT I'VE HAD THE CAR SINCE 04/27 2016,BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER I KNOW KNEW THIS MODEL HAD RUST ISSUES THEY PUT IT ON THE LOT ANYWAY.

MY ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED/ROTTED OUT AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I WAS TOLD IT CAN'T PASS INSPECTION AND WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $2,000 TO FIX. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE, SINCE THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT.AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 PACIFICAS. WILL THERE BE A RECALL? WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK TO ME ASAP, SINCE I NEED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU. *TR