DRIVING MY VEHICLE IN TOWN TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND WITH NO WARNING THE CAR JUST STOPPED. FELT LIKE WE HIT A WALL. LUCKILY ME AND MY CHILDREN WERE NOT HURT EXCEPT FOR SOME SEAT BELT BRUISING. WHILE LOOKING AROUND ONLINE I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2005 PACIFICAS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO TELL THEM I WANT IT FIXED AND THEY CLAIM MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND WOULDN'T HELP ME. I ASKED IF MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIGGER RECALL THAN THEY THOUGHT AND MAYBE THEY MADE A MISTAKE SO COULD THEY PLEASE LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THE PART THAT WAS RECALLED WASN'T THE SAME PROBLEM I'M HAVING. THEY WOULDN'T ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. *TR
2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHRYSLER PACIFICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN EMITTING STEAM FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.