Seven problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
We were on a road trip from florida to virginia to buffalo. On our trip from virginia to buffalo on June 26th while driving at 70 miles an hour on the 99 in pennsylvania the car stalled and we were forced to pull off the road barely made it as the car lost all power. Had the van towed to a dealer in altoona PA. When the car arrived at the dealership it started right up for him. He then proceeded to reset the engine light and send us on our way. He said have a safe trip. We drove about 60 miles in the car did exactly the same thing at 65 miles an hour again barely getting off the road. My husband was driving at that time and turn the car off open the door and tried to start it it did start. We cautiously proceeded on our way and again the same thing happened at the next 60 mile range of our trip. He did the same thing and it started up. We then drove the next 130 miles with no incidents but the engine light was on when we arrived in buffalo we proceeded to take the vehicle to west herr Dodge where it's still remains today. They have no idea what is wrong with this vehicle and I am wondering how the hell I'm ever going to get this back to florida another 1200 miles. Driving at those 200 miles from altoona pennsylvania was the worst driving experience I've ever had in my life. We are still waiting on the vehicle and if I get a case number from the dealer when he repairs it or tells me it is repaired I will let you know we did have this vehicle to three different dealerships to in virginia and the one in altoona PA. They all reset the engine light and sent us on our way.
The minivan began to have a message on the dash board indicating the driver to shift to p and restart the car while the car was in motion. The car proceeded to decelerate without the driver pressing on the brakes. This has happened three times. Once, it was while the car was driving on the highway and the deceleration began. The driver had to pull off to the off ramp to exit and the car stalled. The second time the car was stopped while waiting for a stop light to turn green and it won't restart. The third time happened when the car was on the highway about to get off to the off ramp and the stalling began. Chrysler kept saying that the problem was resolved when we brought the car to the dealer but it kept happening. Also, the main screen keeps going blank for the dvd player and you are not able to utilize that function. We were told the problem was resolved when we took the car to the dealer but it continued after each fix. All of these repairs are on Chrysler database.
2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 2nd day after purchase with less than 300 miles on the odometer. Vehicle stalled less than 100 yards after accelerating after stopping at a traffic signal. Lost all acceleration capability, etc warning illuminated, esc warning illuminated. Instructed to shift to 'p' to start. Luckily this occurred at 11 pm with minimal traffic and I was fortunate that my wife and kids were not with me. I was able to pull over to the shoulder and shift to park. The vehicle was able to restart but I was not able to accelerate past 45 mph. I was able to pull into a parking lot a mile down the road where I let the vehicle remain powered off. After 20 minutes, the van started up normally. This is extremely an extremely disturbing incident to happen on such a new vehicle and nothing like this has happened with any of the previous vehicles I've owned over the years to include Hyundai, Honda, Suzuki, Toyota, and Dodge. There are numerous complaints with the 2017 model year and fca still has not resolved the issue!.
Entering on-ramp to freeway in san diego, CA at approximately between 25 to 45-mph. Car stalled and rolled to stop and was unable to recover. Stall created situation which could have caused collision.
Brand new, 5 day old hybrid pacifica with 250 miles stalled out while slowing down to complete a 3 point turn on a two lane road. Prior to stall brakes were �mushy� and not as reaponsive, however during the turn breaks failed completely, and power steering went out. Forced to slam on breaks while forcing steering wheel to complete turn. Initially thought emergency breaking engaged to stop car that was now headed towards a curb and pedestrians but more likely hit the curb causing the car to stop hard. Car remained purpendicular to oncoming traffic for approximately 2-4 minutes while I tried to restart engine. 7-8 cars began to back up on each side of car continuing to cause a increasingly dangerous situation. Had not experienced any issue until �mushy breaks� about 1 block prior to 3 point turn and stalling. Incredibly dangerous! purchased this car based on safety ratings and hybrid feature with hopes of driving it for a minimum of 5 years. Completely terrified to put my family back in the car as they could have been seriously injured or killed due only to car malfunction, as could have those that were in the path of unresponsive car. Under the California lemon law I am expected to put my family back into a car that is dangerous only to prove that it once again put my family in a life threatening situation. This is why people take these dangerous cars to car max or sell them privately, without full disclosure, so they don't have to put their loved ones at risk without completely losing $50,000. Dangerous car! dangerous law!.
My brand new 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid which I got on July 4th 2018 shuts off last week on a highway while I was driving from raleigh to charlotte about 70 miles/hr. With lot of difficulty we were able to pull over. I stopped the car and restarted the car, the car behaved normal but with malfunction indicator in my dash. Dealer is saying there was buggy software installed on July 3rd 2018 as a part of some u73 recall. Our family is very scared to sit in the car again. They are saying 2 parts damaged in car due to the buggy software patch applied, pcm codes p0420, p0430 - catalytic converter efficiency failure (both). Chrysler customer care says no issue with software, dealer is saying it's software bug caused the issue. I am confused now whom to believe. They said I will get my car in a month (may be). Very unsatisfying and feel very unsafe in this car now. Kindly do the needful.
With just 200 miles and having owned the vehicle 3 weeks, vehicle lost power on freeway and my wife coasted off to the side with car fully stalling and ignition locking up within 1/4 mile. Vehicle was towed to dealership but worked fine next day. 100 miles later and about 3 weeks on different freeway the same thing happened again and vehicle was towed back to dealership. The car seems to stall in hybrid or gas mode. Service staff changed battery and tried various things but service department had the car stall out again on test drive on freeway and van was towed back. Chrysler sent their own service specialist and after main computer was changed and controls set, car was driven a couple of miles on city streets by the expert before stalling out. After three months, and less than 500 miles, we are asking for a refund and the car has yet to be fixed.