2006 Chrysler Pacifica

Typical pattern

3.8% of complaints about the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2006 vehicle — around the middle of the 250 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 8.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is structure (201 complaints), typically at 10.0 yr or about 108,495 miles.

Complaints: 1,055
Median age at failure: 8.8 yr
Median mileage: 97,000 n=889
Crash / fire / tow: 5.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Structure

201 reports · 108,495 mi

10.0 yr

2.5%

Engine

146 reports · 107,000 mi

9.7 yr

4.1%

Power train

111 reports · 92,000 mi

7.9 yr

5.4%

Engine cooling

104 reports · 50,000 mi

3.8 yr

Suspension

86 reports · 107,871 mi

9.5 yr

2.3%

Other

63 reports · 119,602 mi

10.8 yr

Fuel / propulsion

58 reports · 120,000 mi

9.0 yr

5.2%

Electrical system

57 reports · 81,000 mi

7.1 yr

10.5%

Speed control

49 reports · 63,000 mi

4.8 yr

Steering

37 reports · 85,000 mi

7.8 yr

2.7%

Fuel system

32 reports · 90,000 mi

6.0 yr

Service brakes, hydraulic

17 reports · 50,000 mi

3.8 yr

23.5%

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.

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling 24,000 mi 4 mo in service

2005 CHRYSLER PACIFICA - STALLS WHEN PERFORMING SLOW TURNS AND LOW SPEEDS. ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT IN TRAFFIC. *JB

Engine cooling 14,010 mi 7 mo in service

I WAS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW, AND I PROMPTLY MADE MY LEFT TURN SO AS NOT TO HOLD UP THE CARS ON MY LEFT. I MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AND THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE CAR. I HAD THE AC ON, AND HAD THREE FOURTHS OF A TANK OF SUNOCO 89 OCTANE GAS. I ALWAYS RUN 89 OCTANE PER THE OWNERS MANUAL. *JB

Engine cooling 31,857 mi 9 mo in service

CHRYSLER PACIFICA 2005 ALL WHEEL DRIVE, WHILE TURNING A CORNER AND HITTING A SLIGHT DIP THE CAR CUT COMPLETELY OFF. LOST STEERING AND ALL I COULD DO TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR IN THE SIDE. *JB

Electrical system 2,000 mi 7 mo in service

MY NEW CHRYSLER PACIFICA HAS STALLED TWICE WHILE I WAS MAKING A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN. I ONLY HAVE 2000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. MY GAS TANK WAS 3/4 FULL. I USE REGULAR GAS. THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS STAYED ON WHILE THIS OCCURRED. I HOPE THIS CAN BE REPAIRED SINCE I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. I ALMOST HAD A WRECK DURING ONE OF THESE OCCURRENCES. PLEASE HELP BECAUSE AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE 2004 MODEL YEAR AND CHRYSLER DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. *NM

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.