2007 Chrysler Pacifica

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000.

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN APRIL 2007. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE MOUNTS THREE TIMES ALREADY (JANUARY 2008, AUGUST 2009 AND SEPTEMBER 2010). MOST RECENTLY, I AM EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND OIL PRESSURE BUT THE DEALER DOES NOT SEEM TO THING THERE IS A PROBLEM. I'M TIRED OF THE RUN AROUND THAT I'M GETTING. LAST MONTH, (AROUND THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST 2010) I BROUGHT THE CAR TO DEALER BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING ODD, CHECK THE BRAKES, CHECK THE ENGINE MOUNTS SINCE I KNEW THESE WERE PROBLEMATIC IN THE PAST. ALSO, ASKED THEM PERFORM AN OIL CHANGE. I WAS TOLD THE CAR NEEDED A NEW BATTERY, SOME BRAKE WORK AND THE TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE INSPECTED AND THEY WERE FINE AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WELL, LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER AROUND SEPT. 22 2010, THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING, ENGINE WAS EXTREMELY HOT, RPM'S SEEMED TO BE OUT OF WACK AND THE OIL FUEL WAS REALLY LOW. THE CAR WAS INSPECTED AND I WAS TOLD THE RUBBER AROUND THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WAS MAKING THE ENGINE PULL AWAY FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL TO BURN / LOOSE THAT AMOUNT OF OIL. I WAS CHARGED ANOTHER DEDUCTIBLE AND I TOOK THE CAR HOME. WELL TODAY, SEPT. 28TH, I GET IN THE CAR AND THE LOW OIL LIGHT GOES ON AND THE TRANSMISSION STILL SEEMS / FEELS WEIRD. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHRYSLER? NOW I HAVE TO BRING THE CAR BACK IN AND MOST LIKELY THEY WILL TRY TO CHARGE ME ANOTHER DEDUCTIBLE TO FIX THE OIL PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION AND/OR ANOTHER ENGINE MOUNT. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER KNOWS THESE ARE PROBLEMS BUT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE CONSUMER. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE CAR FOR THE ENGINE MOUNT PROBLEM. HEAVEN FORBID IF I HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS CRACK AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

2007 PACIFICA LTD $38,000.00 MAY 2009: JOB#1 WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE AT 45K MILES. DEALERSHIP REPLACED VALVE SEALS ON BOTH BANKS. JOB#3 THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AND DECARB ENGINE DUE TO THE SMOKE. I HAD TO AGREE TO PAY FOR HALF OF THIS (NOT WARRANTY ITEM - ALTHOUGH THE WARRANTY WORK FROM THE SMOKE FROM BROKEN GASKETS IS WHAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE) JOB#2 IS LISTED ON MY REPAIR TICKET BUT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED WITH ME. DURING 27 POINT INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKEN. NEVER DISCUSSED WITH ME - NEVER FIXED. I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND LIKE THIS FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG. I'M WONDERING IF MY AXLE IS MESSED UP NOW AS WELL. I WILL BE TALKING TO THE CHRYSLER / DODGE SERVICE MANAGER TOMORROW AND THREATENING HIM WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IF THEY DO NOT FIX THIS. BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS SHOULD DEF BE A RECALL!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. AND THEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND HEAD GASKET WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WAS 60,000.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED RUST/PIT MARKS ALL OVER THE EXHAUST SYSTEM (UNDER WARRANTY COMPLETELY REPLACED). THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I CONTINUED TO NOTICE THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR WAS WET AFTER RAIN OR A CAR WASH. FRONT WINDSHIELD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRED). THE THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR WAS SHIFTING HARD BROUGHT IT IN WAS TOLD IT'S NORMAL NO PROBLEM FOUND. FOURTH INCIDENT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHIFT HARD, BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). FIFTH INCIDENT NOTICED THE REAR BUMPER FADING COMPARED TO THE OTHER BUMPERS. TOLD IT DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER SEALER ON IT (UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRED). SIXTH INCIDENT, NOTICED LEFT REAR MOLDING PANEL LOOSE. FOUND CLIP TO FASTEN THE MOLDING WAS BROKEN AND DEFECTIVE, (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). SEVENTH INCIDENT, NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR MOLDING PANEL LOOSE. FOUND CLIP TO FASTEN THE MOLDING WAS BROKEN AND DEFECTIVE, (UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED). ALL THIS WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. THANK GOD FOR THE WARRANTY. *TR

A/C BLOWER CUTS OFF AFTER RUNNING FOR 5 MINUTES. AIR FLOW ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. TOOK TO DEALER. THEY SAID THAT THE SENSOR FOR THE AC WAS PLACED IN THE WRONG POSITION. MANAGER SAID HE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. MANAGER SAID IT COULD NOT BE FIXED. AC FREEZES UP. COULD POSSIBLY CATCH ON FIRE IF OVERHEATS TOO MUCH. STARTED DOING THIS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE JULY 2007. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15 TO 60 MPH. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SEVEN TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. RIGHT AFTER THE FAILURE, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED LIMITED ABILITY TO STEER AND STOP THE VEHICLE DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO BE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR ON FOUR OCCASIONS. ON THE FIRST OCCASION, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE. ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THE DEALER DUPLICATED THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. ON THE THIRD OCCASION, THE EMISSIONS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND AN ERRONEOUS EVAPORATION CODE APPEARED. THE COMPUTER WAS RESET AT THAT TIME. ON THE FOURTH VISIT TO THE DEALER, THREE LOOSE ELECTRICAL GROUNDS WERE FOUND AND TIGHTENED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE PREVIOUS OWNER ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURES, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,150 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,250. UPDATED 3/5/09 *CN UPDATED 03/10/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE NEVER RESTARTED AND ALWAYS HAS TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATES AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURS AND STATES "SERVICE IMMOBILIZER". THE FAILURE OCCURS IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. ONCE THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WOULD REMAIN ACTIVE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE FIRST TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE PCM MODULE. ON JANUARY 5, 2009, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE SKREEM MODULE. THE REPAIR WORKED FOR A DAY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN ON JANUARY 7, 2009 AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,930.

2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAD LOOSE MOTOR MOUNTS CAUSING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SERVICE MANAGER SAID VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN UNTIL NEW MOTOR MOUNTS COULD BE FOUND TO MAKE REPAIR. RIVING VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN THE MOTOR MOUNT SNAPPED AND THE ENGINE VIBRATION CAUSED THE RADIATOR HOSE TO BREAK AND IMMEDIATE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEAREST CHRYSLER DEALER AND IS NOW AWAITING FOR THIS DEALER TO LOCATE NEW MOTOR MOUNTS. HAD I BEEN IN A REMOTE LOCATION A EMERGENCY WOULD HAVE EXISTED. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND INSPECT ALL MOTOR MOUNTS. *TR