FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler Pacifica

Owners have filed 10,659 complaints about the Chrysler Pacifica with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2026. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2018 Chrysler Pacifica

1,353 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2024 Chrysler Pacifica

68 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler Pacifica year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 C 16 3 0 5,000 Electrical System
2025 B 39 7 0 Airbags
2024 A 68 4 0 Electrical System
2023 B 244 3 0 14,000 Engine & Cooling
2022 B 350 12 4 40,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 C 672 20 1 22,000 Electrical System
2020 B 259 10 3 37,000 Electrical System
2019 C 471 15 7 16,000 Electrical System
2018 D 1,353 53 23 12,700 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 2,354 71 14 23,807 Engine & Cooling
2016 6 0 0 15,366 Engine & Cooling
2008 A 155 3 5 84,500 Engine & Cooling
2007 B 481 11 14 78,000 Engine & Cooling
2006 C 1,056 33 14 97,000 Engine & Cooling
2005 D 1,802 40 14 100,000 Engine & Cooling
2004 D 1,332 51 42 98,255 Body & Structure
2003 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified

What breaks on a Chrysler Pacifica

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 2,402 22.5%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 1,426 13.4%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2017

Body & Structure 1,092 10.2%

Worst in 2005

Steering 725 6.8%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2005

Suspension 493 4.6%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 385 3.6%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2021

Airbags 170 1.6%

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2018

Seats 107 1.0%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler Pacifica

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 599 48.4%
Underbody Shields 152 12.3%
Engine 123 9.9%
Frame AND Members 122 9.9%
Automatic Transmission 80 6.5%
Automatic Emergency Braking 39 3.2%
Control Module (Tcm/Pcm/Tecm) 36 2.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 32 2.6%
Warnings 28 2.3%
Fuel Pump 27 2.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler Pacifica, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2003 peak 169 Aug 2026

Chrysler Pacifica problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chrysler Pacifica

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.