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http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Chrysler/1095231600000_1096354800000_23-035-04/351.html
This is the same problem I have with my Pacifica. I noticed the floor was wet on the first day but thinking may be the dealer steamed the carpet before delivery. It's dry a few days after that... I only checked it again yesterday after seeing the forum and YES IT'S WET. I will bring it back to get it repaired.
Thank you traton and thank you forum.
dcdchau.
OR may be I should just forget about this dealer (where I purchase the car) and take my Pacificrap to another Chrysler dealer in town.
Now again, you go with a TSB in hand and they find another problem. It's very likely they will fix this one too.
Perhaps it would be better to forget about these TSBs and trust their competence.
Your Pac, given the birth date, will have other problems too. If you research these sites you could write a list (A/C display fading, radio reception etc). You get depressed too fast. The dealer is great. The Pac is an early Pac and you got a huge discount on it. If you get depressed so fast you should have bought a recently built Pac.
By the way, I just went for the 3rd time to fix my Honda Accord. They are still fighting to find the problem. I don't know how Pacifica rate vs. Honda reliability wise, but I can tell you that my Honda dealership is the dumbest I ever heard about. Your Chrysler dealership is heaven !
And the term "Pacificrap" is not fair.
About the dealer, my frustration was that they said they would call me for an update at around certain time and never did. When I called back, they switched me to many voice mails and once I got the right person, he could not tell me what's wrong with the car. He's just saying "oh, we are working on it, will let you know...".
I did not go to the dealer with the TSB, I only mentioned the TSB to him after the 2nd call for update with no answer. Then he said "oh, yeah... we remove this and that etc... we think the leaks is around ..etc.. We have to keep it here overnight etc...". I just don't know their competence level on the Pacifica. By the way, this dealer does not have a 5* on their sign. I assume they are not 5* dealer?
Now I am prepared to face more problems with my "Pacificrap". I will become the Pacifica in one of these days.
the issue is they can not get the part needed for the recall . the system says its on unknown backorder. ie. they have NO idea when they will be able to get the needed part for a known recall !! common Chrysler, why send out a recall and not make enough parts !
Many thanks.
Anyway, can anyone out there recommend a brand or where to go to get some aftermarket rotors that they have used on their Pacifica, Chrysler or Dodge Minivans or Trucks. It appears the ones Mopar manufacturers just aren't up to snuff to withstand the weight of the vehicles that must go downhill daily.
Thanks.
About your power-off-on problem, check this one out and take your '04 back to the dealer
http://alldata.com/tsb/Chrysler/1102924800000_1107244800000_24-007-04/index.html
Hope this helps. Take care.
The "arm" is called the "A" pillar. I had the very same annoying vibration noise on the passenger side. I took it in for the wet carpet (see my previous post) and mentioned this noise to the dealer. They did fix it and it's now ok. You should take yours back to get it properly fixed.
Here it what it said in the R.O: "Removed the A pillar cover found missing / partially installed shim. Install new foam shim."
"Goldie" has ~ 3,500 miles on the odometer and must have been built on a Wednesday! The only thing that I could wish for in the Pac is a bigger engine? I got rid of my 2003 GMC Envoy XL for the Pac and even though the Envoy is heavier and longer than the Pac, the thing would FLY. I did have the V-8 equipped Envoy, but since it's a bigger vehicle, I would think that it would have been somewhat sluggish. On the other hand, my aunt has a Trailblazer EXT with the straight 6 Cylinder and I swear that would run circles around the Pac too. Chrysler needs to do something about this, even the UGLY Nissan Murano has more "scoot" than the Pac.
Does anyone know what production changes will bring to the 2006 Pac?
Thanks!
IngeniousGuy
Trust me, all the brick style Volvos (240 / 740 / 940 series) are among the laziest cars on the planet. My 1988 wagon is still next to my house and will stay there probably till I will die. It still works. I won't tell my wife's opinion about this ...
:sick:
The Cyrville Chrysler dealership in Ottawa, Canada, asked Chrysler to figure out the reason, because I test drove other brand new 2005 Pacificas and that same noise is there ! In US most roads are perfect, that's why you don't hear it.
So HEY CHRYSLER, can you make a dead silent suspension for a CAN$40K car ??? It's a FWD, so no transfer case or fancy stuff ...
measuring the mileage in New York City means nothing. On ANY car, if you waited still in a traffic jam for longtime, and you burned two gallons of gas, the calculated mileage would be:
0 miles / 2 gallons of gas = 0 mileage !!!
Awfull isn't it ? The 2006 won't be better.
When you go on vacation, fill the gas tank on a highway gas station, drive on that highway 65 MPH or less, constant speed for as long as possible, then fill the tank again. I get 25 MPG on my FWD, if I can keep the speed low. Like the book says.
I had the previous TSB with the Lower Control Arm done, but that didnt help. it did tighten the steering up a very very slight bit. but still this clunking rattle like the shock is lose. well they released a new TSB (which isn't covered by my extended warranty by the way). but the dealer fixed anyway as a preexisting condition. They replaced BOTH Front sway bar Links. and tightened bolts on Lower Control Arm.
Oh the results = it got rid of 75% of the rattle. enough that I am satisifed with the solution. I just hope that this is an improved part and not a fix that will wear out again.
Now I hear a very quiet thump thump thump from the right rear wheel area. I think the bearing is starting to go. it sounds like a flat spot on the wheel but its new tires and I reballanced again and ROTATED and the sound is still there from the same right rear tire area.
The light flashes on the dash and the message about serving tire sensor system soon displays and stays all the time.
Sure hope the new module does it. New sensors in wheels didn't.
Check it out!
I have a 2004, bought new in 08-2003. It ahs about 38,000 miles on it now.
The EVIC is an information and electronic options setting device located in the dash display area. And YES mine died also. So has the alarm system, the radio died and the dashlights have been known to dim on their own (not through any setting, just weird behaviour), seat memory fades, power seats become non operational on cold mornings until engine warms up (more weird), Also sometimes while driving. Still like the car, but wow what problems, not big ones, just really annoying problems. Especially since the car cost almost $40 G's. And not much in the way of problem resolution at the #@*#%^& 5* dealership either...talk about teething problems whew!! :sick:
I own a 2004 Pac and have 25K on the odometer. Last week I noticed very small 'slits' in the leather of the driver's seat, in the area where my thighs hit the seat. Each slit was no more than 1/4", but spaced about 1/2" apart...three in all.
Took it in to my 5-star for an inspection, and really thought I'd get the "Not covered, considered a wear-item, blah blah blah." I was wrong: it took the service manager less than 2 minutes to decide it was a defective piece of leather. He pushed down on the seat and actually created three more slits from the pressure.
He ordered up the part and will have it replaced under warranty.
After 2 years and 25K, its really the only issue I've had.
The key hole broke where you attach it to a key chain (really don't know how) and the dealer said it would cost $150 to replace the whole key...
Should this be under warranty?
Got the Chrysler Slush Floor Mat's but in my opinion they do not fit as well as they could...any suggestions where to get ones that are better?
Please let us know what you think.
Thanks
WHen I first picked up my Pacifica last year (bought it new) it stalled while I was driving it going about 30 miles an hour. I called the dealership and the manager dissed me and said thet they ALL do that "once" when you first drive them. I brought it in and they returned it later that day and gave me a look like I was crazy and said nothing was wrong.
SO - around 8 months later, I'm driving in the left lane of the 101 going about 65-70 miles an hour - at night - listening to the CD player, singing along when I look down and notice MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF! The pacifica shut off -- lights, everything BUT the CD player. I nearly got hit by about 5 other cars!!!!!!! If it hadn't been at night, I may not have noticed the vehicle had stopped until it was TOO LATE! Because the CD player was going I didn't think to see if my pacifica was STILL RUNNING!
If it was light outside I probably wouldn't have noticed and not had time to pull over to the side of the road. Not only did I narrowly escape death, but I nearly caused several accidents with me trying to pull over!
It's at the dealership now and they can't find anything wrong with it. What the hell???
This has happened TWICE in less than a year and they can't figure out what's wrong?!!
Does ANYONE have any idea what could be causing this? I am scared to death to drive this thing. Thanks
During the cold weather the AWD has a very cold rear differential to spin. There is no engine generated heat there, so the oil will be very thick, so gas will be burnt to spin those gears.
Fact is, my FWD mileage is exactly what Chrysler wrote on my Pac window. I often heard AWD owners complaining about the mileage. Also the FWD is more reliable, simply because the most reliable AWD system is the one you don't have at all. Can't break, right ?
Than some problem come up. Yesterday morning is a cold morning in Boston. So i try to turn on the Heater seat. something happen. The heater seat light go on for one second than turn off. and yje memory seat will not go back what i set.
My office is close to my home about 2 miles than as soon as i stop my car. I try the heater seat and the power seat it working.
It not happen once, it was 2 times now. this morning have the samething happen. I talk to the dealer, they tell me never hear it before. but they ask me to drop off my car at night that next day morning they will test it.
I hope they find out what happen.
Any one have this problem.
I saw a post #1128 have the same problem
Any help will be great.
I have the same problem on the power site and the heater seat. It will not turn on in the winter time.
Did you get fix on your car?
Same thing that happened to you happened to me - I was cruising along about 65 mph on the freeway when the dang thing cut all power! It was morning rush hour traffic for me - no one was letting me over the two lanes I needed to get to the shoulder - so I came to a complete stop in the middle of a 5-lane freeway! I too felt like I was going to die in a crash - some folks did not see me stopped and almost hit me. Finally a long traffic line tied up behind me. I tried cranking the engine - it did not start.
No help from anyone else either - so get this - I jumped out of the car and walked on the middle of the freeway down the row of cars stopped behind me, found two guys in a truck and asked if they would help push the stupid car to the side of the road.
I sat there on the phone with the rental company - who could not come and get me because they were "swamped". So after about 20 minutes - I tried to turn it on again. This time it did start! So I drove on the shoulder to the next exit - got off and drove surface streets all the way back to return the dangerous vehicle to Enterprise. I reported it to them and told them get it to the shop ASAP. They probably ignored me. I have no idea the outcome since it was a rental.
But very interesting that your Chrysler and my rental Jeep had same problem!