Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Chrysler Pacifica

While backing out of my driveway I applied power and the vehicle seemed to accelerate rapidly rearward . . . I stomped on the brake pedal with my left foot but the brake was unable to slow or stop the car. The car sped across 4 lanes of traffic backwards barely missing on coming cars and went about 150 to 200 feet down opposite traffic lanes backwards very fast. It finally stopped facing on coming traffic and they allowed me to slowly to come against them and turn into a driveway off the street. I narrowly missed other cars on the street as it was a high traffic period time of the day. . . About 5 pm. I've driven it about 3 to 5 miles a day since with no problems since then with much more care than usual. I don't know how fast it was going as I was trying to steer.

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While operating the vehicle - car unexpectedly accelerated! I quickly reacted and brought a car to a complete stop. Gas pedal broke off. Police and auto-insurer were notified. Police officer stated that broken gas pedal while driving = severe manufacturing defect; and that I am very lucky to come out alive. No one wants to bother with the repair � now returning this defective product to a loan-lender requesting terminate lease due to a car defect. Leasing agent�notified, doesn't respond. Dealership�refused to accept, each time I call � requests to deal with manufacturer. Chrysler � manufacturer-was notified; case was opened = in 2 hrs-matter escalated to the highest department supposedly, and that I would be contacted. My numerous and continues attempts for 2 months = customer care said repeatedly that, as to my particular case, they are instructed to only take my messages; would not transfer to any of the supervisors and declined providing any info. I've been repeatedly told that my case is with a special investigation unit; as I must wait for their call. At each call I'm denied any information or help as to that special investigation unit's address, name of the department, last name of the assigned agent, his title, phone number, contact info, everything literally. Lately, they've been simply hanging up on me. One time one rep said that legal department is holding the process. They reconfirmed-all my messages were delivered and accepted by my assigned case manager, who called our home once - may 9th w/out leaving a message. When I called displayed 586-274-8000 as chrystler grp, it said �old Chrysler non-working number�. Auto-insurer requires full coverage regardless of a defect. Auto-policy adjuster � can not repair for it's manufacturing defect. Loan-lender demands payments, knows defect, says �doesn't care� and not helping to get through to Chrysler.

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The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica. While the vehicle was stopped with the brake pedal depressed, the speedometer displayed 20 mph. Also, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration and lurched forward. While braking on wet pavement, the abs malfunctioned and caused the vehicle to slide. Also, a burning odor was present coming from the air vents and the fuel cap indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to tom ahl Chrysler (672 kings Ave, lanmor, OH) to be diagnosed, but the cause of the failures could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 155,000.

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While pulling up to garage vehicle unexpectedly accelerated causing vehicle to hit the brick wall between my two garages causing $2500 worth of damage.

On Thursday Feb. 15, 2018 in harlingen, TX I entered the expressway then planned to immediately get off as this bypasses a twisty frontage road. When we (my wife and another couple) got to the top of the ramp and on the exit lane, we could see that down the expressway there was an accident and all three lanes were filled with stopped traffic. As we approached the exit, the car suddenly started to accelerate at a rapid rate. I applied the brake and it would not work. I tried several times to try to stop the car, but couldn�t. It continued to rapidly accelerate. We went from 20 mph to very fast in a matter of feet. We had nowhere to go. We hit a tan car on the left back side which in turn flipped our car. It rolled several times then came to a stop on its left side up against the cement barrier. The car filled with a toxic smoke. It turned out to be what was in the air bags. We could hear people outside trying to break the windshield to get us out, but it wouldn't break. Several men reached up and held the door open which was on top now. They reached in and pulled my wife out. She was ok. The men opened the back hatch and got the rest out that way. We were taken to the hospital by ambulance. I refused treatment as I was fine. My wife was in a head brace as she said my neck was a bit sore. It turned out that she had a cervical strain and some bruising on her leg, arm and stomach. Our friend had some chest contusions, but was ok. His wife however, was in a lot of pain. Her stomach was swelling and she had bruising from the seat belt. She also had a compressed # l12 vertebrae. She was admitted and spent the night in the icu. The next day her husband said she was still in a lot of pain, but was out of the icu. She was released from the hospital wed. Feb. 21, 2018 to await placement in a rehab hospital.

I had just purchased this car and was driving away from the dealer. About a mile down the road I was slowing down and started to put on the brakes when I had an uncontrolled acceleration event. (it felt like someone had just stepped on the accelerator). I had to slam hard on the brakes and just avoided hitting the car in front of me. I know this was caused probably by the computer but I know it wasn't me. My foot was only on the brake. I know this feeling well since I used to have a 2004 prius where this happened to me many times.

On 11-15-17 my wife was driving our 2017 Pacifica, when she was parking (pulling in) it suddenly accelerated and hit a pole. I had the dealership do a scan code and there were no error codes. I just want to let you know in case there are others reporting the same problem.

2017 Chrysler Pacifica. Consumer writes in regards to unintended acceleration resulting in more than $4,000 in repairs. The consumer stated the manufacturer was notified, but could not duplicate the failures.

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated. The malfunction indicator and abs warning indicator illuminated. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle did not stop. The contact manually shifted into park and removed the key from the ignition switch in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

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The contact owns a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated that on several occasions while attempting to drive, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The contact stated that while the brake pedal was depressed and while the vehicle was idle then the accelerator would make a rev noise. No warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the fuel pedal would suddenly malfunction and become stuck causing the vehicle to experience unintended acceleration. In addition, the contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the speedometer displayed the speed as 70 mph. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000. Pam.

This vehicle has suffered through a wide variety of problems as outlined from online complaint boards. Today has started sudden acceleration while stopped at traffic lights almost taking me into traffic your investigation on these are closed but I never had satisfaction speaking to Chrysler officials and was informed by my dealer a couple of years ago that the vehicle was made by the ;old; company and the new company does not honor problems. What is disturbing is that a close inspection by me has revealed that the wiring harness going to the control computer was routed under the drivers side flexible motor mount and the harness has been damaged by the mount compressing this harness right on top of a bolt on the frame causing fraying of several control wires . The poor design has indeed created most of the problems with the vehicle and could cause wrecks and perhaps even deaths. Chrysler has informed me they do not accept suggestions from the public but for the safety of the citizens still driving these vehicles,I see a lot on the road, please contact them as to this problem which while not covered under their warranty should be as this flaw only shows up with mileage. The wiring harness has not been priced by me yet but if past experience is the guide Chrysler parts are significantly higher than competitors,even if the last 'genuine' part had product of south korea right on the box. The problem is poor design.

Gas pedal sticks when accelerating and doesn't release when foot is removed causing unwanted acceleration. Pressing on brake does not help. Only way to get pedal to unstick is to hit it forceably with your foot sometimes several times before it will release. Floor mat has been removed and it didn't help situation. Gas pedal sticking and causing unwanted acceleration started happening every once and awhile here and there but has increased in frequency and is now happening everytime I drive the vehicle. I am concerned for my and my childrens safety as it has already caused a minor accident when I rear ended another driver because the car continued to accelerate after I removed my foot from gas pedal, but afraid it will cause a more serious accident in the future.

2004 Chrysler Pacifica. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer experienced sudden acceleration on two separate occasions. The first time the incident occurred, the consumer hit the drivers side door of a parked vehicle. The second time, the consumer hit a concrete post, which caused over 6,000 in damages.

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. The contact stated that while attempting to enter a highway, the vehicle would not move forward. After shifting into park and back into drive, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and lunged forward. The failure occurred five times. The contact called the manufacturer and was told that they were aware of the failure. The manufacturer stated that the throttle was the cause of the failure and needed to be cleaned out every 30,000 miles. The vehicle had not been repaired when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. The current mileage was 62,508.