2005 Chrysler Pacifica

Typical pattern

4.7% of complaints about the 2005 Chrysler Pacifica came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2005 vehicle — around the middle of the 245 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 9.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is structure (416 complaints), typically at 10.0 yr or about 116,000 miles.

Complaints: 1,796
Median age at failure: 9.3 yr
Median mileage: 100,000 n=1487
Crash / fire / tow: 3.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Structure

416 reports · 116,000 mi

10.0 yr

0.7%

Engine

224 reports · 120,000 mi

10.1 yr

3.1%

Engine cooling

210 reports · 55,000 mi

4.6 yr

2.4%

Suspension

189 reports · 113,000 mi

10.1 yr

1.1%

Power train

132 reports · 90,000 mi

7.8 yr

2.3%

Electrical system

95 reports · 55,000 mi

3.2 yr

5.3%

Other

87 reports · 121,837 mi

11.9 yr

3.4%

Fuel system

59 reports · 48,000 mi

2.8 yr

1.7%

Speed control

58 reports · 70,000 mi

5.7 yr

10.3%

Steering

55 reports · 106,000 mi

9.2 yr

3.6%

Service brakes, hydraulic

50 reports · 40,000 mi

3.0 yr

Fuel / propulsion

41 reports · 140,000 mi

10.3 yr

2.4%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

06V432000 2006-11-09

Power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

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.

THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH TO OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

05V066000 2005-03-01

Exterior lighting:headlights

CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH HALOGEN HEADLAMPS MAY EXPERIENCE AN INTERMITTENT AND EVENTUAL TOTAL LOSS OF HEADLAMP FUNCTION.

THE HEAD LIGHTS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN INTERMITTENT OR NO HEADLIGHT FUNCTION. THIS COULD IMPAIR A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling mileage not reported 8 mo in service

DT CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY QUIT RUNNING. THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY HAD TRIED EVERYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IF THE VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO PARK IT WILL RESTART. *JB

Engine cooling 7,036 mi 10 mo in service

WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON I-5, AT CORONA, CA, ON 23 JULY 05, AT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE ON MY 2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA, QUIT. ALL POWER SUDDENLY CEASED EFFECTING THE STEERING AND BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE BUSY HIGHWAY. ELEVEN DAYS LATER, A FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. *NM

Engine cooling mileage not reported 10 mo in service

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA ENGINE STALLED ON TWO OCCASIONS.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *JB

Exterior lighting mileage not reported 5 mo in service

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CONNECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Other Pacifica model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.