CHRYSLER · vehicle model
CHRYSLER PACIFICA
10,096 NHTSA complaints and 41 safety recalls across model years 2003–2026.
- Complaints
- 10,096
- Recalls
- 41
- Model years
- 17
The CHRYSLERPACIFICA appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 10,096 consumer safety complaints and 41 recall campaigns across 17 model years (2003–2026). That averages roughly 594 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 88 investigation files tied to this model, with 7 currently open. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 |
| 2025 | 21 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2023 | 177 |
| 2022 | 288 |
| 2021 | 628 |
| 2020 | 226 |
| 2019 | 418 |
| 2018 | 1215 |
| 2017 | 2245 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2008 | 155 |
| 2007 | 481 |
| 2006 | 1056 |
| 2005 | 1800 |
| 2004 | 1332 |
| 2003 | 1 |
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Filings moved from 2,789 in 2017-2021 to 3,195 in 2022-2026, a rise of 14.6%. That is the 65th percentile of change across the 772 nameplates with enough filings in both windows to compare, where 0 is the steepest fall and 100 the steepest rise.
Filing volume, not a reliability verdict: counts also move with how many vehicles are on the road, how old they are, and whether a recall drew attention. Computed from this portal's NHTSA filing-year records over the same two windows the trend rankings use.
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
Compare CHRYSLERPACIFICA to Similar Vehicles
NHTSA Investigations 7 Open
Recall 23V-413 Post Remedy Failures
Intermittent Loss of Electric Power Steering
Recall 19V-293 Post Remedy Failures
Engine Stall With Intermittent Restart
Loss of motive power due to an internal wiring connector short.
Ignition-off high voltage battery fire (Remedy effectiveness of Recall 22V-077)
Intermittent/Comp Loss of Power Steering
Loss of Brake Performance
Stall from Crankshaft\Camshaft Failure
Transmission fault leading to loss of motive power
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. CHRYSLER PACIFICA totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.