2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA Suspension Problems

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT! Safety risk. Had replaced. NEVER TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT IT WOULD RUST OUT. NOW THE STEERING WHEEL WON’T MOVE! Power steering fluid full. CANNOT DRIVE IT. I’M A 72YO WOMAN WITH CANCER, NO FAMILY, CANNOT AFFORD EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. I NEED MY CAR REPAIRED.

is the subframe, engine cradle under recall for rust?

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING HAS RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE. FOR SOME REASON THIS CAR IS NOT COVERED FOR THE RECALL BUT IT CLEARLY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT EVER THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO COMPLETE ON CAR TO ENSURE IT WOULD REMAIN SAFE. I HAVE A BIG WHOLE AND MOTOR COULD FALL OUT. I NEED HELP ON TRYING TO GET EXPENSIVE ITEM PAID FOR. THE SUSPENSION IS HORRIBLE ALL ISSUES JUST NOT A GOOD CAR AT ALL.

THIS IS THE SECOND 2005 PACIFIC THAT THE ROCKER UNDER THE CAR IS CRACKED AND RUSTED AWAY. I TOOKBTHE CAR INTO MONROE ON JONESTOWN RD HARRISBURG PA AND THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT IS SO RUSTED THAT THE MOTOR WILL FALL OUT AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN DO AN OIL CHANGE FOR ME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DAMAGE IT ANY FARTHER.

Mileage: 180,000

MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING NEEDED TIRES SO I TOOK IT TO BELL TIRE,AND THEY CALLED ME AND WANTED ME TO COME TO THERE SHOP SO THEY COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG AND FOUND THAT SUB FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION, PROVIDED AN ALIGNMENT MORE THAN THREE TIMES, AND REPLACED THE SHOCK ABSORBER AND UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE SWAYED LEFT AND RIGHT, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO APPLY FORCE TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT ISSUED ANY RECALLS FOR THE SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

TOOK THE CAR IN FOR EXHAUST WORK. THE MECHANIC DID A SAFETY INSPECTION AND TOLD ME THE SUB FRAME IS SEVERELY RUSTED OUT, AND SHOULD BE REPLACED SOON. IF NOT ADDRESSED SOON IT COULD BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD, DUE TO LACK OF DRIVER CONTROL ISSUES.

Mileage: 108,000

RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAS BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ENGINE CRADLE RUSTING OUT DUE TO CHRYSLER IMPROPERLY COATING THE FRAMEWORK. I NATURALLY WENT OUT TO LOOK AT MINE TO MAKE SURE IT DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR A FAMILY VEHICLE AND NOW DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT WITH MY 4 CHILDREN AND CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIRS AS MY SAVINGS WAS USED TO PURCHASE SAID VEHICLE. ONE WOULD THINK AFTER THOUSANDS OF SUCH DANGEROUS CLAIMS THAT THE NHTSA WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

EXESSIVE CRADLE ROT OR RUST HOLDING IP ENGINE. MAKES IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CAN PUT MY HAND IN FRAME THROUGH RUST HOLE. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY NORTHGATE CHRYSLER ON COLERAIN IN CINCINNATI.THE SERVICE MANAGE SAYS SHE SEES A LOT OF THIS PROBLEM.

Mileage: 155,800

AFTER DOING A MAJOR REPAIR OF $800 ON MY CAR FOR A NEW WATER PUMP AND TIMING CHAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CRADLE HOLDING THE ENGINE IN PLACE COULD DROP ANY MINUTE BECAUSE OF THE RUST. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND DRIVING THIS VEHICLEBECAUSE AT ANYTIME THE EGINE AND STERINGCOLOM COULD FALL OUT ANY MONENT.THE CRADLE HOLD THESE ITEMS IN WERE RUSTED OUT SO BAD.. I LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICED THERE WAS MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS. LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THANK YOU MY MECHANIC TOKE PICTURES OF ALL THIS RUST. BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET THEM. BUT I'M SURE I'M NOT THE FIRST TO COMPLAIN. PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS RECALL. THANK YOU.

Mileage: 159,300

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA I GOT MY VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SHOP TELLING ME MY VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THAT THE SUBFRAME IN THE FRONT IS RUSTED THROUGH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH PACIFICA ENGINE CRADLES THE COST TO FIX IT WILL BE 4,000 THAT'S WHAT I PAID FOR THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 168,300

SEVERELY RUSTED SUB FRAME. I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW. CHRYSLER HAS KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ME TO PERIODICALLY INSPECT THE SUB FRAME. IF A MECHANIC HADN'T NOTED THE HAZARD I WOULD BE IN GRAVE DANGER CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE CAR. WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES ON THE CAR, AND THE CAR LOOKING IN PRISTINE CONDITION, I NEVER EXPECTED THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.

Mileage: 35,000

OUR SUS IN IS RUSTED WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION PENSION WITCH HOLDS THE ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED WE COUNT ON THIS CAR IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE

MY SISTER TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO ADD FREON TO HAVE IT READY FOR THIS SUMMER.OUR MECHANIC DROVE THE CAR IN TOWN AND BACK TO HIS SHOP AND NOTICE A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM MY ENGINE. HE INSPECTED IT AND NOTICE THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE VERY WORN OUT AND THE ENGINE CRADLE COVER WAS VERY LOOSE WHICH WOULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN THAT CONDITION. ONCE HE WENT IN TO REPLACE THE MOUNT HE NOTICE THEY WERE IN VERY POOR QUALITY AND HAD NO SUPPORTED PADDING. AS IF THE PADDING WAS VERY POOR QUALITY AS TO WHY THEY WERE WORN OUT. I AM LUCKY OUR MECHANIC NOTICE THIS IF NOT IT WOULD OF JEOPARDIZE MY ROAD SAFETY IF I WOULD OF CONTINUE DRIVING IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE AND NOTICE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND I TRULY BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE OPEN AGAIN AND BE INVESTIGATED. I FIND CHRYSLER POOR JUDGEMENT OF NOT NOTIFYING THERE CUSTOMERS OF THEIR 2004-2005 PACIFICA OWNERS OF THIS ISSUE BESIDES THERE CORROSION ENGINE CRADLE COVERS RECALL ONLY FOR THE 2004 PACIFICA AND DISMISS THE 2005 PACIFICA YET AT THE TIME THEY WERE AWARE OF THE MOTOR MOUNTS POOR QUALITY AND DISMISSING THE ISSUE. WHEN YET IN FACT IS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE 2005 PACIFICA OF HAVING POOR QUALITY MOTOR MOUNTS IN THERE VEHICLES AND KNOWING THEY HAD USED POOR QUALITY PRODUCTS AT THAT TIME. I DO BELIEVE THIS WOULD OF CAUSE MY OWN SAFETY IF MY MECHANIC DID NOT NOTICE THIS IN MY OWN VEHICLE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE IS PUT IN THIS SITUATION FOR NOT KNOWING OF THIS ISSUE.I THINK A RECALL NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS FOR THE 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S. IT WILL PREVENT ANY FUTURE OWNERS ROAD SAFETY IF THERE WERE ONE IN PLACE. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT CHRYSLER DID NOT NOTIFY THIS TO ITS 2005 PACIFICA OWNERS OF THIS ROAD SAFETY ISSUE. I FOUND A SIMILIAR COMPLAIN LISTED AS:NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10044109

Mileage: 204,658

MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA STARTED MAKING NOISE IN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE IN THE SUSPENSION AND WHEEL AREA WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. A SHORT TIME LATER THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL STARTED SHAKING AND WOBBLING UNCONTROLLABLY AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH. THEIR WAS NO WARNING! THANK GOD I WAS ENTERING TOWN AND WAS CLOSE TO HOME. I GOT THE CAR HOME AND HAD FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. WHAT HE FOUND WAS SCARY!!!!! THE WHOLE SUB FRAME AND ENGINE CRADLE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE DUE TO SEVERE RUSTING IN THE EXACT AREA WHERE THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ATTACH TO THE FRAME. SUPER BAD DAY WHEN I SHOWED THE PICTURES TO 3 DIFFERENT LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS WITH WELL OVER 100 YRS OF EXPERIENCE COMBINED AND ALL INFORMED ME THAT THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR WAS 4000.00 UP TO 5500.00. COMPLETELY ABSURD! CAR IS WORTHLESS AND ONLY HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT. YOU SHOULD MAKE CHRYSLER OWN UP TO EVERY PACIFICA THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM, NOT JUST A FEW THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN A FEW MONTHS. THEIR IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT THEY DIDN'T COAT THE FRAME PROPERLY. I WILL BE SHARING MY PICTURES AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM ASK YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD WANT YOUR FAMILY DRIVING THESE CARS AND HAVING TO SPEND A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX THEM PROPERLY. CHRYSLER IS DOING NOTHING BECAUSE THE NHTSA ISN'T MAKING THEM. PLEASE TAKE MY SMALL PORTION OF THIS RIDICULOUS NIGHTMARE AND CONSIDER AT THE LEAST MAKING CHRYSLER BE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE HUMAN LIFE AND THE WELL BEING OF ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED. THANK YOU!

Mileage: 133,847

MY SUB FRAME IS RUSTING OUT TO THE POINT THAT I'M CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 191,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE K MEMBER HAD SEVERE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000.

Mileage: 102,000

CROSS MEMBER UNDER ENGINE RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE ENGINE MOUNTS BREAK AWAY FROM THE ENGINE, CAUSING A ROUGH VIBRATION ON THE FLOOR PAN OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING ON 10/31/05, 11/04/05, 10/26/06 TO PRESENT, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE THE ENGINE MOUNTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND I BELIEVE THE BREAKING OF THE MOUNTS AFFECTS THE SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE BREAKING OF THE AXLE AND TIE RODS FROM THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGINE JERKING WITH THE MOUNTS BREAK. I'VE BOUGHT ENGINE MOUNTS WITH LIFETIME WARRANTIES BEING I HAVE TO REPLACE THESE MOUNTS SO OFTEN.

Mileage: 21,676

DURING ROUTINE WHEEL ALIGNMENT I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT PERFORM DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE ENGINE CRADLE RUST AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A CLUNK NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND STOPPED SHIFTING OUT OF SECOND GEAR. I TOOK VEHICLE IN TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE ENGINE CRADLE HAS CORROSION AND HAS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT THE VEHICLE WHICH MOST LIKELY CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS BEING LIFTED ON THE HOIST. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY ARE AFRAID TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE HOIST BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD GET INJURED WHILE UNDERNEATH IT.

ENGINE CRADLE HAS ROTTED AWAY ON PASSENGER SIDE, WELL ON IT'S WAY ON THE DRIVERS. CROSS MEMBER TWISTS WHEN STEERING AND HANDLING IS DANGEROUS WITH THE MOTOR AND SUB FRAME TWISTING WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP. WE'VE STOPPED DRIVING IT AS DIRECTION OF MECHANIC FOR FEAR OF MOTOR FALLING OUT AND IT HAS IN OTHER CASES! WE NOTICED IT LAST YEAR AFTER SEEING A NEWS REPORT ON THE ISSUE BUT IT WASN'T THIS BAD THEN, NOW WE WON'T DRIVE IT.

Mileage: 140,000

THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE IS RUSTING AND FALLING APART. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM BEING THE CRADLE. IT IS SO BAD THERES CRACKS ALL OVER AND BIG RUST HOLES. THE MECHANIC SHOP TOLD MY WIFE NOT TO DRIVE BECAUSE ITS TO DANGEROUS!! SHE DRIVES SEVERAL YOUNG KIDS AROUND EVERYDAY. SO NOW IT SITS RUSTING EVEN FASTER TILL WE CAN GET IT FIXED. CHRYSLER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY. OF COURSE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND I'M GLAD THERE'S A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS! IT HAS 120,000 MILES AND TO THINK THE ENGINE COULD DROP OUT WHILE SHE'S DRIVING KIDS AROUND. THAT COULD KILL EVERYONE INCLUDING OTHER DRIVERS AROUND HER. THIS WILL BE MY LAST CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP VEHICLE AND MY KIDS WILL NEVER OWN ONE. IT'S NOT MY FIRST, AND I'VE HAD MAJOR ISSUES WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE. MY FORDS AND CHEVY'S HAVE NEVER FALLEN APART LIKE CHRYSLER/DODGE DOES.

Mileage: 120,000

SUB-FRAME BROKE ON ME. IT IS THE EXACT PART THAT WAS RECALLED FOR THE 2004 PACIFICA. HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL FOR 2005? THE SUB FRAME BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, WITH A CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN THE "SALT BELT" CHRYSLER'S SELF ADMITTED INSUFFICIENT PROTECTIVE COATING ON THE SUB FRAME OF THESE CARS, SHOULD BE ENOUGH PROOF, TO RAISE EYEBROWS AND REMEDY THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE THIS CAUSED, AND PACIFICA'S CANNOT HOLD A RESELL VALUE, AS SELLING THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON, IS JUST LIKE HANDING THEM A TICKING TIME BOMB. WHY IS THERE NO SOLUTION OR HELP ON THIS ISSUE? I AM NOT ALONE WITH THESE ISSUES. I SUPPOSE IT WILL TAKE DEATHS FROM THIS FAULTY PART BEFORE ANY REAL ACTION IS ACTUALLY TAKEN. HAVING A STRONG PIECE OF METAL TO KEEP MY MOTOR FROM FALLING ON THE GROUND ISN'T TO MUCH TO ASK, OR IS IT? THE ONLY OPTION I HAVE TO KEEP MY PRIMARY VEHICLE ON THE ROAD, IS TO TRY WELDING THE SUB FRAME AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

Mileage: 4

THE ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTING OUT CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. THE REST OF THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE

Mileage: 104,000

DEALER REPORTED ON 8/15/2017 THAT MY CAR HAS AN ENGINE CRADLE PROBLEM. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE CRADLE NOW DUE TO RUSTING. HE ALSO TOLD ME IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.

DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CORROSION PROTECTION ON THE ENGINE CRADLE RUST HAS CREATED HOLES IN THE CRADLE THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE. OVER CERTAIN ROUGH ROADS THERE IS A KNOCKING SOUND.

Mileage: 133,406

OUR VEHICLE HAS 88,000 MILES AND IT JUST FAILED A SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE THE ENGINE CRADLE IS ROTTING/RUSTED AND THE ENGINE IS IN JEOPARDY OF FALLING OUT OF THE CAR. THE DEALER (GOOD BROTHERS DODGE) ACKNOWLEDGES THE SAFETY CONCERN AND THAT CHRYSLER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THESE. THEY SUPPLIED A $3,200 ESTIMATE TO REPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN. THERE APPEARS TO BE A PENDING CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THIS VERY ISSUE AND CHRYSLER UNWILLINGNESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT AND SAFETY HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER REVVED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN CODE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000.

Mileage: 113,000

THE ENGINE CRADDLE IS RUSTING OUT AND NEEDS REPLACED AND CHRYSLER WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT AND ITS NOT JUST IN MY CAR BUT ALOT OF OTHER PACIFICAS

Mileage: 119,000

SUBFRAME OF THE ENGINE CRADLE. I WAS TOLD DURING LAST INSPECTION (APRIL 2016) THAT THE SUBFRAME OF THE ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED. THE SAME WAS CONFIRMED ON 3/18/17 AT FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER, BENSALEM, PA. IT'S REPAIR WILL COST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS THE THE ENGINE MAY FALL OUT. IT IS A VERY HIGH SAFETY RISK.

Mileage: 124,000

MY CROSS-MEMBER HAS A FOOT LONG CRACK IN IT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.THE RUSTING OF THE CROSS MEMBER WAS FIRST SPOTTED ON AUGUST 5. 2015.

Mileage: 184,000

ENGINE CRADLE OR K-FRAME RUSTED TO THE POINT OF THE VEHICLE NOT BEING SAFE TO DRIVE. HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO USE THE VEHICLE

Mileage: 115,000

WHEN I TOOK OUR 2005 PACIFICA IN FOR ITS ANNUAL VA STATE INSPECTION ON NOVEMBER 1, 2016 IT DID NOT PASS. THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR FAILURE WAS THE DISCOVERY OF SUBSTANTIAL RUSTING OF THE "SUB K FRAME." IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE FRAME. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE CAR AS THE ENGINE COULD FALL AND DROP OUT OF ITS CRADLE! THE RUSTING WAS NOT VISIBLE 6 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE CAR WAS LAST HOISTED IN THE AIR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT IT RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE MECHANICS STATED THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH RUSTING, AND THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE IT ON A CAR THAT WAS OTHERWISE WELL MAINTAINED AND IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION FOR A CAR WITH ALMOST 175,000 MILES. I LIVE IN THE NORTHERN NECK AREA OF VA WHICH IS NOT AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OR AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A HEAVY APPLICATION OF SALT ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER. I HAVE 2 OTHER CARS - A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 CREW CAB AND A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY, NEITHER OF WHICH DEMONSTRATE ANY SIGNS OF RUSTING OF THE FRAME.

Mileage: 174,851

SEVERE SUBFRAME ROT, ENGINE COULD POSSIBLY FALL OUT.

Mileage: 159,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE CERTIFIED MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS FRACTURED AND HAD SEVERE RUST. THE CRADLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. UPDATED 01/05/16*LJ UPDATED 02/14/17.*JB

Mileage: 94,000

I TOOK MY CAR INTO TO HAVE A SUSPENSION CHECK O REPLACED THE STRURSS WHEN MY MECHANIC CALLED ME AND TOLD MY THAT THE FRAME OR ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED OUT. HE TOOK SOME PICTURES AND THERE ARE HOLES IN THE CRADLE. HE ADVISED ME NOT TO PUT ANYMORE MONEY INTO THIS CAR.

JUST GOT NEW TIRES NO MENTION, THEY USED FLOOR JACKS. GETTING NEW FRONT STRUTS AND REAR WHEEL SPINDLES (GETTING READY FOR WINTER) AND MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE CRADLE ROT AND SAID HE WOULDN'T TOUCH IT AND EXPLAINED THE SAFETY ISSUES RELATED. COST POTENTIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH REPAIR. COST TO REPAIR IS MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH.

Mileage: 183,000

FRONT SUSPENSION/ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT

Mileage: 135,000

THE CAR UNDER IT IS KNOCKING AND HITTING AGAINST THE CAR ITSELF WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE BREAKS SLIP UNLESS THE ABS LIGHT IS ON AND THE POWER STEERING COMPARTMENT IS CONSTANTLY EMPTY WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING TO WHINE UNTIL YOU FILL IT BACK UP.

Mileage: 109,000

CRADLE ROT ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE

TAKATA RECALL I RECENTLY TOOK A LOAN OUT AND PURCHASED A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM A DEALER NEARBY. WHEN MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE DEALERSHIP PASSED THE SAFETY INSPECTION A MONTH AGO. HE SAID THE RUST WAS SPREAD ALL ACROSS FRONT ENGINE CRADLE OR THE VEHICLE. HE DID NOT THINK I SHOULD BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ENGINE COULD DROP OUT DUE TO THE RUST. LOOKING UP ANY SAFETY RECALLS AND NOTICED THERE WERE NONE. ONLY A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT STATES CHRYSLER WILL ONLY FIX THE PROBLEM IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE SALT STATES AND THE VEHICLE IS WITHIN THE 10 YEAR OR 150,000 MILES. I AM 6 MONTHS PAST THE 10 YEAR WITH ONLY 105,000 AND LOCATED IN A SALT STATE. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE JUST OVER 30 DAYS AGO SO THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. CHRYSLER SHOULD REALLY MAKE GOOD ON FIXING THIS MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD IF THEY WANT BUYERS TO TRUST THEIR PRODUCT. I AM NOW PAYING A LOAN ON A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!!

Mileage: 105,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2011 ALL I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR IS PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS. FIRST I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING IT WAS SOMETHING ELECTRICAL THEN NOW MY SUB FRAME IS NO GOOD IT IS ROTTED OUT RUST ALL OVER THE SUB FRAME AND I HAVE TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN MY CAR ALL THE TIME AND TO TOP IT OFF I'M STILL PAYING ON THIS CAR TO THE BANK WHAT DO I DO NOT. I NEED SOMEONES HELP THIS IS TO MUCH MONEY FOR ONE PERSON TO PAY WHEN THIS WAS NOT MY DOING IT WAS THE CAR MAKERS DOING.

Mileage: 174,000

VEHICLE INSPECTION REVEALED CRADLE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AN IS A ROAD HAZARD.

RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE,FRAME IS IN BAD SHAPE AND CAN BRAKE LEADING ENGINE TO FALL OUT FROM VEHICLE.THIS MAY LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT.

MY DAUGHTERS 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING EDITION DOESN'T LOOK BAD PHYSICALLY AND RUNS WELL BUT AFTER ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION WE WERE TOLD AND SHOW THAT THE CROSS MEMBER OR SUBFRAME ENGINE CRADLE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WE WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY FOR THOSE MADE 2-23 TO 3-31-14 SO CAN'T ASSIST. THIS IS A GOOD CAR BUT NOW UNSAFE AND WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF $ TO SINK INTO AN OLDER CAR.

WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR I CAN HEAR MY ENGINE HITTING THE WALLS OF MY CAR. IT IS LOOSE AND ALSO THE BREAKS ABS LIGHT IS ON THROUGHOUT MY DRIVE. IF IT IS NOT ON THAN THE BREAKS SLIDE.

Mileage: 129,000

PURCHASED 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED 4 YEARS AGO. CURRENTLY 109,000 MILES.. HAD BEEN HEARING A CLUNKY NOISE FOR A SHORT TIME TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED😔 MECHANIC CAME BACK WITH GHASTLY NEWS. TIE RODS,BUSHINGS, WATER PUMP,REAR AXLE SHAFT OILSEAL AND WORST OF ALL CRADLE WAS RUSTING THROUGH. OVER $7000.00 TO FIX ALL. I THOUGHT I WOULD FAINT. NO WAY COULD I DO ALL THE REPAIRS. UPON READING ALL COMPLAINTS CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX THE RUSTIMG PROBLEM. SHAME ON THEM FOR LETTING THESE CARS ON THE ROAD KNOWING THIS COULD HAPPEN TO FAMILIES PURCHASING THEIR VEHICLES AND POSSIBLY HAVING A FATAL ACCIDEMT OCCURING WHEN THE ENGINE FALLS OUT.

ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED OUT. COMPLETELY FAILED. ENGINE IS NEAR TO FALLING OUT.

Mileage: 195,000

MECHANIC NOTICED RUSTED OUT SUB-FRAME WHEN DOING REGULAR SERVICE ON VEHICLE. TOLD US IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 140,000

I'M ONE OF THE VICTIM OF THE ENGINE CRADLE ROT, THAT OCCURS IN THE 2004 AND 2005 PACIFICA. I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WHEN I JACKED UP THE CAR TO GET UNDER IT, IT WAS HIDDEN. THE FAILURE OF THE CRADLE WAS 100%. IT FAILED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF CRADLE AND WAS RUSTED FROM FRONT TO BACK

Mileage: 61,000

MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE ON MY CAR IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT AND IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WHICH IS A FATALITY HAZARD. HE GAVE ME A COPY OF CHRYSLER "EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD" WRITTEN NOTICE FOR THIS ISSUE FOR PACIFICA MODEL YEARS 2004-2005. I CALLED THEM AND THEY STATED THAT I'M NOT COVERED BECAUSE MY CAR WAS BUILT IN 8/04 AND NOT BETWEEN 3/04-4/04. THE NOTICE DOES NOT STATE THAT THE CARS NEED TO BE BUILT IN A PARTICULAR MONTH. THEIR STATEMENT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AND I THINK THEY ARE LYING. ALL OF THE SIGNS OF THEIR NOTICE IS WHAT I HAVE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR OVER A YEAR, THE "CORROSION RESULTING IN DRIVABILITY VIBRATION AND/OR SHAKE." COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME I LOVE MY CAR BUT CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIR COST AND THEY NEED TO STAND BY THEIR AWARENESS OF THE DEFECT AND WRITTEN WARRANTY COVERGE NOTICE. THE NOTICE IS LABELED AS "[XXX]". THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON THE HIGHWAY THERE WERE THESE VIBRATIONS IN THE PACIFIC SO MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC WHICH RECOMMENDED NEW SUSPENSION SO WE GOT THOSE. THE PROBLEM WASN'T FIXED MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC FOR NEW TIRES, SUSPENSION AND ALIGNMENT TO BE TOLD THAT OUR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION WAS NOT FIT TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME COMPLETELY HAS ROTTED OUT. THANK GOD HE DID THAT, I'M HORRIFIED MY CHILD WAS IN IT ALL THIS TIME. MY HUSBAND AND I CALLED THE NUMBER 1 800-992-1997 DAIMLERCHRYSLER. TO BE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR US THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE WARRANTY. THE MECHANIC'S QUOTE FOR IS OVER $2000. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW TO GET TO WORK AND MANAGE MY USUAL WEEKLY ERRANDS.

Mileage: 151,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED ON WET PAVEMENT, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SKID AND SLID. THE VEHICLE FISH TAILED, BECAME VERY UNSTABLE, AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 02/23/16*LJ

DURING ROUTINE YEARLY STATE INSPECTION, INSPECTOR FOUND THAT ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTED OUT.. THE ENGINE CRADLE HAS BIG HOLE ON RIGHT SIDE FROM ROT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY NUMEROUS BODY SHOPS THAT THIS PART OF FRAME SHOULD NEVER RUST THROUGH.

Mileage: 134,000

THE CRADLE MOUNT FOR THE ENGINE HAS RUSTED MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE! THIS 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS VERY LITTLE BODY RUST AND THE ENGINE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON ACCORDING TO MANY MECHANICS I HAVE VISITED. ALL OF THEM SAY THAT THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT AT ANY TIME.

I RECENTLY CHANGED MY OWN OIL ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN I WAS UNDERNEATH OF IT I OBSERVED 1 MEDIUM SIZED RUST HOLE THRU THE SUBFRAME AND 2 SMALLER RUST HOLES IN THE SUBFRAME. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AFTER I FURTHER LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE PICTURES OF THIS ISSUE. THIS IS KNOWN AS CRADLE ROT. THE LOWER MOTOR MOUNT OF THE ENGINE IS BOLTED INTO THIS SUBFRAME. AND IF CONTINUES TO GET WORSE THE ENGINE CAN FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. NOT ONLY I HAVE 3 HOLES IN IT THERE IS A LOT OF RUST ON THIS SUBFRAME THAT LOOKS COULD BE MORE OF AN ISSUE IN THE YEARS TO COME. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THRU ALL THE YEARS OF BEING UNDER VEHICLES THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE WORSE I HAVE EVER SEEN. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE NOW DRIVING THIS CAR. ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAMILY IN IT. THIS CAR MAY BE 10YRS OLD BUT HAS LOW MILES AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW BY LOOKING AT THIS VEHICLE INSIDE AND OUT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MAJORLY WRONG UNDERNEATH IT, UNLESS YOU YOURSELF CRAWLED UNDER IT. AND THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT.

Mileage: 56,000

I PUT MY 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN THE SHOP ON 9/2/2015 FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION AND TO MY SURPRISE WAS TOLD THE "SUBFRAME IS ROTTING OUT". MY MECHANIC STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE PACIFICA. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER PROVIDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF CARS EFFECTED BY THIS SAFETY HAZARD. CHRYSLER IS NOT TAKING THIS DEFECT SERIOUSLY; SHOULD PROVIDE CORRECTIVE ACTION BEFORE FATALITIES OCCUR.

Mileage: 100,000

SUBFRAME HAS RUSTED OUT NEAR THE ENGINE. UNSAFE TO DRIVE

Mileage: 88,000

EXTENSIVE UNDERCARRIAGE RUST WAS FOUND DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THIS RUST EFFECTS THE MOTOR BOLTS AS WELL AS MOTOR SUPPORT CARRIAGE. THE MECHANIC HAS ADVISED THAT THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR HAS 81,268 MILES AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. UPON INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY REPORTED BY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN ON THE HIGHWAY AND AFTER EXAMINING THE RUST DAMAGE CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY RISK AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR.

Mileage: 81,268

ENGINE CRADLE IS ROTTED OUT

Mileage: 120,000

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT

Mileage: 120,000

WENT TO HAVE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT CHECKED AND THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE BIG HOLE FROM THE ROT ON THE ENGINE CRADLE WENT TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP TO GET REPAIRED . A NEW CRADLE IS 3600 $ A USED ONE IS 600 WE OPTED TO ORDER A USED ONE AND HOPEFULLY MY WIFE AND CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE SAFE . NO THANKS TO CHRYSLERS NEGLIGENCE IN IGNORING THE ISSUES . THEY SEEM TO FORGET WHO MADE THEM A COMPANY THE CONSUMER.

Mileage: 150,555

I TOOK MY 05 PACIFICA IN FOR INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD WILL NOT PASS BECAUSE MY SUBFRAME IS RUSTED WITH HOLES AND VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. CHRYSLER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 10 YRS 150000 MILES. THEN LAYER REVISED IT TO MANUFACTURE DATE OF 6 WEEKS. I FELL SHORT 7 DAYS OF THIS SO I AM NOT COVERED. EVIDENTLY THE SAME FAULTY MATERIAL WAS USED. I AM BEYOND UPSET HOW CHRYSLER IS ALOUD TO MANUFACTURE A VEHICLE THAT IS DANGEROUS, AND COULD HAVE KILLED ME OR MY FAMILY. WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR ENOUGH COMPLAINTS IN ORDER FOR CHRYSLER TO STEP UP AND HANDEL. NOT ONLY IS MY SUBFRAME ROTTED, MY MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO ARE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN IN A FEW YEARS. NO ONE NEEDS THEIR SUBFRAME NOR MOTOR MOUNTS CHANGED MORE THEN ONCE IN A VEHICLE 10 YRS OLD UNLESS IT'S A DEFECT IN MATERIAL. I AM NOW WITHOUT A CAR, OR THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. I ALSO WAS TOLD THESE PARTS ARE NATIONAL BACKORDER...HMMM I WONDER WHY. WHY DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE TO GET THE STORY ON THE NEWS FOR CHRYSLER TO STEP UP. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS, ALL THESE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. MOST CHRYSLER OWNERS DON'T KNOW TO PUT IN A COMPLAINT HERE. THINK OF THE HUNDREDS THAT NEVER DID. HOW MANY IS CONSIDERED ENOUGH PLEASE, I NEED MY VEHICLE. THANK YOU

Mileage: 109,000

DURING AN OIL CHANGE, MASSIVE RUST WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE CRADDLE, SUB FRAME. FAILURE OF THESE PARTS WOULD BE CATASTROP. CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PROBLEM WITH A SMALL SUBSET OF THESE CARS BUT CLEARLY APPLIES TO ALL AS SIMILAR SYMPTOMS ARE SHOWING IN CARS OUTSIDE THE GROUP SLEECTED FOR RELIEF. THIS IS WRONG, THIS IS NOT SAFE, THIS IS NOT FAIR.

Mileage: 148,500

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD MY ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED AND REPAIRS COULD COST BETWEEN 4000 - 5000. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD ME VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE YET THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONDITION AND COULD RESULT IN THE ENGINE FALLING OUT. VERY DANGEROUS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET HELP ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.

HAD MY CAR IN TO BE SERVICED AND THEY TOLD ME MY ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED OUT AND THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2004/2005 MODEL YEAR. SO I BROUGHT IT T THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR WASN'T COVERED EVEN THOUGH THE LETTER I WAS GIVEN A COPY OF DIDN'T SPECIFY ANYTHING BUT THE 2004/2005 MODEL YEAR. SO I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WASN'T IN THE DATES LISTED TO BE FIXED YET I HAVE THE PROBLEM THEY ALL ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. SO I WAS ABLE TO GET A MANAGER TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE AND THEY NEVER CALLED BACK. SO I CALLED THEM BACK LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE DEADLINE OF THE OF THE RECALL AND THE ARE REFUSING THE CLAIM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND HAVE A CAR THAT'S READY TO BREAK ANY DAY. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY CAR FIXED AND KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE.

Mileage: 125,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFIC. I SENT MY CAR TO A LOCAL GARAGE TODAY AND WAS TOLD THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS COMPLETED RUSTED AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD MY CARD IS OUT OF THE CUT OFF WINDOW FOR X26 RECALL. HOWEVER IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER, AND CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO COMPENSATE ANY THING. 82,000 MILE ON MY CAR.

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE HAVING A FLAT TIRE FIXED ON A LIFT NOTICED MY WHOLE ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED OUT FROM DRIVERSIDE TO PASENGER SIDE OF THE UNDERBODY.CHRYSLER HAD A10 YEAR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY.MY AUTO DID NOT MAKE THEIR CUT OFF PERIOD. I HAVE THE SAME RUST THE REST OF THE PACIFICAS HAD OR HAVE. WENT TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT I WON AFTER THE THIRD ROUND WAS DEFEATED. CAN YOU SEND ME ANYTHING TO HELP ME IN THE FORTH ROUND.

VEHICLE SUBFRAME (ENGINE CRADLE) IS ROTTED OUT AND VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS BUT ONLY FOR A 6 WEEK PERIOD FOR 2004 MODELS. LOOKING ONLINE I SEE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE 2005 PACIFICA. I HAVE PHOTOS. SUBFRAME IS ABOUT TO FALL APART AND THIS WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO DROP. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. HOW MANY OWNERS LOOK UNDER THEIR CAR AT THE SUBFRAME? IT;S A HIDDEN DEFECT THAT WILL KILL SOMEONE ONE DAY. SUBFRAMES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ROT AWAY AT THE 10 YEAR POINT. THIS IS A MAJOR MAJOR DEFECT. PLEASE LET ME SEND YOU PHOTOS.

Mileage: 122,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH A CLICKING NOISE AND SHIFTING COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. UPON INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE "ENGINE CRADLE" OR SUBFRAME WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH WITH VISIBLE CORROSION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS "ENGINE CRADLE" CORROSION PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED TO REPAIR THIS PART FOR 2004 AND 2005 PACIFICA'S. EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER ID IS: 0004617/#45543/X26...HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, I WAS INFORMED THAT BASED ON THE VIN # OF MY CAR, I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR CHRYSLERS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE, THE LETTER CHRYSLER ISSUED FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY CLEARLY STATES THAT IT COVERS 2004-2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S, AND EVEN THOUGH I FALL WITHIN THE MODEL YEAR, GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, AND THE 10YR/150,000MILE GUIDELINES OF EXTENDED WARRANTY, CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT MY 2005 WAS NOT MANUFACTURED WITHIN SOME NARROW MANUFACTURING WINDOW TO QUALIFY FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY.

Mileage: 101,000

I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC YESTERDAY THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE FRAME ON MY CAR IS CRACKED AND THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALL OR A LOT OF THE CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S 2005 ARE HAVING THIS HAPPEN. I LOOKED THIS ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET AND AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE OUT THERE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND CHRYSLER IS STILL NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY A WEEK AGO WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MY ENGINE COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT! CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS IS HAPPENING WITH THE PACIFICA'S AND IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING TO THE OWNERS OR TRYING TO HELP THEM FIX THE PROBLEM? BEING A SINGLE PARENT RAISING A CHILD ON MY OWN DOES NOT LEAVE ME MANY OPTIONS, BUT TO DRIVE THE PACIFICA WITH MY CHILD IN IT KNOWING THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT AT ANY TIME UNTIL I CAN SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THE FRAME REPLACED OR BUY A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

IN ''14, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED. I DID NOT INSPECT IT ANY FURTHER BECAUSE I TRUSTED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL AMOUNT OF RUST. HOWEVER, ON 4/27/15, THE CAR BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES. UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR SLOW-ROLL, THERE IS A VIBRATION THAT CAN BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE FLOORBOARDS & THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR & THE RPM'S DROP, THE CAR MAKES A "THUD" OR "CLUNK" SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AREA OF THE CAR. THIS "THUD" CAN BE FELT IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR. THE VIBRATIONS & THE NOISE HAS GROWN WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF 3 DAYS. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED DURING AN OIL CHANGE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP ON 4/30/15, & I WAS ADVISED THAT, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUST TO THE SUBFRAME & ENGINE CRADLE, THE CAR'S STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAS BEEN BREACHED. THE MECHANIC TOOK A PICTURE & HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER BRING IT TO ME IN THE WAITING ROOM & ADVISE ME THAT IF I HIT A LARGE ENOUGH BUMP, THE SUBFRAME MAY BREAK APART & THE ENGINE MAY DROP OUT OF THE CAR. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER & THEY OFFER NO REMEDY. UPON RESEARCH OF THE ISSUE, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG ''04 & ''05 CHRYSLER PACIFICAS & THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THE CAR FOR THIS PROBLEM IN ''10, BUT RESCINDED THE RECALL & CREATED A TSB IT, YET UPHELD THE RECALL FOR PACIFICAS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2/23/04 & 3/31/04. DUE TO THE INITIAL RECALL, TSB, & THE PARTIAL RECALL FROM THE CHRYSLER PACIFICAS MANUFACTURED IN '04, CHRYSLER HAS ADMITTED FAULT IN NOT PROPERLY COATING THE SUBFRAME MATERIALS TO PREVENT RUST FROM OCCURRING. CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THEIR DANGEROUS & FAULTY CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THEIR CARS. THIS IS NEGLIGENCE & A DANGEROUS PRACTICE-FOR THE LIVES OF THE DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, & OTHERS ON THE ROADS, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE REALMS OF BUSINESS ETHICS. THIS WIDESPREAD SITUATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED & REMEDIED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 152,172

I TOOK MY CAR TO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND THE MECHANIC WAS ALARMED TO FIND THAT THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED UNDER THE ENGINE THAT HE DEEMED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. MY CAR HAS 185,000 MILES ON IT, AND IS IN OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS THE ENGINE COULD FALL TO THE GROUND, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ADVISED TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT SELL IT. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT CHRYSLER KNEW THE PROBLEM EXISTED. *TR

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED OUT AND THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT OF THE CAR. I FIND THE CAR TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THAT IS THE ONLY THING IS RUSTED OUT ON THE CAR, THIS NEEDS TO BE FIX BY CHRYSLER. *TR

Mileage: 102,530

THE ENGINE SUB FRAME HAS AND IS RUSTED OUT. *TR

PURCHASED A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM PRIVATE PARTY. WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT FRAME BEING RUSTED RIGHT THROUGH. WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND COULD NOT DRIVE. WAS SO SCARED AND I WAS NOT SAFE. BROUGHT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTED AND THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVE-ABLE AND IS NOT SAFE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE PART TO BE FIXED. I LIVE IN A HIGH SALT BAND STATE IN NY AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED AS THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT IN 2011 STATED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. NOW I HAVE NO VEHICLE AND IT WOULD COST OVER $4500 TO BE FIXED. CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THESE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. WE CAN DIE FROM THIS HUGE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE WILL JUST FALL OUT OF THE CAR. I AM REALLY HOPING THAT NHTSA WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

VEHICLE ENGINE CRADLE SUB-FRAME IS ROTTING THROUGH AND NEARLY SEPARATING ONE PORTION FROM ANOTHER. THIS WILL AT SOME POINT IN TIME FAIL IN A CATASTROPHIC MANNER. THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO BE WELL DOCUMENTED ON NUMEROUS WEB SITES AND FIAT CHRYSLER GROUP IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND MAKES LIKE THE PROBLEM IS WITH ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE. THEY HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF NOTE FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, BUT IS LIMITING IT TO A VERY FEW CARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN A VERY LIMITED TIMEFRAME FROM LATE 2004 TO EARLY 2005, ALL OTHERS ARE EXCLUDED IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT NUMEROUS PACIFICA'S ARE NOTED AS HAVING THIS PROBLEM.THIS REPAIR IS AN APPROX. $3000 REPAIR THAT CHRYSLER IS IGNORING THE SAFETY OF THE OWNERS AND FAMILIES OF THESE CARS AND THOSE DRIVING AROUND THEM. *TR

THE FRONT SUB FRAME ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS A RUST HOLE IN THE CROSS MEMBER. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD IT WOULDN'T PASS INSPECTION,WHICH IS DUE IN JUNE OF 2015. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

ENGINE CRADLE (SUBFRAME) WAS RUSTED THRU. CHRYSLER HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ITEM ON MY VEHICLE. IT WAS REPLACED FOR $100.00 CO-PAY. ALSO AFECTED WAS THE LOWER FRONT MOTOR MOUNT, IT WAS ALSO REPLACED AT ADJUSTED COST. OWNERS OF PACIFIC'S SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. IT ALSO IS THE REAR ENGINE SUPPORT, AND LOWER SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE CONECTED TO IT. *TR

Mileage: 65,323

I TOOK MY CAR INTO TO HAVE A MOTOR MOUNT REPLACED WHEN MY MECHANIC CALLED ME AND TOLD MY THAT THE FRAME OR ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED OUT. HE TOOK SOME PICTURES AND THERE ARE HOLES IN THE CRADLE. HE ADVISED ME NOT TO PUT ANYMORE MONEY INTO THIS CAR. I RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. I'M READY TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICE AS I THINK THIS IS CRIMINAL THAT CHRYSLER WILL NOT RECALL THIS CAR AND FIX THIS COMMON PROBLEM! *TR

Mileage: 83,417

WE HAD OUR CAR INSPECTED THIS WEEK AND WERE TOLD WE HAD A ROTTED BODY FRAME. WE WERE SENT TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY TOLD US WE HAD A ROTTED SUBFRAME. THE COST OF REPAIR WILL BE $1885.40 FOR THE PART AND $600 FOR LABOR. IT WILL NOT BE READY TO DRIVE TILL APRIL 6 AS THE DEALER REQUIRES THE PARTS MONEY UP FRONT BEFORE THEY WILL EVEN ORDER THE PART SO WE HAVE TO SAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS. SO WE HAVE NO CAR FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS AT LEAST. WE HAVE RESEARCHED AND UNDERSTAND THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND DID A LIMITED AMOUNT OF REPAIRS AS IT WAS THEIR FAULT BUT APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT HELPING THE MAJORITY OF CAR OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT SEEM FAIR TO THE OTHER OWNERS. WE CAN BARELY AFFORD TO COME UP WITH THIS MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT IS THIS COMPANY'S FAULT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT BEING FORCED TO FIX ALL THESE CARS WHEN IT IS A DANGER ISSUE. HOW CAN WE DRIVE A CAR WITH A ROTTED FRAME? WE HAD TO HAVE THE ROCKER PANELS REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY ROTTED OUT TOO. NOW THIS IS ADDED TO OUR COST. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER CAR AND BARELY ABLE TO FIX THIS CAR AT OUR RETIREMENT AGE. WHY AREN'T COMPANIES HELD TO A STANDARD TO PROTECT CONSUMERS? WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CLASS ACTION SUITS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN FILED FOR THIS PROBLEM WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN THESES CASES IF IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO THAT. WE WISH THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR US AND FOR OTHERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. *TR

Mileage: 134,515

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND WAS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED. AS A RESULT, THE STRUTS AND THE SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

SUBFRAME CRACKED RUST BOLT MOTOR MOUNT MISSING UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ... TWO DAYS LATER WE BROUGTH IT INTO THE SHOP TO GET A MYSTERIOUS CLUNK CHECKED OUT AND FOUND THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS ALMOST ROTTED AWAY. AFTER OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR NOT EVEN 48 HOURS IT IS NOW UNSAFE TO DRIVE, I CALLED INTO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE BECAUSE I SAW A RECALL THAT AT ONE POINT COVERED THIS MODEL AND I WAS TOLD, " I APLOGIZE BUT THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO". MY QUESTION IS ... IF AT ONE POINT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO OPPERATE BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE RUST PROBLEM, WHAT CHANGED TO EXCLUDE THIS MODEL? I HAVE PLENTY OF PICTURES THAT SHOW I SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THE ENGINE CRADLE IS ROTTED. I DID SOME INVESTIGATING AND THIS IS A KNOW SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO HELP IN THIS ISSUE. THEY REALLY AREN'T STANDING BEHIND THE PRODUCT. *TR

WENT IN FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION ON 2005 PACIFICA. MECHANIC REPORTED RUSTED SUB FRAME; EVERYTHING ELSE IS FINE; MILEAGE IS ABOUT 130000. SERVICE CENTER INFORMED ME THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY CHRYSLER. EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON IT TOO: HTTP://WWW.NBCCHICAGO.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/MINIVAN-OWNERS-WANT-CHRYSLER-TO-CONCEDE-RUST-PROBLEMS-241535881.HTML. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID MY VEHICLE FALLS OUTSIDE THE NARROW WINDOW THEY RECALLED SO I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTY. THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME ANY REASON WHY THE RECALL WINDOW WAS LIMITED TO A 6 WEEK PERIOD. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS. UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY CHRYSLER. I WILL HAVE TO BUY A NEW CAR AND SURELY WON'T BE BUYING A CHRYSLER GIVEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THE TECHNICIAN POINTED OUT TO ME AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF RUST AND ROT ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. I PROCEEDED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE ENGINE SUPPORT CRADLE WAS PERFORATED AND ROTTED. CHRYSLER USED SUBSTANDARD METAL AND ENGINEERING ALLOWING ROAD DEBRIS AND WATER IN BUT NOT OUT.(NO DRAIN HOLES) I WAS INFORMED THAT ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE MAY NOT FALL THROUGH AT THIS TIME, THAT IT COULD SHIFT DOWNWARD AND STALL. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY HAZARD FOR VEHICLES OF THIS MODEL/YEAR AND SHOULD BE REMEDIED BY CHRYSLER. *TR

Mileage: 88,219

ON ROUTINE INSPECTION, DISCOVERED SUBFRAME / CARRIAGE NEARLY RUSTED THROUGH. TOLD IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WHILE A SMALL GROUP OF OWNERS RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT IN 2010, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED AND A CALL TO CHRYSLER CONFIRMED THAT DESPITE SELECTIVE RECALL, THIS CAR NOT ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION OR REMEDIATION. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FROM 2011 TILL CURRENT AND REPLACED THE FRONT AXLES/TIE RODS AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES A YEAR. LAST INCIDENT IT BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND I LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL INTO 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC NARROWLY MISSING THE GAS PUMPS AT THE STATION ACROSS THE 4 LANE THANK GOODNESS NO ONE HIT ME WITH MY YOUNG CHILD IN THE CAR. WHEN I FIRST HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO GET THEM CHANGED 2 OTHER CARS IN THIS SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN WERE THERE ALSO HAVING THERE'S REPLACED. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL EVERY PERSON I TALK TO STATES THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS ARISING FROM A RUSTED CRADLE PROBLEM WHEN MANUFACTURING THE CAR. I WOULD LIKE MY CAR REPAIRED WHERE THIS WILL NO LONGER HAPPEN AND IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME TO FIX. I HAVE DECIDED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS ISSUE AND MAYBE COME TOGETHER WITH OTHER WITH THIS ISSUE. THERE SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL BY NOW. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AND WAS TOLD THAT MY BOOT IS BUSTED AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE YET AGAIN AND I DO NOT HAVE 119.00 TO PAY MY LOCAL DODGE FOR THIS YET AGAIN! *TR

THIS IS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE NOTED BY MECHANIC DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. MECHANIC IDENTIFIED EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION OF ENGINE CRADLE. DAMAGE INCLUDES MULIPLE CRACKS AND A HOLE WIDE ENOUGH TO INSERT 3 FINGERS. MECHANIC RECOMMENDS REPLACING ENGINE CRADLE. VEHICLE PURCHASED 10 YEARS AGO ON THIS DATE. MILEAGE LESS THAN 80,000. VEHICLE TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. DEALER ESCALATED TO MANUFACTURER. AWAITING DETERMINATION FROM CHRYSLER AS TO WHETHER IT WILL COVER THE REPAIR. EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR PACIFICAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN FEB 23, 2004 AND MARCH 31, 2004 NOT APPLICABLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2004. *TR

Mileage: 79,926

TOOK OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE IS ROTTING OUT AND THAT OUR ENGINE COULD FALL OUT AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN A BAD ACCIDENT. WE CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING!!! WE FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS SAME CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER OF THIS CAR DID NOT COAT THE FRAME CORRECTLY WHEN IT WAS BUILT. THIS WAS CHRYSLERS MISTAKE WHEN THIS CAR WAS MADE AND IT IS NO FAULT OF THE OWNERS THAT PURCHASED THESE CARS TO HAVE THIS TERRIBLE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL BUT IT IS "NOT" AND NOW IT WILL COST US $3000.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED TO MAKE OUR CAR SAFE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS CAR AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEEP IN A GARAGE. THERE IS ONLY 4800 MILES ON THIS CAR AND THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. WE ARE RETIRED ON A FIXED INCOME AND THIS PUT US AT A HARDSHIP. WE FEEL WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED TO PROTECT US , OUR FAMILY AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. WE FEEL THIS SHOULD CERTAINLY BE ADDRESSED AND THAT THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL AND STAND BEHIND ALL 2005 PACIFICA CARS. MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS CAR MIGHT NEVER KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS DANGEROUS TO HAVE THESE CARS ON THE ROAD AS THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS /FATAL ACCIDENT TO MANY PEOPLE! HELP! *TR

Mileage: 48,742

BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO MY TRUSTED LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR A REVIEW AND TUNE UP AND REQUEST TO REVIEW ROTORS DUE TO VEHICLE SHAKE. WHEN ON THE LIFT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS BARELY ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. INITIAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS PUBLISHED (12-001-10 IN OCT 2010) STATE THAT THIS CONDITION COULD AFFECT ALL 2004 - 05 PACIFICAS. IT WAS LATER SUPERCEDED BY THE CURRENT BULLETIN 13-001-12 DATED MARCH 16, 2012 WHICH LIMITS AFFECTED POPULATION TO AN ~6 WEEK RANGE OF VINS, WHICH MY CAR DOES NOT FALL UNDER AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY. COMPARING PHOTOS TO OTHER COMPLAINTS AS WELL AS THE STORY ON NBCCHICAGO.COM (SEE REFERENCE STORY BELOW), MY VEHICLE CONDITION AND THE MATERIAL DEFECT IS UNDENIABLY THE SAME AS WHAT CHRYSLER IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING AS THE "AFFECTED POPULATION" AND IS AT A POINT WHERE MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONSIDERED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND I HAVE BEEN MET WITH 4 MONTHS WORTH OF ARGUMENTS AND SIDE STEPPING FROM CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AT THIS TIME REGARDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE MATERIAL DEFECT, THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS MODEL, AND ESPECIALLY THE $2,600 QUOTE TO REPLACE THE CRADLE AND HARDWARE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, WHICH EFFECTIVELY SCRAPS MY VEHICLE. I AM AGHAST THAT ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED FOR THIS CONDITION ON THIS SITE AND ELSEWHERE HAVE NOT RESULTED IN A MORE THROUGH REVIEW OF THIS CLEAR TREND FROM THE NHTSA. REFERENCES: HTTP://WWW.NBCCHICAGO.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/MINIVAN-OWNERS-WANT-CHRYSLER-TO-CONCEDE-RUST-PROBLEMS-241535881.HTML. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS HAVING MY OIL CHANGED YESTERDAY AND THE TECHNICIAN POINTED OUT A BADLY ROTTED AND CRACKED SUBFRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE SUBFRAME IS ONLY ROTTED AND CRACKED ON ONE SIDE AND IN ONE SPOT WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL AND THEN MY CALL WAS DISCONNECTED. *TR

Mileage: 147,500

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM A CAR DEALER. I GOT IT FOR A GOOD PRICE AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A LITTLE WORK. MY WIFE WANTED A CHRYSLER PACIFICA FROM THE FIRST TIME SHE SAW ONE. SO, FINALLY FINDING ONE WITHIN OUR MEANS WAS AWESOME; SO WE THOUGHT. IT WAS MAKING A WINDING NOISE AT TIME OF PURCHASE, WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE A POWER STEERING PUMP. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP AFTER PURCHASING IT AND HAD THE PUMP AND SOME OTHER BRAKE WORK; AS-WELL-AS, TIE-ROD ENDS FIXED/REPLACED. THIS DID NOT STOP THE WINDING NOISE WE THOUGHT WAS COMING FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP, SO WE HAD THE SHOP TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THE SHOP DISCOVERED THAT THE RACK-AND-PINION WAS LEAKING AND LIKELY THE CAUSE FOR THE NOISE. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE RACK AND PINION FROM THE VEHICLE; THEY REALIZED IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE CRADLE/SUB-FRAME WAS SO RUSTED THAT REMOVAL WAS NOT POSSIBLE. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY; THE SHOP OWNER RECOMMENDED THAT WE DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A RE-CALL. THE SHOP OWNER SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE SUB-FRAME OF ANY VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON A 2005 MODEL. I HOPED THAT THE SHOP OWNER WAS OVER EXAGGERATING SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER LOCAL SHOP AND HE TO, WAS STUNNED BY THE AMOUNT OF RUST. THIS SHOP OWNER TOLD ME TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND TO CONTACT THE CHRYSLER CORP. AND DEMAND THAT SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS. HE (THE SHOP OWNER) WAS ABSOLUTELY BESIDE HIMSELF AFTER SEEING THE VEHICLE. I LOVE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND EVEN OWN A CARAVAN, WHICH MY WIFE DRIVES DAILY. HOWEVER, I NOW HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF CHRYSLER. THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING UNSAFE MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND I WONDER IF ANYONE HAS DIED FROM THE RESULTS OF THIS ISSUE. IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS; I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT, EVER AGAIN... *TR

HAVE BEEN HEARING AND FEELING KNOCKING NOISE IN FRONT SUSPENSION. FOUND RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE WITH STRESS CRACKS RIGHT AT THE CONNECTION TO CONTROL ARM ON PASSENGER SIDE. CAR IS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN BY CHRYSLER WHICH THEY SHOULD COVER. *TR

Mileage: 185,000

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE NYS INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD IT WOULDN'T PASS DUE TO THE BAD SUBFRAME. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE PROBLEM AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE THAT I BOUGHT THINKING IT WAS A SAFE DEPENDABLE VEHICLE WAS ROTTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ME! I'VE ALWAYS PERFORMED REQUIRED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON IT AS I AM A SINGLE WORKING MOTHER AND NEED A SAFE RELIABLE VEHICLE. I'M CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE $3,000 TO FIX IT, TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE OR TO BE WITHOUT A CAR! I STILL OWE ON IT AND I CAN'T DRIVE IT! IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE CHRYSLER MAKE THIS RIGHT? *TR

Mileage: 93,036

ENGINE CRADLE RUSTING OUT ON PASSENGER SIDE. NO HELP FROM DEALER OR CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME. SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THEY ARE DRIVING A DEATH TRAP. CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT 70 MPH AND THE ENGINE FALLS OUT. *TR

Mileage: 87,378

UPON TAKING CAR IN FOR ROUTINE NYS INSPECTION WAS INFORMED OF SEVERE ENGINE CRADLE ROT. ESTIMATED REPAIR $4000. CAR HAS LESS THAN 114K MILES AND IS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD. I CANT AFFORD TO REPAIR AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP ME. CHRYSLER ADMITS ISSUE WHEN THEY OFFERED EXTENSION OF WARRANTY ON 2004 AND 2005 MODELS BUT REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL OR FIX THE PROBLEM AT THEIR COST. OWNERS ARE STUCK WITH A COSTLY REPAIR OPTION . CHRYSLER SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS SAFETY ISSUE . *TR

Mileage: 114,000

ENGINE CRADLE/FRAME ASSEMBLY IS SEVERLEY RUSTED. THIS WAS DETECTED BY CONRAD'S LOCATED IN GREEN, OHIO 10/23/14 WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE. IT IS VERIFIED BY DUANNE'S AUTOMOTIVE CENTER, NORTH CANTON, OHIO 10/25/14. CHRYSLER NEVER SENT ME A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE RUST CONDITION. IT WAS A RECALL ITEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT IS COSTING ME IN EXCESS OF $1200.00 (PARTS AND LABOR TO INSTALL USED CRADLE ASSEMBLY - NEW IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE) TO REPLACE. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

IN JULY 2009, DURING THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION, THE FIRST SIGNS THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED AND EVEN PERFORATED IN SOME PLACES WERE REPORTED. NOW, IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE,VIBRATIONS CAN BE FELT WHEN DRIVING AND GREAT CONCERNS ARE MADE ON THIS VEHICLE SAFETY. UPDATED 12/08/14

Mileage: 56,797

I HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE EXTREMELY WELL. NO VISIBLE RUST ON BODY, VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE AND PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME IS NEARLY RUSTED IN HALF. I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY PRIMARY WINTER VEHICLE, AND SALT EXPOSURE IS MINIMAL. THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF DRIVE TRAIN FALLING OUT WHEN THE ENGINE CRADLE FAILS TO SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE CAR COULD BREAK IN HALF IF THE SUB FRAME FAILS. HOW CAN A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, LOOKS AND DRIVES LIKE NEW, BE UNSAFE BECAUSE IT ISN'T STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ONLY ABOUT 10000 MILES PER YEAR. AN ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS MAKE/MODEL. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS VEHICLE IS NOT RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, THINKING IT WOULD KEEP MY FAMILY AND I SAFE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY DRIVING CHRYSLER PACIFICAS THAT ARE NOT STRUCTURALLY SAFE. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE EXTREMELY WELL. NO VISIBLE RUST ON BODY, VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE AND PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME IS NEARLY RUSTED IN HALF. I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY PRIMARY WINTER VEHICLE, AND SALT EXPOSURE IS MINIMAL. THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF DRIVE TRAIN FALLING OUT WHEN THE ENGINE CRADLE FAILS TO SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE CAR COULD BREAK IN HALF IF THE SUB FRAME FAILS. HOW CAN A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, LOOKS AND DRIVES LIKE NEW, BE UNSAFE BECAUSE IT ISN'T STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ONLY ABOUT 10000 MILES PER YEAR. AN ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS MAKE/MODEL. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS VEHICLE IS NOT RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, THINKING IT WOULD KEEP MY FAMILY AND I SAFE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY DRIVING CHRYSLER PACIFICAS THAT ARE NOT STRUCTURALLY SAFE. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF CHRYSLER PACIFICA (2004 - 2005). THE SUB -FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TREATED PROPERLY FOR RUST OR CORROSION. THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO THE SUB-FRAME AND IF THE SUB-FRAME IS COMPROMISED THE ENGINE COULD DROP DOWN AND DESTROY ALL BRAKING AND STEERING CAPABILITIES; AS WELL AS, CATASTROPHIC ISSUES INCLUDING DEATH. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR CHRYSLER TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. HOW DOES CHRYSLER ISSUE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEN RESCIND THE LETTER. CORPORATE GREED AT ITS BEST. THIS IS A "FAMILY VEHICLE" THAT WE AFRAID TO DRIVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE SUB-FRAME WILL "GIVE-WAY" AND POSSIBLY KILL EVERYONE IN SIDE OR SOMEONE ELSE. CAN I GET SOME HELP!! PLEASE !! *TR

WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AS THE FRONT SUB-FRAME THAT HOLDS UP THE ENGINE HAS MAJOR CORROSION AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN. CHECKING THE INTERNET CONFIRMS THAT MY CARS CONDITION IS NOT UNIQUE. CHRYSLER DOES HAVE A RECALL OUT FOR THIS MODEL AND THIS CONDITION BUT IT IS ONLY FOR VEHICLES IN A SIX WEEK MANUFACTURING WINDOW AND MY VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY. IT SHOULD. COST OF REPAIR I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IS $4,100 PLUS. PART ALONE IS $3,870. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION PLEASE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE TOYOTA TUNDRA PICK-UP FRAME ISSUE. SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE JUST PERFORMED ROUTINE (10/03/20014) MAINTENANCE ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE MECHANIC CALLED TO INFORM ME OF SIGNIFICANT CORROSION PROBLEM WITH THE CROSS MEMBER (CRADLE) THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING. HIS VISUAL INSPECTION, AS WELL AS MINE, SHOWED MORE THEN 75% OF THE PASSENGER SIDE CRADLE RUSTED AWAY. AN OPEN CASE # 25736224 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SUPPORT. MY PACIFICA WAS PRODUCED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE ASSEMBLY DATES ESTABLISHED BY CHRYSLER FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. FAILURE OF THE CROSS MEMBER (CRADLE) WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING, ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND SEVERED BRAKE LINES. BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *TR

Mileage: 171,515

CHRYSLER 2005 PACIFICA HAS SIGNIFICANT ENGINE CRADLE AND OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE RUST ISSUES. TODAY AT MY AUTO REPAIR SHOP I TOOK SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE, UNDERCARRIAGE AND OTHER SUSPENSION AREAS WITH HEAVY RUSTING. CALLED CHRYSLER CARE 1-800-247-9753 AND THEY KINDLY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR COST. NUMEROUS REPORTS ONLINE OF REPAIRS BEING SELECTIVELY REIMBURSED BY CHRYSLER. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE REQUIRED FOR A RECALL TO BE ISSUED OR IS A CLASS ACTION DEVELOPING FOR THIS ISSUE. THANKS. *TR

Mileage: 150,543

ON 9/10/2014 MY WIFE WAS IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER AND OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAD TO BE TAKEN AWAY ON A FLATBED TOW TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION OF DAMAGE TO OUR FRONT END FROM THE ACCIDENT THE BODY SHOP INFORMED THEY FOUND THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGE AND UPON MY SHOCK AND HORROR THEY FOUND OUR PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME/ENGINE CRADLE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT!!! THE COST TO REPAIR/REPLACE THE SUBFRAME AND LABOR WILL BE $1500!!! I AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THEM REPLACE IT BECAUSE MY WIFE AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN ARE IN THIS SUV DAILY. I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS WAS FOUND NOW BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE AND SOMETHING GOD AWFUL WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TALKING WITH CHRYSLER AND AM LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

RUSTED/ROTTED SUBFRAME/CRADLE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE REPLACING A SET OF TIRES AT A LOCAL SHOP, THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME OF A RUSTED ENGINE SUPPORT FRAME. HE ALSO STATED THE DANGER OF THE ENGINE FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AT THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WITH MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REPORTS EVERY 3000 MILES. NEVER ONCE HAS THIS RUSTED FRAME BEEN REPORTED AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP! THE LAST SERVICE REPORT DURING AN OIL CHANGE STATED, "CHECKED OVER EVERYTHING LOOKED OK". THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPORTED OTHER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ISSUES BUT NEVER THIS ONE. IS CHRYSLER TRYING TO HIDE THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM? I'VE BEEN A LONG TERM OWNER OF CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A RUSTED-OUT ENGINE SUPPORT. THE CAR CURRENTLY SITS IN OUR GARAGE WITH MY WIFE REFUSING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 146,593

TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE A SMALL RADIATOR LEAK CHECKED OUT AND AN OIL CHANGE AS I AM PLANNING A TRIP FROM SW MICHIGAN TO CHICAGO IN A WEEK. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, SHOCK AND DISMAY THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY CARS FRAME AND ENGINE SUSPENSION IS BADLY RUSTED AND THE ENGINE CAN FALL OUT OF MY CAR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AS I DRIVE MY CAR FOR MY JOB AND ALSO HELP TAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL I AM SICKENED BY THIS NEWS. THEN TO FIND OUT (I BOUGHT MY CAR USED) THAT CHRYSLER DID A RECALL BUT THEN RESCINDED THE RECALL REALLY MADE ME ANGRY. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR I CANNOT/SHOULD NOT DRIVE AND THERE IS NO WAY I CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. SHAME ON YOU CHRYSLER TO NOT STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

THERE WAS A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER MADE FOR 2004-2005 PACIFICAS DEALING WITH THE ENGINE CRADLE. THEY ERODED AND RUSTED THROUGH. THOUSANDS UPON THOUSAND OF CARS WERE RECALLED. THEY THAN REVOKED IT FOR A 2 MONTH RECALL SPAN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN DEADLY AND FATAL AND HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE WARRANTY THAT WAS ORGANICALLY WROTE AND SENT OUT. THEY REFUSE TO FIX OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROBLEM EXIST AND IS DEADLY FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE PACIFICA AS THEIR " FAMILY TRANSPORTATION". IN THE PAST MONTH MY 2005 PACIFICA HAS STALLED OUT, DIED, HAD ALL ROADERS, BREAKS AND CONTROL ARMS REPLACED. ALL NEW TIRES AND NOW I FIND OUT MY ENGINE CRADLE HAS RUSTED OUT TO WHERE'S ITS NOT DRIVABLE. NOW THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING, THE AIR WONT TURN ON IF BLINKERS ARE ALL, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL BODY HAS CRAPPED OUT AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THEY SET THE ORIGINAL RECALL FOR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DRIVING THESE CARS WITH KIDS, WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO FIX THIS ISSUE? DEATH OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS? MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS? *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I RECENTLY TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN TO HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REPAIRED AND THE MECHANIC CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED OUT AND THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH PACIFICA'S. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THAT I FOUND, CHRYSLER ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED A LETTER INDICATING THAT IT WOULD COVER 2004 AND 2005 MODELS ONLY TO SEND OUT A LATER LETTER DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WOULD BE COVERED ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. IT'S APPARENT THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. IN 1998 FORD RECALLED 2.6 MILLION VEHICLES FOR A SIMILAR ISSUE. CHRYSLER SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT AND DO THE SAME THING. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

I HAVE A 2005 PACIFICA. THE CAR WAS IN FOR BODY WORK, WHEN A MECHANIC NOTICED SEVERE RUSTING ON THE FRAME. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE, COULD FALL THROUGH THE BODY FRAME! I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THERE IS A STORY FROM A TV STATION IN FLORIDA COVERING THIS STORY. HTTP://WWW.NBCMIAMI.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/SOME-CHRYSLER-PACIFICA-OWNERS-SAY-THEY'VE-HAD-DANGEROUS-CORROSION-PROBLEMS-WITH-THE-POPULAR-MINIVAN-243624441.HTML. THIS IS A ENGINEERING FAILURE ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, WHO STATED THEY DID NOT INCLUDED ENOUGH DRAIN PLUGS. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAY IT IS PAST THE WARRANTY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AN ENGINE SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FALL OUT OF ITS MOUNTINGS!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 83,500

AFTER TAKING OUR 2005 PACIFICA TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT FOR RATTLING AND KNOCKING NOISES IN THE FRONT END AND COMPLAINTS OF THE CAR SOUNDING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS; I WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE, SUBFRAME, SWAY BAR LINKS AND FRAME BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. THE COST WOULD BE BETWEEN $3000.00 AND $4500.00. WE WERE ADVISED THE CAR WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE FRONT END WHEN THEY PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT. WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PICTURES VIA EMAIL, WE WERE HORRIFIED BY WHAT WE SAW. WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAD WE NOT TAKEN THE CAR IN TO BE LOOKED AT. WE WONDERED WHY THIS HAPPENED AS WE HAVE 3 OTHER CARS OLDER THAN THIS CAR. THEY HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND DO NO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATING WE HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, YEAR AND MAKE AND CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF IT, THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO DO A RECALL OR ADVISE OWNERS OF THE PROBLEM, OR AT LEAST NOT UNTIL THERE IS A FATALITY OR SOME HORRIFIC ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAULTY PRODUCT CHRYSLER IS PUTTING IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE HAVE LOST ALL FAITH IN CHRYSLER.THEY MUST THINK VERY LITTLE OF HUMAN LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 108,836

I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY CHRYSLER DEALER TELLING ME MY ENGINE CRADLE HAS ROTTED OUT AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUILD DATES COVERED BY THE RECALL. IN EXPLORING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEB I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY DRIVING AROUND IN TIME BOMBS. CAN YOU HELP ME HERE AND GET CHRYSLER TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM? THE COST TO ME OUT-OF-POCKET WILL BE $4500. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKY NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE HE NOTICED THAT THE SUSPENSION CRADLE WAS HANGING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

Mileage: 99,000

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY FRONT SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND UNSAFE. THEY SAID THERE WAS A TSB 13-001-12 THAT MAY APPLY SINCE THIS A COMMON PROBLEM. HOWEVER DUE TO THE MILEAGE IT WAS NOT COVERED. THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM THAT IS PRESENT IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY THE NEWS AND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THIS CONDITION CAN LEAD TO CRASHES AND POSSIBLE DEATH.I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ISSUE AT AROUND 145K MILES, THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL PIN HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE CRADLE. AT 168K MILES THERE IS A HOLE YOU CAN PUT YOUR FIST IN. THIS IS A MAJOR SUSPENSION COMPONENT, NOT SOMETHING SUBJECTED TO NORMAL WEAR LIKE A TIE ROD. I WOULD FULLY EXPECT TO PAY FOR A TIE ROD, RACK AND PINION OR BALL JOINTS. THIS IS DIFFERENT, A MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENT. MY VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND I PLAN TO KEEP IT FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BUT WITH THE COST OF THE SUBFRAME AND THE MILES IT IS WORTHLESS. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T LEAD TO TOO MANY DEATHS BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. *TR

Mileage: 168,423

FRONT ENGINE CRADLE THERE WAS A LETTER SENT BY CHRYSLER BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 THAT "WE ARE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON YOUR FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BECAUSE SOME VEHICLES OPERATED IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USAGE, MAY EXPERIENCE ENGINE CRADLE CORROSION RESULTING IN A DRIVEABILITY VIBRATION AND OR SHAKE. THIS ENGINE CRADLE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE APPLIES TO CHRYSLER PACIFICA MODEL YEARS 2004-2005." I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT IN THE SERIAL NUMBER RANGE AND I JUST PAID OVER $2450 TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 149,809

I TOOK MY NEWLY PURCHASED 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO MY MECHANIC TO GET THE BRAKES SERVICED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THE ENGINE WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING OUT! MY MECHANIC WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED (HE IS A FRIEND AND AN HONEST MECHANIC WHO RUNS A VERY REPUTABLE REPAIR AND BODY SHOP IN OTTAWA, KS). I CALLED CHRYSLER BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR TO SEE IF THEIR WERE ANY RECALLS ON IT, AND WAS TOLD THEIR WAS NOT. THE CAR IS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT CONDITION, NO DAMAGE AND VERY LITTLE WEAR INSIDE AND OUT. IT WAS CLEAR TO MY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS DUE TO SOME DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE, AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 10 YEAR OLD CAR THAT IS IN AS GOOD OF CONDITION AS MIND IS WITH ONLY 110000 MILES ON IT. TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE CRADLE PUT IT, IT WOULD COST OVER $4000. I CANNOT AFFORD THAT, SO WE ARE PUTTING IN A RECONDITIONED ONE, INSPECTED TO MAKE SURE IT HAS NO WEAR OR RUST ON IT, AND WE ARE PAINTING AND PUTTING ADDITIONAL UNDERCOATING ON IT AS TO PREVENT ANY SUCH RECURRENCES. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, AND IS EFFECTING A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS, AND IS MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CHRYSLER IS WILLING TO ADMIT. I CALLED THEM, AND MY CAR IS SUPPOSEDLY NOT ONE EFFECTED IN THEIR 3-4 WEEK WINDOW OF PRODUCTION, YET IT WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED TO THE POINT OF POSSIBLY CAUSING A SERIOUS AND EVEN FATAL CAR ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

REFERENCE TSB 13.001-12, 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA SUSPENSION SERVICE BULLETIN, AND NHTSA ACTION NUMBER 10044109. A LETTER WAS SENT TO SOME 2004-2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA OWNERS THAT THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE AND SUSPENSION MOUNT FRAME WAS PRONE TO CORROSION PROBLEMS. THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 15 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES TO OWNERS IN STATES THAT USE ROAD SALT, COLD WEATHER STATES. WE LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A COLD WEATHER STATE. OUR PACIFICA WAS INSPECTED IN APRIL 2014. WE INFORMED THE STATION THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE CRADLE ASSEMBLY AND MOUNT WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE IT WOULD PASS INSPECTION. THE COST WAS $2,702.08. THE VEHICLE HAD 122,638 MILES, UNDER THE WARRANTY THRESHOLD OF 150,000. WHEN WE LEARNED OF THIS SITUATION WE CALLED CHRYSLER. THEY INFORMED ME THAT ONLY PACIFICA'S MANUFACTURED BETWEEN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME WERE COVERED. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME THE TIME FRAME, BUT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE NEW CRADLE ASSEMBLY IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL PART. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT THE RUSTING. THERE ARE OTHER CASES SIMILAR TO MINE ON THE INTERNET. STATE DMV?S ARE FAILING THESE VEHICLES FOR SAFETY ISSUES, THEY ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOW CAN CHRYSLER IGNORE THESE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES? I AM REQUESTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF $2,702.08, PLUS REQUEST ACTION BE TAKEN AGAINST CHRYSLER SO THAT ALL 2004-2005 PACIFICA'S ARE REPAIRED BEFORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.

Mileage: 122,638

WHILE I HAVE HEARD SOME SOUNDS FROM THE SUSPENSION (FRONT) FOR OVER A YEAR, IT WAS ONLY THIS MONTH (MAY 2014) THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. THE ENGINE CRADLE ON MY VEHICLE IS RUSTED AND HAS HOLES IN IT. PER THE MECHANIC, IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL IT IS FIXED (WHICH HE ESTIMATED AS COSTING IN EXCESS OF $1,000). AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THIS DEFECT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 2004 AND THEY ONLY COVER IT FOR 10 YRS/150K MILES FOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED UP THROUGH MARCH 2004 (IF IN THE "SALT BELT"). SO WHILE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, THEY WOULD NOT APPLY THE WARRANTY BECAUSE MY MANUFACTURE DATE IS TWO MONTHS BEYOND THEIR CUTOFF DATE. TALKING TO AUTO MECHANICS AND SEARCHING ONLINE SEEMS TO REVEAL THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH OLDER PACIFICAS. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD COVER A DEFECT LIKE THIS SINCE IT IS LIKELY WIDESPREAD (IF NOT ISSUE AN ACTUAL RECALL LIKE TOYOTA DID ON THEIR TACOMAS FOR RUSTED FRAMES A FEW YEARS AGO). I DO HAVE A CASE NUMBER WITH CHRYSLER NOW IN WHICH THEY NOTED MY PROBLEM. I WON'T INCLUDE THAT NUMBER HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC RECORD. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

THE 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IS KNOWN FOR THE SUB FRAME ROTTING CAUSING A UN-SAFE CONDITION WHERE THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT. I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY SAID MY FRAME IS ALL ROTTED OUT. I TOOK MY CAR INTO CHRYSLER AND IT TURNS OUT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHAT WORRIES ME IS HOW MANY OTHERS ARE ON THE ROAD WITH THE SAME CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 55 (MPH) WHEN I WENT OVER A POTHOLE. AFTER THAT MY CAR STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE. MY MECHANIC CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION BUT THEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE WHOLE ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND TOLD ME IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I MADE THE PROPER REPAIRED WHICH IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE. *TR

Mileage: 92,341

VIOLENT SHAKING OF 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. TOOK 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN FOR INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE CRADLE CROSSMEMBER WAS ROTTED AND THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE POWER STEERING RACK AND ENGINE UP WERE MISSING. MECHANIC TOLD ME HE WOULD NOT RELEASE THE 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA BACK TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO REPAIR IT. *JS

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH, A VIBRATION WAS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE AND THE SUB FRAME HAD RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000. UPDATED 06/27/14*LJ THE TIE RODS AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 07/08/14

Mileage: 113,000

VEHICLE BROUGHT IN FOR STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, OBVIOUS HOLE IN FRAME FOUND DUE TO RUST/CORROSION. VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER 6 WEEK WINDOW CHRYSLER CORPORATION CURRENTLY COVERS. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE, FAILS STATE SAFETY INSPECTION AND AT THIS TIME OWNER WILL BEAR COST. *TR

Mileage: 126,206

WE TOOK OUR CAR IN TO LOCATE A POSSIBLE LEAK AND WHILE INVESTIGATING THE LEAK, OUR REPAIR SHOP NOTICED A GOLF BALL SIZE HOLE AND RUST ON THE PASSENGER CRADLE ARM AND RECCOMMENDED US NOT TO DRIVE. AFTER RESEARCHING I HAVE FOUND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY OWNERS OF THE 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WITH THIS ISSUE. *JS

Mileage: 122,858

I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A SAFETY CONDITION WITH CERTAIN YEARS ON THE CHRYSLER PACIFICA. MANY OF THE PACIFICAS ENGINE CRADLES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED; TO THE POINT OF IF A BREAK OCCURS THE ENGINE WILL FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE IS MAINLY ON YEARS 2004-2005. (I OWN A 2005 MODEL WITH SEVERE RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE.) THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS REPAIR IS BETWEEN $2,500 AND $3,000. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE, THE 1ST TIME WAS NOV OF 2013 WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING 4/1/2014. CHRYSLER JUST SAYS ?WE?RE LOOKING INTO IT?. (REF CASE# 24293830) I HAVE CONTACTED THE MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO SENT A LETTER TO CHRYSLER, BUT THEY DECLINED COVERAGE ON MY PACIFICA. I HAVE ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON CERTAIN BUILD DATES, (SEE LETTER BELOW): CHECKOUT AN NBC NEWS REPORT ON THIS ISSUE: WWW.NBCCHICAGO.COM/INVESTIGATIONS/MINIVAN-OWNERS-WANT-CHRYSLER-TO-CONCEDE-RUST-PROBLEMS-241535881.HTML. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY TWO MECHANICS, ONE OF WHICH IS ROSEVILLE CHRYSLER-JEEP. AND BOTH AGREE THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE MUST BE REPLACED. MY VEHICLE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED BY A COMMON PERSON. SOMEONE COULD HAVE THIS ISSUE AND NOT KNOW IT UNLESS A MECHANIC WOULD HAPPEN TO NOTICE IT. LUCKILY MINE DID! IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT GM ISSUES WITH IGNORANCE OF THE POWER STEERING ISSUE I WOULD THINK THAT CHRYSLER WOULD TRY AND GET AHEAD OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 110,000

OWN A 2005CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED FULLY LOADED WHICHWAS PURCHASED NEW. THE CAR WAS BUILT IN AUGUST 2004. I TOOK IT IN FOR INSPECTION IN DECEMBER 2013 AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE CRADLE SUPPORTING THE ENGINE WAS BADLY CORRODED AND WOULD NEED REPLACED TO PASS INSPECTION AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHRYSLER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS DEFECT IN CARS MADE IN A 6 WK PERIOD AND AWARDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO THESE VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE.. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CHEAP MATERIAL USED IN PRODUCTION AND I SHOULD GIVEN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY WIFE AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE AT RISK WHILE DRIVING IT AND DIDN'T KNOW IT I AM A DECORATED VETERAN AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE PRESIDENT, MRS OBAMA AND INITIATING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND THE LOCAL NEWSCHANNEL.. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FIX IT BUT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.CHRYSLER NEEDS TO OWN UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING BEFORE SOME LIVES ARE LOST. CORE VALUES: INTEGRITY FIRST, SERVICE BEFORE SELF & EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO! YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE GM DO YOU? *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER TIE RODS IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING A FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS EXCESSIVELY CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE SUB FRAME WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. UPDATED 06/10/14*LJ UPDATED 06/13/2014*JS

Mileage: 132,000

I TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY SUBFRAME/ ENGINE CRADLE HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD...THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AS I DRIVE THIS CAR EVERYDAY WITH 2 KIDS ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THE SERVICE AGENT WORKING ON MY CAR SAID WE WERE LUCKY IT HAS NOT FALLEN OUT YET AND HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 167,323

WAS HAVING OIL CHANGED WHEN TECH CALLED MY ATTENTION TO THE SUBFRAME HAVING HOLES AND CORROSION.I LIVE IN A SALT STATE (OHIO). *TR

Mileage: 107,000

STARTED WHEN BACKING AND TURNING WHEEL TO LEFT A CLUNK OCCURRED AND LEFT WHEEL FELT 'STUCK'. THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE EXTREMELY FRIGID TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON. A SHORT TIME LATER I FELT CLUNKING UNDER MY FEET WHEN DRIVING OVER DIPS OR BUMPS AT ANY SPEED. FOR SOME I THOUGHT IT WAS AGAIN THE IDLER ARMS OR BALL JOINTS AS I HAVE HAD MANY MANY SUSPENSION REPAIRS. ODDLY IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED BY ANYONE AT THIS CHAIN REPAIR SHOP THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS OF ANY CONCERN. I DID BRING MY CAR IN TO A DIFFERENT CHAIN REPAIR SHOP FOR A DETERMINATION OF THE CLUNKING PROBLEM AND WAS SHOWN WHEN PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE THE ENGINE FELL WAY DOWN THEN WAS SHOWN THE VERY RUSTED OUT ENGINE CRADLE AND GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $1800.00 FOR REPAIR WITH A USED CRADLE. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP TO VERIFY THE NEED OF THE CRADLE..THE CHARGES TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP FOR AN ESTIMATE BUT THAT IT WAS ALREADY KNOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE VERY LITTLE TO NO BENEFIT. HOWEVER IF THERE WAS ANY MONETARY BENEFIT IT WOULD NOT BEGIN TO COVER ANY OF THE REPAIR COST. BY THE WAY, THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL AND LIFT DOOR ARE RUSTED ALSO. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR 3 1/2 YEARS AGO THE RUST WAS BEGINNING-I CAN NOW STICK A FINGER THRU THE RUST ON THE QUARTER PANEL. HAVE SEEN ONLY ONE OTHER PACIFICA WITH SURFACE RUST. IT'S VERY EMBARRASSING TO ME AS NOT MANY CARS ON THE ROAD HAVE ANY RUST AT ALL. ARE MY YOUNG PASSENGERS SAFE?? I AM STUCK WITH THIS MONEY AND POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP. I STILL HAVE 1 1/2 YEARS OF PAYMENTS. BUMMER. *TR

Mileage: 168,000

SUBFRAME RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY. MY MECHANIC FOUND IT IN A ROUTINE CHECK. UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALER OWNED THE CAR FOR APPROX 8 MONTHS WE WERE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN HEARD THIS REALLY LOUD NOISE AND THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER RUN. WE WERE TOLD THE SUBFRAME AND MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. NOW 1 1/2 YEARS LATER MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING VERY STRANGE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING THE CAR WONT GO IF YOU STEP ON THE GAS AND MY MECHANIC HAS INFORMED ME THAT ONCE AGAIN I HAVE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AND HAVE ONLY PUT ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. UPON INSPECTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE IS RUSTING AND HAS HOLES SOME AS LARGE AS THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS HAVING MY VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE CRADLE WAS RUSTING THROUGH. I CHECKED OUT THE PROBLEM ON LINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A RECOGNIZED PROBLEM WITH 2004 PACIFICA'S AND THAT CHRYSLER HAS OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO MANUFACTURES DEFECT. HOWEVER THERE IS ONLY A ONE MONTH PERIOD (IN-SERVICE DATE) THAT APPLIES TO THE WARRANTY. YOU CAN PUT YOUR FIST THROUGH THE ENGINE CRADLE. ENGINE VIBRATES AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT WILL FALL OUT OF THE CAR AND KILL SOMEONE. WE WONT LET OUR KIDS DRIVE IT ANYMORE AND CANT AFFORD TO REPLACE IT. IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON SAFETY PROBLEM THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY AND CHRYSLER NOT ONLY MADE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT BUYERS, BUT ALSO FAILS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MANUFACTURES DEFECT. PLEASE DO YOUR JOBS AND PROTECT US FROM THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mileage: 140,450

NHTSA PLEASE NOTICE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED THIS PROBLEM. OVER 50 JUST SINCE THIS JANUARY. SUBFRAME CORROSION TO THE POINT THE MECHANIC DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT SHOULD BE DRIVEN HOME. ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, FRONT WHEELS COULD ALL FALL AT ANY MOMENT. WHY HASN'T ANYONE DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? I SEE OVER 50 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM SINCE ONLY THIS JANUARY. LUCKILY WE NOTICED IT, HATE TO THINK OF ALL THE OTHER PACIFICA DRIVERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE NO IDEA THE DANGER THEY ARE IN. WHAT WILL IT TAKE? ONE DEATH? TWO DEATHS? HOW MANY PEOPLE, CHRYSLER? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. WHO HAS $2500 TO REPAIR THEIR CAR? NOT US. WILL BE CONTACTING CHRYSLER TO NO AVAIL I'M SURE BUT WORTH A TRY. *TR

WHILE OPERATING MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED EDITION I HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING, POPPING, SOUND COMING FROM MY FRONT END, WHICH WAS EXACERBATED WHEN I TURNED EITHER LEFT, OR RIGHT. ALSO, I HAVE A CONSTANT SHAKING WHICH I FEEL THROUGH MY STEERING WHEEL, WHICH BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED WHILE I AM BRAKING. ANYTIME I DRIVE OVER ANY TYPE OF BUMP, POTHOLE, OR EVEN JUST AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE IT CLUNKS. IT SOMETIMES MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND EVEN WHEN I AM OPERATING ON AN EVEN ROAD SURFACE. AS I START PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPPED POSITION, I OFTEN FEEL, AND HEAR A JERKING & LUGGING, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE IS MOVING AROUND INSIDE THE SUB FRAME (ENGINE MOUNTS). I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS SO ROTTED, THAT THE CONTROL ARM HAS PULLED OFF OF THE SUB FRAME. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE PART OF THE SUB FRAME THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE IN PLACE, IS SO ROTTED THAT THE ENGINE COULD ACTUALLY BREAK FREE FROM THE VEHICLE, AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS CRASH. HE SHOWED ME SEVERAL HOLES, WHERE THE SUB FRAME HAS ACTUALLY ROTTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, AND I AM ABLE TO SEE OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE METAL. HE SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE ROTTED PARTS. I AM A STAGE 4 TERMINAL CANCER PATIENT, AND NEED MY VEHICLE TO TRAVEL BACK & FORTH, 60+ MILES, FOR THE TREATMENTS NECESSARY TO KEEP ME ALIVE. I AM NOT ABLE TO WORK, AND THEREFORE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE COSTS REQUIRED TO REPAIR, AND/OR REPLACE THE ROTTED PARTS ON MY VEHICLE, AS WELL AS THE DAMAGE THAT THE ROTTED PARTS HAVE CAUSED TO OTHER PARTS OF MY AUTO. I HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC CHECK MY VEHICLE, FOR A SECOND OPINION. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR, RUSTING, OR ROT, FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT EVEN 9 YEARS OLD. HE SAID EXTERIOR BODY PANEL RUST, OR ROT COULD BE VERY POSSIBLE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ROT IN THE SUB FRAME. *TR

Mileage: 121,214

OUR REGULAR MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY CAR IS RUSTED AND ROTTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE . CAR WAS BROUGHT IN DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE AS MENTIONED ABOVE . I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES . I SPOKE WITH A CHRYSLER REP TODAY AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO BECAUSE ITS NOT WITH IN THE RECALL TIME FRAME . *TR

FOUND OUT IN DECEMBER 2013 GETTING TIRES, THAT ENGINE CRADLE HAD SERIOUS RUST AND TO WATCH IT. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN JANUARY 2014, AND CAR NEEDED TRANSMISSION WORK. MECHANIC TOOK FRAME OFF AND IT RAINED RUST PARTICLES FROM THE HORRIBLY CORRODED ENGINE CRADLE FRAME. CALLED CHRYSLER, WANTING TO SPEAK WITH SUPERVISOR. I WAS TOLD THAT A SUPERVISOR WOULD CALL ME WITHIN 24 HRS. NEVER HAPPENED. CALLED AGAIN A WEEK LATER, AND THAT OPERATOR FOUND OUT MY ORIGINAL MESSAGE WAS NEVER DELIVERED TO A SUPERVISOR. AND NOW I"M WAITING AGAIN FOR 24 HRS FOR SOMEONE TO CALL ME. *TR

Mileage: 111,000

EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF ENGINE CRADLE. POSSIBILITY OF FRONT END OF SUBFRAME FALLING OUT OF THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 104,400

MY CHRYSLER PACIFICA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD ENGINE CRADLE, CRADLE IS RUSTED, HAS A LONG RUST HOLE ABOUT 7 INCHES LONG, WILL NEED A CRADLE REPLACEMENT, FRAME IS UNSAFE. SOME 04'S-05'S WERE RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM, MINE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR SOME REASON, I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME, ITS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE SINCE 2008. I TOOK IT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SUBFRAME/ENGINE CRADLE WAS ROTTED AND UNSAFE. I LIVE IN OH. AND WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER, SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN AZ. THAT IT IS NOT COVERED TO HAVE THE ENGINE CRADLE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 AND HAVE BEEN IN A "SALT STATE" FOR 5 YEARS. I LOCATED A LETTER ONLINE THAT WAS SENT OUT AND IT DOESN'T STATE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASE WOULD BE COVERED, BUT PLACE OF OPERATION. TO ME 5 YEARS OF OH WINTERS AND SALT HAS BEEN THE PLACE OF OPERATION. AFTER SEARCHING OUT THE PROBLEM CONCERNING THE ENGINE CRADLE, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 113,647

WE BOUGHT OUR 05 PACIFICA A COUPLE MONTHS AGO USED WE WERE AWARE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE BEING LOSE WE THEN FOUND OUT IT WAS CORRODE OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOTOR AND STEERING RACK PROBLEM AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A RECALL ON EITHER OF THESE ITEMS WE SEE THAT ALOT OF 05 HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WERE CAN I TAKE MY CAR TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 12TH 2013 , I TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO BE INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS INSPECTION SINCE THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED AND THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. I WAS ALSO TOLD REAR SUB FRAME BUSHINGS AND THE FRAME ITSELF WAS WEAK. THE CAR ONLY HAS 127359 MILES ON IT. THIS IS UNREAL !!!!!!! I CALLED CHRYSLER TO NO AVAIL. I WAS WONDERING HAS ANYONE THOUGHT CLASS ACTION SUIT ?? *TR

Mileage: 127,359

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SHAKES ON PASSENGER SIDE SOME AWFUL, SCARY TOO FEELS LIKE ITS GONNA FALL DOWN ON THE STREET OR THE TIRE IS GONNA FALL OFF. *TR

Mileage: 162,929

VEHICLE WAS SUBMITTED TO AUTHORIZED NEW YORK INSPECTION STATION FOR YEARLY STATE-REQUIRED INSPECTION. VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION. INSPECTOR CITED MULTIPLE HOLES IN THE "CRADLE" FRAME MEMBER SUPPORTING ENGINE, STEERING, AND SUSPENSION PARTS. "CRADLE" WAS COMPLETELY PERFORATED IN SEVERAL PLACES BY CORROSION, AND SHOWED SIGNS OF ADDITIONAL CORROSION WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MORE HOLES. CRADLE WAS JUDGED STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED. INSPECTION STATION CONSULTED NY DMV AND IT WAS DETERMINED AND REPORTED TO ME THAT VEHICLE IS UNSAFE, AND THAT REPLACEMENT OF CRADLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RETURN VEHICLE TO SERVICE AND TO PASS NEW YORK STATE INSPECTION. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT A MINOR IMPACT -- SUCH AS ENCOUNTERING A POTHOLE AT SPEED, OR HITTING AN OBJECT WITH THE FRAME OR BODY OF THE VEHICLE -- COULD CAUSE COLLAPSE OF THE FRONT END STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, LOSS OF THE ENGINE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, COLLAPSE OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM, AND POTENTIAL RESULTANT FIRE, EXPLOSION, AND INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE TO OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLE OR OTHERS IN THE VICINITY. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LEFT HIS WIFE STRANDED. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR BRAKE WHILE DRIVING MANY TIMES, THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, LEAVING HIS WIFE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER REPLACED A FAULTY SENSOR. UPDATED 03/27/14

Mileage: 153,000

WHILE IN FOR REPAIRS, OUR MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE OF OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TOURING AWD SPORTS TOURER 4-DR HAS RUSTED ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT IMMEDIATE REPAIRS. ACCORDING THE MECHANIC, THE ENGINE CRADLE SUPPORTS BOTH THE ENGINE AND THE FRONT STEERING/SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS, THAT COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL UPON FAILURE, AND CAUSE A CRASH. AFTER CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON VARIOUS WEBSITES, I FOUND THAT NUMEROUS CONSUMERS/OWNERS OF PACIFICA MODELS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2004 AND 2006 ARE REPORTING THIS ISSUE AND CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND LISTED IT AS A POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE PART. IN RESPONSE, CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, LIMITED TO CERTAIN STATES (WHICH THEY REFER TO AS 'SALT BELT STATES") COVERING REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, EXAMINED AND SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO CHRYSLER FOR COVERAGE, WHICH WAS DENIED. WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE WE DID NOT LIVE IN ONE OF THESE DEFINED "SALT STATE ZONES". DESPITE OFFERING TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM KYDOT AND LOCAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION OFFICES VERIFYING THAT OUR AREA DOES IN FACT EXPERIENCE A HIGH VOLUME OF ROADWAY SALT USE, CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO DENY EXTENDING ANY COVERAGE FOR THE AFFECTED VEHICLE. GIVEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM, AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED, I WOULD ASK THAT NHTSA & ODI CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND NEGOTIATE WITH CHRYSLER TO BROADEN THE COVERAGE TO INCLUDE ANY PACIFICA EXHIBITING SIGNS OF THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 101,869

WAS INFORMED BY OUR MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER/ENGINE CRADLE/K-FRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE. CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL DUE TO THIS DEFECT, BUT IT ONLY COVERED MANUFACTURING DATES UP TO MARCH 31, 2004 AND OUR VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JUNE OF 2004. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS CONTINUED TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES AFTER THE MARCH MANUFACTURE DATE AND CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE AS THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER VEHICLES. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WERE WILLING TO DO TO ASSIST US. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA AND I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH A "CLICKING NOISE" COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. UPON INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE "ENGINE CRADLE" WHICH HOLDS UP ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH WITH ABOUT 80% OF VISIBLE CORROSION (I REALLY WISH I COULD ACTUAL ATTACH PICTURES OF CORROSION PROVIDED TO ME BY MY MECHANIC). UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS "ENGINE CRADLE" CORROSION PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY CHRYSLER AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED TO REPAIR THIS PART FOR 04 AND 05 PACIFICA'S. EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER ID IS: 0004617/#45543/X26...HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, I WAS INFORMED THAT BASED ON THE VIN # OF MY CAR, I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR CHRYSLERS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE (10 YRS OR 150,000 MILES) - THE LETTER CHRYSLER ISSUED FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY CLEARLY STATES THAT IT COVERS 2004-2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S, AND EVEN THOUGH I FALL WITHIN THE MODEL YEAR, GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, AND THE 10YR/150,000MILE GUIDELINES OF EXTENDED WARRANTY, CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT MY 2005 WAS NOT MANUFACTURED WITHIN SOME NARROW MANUFACTURING WINDOW TO QUALIFY FOR THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY. IN CLOSING, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, AND THE COSTLY NATURE OF THIS REPAIR (2-3K), I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE THIS CAR THE WAY IT IS AT THE MOMENT - I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS CLEARLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD - HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A VALID STATE INSPECTION STICKER FROM PREVIOUS YEAR, SO MY CAR IS "LEGAL TO DRIVE", AND I REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THIS CAR UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION (ALL I CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED AND PRAY THAT I DON'T CAUSE ANY HARM TO MYSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE). WHAT SHOULD I / CAN I DO TO NEXT? CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME AND ADVISE ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 142,000

I RECENTLY TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACFICIA TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE PULLEYS CHANGED ON THE ENGINE FOR THE SERPENTINE BELT, AND NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. WHEN THE CAR WAS ON THE LIFT, MY MECHANIC POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE IS RUSTED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5000. THE CAR ONLY HAS 94K MILES ON IT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. I AM THE 2ND OWNER, THE 1ST WAS A LEASE THROUGH CHRYSLER AND I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER IN 2008. GOING TO START CONTACTING CHRYSLER AND THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IN MA TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS. *JB

Mileage: 94,000

I TOOK MY PACIFICA IN TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND WAS TOLD I HAD A CRACKED FRAME AND THEY WOULD NOT ROTATE THEM. I CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAD A RECALL AND I DID NOT. NOW I HAVE A CAR THAT IS WORTH LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX IT. JUDGING BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I AM JUST THANKFUL MY FAMILY DIDN'T GET HURT BECAUSE OF IT. I WAS TOLD THE SUBFRAME HOLD THE ENGINE SO IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE CRACK. *JB

Mileage: 140,000

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA 107000 MILES RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE. GARAGE KEPT AND SERVICED ONLY AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, SERVICE DEPT NEVER TOLD ME THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS EXTREMELY RUSTED AND CRACKED. AFTER SEVERAL CALLS AND EMAILS TO CHRYSLER CORPORATION THEY REFUSED TO WORK OUT ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ON REPAIR BILLS.*JB

Mileage: 107,300

I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR END OF MAY 2013,WHEN EVER I HIT SPEEDS 45 OR ABOVE I GET SHAKING FROM FRONT END.BROUGHT TO GARAGE HAD TIRES BALANCED, STILL DID IT SO I WENT BACK. HAD ALL 4 TIERS ROTATED AND BALANCED.SEEMED BETTER BUT AS MY SPEED INCREASED AND MORE I DRIVE IT GETS WORST.I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING,IT FEELS LIKE WHEELS ARE COMING OFF.I DO A LOT OF DRIVING AND WITH MY DOGS AND GRANDCHILDREN ALMOST DAILY.CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX EXPENSIVE ISSUE WHEN MAKING WEEKLY PAYMENTS ON MY NEW/USED CAR. AT A LOSS OF PROBLEM AND RESOLVING IT.CAN I BRING IT TO MANUFACTURER OR GARAGE AND MAKE CHRYSLER PAY FOR THE PROBLEMS FROM WHAT EVER THE OBVIOUS DEFECTS ARE? *TT

LAST YEAR AT TIME OF INSPECTION MY REPAIR GUY SAID THE SUBFRAME LOOKED GOOD - HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM LATELY. THIS YEAR IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY - THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTING OUT EVEN THOUGH MY CAR HAS THE ELECTRONIC RUST INHIBITOR INSTALLED SINCE I BOUGHT IN 2007. I CALLED TO CHECK MY VIN AND OF COURSE NO RECALLS ARE LISTED. FOR THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD REVISIT THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

CAR WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR MINOR FRONT END WORK. MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THERE WAS RUSTING OF THE CRADLE AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. COST ESTIMATED @ $2,000. SPOKE TO DEALER AND CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SERVICE BULLETIN COVERED CARS MADE 2/23/2004 THROUGH 3/31/2004. MINE WAS MADE 3/14/2005. THIS WAS AN EXECUTIVE CAR THAT I BOUGHT USED WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. NOW HAS 126,000. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT DOES NOT SEEM CREDIBLE THAT THE PROBLEM STOPPED ON 3/31/2004. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SO, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP BASED UPON SOME OTHER ITEMS I HAVE READ. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

SUBFRAME CORROSION - RUST. *TR

IN JUNE OF 2010 MY WIVES 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WITH ABOUT 63000 MILES BEGAN TO MAKE FUNNY NOISES FROM THE FRONT END IT WAS TAKEN TO HER UNCLE WHO IS A MECHANIC. UPON INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE HAD SEVERAL LARGE HOLES RUSTED THROUGH THE CRADLE, ONE WAS SO LARGE THAT IT WAS 6" X 3" HE STATED THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A PART TO RUST LIKE THIS AND SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT SO THE FOLLOWING DAY WE TOOK TO ROBERTS CHRYSLER AND TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CRADDLE FOR $3500 AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT OTHER PACIFICAS WITH THE SAME ISSUE IS WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART IS ONLY COVERED IN HIGH SALT AREAS OF THE US . I LIVE IN CONNECTICUT. SO I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND GAVE THEM THE VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. I HAD THEN SEARCHED ONLINE AGAIN FOUND MANY MANY PACIFICAS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND SEVERAL PACIFICAS THAT HAD THERE REGISTRATIONS PULLED BECAUSE THE STATE INSPECTIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW THESE PACIFICAS ON THE ROADS BECAUSE THE ENGINES WILL FALL OUT IF THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE THEN WHAT IS ? SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE FRONT END REPLACED INCLUDING BALL JOINT BOTH SIDES UPPER AND LOWER ALL TIE RODS. IN MAY 2013 MY WIFE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD BROKEN DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY DOING ABOUT 65MPH AND WAS STUCK IN THE TRAVEL LANE AND LOST THE STEERING AND SHE COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL THE CT STATE POLICE ARRIVED AND THE COULD SEE THE THAT SHE HAD TO REALLY FIGHT TO TURN THE WHEEL I ANY DIRECTION. WE CALLED AAA AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF TO THE SHOULDER

Mileage: 63,000

SUB-FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTED OUT!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND HAVE IT REG. SERVICE I WAS LOOKING TO HAVE A OIL CHANGE AND A STICKER. THEY CHANGED MY OIL 29.00 AND REJECTED MY CAR FOR A ROTTED FRAME AND TOLD I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT. SERVICE MANAGER ALSO TOLD ME THEY CHRYSLER WOULD PAY FOR THE PART $4500.00 AND LABOR BUT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR $300.00 DED. AND ALL THE PARTS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IF ANY WERE DAMAGED, MOTOR MOUNTS ETC. NO LOANER OR RENTAL THIS WAS NOT MY BAD THE CAR WAS GREAT TILL THAT DAY I HAVE A $5000.00 LOAN AND OVER $5000.00 WORTH OF WORK TO GET A STICKER. WHEN I WENT IN TO SCH. WORK THEY SAID DEAL OFF, PART WAS SENT BACK I CRIED FOR REAL. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND THEN SOMETHING SOUNDED LIKE IT SNAPPED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALMOST LOCKED AND COULD NOT STEER. HAD IT TOWED TO THE MECHANICS AND HE SAID THE UNDER FRAME AND THE BRACKETS ATTACHED FROM THE CHASIS TO THE FRAME HOLDING UP THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN OFF. I GOT HOME LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT RUSTING IN THE UNDER FRAME AND THAT IT IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND GOING OVER A BUMP, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE STRUTS WERE WEAK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE FRONT STRUTS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING THE REPAIRS DONE, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 93,000

WORKING ON THE CAR NOTICE THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THRU ON THS PASSENGER SIDE. THERE ARE MANY ISSUE LOGGED IN ON THE INTERNET WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A RECALL FOR CERTAIN VINS. MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT ON AUG 20, 2004. AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER THEY SAY THE CAR IS COVERED UNDER A EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY PROBLEM IS IF I HADN'T LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THIS ISSUE MAY HAVE LED TO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

I TOOK MY CAR INTO A GARAGE IN WATERFORD,CT FOR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. ON RAISING IT, HE FOUND THAT THE SUB-FRAME IS ROTTING BADLY DUE TO RUST. THERE ARE SEVERAL HOLES IN THE FRAME AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE - 22909122 THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE IT INTO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHICH I AM DOING TOMORROW. THEY WILL PASS ON AN INSPECTION REPORT. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

TOOK 2005 PACIFICA TO OUR MECHANIC TO CHECK A NOISE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME CROSS-MEMBER WAS SEVERELY PERFORATED BY RUST AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO FLEXING. THIS CROSS MEMBER SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. ON-LINE RESEARCH SHOWS A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2004 AND 2005 MODEL YEARS. MECHANIC CALLED A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT A RECALL (#13-001-12) WAS ISSUED BY CHRYSLER BUT THAT OUR VEHICLE DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED DATE RANGE. TOOK PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE AND ARE AWAITING REPAIR ESTIMATES. WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER HOWEVER OTHERS REPORT THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS REFUSED TO FIX THIS FAILURE OCCURRING IN VEHICLES BEYOND THE RECALL DATES. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

MY VERY WELL KEPT 2005 PACIFICA FAILED INSPECTION AT MY LOCAL MECHANIC DUE TO A COMPLETELY ROTTED CROSS MEMBER FRAME. SUBSTANTIAL ROTTING IN MULTIPLE SPOTS. MANY HOLES. TOOK CAR TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY INSPECTED CAR AND TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A WORSE FRAME. QUOTED ME IN WRITING, $5779.98 TO REPAIR!!! OPENED A CASE WITH CHRYSLER TO FIND OUT IF THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME. YEA RIGHT. THEY EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO SAY THE DEALER SAID THEY ONLY GAVE ME A PARTS LIST, NOT A QUOTE. LIARS! SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR IN NEW YORK. CARS BUILT FROM 2/23/04-3/31/04 WERE GIVEN AN EXTENSION TO 150,000 MILES WARRANTY FOR SUCH PROBLEM. CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! I AM GOING TO REPAIR WITH USED CROSS MEMBER FOR 1500.00 AND I'M SELLING IT AFTERWARDS. DO NOT WANT ANY PART OF CHRYSLER AGAIN! *TR

Mileage: 116,000

SUB FRAME RUSTED OUT, DECLARED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

A LETTER WAS SENT TO SOME 2004-2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA OWNERS THAT THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE AND SUSPENSION MOUNT FRAME WARRANTY WAS BEING EXTENDED TO 15 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES TO OWNERS IN STATES THAT USE ROAD SALT BECAUSE OFF CORROSION PROBLEMS. THEY GO ON TO CARELESSLY EXPLAIN THAT IF YOUR ARE NOT EXPERIENCING VIBRATION AND SHAKING YOU NEED TO DO NOTHING-- BY THE TIME ITS THAT BAD ITS ALMOST TO LATE! MINE WAS NOT SHAKING BUT I HAD MY PACIFICA INSPECTED ANY WAY AND FOUND RUST HOLES IN FRONT FRAME, ONE WAS THE SIZE OF MY FIST AND ON THE OTHER SIDE MAY BE THREE OR FOUR FINGERS WIDE. I STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED THE PHONE # LISTED ON THE NOTIFICATION LETTER TWICE, BOTH TIMES THEY DENIED A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LISTED AS A RECALL ON THEIR WEB SITE AND BESIDES MY VEHICLE DID NOT FALL INTO THE VIN BLOCK ?? THERE ARE CASES LISTED ON THE INTERNET WHERE STATE DMV INSPECTION STATIONS HAVE FAILED THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF FRAME CORROSION. I AM HAVING THE ENGINE CRADLE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. HOW CAN A MANUFACTURER HAVE SUCH A FLIPPANT ATTITUDE ABOUT A KNOWN SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE? DOES THIS FALL UNDER A HIDDEN WARRANTY OR RECALL.

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION WOULD LEAK AT ANY TIME. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE REAR OUTPUT HALF SHAFT LANGE AND RIGHT REAR AXLE NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ASSISTED WITH THE REPAIR COSTS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,289 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000. UPDATED 11/01/11*LJ THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPAIRED THREE SEPARATE TIMES, DUE TO A LEAK. UPATED 06/13/12

Mileage: 51,289

TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER (BOURNIVAL CHRYSLER JEEP, YORK, ME) FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION. WAS TOLD CAR COULD NOT BE INSPECTED BECAUSE THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER HAD RUSTED THROUGH IN SPOTS.(CAR HAD BEEN INSPECTED AT THE SAME FACILITY A YEAR AGO AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND) THE PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. CAR HAS 91,500 MILES. I HAVE READ OF CHRYSLER OFFERING A 10-YEAR, 100,000 WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NEITHER THE SERVICE MANAGER NOR NHTSA COULD CONFIRM. THERE ARE DOZENS OF INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM, BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA LISTED ON EDMUNDS (HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0EC024/258). THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT SHOULD BE CLEARED UP BY CHRYSLER. *TR

VEHICLE IS MAKING LOUD CLUNKING TYPE NOISES WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN. DEALER STATES THAT A MOTOR MOUNT APPEARS TO BE BROKEN. DEALER KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT TSB NOTICES OR RECALLS. *TR

Mileage: 115,676

HAVE A CLUNKING/POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR HOLES. HAVE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE COULDN'T VISIBLY FIND THE CAUSE. CHECKED ON THE INTERNET FOR ANYONE ELSE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH MULTIPLE ISSUES EFFECTING THE FRONT SUSPENSION. *TR

Mileage: 77,500

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE AIRBAG *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN SEPTEMBER 2009. ALSO, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, BRAKES, WHEEL SENSORS, A CLOGGED THROTTLE BODY AND FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING COMPONENTS. THE DEALERSHIP MADE REPAIRS THREE TIMES, BUT THE POPPING SOUND EVENTUALLY CAME BACK. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED THREE TIME AND THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. *JB

I OWN A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA THAT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN OCTOBER 2004. IN OCTOBER 2009, I WAS DRIVING HOME DURING AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. I NOTICED MY CAR SMOKING AND ATTEMPTED JUST TO MAKE IT HOME. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, MY CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE AND TURNED OFF ONCE OR TWICE WHEN I STOPPED AT STOP LIGHTS. EVENTUALLY, THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, I DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR HOSE HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF AND A HOLE BASICALLY RIPPED IN THE COOLANT JUG AS A RESULT. REPAIR COST: $564.00. PRIOR TO RELEASING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS NOTICED HOW LOUDLY AND ROUGHLY THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND DID FURTHER TESTS, TO DISCOVER THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN AND IN NEED OF REPAIR, WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM THAT I PAID NEARLY $600 TO FIX. PROJECTED COST: AN ADDITIONAL $900. THAT'S A TOTAL OF $1500 FOR A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CAR!!! I'VE SEARCHED AND HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF REPEATED MOTOR MOUNT BREAKS AND PROBLEMS. CALLED CHRYSLER WHO BASICALLY IS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *TR

Mileage: 87,500

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WITH 82,144 MILES; BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS WITH FAILURE OF BOTH FRONT AXLES AND TIE ROD ENDS. *TR

Mileage: 82,144

TODAY I TOOK MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA INTO THE SHOP FOR NEW TIRES, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DO AN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE TIE RODS LOOKED BAD AND TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, I DID. I THEN FOUND OUT FROM MY LOCAL DEALER THAT UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS ALL THEY SEE IS CHRYSLER PACIFICAS...MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 45K MILES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END SUSPENSION IS WORTHLESS AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE BAD GEAR BOXES, A BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT, AND CAN COUNT ON HAVING FRONT AXEL PROBLEMS AS WELL. THE DEALER ALSO HAD A 2004 BROUGHT IN TODAY AND THAT CAR AND MINE WERE RAISED UP AND THE REPAIR MEN SHOWED ME AND EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS ON BOTH CARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXLE FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. AS OF AUGUST 31, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 73,200.

Mileage: 73,200

I PURCHASED A 2005 PACIFICA TOURING WITH AWD IN THE SUMMER OF 2006. THREE TIMES MY CAR HAS HAD DIFFICULTIES WHEN THERE WAS A DUSTING OF SNOW BLOWING OVER THE ROAD. THE 1ST INCIDENT WAS ON JAN. 24 2007, THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL AND FINALLY I WENT INTO A SPIN. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE OF A 2 LANE ROAD HEADING SOUTH. MY CAR SPUN IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT LANE, THROUGH THE DITCH, AND FINALLY ENDED UP IN THE TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH. I SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES-NECK SPRAIN, BUT I TOOK OUT A HIGHWAY SIGN AND A TREE. DAMAGES TO MY CAR TOTALED OVER $11,000, I GOT IT BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP 1 MONTH AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE 2ND TIME I WAS BY MYSELF, THE 3RD TIME I HAD MY 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT, BOTH TIMES I WASN'T DRIVING FAST, THE SECOND TIME IT KEPT SWAYING EVEN AFTER SLOWING DOWN TO 30 MPH. THIS HAS CAUSED ME A LOT OF CONCERN SO MY HUSBAND STARTED HAVING TO DRIVE ME TO WORK DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. NOW WE ARE PLANNING TO SELL THE PACIFICA BECAUSE OF THE POOR GAS MILEAGE. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SELLING THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT REASSURANCE THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. RECENTLY THE FRONT END HAS STARTED TO MAKE NOISE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ALSO. IT MAKES A LOW THUDDING SOUND THAT MAKES MY EARS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO POP. MY HUSBAND TRIED PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING THE IGNITION OFF, BUT IT STILL KEPT MAKING THE NOISE. IT FIRST STARTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND I'VE HEARD IT THREE TIMES, WE'VE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BLINKERS FAILING TO TURN OFF.

MY PROBLEMS BEGAN ON 10/03/05 @ 2,826 MILES. SINCE THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN A LITANY OF PROBLEMS THROUGH EIGHTEEN MONTHS. WHEEL SENSORS -6 WERE REPLACED. FRONT END NOISE LIKE A RUBBING SOUND. RETURNED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. ACCELERATOR STICKING. RETURNED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES EACH TIME THEY LUBRICATED THE LINKAGE BUT AFTER TWO WEEKS THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. AT THIS POINT NOTHING ELSE WAS DONE CONCERNING THE ACCELERATOR. NEXT, PROBLEM A DEFECTIVE AXLE, REPLACED. POWER MODULE REPLACED. DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK AND CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE POWER MODULE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT WAS REPAIRED. PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY FELL APART IN THE REAR BRAKES AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY THE DEALER. FRONT END VIBRATION AGAIN BROUGHT TO DEALERS ATTENTION. ANOTHER WHEEL SENSOR REPLACED. ON 5/24/07 BROUGHT MY PACIFICA BACK TO THE DEALER CONCERNING THE FRONT END NOISE. THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP ON 5/30/07. ON 6/04/07 RETURNED TO THE DEALER NOISE IN FRONT END STILL THERE. ALSO, THE ACCELERATOR STILL STICKS. CONCERNING THE FRONT END NOISE, THEY SAID THAT A POWER STEERING LINE WAS LEAKING AND THEY REPAIRED IT. THE ACCELERATOR BUTTERFLY WAS FINALLY REPLACED AFTER OVER A YEAR OF COMPLAINTS. ON 6/08/07 I RETURNED THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SAME NOISE IN THE FRONT END EVERY TIME YOU TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. AT THIS POINT THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING RACK. I PICKED UP THE CAR ON 6/14/07 THE VIBRATION RUBBING NOISE WAS STILL THERE. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 6/15/07. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE CAR AND TO TAKE THE CAR HOME AND WAIT FOR CHRYSLER TO CALL. IT HAS NOW BEEN 6 WEEKS AND THEY HAVE NOT CALLED. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR UP DATES , THEY SAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION. CHRYSLER'S LETTER, DATED 6/26/07 STATES, " WE CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED," EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS STILL NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 2,826

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON THE VEHICLE INDICATING CYLINDER THREE MISFIRED. I HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE SHOP THE FIRST TIME AND HAD THE COIL REPLACED. THE SAME LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE SAME WARNING. THIS TIME THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED, THE INJECTIONS CLEANED OUT, THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED OUT. I JUST GOT IT BACK YESTERDAY AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I WILL HAVE THE SAME THING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE VEHICLE IDLES ROUGH AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED HIGHER THAN THE STANDARDS CALL FOR IN THE MANUAL. LOOKS LIKE CHRYSLER IS GOOD FOR ABOUT 40,000 MILES, THEN BE PREPARED TO SPEND SOME MONEY. I PLAN TO TRADE THE VEHICLE FOR A TOYOTA, THOUGH I HAD SUPPORTED AMERICAN MADE VEHICLES IN THE PAST, WITH A PRODUCT LIKE THIS, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO. THE TOTAL COST THUS FAR HAS BEEN $600.00. IT APPEARS THAT CHRSYLER KNOWS THE PROBLEM EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE BULLETINS, YET THEY WILL NOT RECALL THE CAR ,AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CONSUMERS. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR A VEHICLE AND REPAIR IT AT THE SAME TIME WITH SO FEW MILES. THE PACIFICA IS A GREAT RIDING CAR ,AND I OTHERWISE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. *AK

Mileage: 40,900

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT STARTED TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. THE CONTACT HEARD THE COMPUTER MAKE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT HUB AND THE BEARINGS SHOULD BE REPLACED. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY OTHER OCCURRENCES SINCE THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.*AK

Mileage: 8,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT STARTED TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. THE CONTACT HEARD THE COMPUTER MAKE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT HUB AND THE BEARINGS SHOULD BE REPLACED. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY OTHER OCCURRENCES SINCE THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.*AK

Mileage: 8,000

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE BACK END SWERVES AND SHAKES AS YOU GO AROUND CURVES AND THE BACK OF THE CAR BODY ROLLS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AN ACCIDENT HAS NOT OCCURRED YET, BUT THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES AND SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH IT. NM

Mileage: 20,000

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA - CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE, SOUNDS LIKE STONES RUBBING ON PAVEMENT WHEN DRIVING. NOT JUST IN TURNS BUT ANYTIME. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE STONES IN THE TIRES - AFTER CLEANING THE TIRES THE SOUND PERSISTED. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER HAS NO FIX FOR THIS? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SAFE MY CAR IS RIGHT NOW. *NM

THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF EACH OTHER. CAR STILL SHIMMIES AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES ON SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH. I THOUGHT THAT BY REPLACING THE LCA'S IT WOULD RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, BUT NOW I FEEL LESS SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLED CHRYSLER, E-MAILED CHRYSLER NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. ASKED THAT IT BE REPLACED UNDER THE LEMON LAW OR SHAKEN FAITH DOCTRINE, BUT AS OF NOW, NO OFFER OF REPLACEMENT. HAD THIS VEHICLE 86 DAYS, AND IT HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR 26 OF THEM/ 30% PLUS OF THE TIME. HAVE ALREADY FILED 3 PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS WITH NHTSA.*AK

Mileage: 6,267

THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF EACH OTHER. CAR STILL SHIMMIES AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES ON SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH. I THOUGHT THAT BY REPLACING THE LCA'S IT WOULD RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, BUT NOW I FEEL LESS SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLED CHRYSLER, E-MAILED CHRYSLER NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. ASKED THAT IT BE REPLACED UNDER THE LEMON LAW OR SHAKEN FAITH DOCTRINE, BUT AS OF NOW, NO OFFER OF REPLACEMENT. HAD THIS VEHICLE 86 DAYS, AND IT HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR 26 OF THEM/ 30% PLUS OF THE TIME. HAVE ALREADY FILED 3 PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS WITH NHTSA.*AK

Mileage: 6,267

POPPING/CLICKING UPON TURNING, STOPPING, TAKING OFF- HAD CAR JUST 2 DAYS AND HAD TO BRING BACK TO DEALER- READ ALL OF THE SERVICE BULLETINS, AND SAFETY RECALLS, DEFECTS AND COMPLAINTS - FOUND IT TO BE THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT - PTU - SEEMS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH 2005 PACIFICIA'S. DEALER HAD 3 DAYS. INTERNAL SIDE MOLDING ON PSG 2ND DOOR DEFECTIVE / PULLING AWAY FROM FRAME / EXTERIOR BACK BLACK PANELS FADED ALREADY/ WET CARPET ON DRIVERSIDE FLOOR - SMELLS/MILDEW CAR IS NEW!

Mileage: 3,804