Warnings problems of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica

Five problems related to warnings have been reported for the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica based on all problems reported for the 2018 Pacifica.

1 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 11/12/2025

Vehicle was put into reverse and did not stop, it hit a pole. Then the driver tried to put in drive to get it off of the pole and it accelerated quickly and the driver could not stop the vehicle. There was little time to react as it hit the side of a building and airbags deployed. Driver stated that the car accelerated on it's own once it was put into gear.

2 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 12/18/2024

In the dash bord power steering not aveleble warning also stop start not responding then servic charging. . . . . . . Not safe to drive this car at all. I had to go the dealership more than four times a year recently spending a lots of time and money. Again engen lights come up.

3 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 09/26/2023

My vehicle was performing great - no issues what so ever until fca performed recall 03a. After I had fca us llc recall 03a for loss of motive power installed; my vehicle had several issues the same day I picked it up from the dealer. They stated it was ready for pickup even with all my issues and they new I had ½ of them and still turned it over to me. . 50 % of the issues are still waiting to be repaired. The major issue remaining is the high voltage battery. After 1 year of them trying to get the vehicle back to the condition I turned it in before for the recall - Chrysler refuses to replace the hv battery under the 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. They will not let anyone order the part even the dealer can not. To order the bad part Chrysler star (fcas part replacement approval authority) has to approve it. They say they won't replace it due to normal degradation. I was getting 30 miles per full charge and after the recall I was only getting18-20 miles per full charge. That is not normal degradation. Now I only get 17-18 miles per charge. They degraded my battery with their recall. The battery degraded by 33% in 2 weeks – that is not normal their recall caused it. I feel someone needs to enforce them to put my vehicle back the the same as I turned it over to them September 26, 2023 at their expense no matter what it takes. The following is the list of issues in the past year because of recall 03a. Basically my vehicle was in the shop for repairs almost the entire year! 1. Engine lite is on all the time since recall. 2. Charging system errors. 3. Gear selector does not work intermittently making undrivable. 4. Side doors and lift gate do not open or close automatically. 5. Radio display keeps flashing intermittently 6. Back up camera flash on and off. 7. Every lite on the dash lights up - giving my vehicle multiple canbus errors shorting out every computer system in the vehicle 20+ computers.

4 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 08/02/2021

Transmission doesn’t shift properly. Highway going normal speeds, switch lanes and when pushing gas peddle, it instead slipped and decreased speeds almost causing an accident. Dealership says nothing is wrong. Eco start stop illuminated and front collision warning light also on.

5 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2021

I have small grandchildren who play in the driveway area occasionally and I purchased a vehicle with parking collision warning features as an essential safety feature. The front center collision warning stopped working and when taken to the dealer twice they cannot confirm the defect because they test by walking in front of the car from the side. This activates sensors on the side but cannot identify a problem with the front sensor. They also drive the vehicle into a service bay which also activates the side sensors and does not detect the problem with the front sensor. We will try a third time with the dealer to have the problem addressed, but my concern is that current service guidelines for assessing function of the system are inadequate and should be addressed by appropriate training. I have no safe way of evaluating whether this problem effects the collision warning system.


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