2005 Chrysler Pacifica
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AROUND AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE ROAD AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER WERE KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS UPON IMPACT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANTS IN THEIR SEATS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND A HEAD INJURY. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD INJURY AND A BROKEN WRIST. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 39,990.
(1) MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. THE OTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED IN TO THE REAR DIRVERS SIDE DOOR. THE DOOR WAS IMPACTED AT SPEEDS OF OVER 15-20 MPH. (2) THE CONCERN FOR ME IS THAT SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE IMPACT. MY FRIENDS CHILD WAS INJURED WITH GLASS CUTS TO THE FACE AND ARM. (3) I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CHRYSLER #13501933.
REAR ENDED A CHEV. TRUCK AT APPROX. 30 MPH. WIFE SUSTAINED NECK, BACK, AND SHOULDER. UPPER TORSO WAS THE MOST AFFECTED AREA AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TR
MY HUSBAND WAS IN CAR ACCIDENT A CAR HIT HIM ON PASSENGER SIDE CAR FLIP OVER ON DRIVER SIDE. DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY THE WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED IN HUSBAND FACE HAND WENT OUTSIDE OF WINDOW HIT GROUND AND CAR THEN FLIP BACK ON ITS WHEEL . *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OVER A PATCH OF ICE, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE UPPER BODY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS PUSHED FORWARD FROM THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT HOWEVER, HER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HER AND HER FACE WAS THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S SEAT BELT THEN BECAME COMPLETELY UNLATCHED AND THE AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK AND THE FACE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURES OF THE SEAT BELTS OR AIR BAGS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,308. UPDATED 10/17/12 *CN UPDATED 10/23/2012 *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BUMPS TO HIS HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY STRUCK A STOP SIGN AND INJURED THE PASSENGER. *TR
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HIT A BRIDGE ON I-75 GOING ROUGHLY 70MPH. I HIT THE BRIDGE HEAD-ON. NETHER OF THE AIRBAGS OPENED NOR DID THE SEAT BELT LOCK. *TR
OUR DAUGHTER WAS OPERATING OUR 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON I75 IN FLORIDA WHEN THE A NEW RIGHT REAR (1501 MILES) GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND SKID 300 FEET BEFORE HITTING GUARDRAILS WITH BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE CAR. AN EYE WITNESS CONFIRMED THE BLOWOUT WHICH RESULTED IN COMPLETE TREAD AND SIDEWALL SEPARATION TO THE ATTENDING FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER. OUR DAUGHTER AND FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE PASCO REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES. THE FOUR YEAR OLD WAS NOT INJURED, HOWEVER OUR DAUGHTER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK TRAUMA AND IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY THREE TIMES PER WEEK. ALL FOUR GOODYEAR TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW IN LATE MARCH 2008 FROM AN AUTHORIZED GOODYEAR DEALER IN TAMPA FLORIDA. *TR
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.
ON FEBRUARY 9,2007 I WAS REAR ENDED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS RESULTED IN MY KNEES SLAMING INTO THE DASH AREA AND THEN FALLING BACK VERY HARD IN MY SEAT, WHICH ENDED UP LAYING FLAT. *JB
ON OCTOBER 25, 2006 I DROVE DOWN MY LANE IN MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA TO PICK UP MY MAIL AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT IN A CAR SEAT. AFTER RETRIEVING MY MAIL. I BACKED UP AND BUMPED A SMALL TREE. I THEN PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND AT THAT MOMENT WAS PROPELLED FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. WITHIN AN INSTANT I COLLIDED WITH A LARGER TREE. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD, BREAKING THE GLASS. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE ENTIRE FRONT BUMPER OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED AT THE CENTER POINT. MY DAUGHTER BIT HER TONGUE, BUT OTHERWISE WAS FINE. THE CAR COULD NOT BE MOVED AFTER THAT AS THE STEERING FLUID WAS EMPTIED ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. WE FILED A POLICE REPORT AND HAD AAA TOW THE CAR. I WAS THEN TAKEN TO EMERGENCY. I HAD HIT MY HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD AND HAD CAT SCAN AND REPORTED TO HAVE A CONCUSSION. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS APPROXIMATELY $7000.00. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, WESTFIELD INSURANCE COVERED EVERYTHING EXCEPT A $500 DEDUCTIBLE, AND DID SUPPLY ME WITH A RENTAL CAR FOR 30 DAYS. ON NOVEMBER 25, 2006 I RECEIVED MAIL FROM CHRYSLER INFORMING ME OF A FUEL PUMP RECALL. ON MONDAY, DIRECTLY AFTER PICKING THE CAR, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP FOR THE RECALL. I WILL NOT DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPAIRED. I KNOW THAT THE REASON I WENT FORWARD WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS WAS DUE TO FUEL INJECTION OR FUEL PUMP ISSUES. ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28, LADD HANFORD CHRYSLER INFORMED ME THAT THEIR COMPUTER THAT WOULD BE FIXING THE SOFTWARE ISSUES THAT CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP TO MALFUNCTION WAS NOT WORKING. THEY WANTED ME TO PICK UP MY PACIFICA AND BRING IT BACK AT A LATER DATE'''' I WOULD NOT BE DOING THAT, BECAUSE I AM COMPLETELY SKEPTICAL OF THE SAFETY ON MY CAR. I WILL NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL IN HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER TOOK IT TO ANOTHER NEARBY DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY ALSO COULD NOT FIX THE SOFTWARE GLITCH. *NM
DRIVING MY VEHICLE IN TOWN TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND WITH NO WARNING THE CAR JUST STOPPED. FELT LIKE WE HIT A WALL. LUCKILY ME AND MY CHILDREN WERE NOT HURT EXCEPT FOR SOME SEAT BELT BRUISING. WHILE LOOKING AROUND ONLINE I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2005 PACIFICAS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO TELL THEM I WANT IT FIXED AND THEY CLAIM MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND WOULDN'T HELP ME. I ASKED IF MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIGGER RECALL THAN THEY THOUGHT AND MAYBE THEY MADE A MISTAKE SO COULD THEY PLEASE LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THE PART THAT WAS RECALLED WASN'T THE SAME PROBLEM I'M HAVING. THEY WOULDN'T ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. *TR
I WAS EXITING OFF THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. AS I ACCELERATED OUT OF THE STOP A GUSH OF HOT RADIATOR FLUID CAME SHOOTING OUT OF AN AREA RIGHT ABOVE THE GAS PEDDLE AND BURNED MY RIGHT ANKLE. I SUSTAINED SECOND DEGREE BURNS AND WAS TREATED AT MY LOCAL DOCTOR'S OFFICE. *TR
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ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) SOFTWARE MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO STALL UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WILL ALSO BE REPLACED ON VEHICLES BUILT FROM AUGUST 1, 2004 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2004. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 21, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HALOGEN HEADLAMPS MAY EXPERIENCE AN INTERMITTENT AND EVENTUAL TOTAL LOSS OF HEADLAMP FUNCTION.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT, AND REPLACE IF NECESSARY, THE WIRING HARNESS AND LOW BEAM BULB ON BOTH HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 28, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
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A folded or torn anode tab can lead to the formation of lithium by-products. Combined with a second factor, this can result in an internal short circuit in the high-voltage battery pack, leading the vehicle to catch fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
The head airbag cannot deploy correctly because of insufficient pressure. There is a risk of injury. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
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